“The Modernist Realism”

Li Er is an important writer after the avant-garde literature,and his literary history reflects part of the trend of Chinese literary thought in the new era.His novels have a strong modernist color,and at the same time have a profound realism spirit,as a scholar-type writer.He pointed out that "a writer who has not received strict modernist training cannot become a realist writer." His exploration of the form of the text and the effective integration of meaning have had an impact on contemporary novel creation.This article researches and analyzes Li Er’s novel creation from four angles.The introduction part summarizes the research status and literature of Li Er’s novel creation.The first chapter of the thesis sorts out the theory of realism and modernism in China,as well as Li Er’s creative path,and discusses the mutual influence between Li Er and contemporary Chinese literary thoughts.The second chapter of the thesis analyzes the characters in the novel,studies the typical characters and symbolic characters in Li Er’s novels,and discusses two different ways of shaping characters in Li Er’s novels.The third chapter of the thesis focuses on analyzing the narrative skills of Li Er’s novels.Through the analysis of the narrator,intertextuality and irony in the text,we can recognize Li Er’s unique presentation of reality in the novel.The fourth chapter of the thesis returns to the landmarks of Li Er’s creation in the history of literature,in order to grasp the spiritual dimension of Li Er’s novel creation.This paper mainly uses the method of close reading of the text,combined with Li Er’s literary thought and creative practice,to form a systematic study of Li Er’s novel creation.