On The Folk Writing Of Li Hangyu’s Novels

Li Hangyu,a root-seeking writer renowned in the annals of Chinese literature,is not to be confused with root-seeking literature;a thorough analysis of his novels reveals that a single label cannot accurately describe his entire body of work.Throughout the novels written by Li Hangyu over the past 40 years,it is not difficult to find that folk is an important factor and also an value resource in his novels.Li Hangyu chose the subject matter from the ordinary world and drew a living space of “hinding dirt”.He resurrects folk scenes,writes about local conditions and customs,excavates folk spirits,sings folk ideals,and truly describes trivial and ordinary life bits and delicate spiritual world.Based on Chen Sihe’s folk theory,this paper makes an in-depth discussion on the folk writing of Li Hangyu’s novels from the angles of the folk world,the telling strategy and his position.Li Hangyu’s novels construct a rich folk world.He depicts the survival and spiritual state of small people by describing vivid group portraits of folk characters,diverse landscapes of folk life,and rich folk emotional states,and represents the world situation and phase of the people.Through Li Hangyu’s folk characters and life style,we can deeply explore the meaning of life contained in them,and thus appreciate the aesthetic ideal and value appeal of the writer Li Hangyu.The writer’s stance heavily influences the depiction of the rural world in Li Hangyu’s works.Li Hangyu,in his novels,was determined to represent the people’s viewpoint and sought to distance himself from the mainstream political stance,thereby demonstrating the genuine nature of folk life.He not only criticizes the traditional evil customs and the national character,but also basically agrees with the folk belief and the way of survival,which reflects the diversified value orientation of the fusion of enlightenment stance and folk feelings.The free living state and tenacious life vitality of the people constitute the final foothold of his folk writing position,and to express his life ideal.The folk writing strategies of Li Hangyu’s novels developed and changed longitudinally.Li Hangyu’s early novels mainly borrowed folk natural resources and cultural resources,narrated by scenery description,and used dialects,ballads and myths to build characters and express characters’ personalities.The Case of the Boar mainly reconstructs rural folk history from a dual perspective,reveals a different historical reality,and explores the reasons for the cycle of history through the cycle of time and space.“Sober House” is mainly a folk scene in the city.The writer adheres to the principle of “presence” and “transience”,and uses non-fiction writing to express people’s “realistic desire” in the “honest world” in the free switching of four scenes.The development and change of Li Hangyu’s novel folk writing strategies reflect his increasingly close relationship with the folk and the increasingly firm stand of folk values.Meanwhile,Li Hangyu uses different writing strategies to construct the folk world with his own characteristics,and also reflects Li Hangyu’s active exploration of creative attitude in the literary field.