From "Literary Enlightenment" To "Literary Anti-Japanese War"

Wencong is an important progressive journal in the history of modern Chinese literature,which has made important contributions to the construction of new literature,the encouragement of Anti-Japanese War enthusiasm and the promotion of national liberation.By the end of 1936,many progressive periodicals in Shanghai were banned by the Guomingtang authorities,including Wenji Monthly,the predecessor of Wencong.With the support of Ba Jin,Jin Yi founded Wencong,a large pure literature monthly,three months after the closure of Wenji Monthly.Wencong was founded not only because the editors tried to adopt some strategies to "confuse" the official audience,so as to form their own publishing camp,but also because of the development of market economy in Peiping and the financial support of readers.The Wen Cong formed their own characteristics in the process of running,on the one hand,ba jin,Duan Mu Hong Liang,Liu Baiyu,Yi Wu,lu yan,throught light and Li Guangtian,Sha Ting,Li Ji wild and many other famous writers in modern literary history,the published works,on the other hand,"Wen Cong" is also very wide,covers the poetry,prose,fiction,comics,translation of foreign works,etc.In the early stage,under the guidance of the enlightenment concept,the Literature Cluster was mainly devoted to the construction of new literature and promoting the development of modern Chinese literature.In the early stage of "Wencong",its aim was to guide "May Fourth" as the beginning,that is,to pursue the concept of "pure literature",absorb a large number of "pure creation" elements,and establish a "pure literature" framework.Wencong is committed to promoting new ideas,new concepts,new arts and new ways of life.Most of the articles it publishes focus on showing the people of vision who were awakened by the wind of the May Fourth New Culture Movement,and reveal that they were finally beaten by others in a state of unconsciousness,and then realized that the China they live in is a "man-eating" China.Under the domination of enlightenment consciousness,the "man" and the "man" issue concerned by "Literature Cong" inherited the ideological and cultural proposition of the "May Fourth" new cultural Movement.Influenced by the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War,Wencong has undergone many changes and transformations in the process of development,and gradually formed the idea of "war-time" orientation as the focus.At the beginning,"Wencong" is a literary periodical based on prose,which is committed to building a new literary noumenon.Later,with the changes of The Times and the needs of readers,it gradually expanded the scope of columns and contents,including novels,poems,reviews and other literary forms,and began to pay attention to social reality and people’s lives.In addition,under the change of the editorial team and the update of ideas,Wencong also constantly adjusts its positioning and style,and always keeps the attention and echo of the new trend of thought,the new era and the new people.The journal Wencong has made an important contribution to the development of modern Chinese literature.First of all,it has a pioneering significance in the history of literature.It is one of the earliest progressive periodicals in the history of modern Chinese literature,which provides a platform and opportunity for the construction and development of new literature.Secondly,Wencong has always adhered to the principle of "pure literature" in the editing team and selection of works,advocating multiple values such as artistry,ideological and popular,which has injected new thoughts and spiritual impetus into modern Chinese literature.In addition,Wencong also actively promoted new poems,new novels and other emerging literary styles,and paid attention to social reality and people’s lives,reflecting the social changes and people’s aspirations at that time.