On Exploration Of Human's Living Conditions In Xiao Hong's Literature Works

Xiao Hong is one of writers who write novels based on her own life experiences. Zhang Kang in preface to Complete Works of Xiao Hong says that the distinctive feature of her literature works lies in that Xiao Hong expresses profound ideas through perceptual description of life details based on her life experiences. And she never creates works which have nothing to do with her own life. Due to her disappointment and dissatisfaction about real life, Xiao Hong expects to construct a beautiful life through ration criticism and reflection, which are also the writing ideas of her literary works. Therefore, the author conducts a research on Xiao Hong's literary works from the perspective of attention and exploration on human's living conditions, hoping to help readers to have a better understanding of the literary world Xiao Hong presents to them.Three parts are included in this paper discussing the exploration of people's living condition in Xiao Hong's literature works. The first part tells people's living condition from the perspective of relationship between human and nature. In Xiao Hong's literature works, description of natural scenery is of northeast geographical characteristics and closely related to people's life. There exists both desolate and free life in rural courtyards. Outside of rural courtyards, wheat fields symbolizing survival and vegetable gardens put on performance of material deprivation and desolate life, while slaughter house symbolizing death and desolate mountains put on performance of state of death.Second part mainly explores people's living conditions in specific historical circumstance and traditional culture. The first section mainly discusses people's living conditions in war times. In 1930's, contents of literature works in war times inevitably become the topic of writers. As one of writers in 1930's, Xiao Hong creates different literature works from her own perceptions. Xiao Hong focuses her works on ordinary people's living conditions and elaborates on her understanding and reflection of wartime literature and war. The second section mainly discusses people's living condition in traditional culture. Xiao Hong criticizes china's traditional culture in her exploration of people's living conditions in Hu Lanhe city, which is a continue of theme in the May Fourth period—reflection on national character and nation. But, Xiao Hong has love to her hometown,which is different from other writers.Third part makes an exploration into individual's living condition. The first section mainly discusses individual's incessant pursuit living condition. Although the individual fails in the pursuit of dream and love, he or she never stops the step of pursuing. We could sense Xiao Hong's life circle and philosophy of life from fate of characters in her literature works. The second section mainly discusses the individual's fighting spirit in hardships, which is also Xiao Hong's Spirit when she is in front of reality. Her exploration of people's living conditions leaves us more perceptions of life.