Zhang Ailing's Novel Is About The Collision And Also The Fusion Of Traditional And Modern

In the short period of time between 1943-1944, the young Zhang Ailing published practically all of her most important novels. Her stories had deep meaning and distinctive artistic originality. Through her detailed description of the traditional Chinese family member living in the metropolis, she unearthed the conditions of living in a major city in China during the onset of modernization. The vanishing feudal ideology represented long-held tradition and the bustling metropolises symbolized the era of capitalism. Together, these factors showed readers the profound conflict between modern civilization and long standing feudal ideals. Such conflict created for her characters distorted personalities and a tragic fate that they could not escape. Zhang especially delves into the warped natures of women at the time and their consequent degradation.Zhang's aesthetic taste was influenced by a deep foundation in traditional Chinese literature as well as Western culture. As a result, she was able to flawless traditional Chinese presentation and the writing technique of Western novels. In addition, she added her own personal artistic sense, unique imagination, a women's sensitivity, a profound understanding of life, and an ease and comfort in writing to style that intertwined new and old and was both sophisticated and down to earth. This paper examines the content of Zhang's novels for the collision between traditional and modern ideals, from an artistic perspective, takes a look at the integration of tradition and modern styles, and studies the background of the author, her special family circumstances, and personal experience that made Zhang Ailing the person she is.