Reflection On Existence

During the contemporary novelists, Gefei is existing out of the ordinary.His writing is purely literary, as well as complexity of style and spirit. At first, he isregarded as an important representative of the pioneer literature. After several years,he comes back to the tradition, and again gets into the readers' vision by elegantnan'ative, good insight into the whole world and the strong desire involving in thehistory and reality. His inspecting into the origin of human beings——Utopia hasaroused great effect. His writing is becoming clear and steady, in the meantime, iskeeping strong. And this kind of power is from his "existing courage".Existence is the eternal subject of literature. And the true literature should be theexistence of human beings. Gefei has been raising questions to existence that he iskeeping clear about human's spiritual status. From his standpoints, existence is a kindof reality which is subconscious. The duty of a writer is to exploit this kind of reality.And he talks about it from three aspects: firstly, inquires whether it is "existing"or "not existing"; secondly, examines "how the individuals confirm the existence ofthemselves ", and this is the extension of the former subject; thirdly, focuses on thespiritual existence of the individuals, and gives the individuals a new picture ofimagination. The subject of existence is related to reality, history, individual spirit andUtopia, and Gefei's expression to existence is concentrating on the basic essence.This essay analyzes the basic subject of Gefei—existence by historical study andcomparative study. Meanwhile, it also mentions the dream of human beings—Utopiaand its significance. The main part of this essay can be divided into three parts. Thefirst part is discussing the inquiry and thought of existence in Gefei's early works. Hediscusses the relation between memory and existence, vacancy and existence, snareand existence. They are existing not only by dispel but also by metaphor. At the sametime, the major point by Gefei is whether exists and how to confirm the existence.And that is why he is so confusing. The second part is mainly talking about the reason why Gefei makes some changes during his creation and he constructs the literature ofUtopia. The sub-topic of the third part is Tan Huayuan. And it reaches the point of theway to existence, mainly analyzing the deeply thought about existence in his latercreation. After the inquiry about "existing" or "not existing", "how the individualsconfirm the existence of themselves ", Gefei combines it with the spirit of Utopia andreflects "how to realize the spiritual existence of individuals".—Gefei gets the spotto cut into the subject of history and existence by this angle. Utopia exists as a kind ofspirit, and it hides in the dreams of human beings, and it is human's desire forhappiness, idealist and freedom but it is also the doubt and the critics. However,Utopia is weakening in daily life, but it exists forever. It is its existence that urgeshuman beings to think over the reality again and look for the way to survive anddevelop. Utopia hides the secret of the spirit of human beings and the information onexistence.To focus on existence can give a special spiritual angle to literature. This thesismentions in the final part that Gefei's works have been centering on this basic topicand his writing is full of existence and spirit. This is a brief and final topic in Gefei'snovels—a kind of "deep repeat". Gefei and his novels indicate a kind of stronginquiry about existence as well as the beginning of China Contemporary Literature.