Memory And Tells

"Return to the 1980s" is a hot topic in the current cultural and literary studies. Several books flagged with "revise" and "return" are sold out, making the "1980s phenomenon" a huge hit. A lot of TV series and movies set in the 1980th are prosperous, pushing people's complex of longing for 1980s to a climax. At the same time, some literary researchers have been interested in 1980s literature as well as its development. For echoing to the public attention to this hit, researchers stick to their posts and work diligently to make the 1980s literature a spotlight in recent years. The cores of this essay are including the research of the social and ideological background of "Return to the 1980s" as an ethos; people who are engaging in the discussion of this topic; how these people talk about the stories in 1980s with various history by organizing the memory resources; and what purposes they have and what realistic interests they represent in such background. The essay attempts to analyze the present ideology in China and discuss in which cultural context the reasonable history narrative can be expanded by studying the performances of different groups in different areas.The essay is divided into three partsPart I:The summary of " Return to the 1980s". In this part, we will mainly introduce the hot status of the 1980s phenomenon in current culture; analyze the reason why we call it "Return to the 1980s " in detail; describe the study status in quo; analyze the topic-related background particularly, including the cultural characteristic in China today, and the philosophy tendency of Chinese intellectuals and the changing of their standpoints.partâ…¡:The three types of "Return to the 1980s". We divide the main content and representation into three types. The first one is the intellectuals'memories and development; the second one is the 1980th phenomenon on the screen; and the third one is the collective nostalgic affection among those born after 80s. In the first type, it is the intellectuals that mainly participate in it, some look back the good and bad times in the 1980s based on their own experiences; some, standing in the scientific position, strive to get the history in the 1980s defamiliarized, aiming to show its much more plentiful and complete images and accordingly make it beneficial to the literary study and development nowadays. In the second type, it is chiefly represented on the screen. The age factors of the 1980s not only become the productive background of some movies and TV series, but also important theatre elements. The 1980s phenomenon differs a lot in movies and TV series. The film directors attempt to tell stories labeled with 1980s features to obtain self-introspections and reflections on life; while TV series has formed a 1980s pattern, to express people's critiques and views on reality and history through some certain character type and plot pattern. And this kind of critique is limited. In the third type, the collective nostalgic affection refers to those who were born after 1980s start to cherish their childhood memories, which is caused by some psychological factors to some extent, also pushed by economic profit and business effect. Part II includes the description of the main representation of this ethos as well as the analysis of different profit driving and socioeconomic factors in different type.Partâ…¢:The introspection in history review. It is the conclusion of the essay. It is divided into three small sections to separately discuss the possibility and necessity of " Return to the 1980s " whose 1980s people are talking about and the distance we are from the real 1980s.