A Study On The Writing Of "Family And Marriage" In Novel Monthly(1910-1920)

When China was between the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,this country was facing unprecedented hardship and change.Novel Monthly was a window that shows the transition of time.This thesis is focusing the writing of“family and marriage”in Novel Monthly among 1910 to 1920,analyse the complicated relationship between literary translation and creation of this theme and changes of social family ethics.Here is the content,first of all,arranged the conception of “Novel Monthly” “early Novel Monthly” and “family and marriage”.Then arranged the research achievement about “early Novel Monthly” in academics at present.And introduced the significance and method in brief.The subject of this thesis take works on that magazine as an example,discuss the writing about “family and marriage”,here is specific content:Part 1,at this time,lots of translated works enter readers’ vision,shocked traditional concept for a long period.This part is set from introduction of the West concept,based on those published works,analyse the entry of new concepts and ideas.Part 2,start from gender’s point,analyse the different writing about “family and marriage” of male and female.The side of female writers,combine their specific novels,through their special comprehension toward family and marriage life,proclaim the complexity of female consciousness awake.The side of male,also combine their novels,observe the transformation toward family and marriage,and some new concept appeared,for example,“new women”and “ideal marriage”.Bisexual shows complicated,mixing of China and Western attitude toward that.But when we focus on the details in these novels,we can also find so many difference between male and female.That reflect society real condition of 1910 to 1920.Part conclusion,summarize the whole thesis.In these novels,writers record human feelings,local customs and practices,concept of ethics,pursuit of values andaesthetic orientation.They provide numerous data for us understanding that era.During the period of writing this thesis,for the reason of my limited capability,there still has many regret and shortage,and I hope one day I could make up these deficiency.