On The Urban Theme In Peter Hessler’s "China Trilogy"

Peter Hessler(1969—),Chinese name He Wei,once served as a volunteer for Sino-US friendly exchange activities.His creation is inseparable from his personal life experience,and the "Chinese Trilogy" become the most famous series of non-fiction novels,which include "River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze","Oracle Bones: A Journey Through Time in China " and " Country Driving: From the Countryside to Factory".The "Chinese Trilogy" are listed in the high-scoring list of Douban,and he was evaluated by "Wall Street Journal" as "one of the most thoughtful Western writers concerned with modern China",which proves that he has created Chinese incident as a highly topical author of the new generation of the United States.Peter Heisler?s urban theme in "Chinese Trilogy" use non-fictional writing techniques to highlight the narrative and literary nature of the event.Under the background of Chinese reform,the masses living in cities have become the basis of urban production activities.Their living conditions are contradictory,both yearning for a better material life and uneasy about the unknown development situation.In the eyes of American author Heisler,the Chinese people during the reform and opening-up period were constantly striving for a better material life,and Chinese cities are also moving forward at a speed that makes the world sigh with emotion during this change.Although the transformation and development of Chinese urbanization has brought certain problems,it will not stop the transformation.Exploring the urban theme in Heisler’s "Chinese Trilogy" not only discovers the misunderstanding of the two extremes of Eastern civilization in Western culture,but also gives Chinese local authors a new perspective on creating Chinese urban literature.The image of China created in combination with Western values has aroused the thinking of readers from different countries.Western readers can understand the "real China" by American writers,while Chinese readers can understand the differences in cultural awareness and value scales between China and the West.However,Heisler’s preconceived critical vision of China’s urban construction and economic development decision-making caters to the hostility of the Western world toward China,and has certain limitations.