The Writers'Appeal During Transition Period

As the memory of the1980s have been labeled as passion, and consummated as spiritual snack by the masses in cultural transmission field, does the "silent majority" have the opportunity to describe different memory of the1980s? The argument that the relationship between literary creation and ideology is very harmonious in1980s has been reached a broad consensus in literary critical circle. Whether is in line with the reality of literary creation after the "Cultural Revolution"? As one proposition of debate about achievement of contemporary Chinese literary, literary creation in1980s should be treated as "heritage" or "liabilities"?Questions like these prompt the author not only choose the literary creation from the late1970s to the mid-1980s as the research object, but also select the "writers'appeal during the transition period" as the title of the dissertation. Of course, transition refers to the period from late1970s to the mid-1980s in which Chinese government transmitted their policy from "Cultural Revolution" to "Reform". Writers' appeal refers to not only ideas, wishes and concepts which writers expect to convey in their writings but also the methods of conveying them. From the view of creative thought, content and method, writers'appeal demands for People Character, Realistic Solicitude and Writing Technique InnovationThe dissertation pay more attention to writers and works ignored or obscured by the literary history as well as the diverse interpretation of literature. Although the dissertation deals with many aspects of literature, such as the reassessment of writers, reanalysis of works and reevaluation of creative trends and etc, the introduction is still centered on the theme of the writers' appeal about realistic solicitude and how literary works impact daily life.(1) This dissertation introduces a group of writers who gradually faded out the history of literature, such as Liu Binyan, Wang Ruowang and Yu LuoJin. By combining writers' social experience, character, temperament and personality, this dissertation is to outline writers'desire on social change and individual freedom from the perspective of social and cultural phenomena while not to make some memorization and survey for those writers and their works.(2) History work about literature has put more attention to writers such as Gao Xingjian, Wang Meng, Ru Zhijuan, and poet such as Bei Dao, Mang Ke, Duo Duo, Gu Cheng. This paper's concern is not "the experiment of skills","the form of innovation" or "creation of new aesthetic principle" which be introduced in the literature history but the courage to face the reality and the ability of realistic solicitude in those writers'works.(3) This dissertation also spares a lot of space to analyze the typical creative approaches which include complaints for reality in narration about marriage and family, insinuations in narration of historical story and the complex meaning of comedic ending in tragic works. These creative approaches not only reflect writers'desire to take social responsibilities but also their spirits in exploration and innovation. The real problem is that whether critics could hold the critical attitude of realism to explore their existence.(4) In the literature from the late1970s to the mid-1980s, humanitarianism is a powerful critical theory for realistic intervention. The previous writers have made great efforts to explore literature through humanitarianism theory, which deserves to be learned for people in the later generations.Although this dissertation neither select "heritage" nor "liabilities" as the subject, the analysis of the writers'appeal from the late1970s to the mid-1980s undoubtedly proves that the literature creation in this historical period is not "liabilities" but "legacy". It does not mean that the literary achievement of this period is greater than previous or later, or the achievement of this period has reached a certain degree. It means that the critical spirit of literature in this period should be treated and analyzed seriously. In the background of "praise of reform", there are still writers advocating for realistic solicitude. In the boom of writing innovation, there are still writers making great efforts to real life. In works about family or history, there is still narration for revealing contradiction in life. Difficult efforts made by the previous writers in the performance of social change and individual freedom can and should become the spiritual wealth for present and future literary development.Realism is not only a creative method for writer but also a critic attitude for critics. The critics'attitude of realism is an enthusiasm to examine the complex relations in literature and real life, and then to explore authors'realistic solicitude in their works. Neither the era which writers lived in nor who the critics are, The attitude of realism let critics discover realistic solicitude in each era's work no matter what the works' patterns or what creative method of literature they are.