Minority Perspective Comparative Study Of Shen Congwen And Lao She

The research of literary creation before the liberation between Shen Congwen and Lao She is mainly based on the following grounds:(1) As for the ethnic identity,they both belong to ethnic:minorities.This provides us a first perspective to compare their literary creations before the liberation in a ethnic view.(2) In the long literary history of China,although we will emphasize the minority status of the two. Our focus is not on the literary thinking caused by their ethnic identity but on listing them in the sequence of the national literature,which will inevitably cover the specificity of some minority writers such as Shen Congwen and Lao She.(3) In the perspective of minority,the comparative study between the two demonstrate the identical aesthetic characteristics and individual social values. And moreover,it will discover the relationship of ethnic literature and world literature in a further point of view.The innovation of this paper lies in the following aspects:(1)Instead of clearing the boundaries of Ethnic Literature and non—minority literature by the national identity of writers.Firstly bases on the writers'national identity to miracle a new interpretation about what is minority literature in the aspect of national cultural psychology.(2)In the development of ethnic minorities, there are always ethnic ethnic conflicts involved.In such cultural conflicts,the writers, as a spokesman of the disadvantage ethnic groups, fulfill their desire to save the nation and the state with their literary writing,which has already become a major feature of the modern writers. This feature sets an critical criterion for us to distinguish the literary identities for writers,like Shen and Lao.(3)With the narrative studies of "Border Town",written by Lao,the author of the paper try to redefine the causes of "tragedy" in literature.(4) Writers'concept of literature.By interpreting Shen and Lao's concept of history, the author attempts to explore Shen and Lao's aesthetic ideology and further explore the unique aesthetic taste and artistic value of the minority writers.The introduction is to certify the definition of Minority Literature and to value Shen and Lao's literary creations by studying the relationship between them and the literature,as well as the relationship between them and the World Literature.And then elaborate on the comparative study of Shen and Lao's literary ideas,methods,purpose and significances.The body of this paper consists of6chapters:Chapter1"The cultural wots under ethnic conflicts ":Interpret Shen and Lao's life experience and tap their respective literature on the Construction of National and Regional significance.On realizing the national harm caused by ethnic conflicts,cultural relics definitely become an important link to stimulate the national identify.However,they didn't result into the dead end of "nationalism ".Bearing the desire to solve the ethnic problems through the political issues. Shen and Lao firstly engaged in their literary creation on the basis of the nation-state identity.Chapter2"the national salvation and self-help under the vulnerability":Outline the birth of the national consciousness by interpreting Shen and Lao's childhood memories. In the translation from the old era to the new era,how to manifest the national sense of urgency through literature? As for Shen and Lao,in a moment of rational peril, it's the duty to realize the aspiration of national salvation through literacy creation.Chapter3"the aesthetic pursuit under the National Cultural Psychology ": specifically discuss Shen and Lao's utilitarian aesthetic pursuit.Byliquidating the past academic outcomes,re-evaluate the "intervention "literary concepts of Shen and Lao.With the "comparative research of "A Lisi's Travel to China" and "cat city ".Try to explore Shen and Lao's literary ideas under the different ethnic psychology.Chapter4"City and People:the dilemma of ethnic minorities' modern aspiration ":The interpretation of relationship between city and people demonstrates that it is reflected not only in the text,but also in the relationship between the writers and city beyond the text.Under modernization and the modernity of people inexplicably linked.To some extent,the writers'attitude to evaluation of modernity.Chapter5"Bench and Repeat:on the inherent tragedy of'Border Town'and 'Rickshaw Boy'", we can find that there is no relationship between the tragedy within the text and the so-called social factors.Unless we regard the text as the simple replication of real life.It is generated by the repetition of the same desire and the events benched each time invalid. Chapter6:"Literary contemplation under the secular view ".Interpret the writers'concept of history to explorer the possibility of their literary creation and historical progress.In Shen and Lao's works,although their "recognition" or "historical consciousness "are not identical,they both are eager to save the history or even the whole nation through literary fiction.On the basis of summing up this paper,the conclusion part is to reiterate the significance of comparing the two and make further understanding on the significance of literature and the social reality.Consequently,explorer the possibility of literature to change the real life.In short,the literary creations of Shen and Lao not only belong to the Mao and Manzu society.They are concerned about their own national development,and at the same time they are beyond the threshold of the Chinese nation.Thus,they constitute a part of the world literature.