Farmers Narrative Of The Double Phantom

Zhao Shuli's novel creation is a typical "case" in 1940's Chinese literature. 1940's is a key phase of his entrance to the literature history as well as a typical field for studying his creations. It is not only the original context of the spread influence of Zhao's novels but also has initiative significance for the bloom of rural novels since the Republic of China is founded.The dissertation is to demonstrate Zhao Shuli's contributions to rural novels in 1940's China, including his peasant feelings, issue sense and peasant discourse. Depending on the spirit resources of peasant culture, Zhao took part in the construction of new state literature system. His narrative of peasantrized revolution accelerating modernized peasants brings about deep affect on the aesthetic sense of 1940's rural novel. His understanding of rural culture metaphors, together with his comprehensive utilization of the traditional and modern novels, makes him an example of "national forms". Though he is configured and appropriated for use by political ideology, his true identity for peasant value make him be free from political limit.As a result, his novels transcendent the special political text and give deep enlightenment for some issues such as how to reflect peasant life and how to push the reform of peasant cultural tradition. Zhao Shuli represents a picture of "peasant China" by his deep understanding of rural cultural metaphor system. Though not shaking off the limit of peasant imagination, this picture is based on the true peasant life and so it can make endless dialogues with the "modern China" constructed by literators in this century.