The Cultural Spirit Of The Northeast Writers Group's Novels

Cultures are the roots and origination of literature, which is the reflection of the culture. This paper mainly discusses the cultural spirit of the novel creation of Northeast Writers Group, whose literature works are closely connected with the cultures of Shamanism, fishery, Nomadism and fanning It is the inheritance of the cultural spirit of the "May. 4^th Movement", and will be very important to understand the Northeast Writers Group by analyzing the effects and influence of the above cultures and the May 4^th Movement cultural spirit in the literature creation development of the Northeast Writers Group.The introduction briefly states the meaning of subject selection, as well as the current status, objects, scopes and angles of this paper. Firstly, this paper recalls the current research status and explains the meaning for the continuous discussion. Secondly, it establishes the research object from the specific research angels and defines the literature works of the Northeast Writers Group as those which were created by the native northeast writers who were forced to leave their hometown and go into exile after the May 4^th Movement. The literature works created by the Northeast Writers Group are provided with the characteristics of the distinct local cultures, the cultural connotation of the Northeast Writers Group originated from the cultures of Shamanism, Farming, Fishery and Nomadism are combined with the complementary culture into a alien culture, which provided original and fresh vigor for the literature works with appeal and charm.The first chapter briefly introduces the sources for the cultural spirit of the novels of the Northeast Writers Group. The first section states the influences of the multi-cultural spirit on the literature works created by the Northeast Writers Group. The multi-ethnic areas possess various cultures; The introduction of the alien cultural spirit of the Northeast and the natural geological environment provides the special spirit-controlled temperament for the Northeast Writers Group. The immigrants in the dynasties of Yuan, Ming, Qing and modern times brought in the advanced culture from the eastern area of Shan-haiguan, which makes the local culture of northeast absorbed the Han culture from the eastern area of Shan-haiguan. In the broad area of Northeast in the past times, Shamanism is the most ancient and influencing religion with the original and native conformation, which is also the origination of the Northeast Writers Group and creates decisive influence on the lives of the Northeast people. The influence of the Shamanism culture on the literature works of the Northeast Writers Group comes from the local cultures soaked in the Shamanism spirit. Shamanism culture is always the culture basis in the northeast area. The influence of the new culture of the "May 4^th Movement" leads to the literature works production of the Northeast Writers Group, whose literature works bears and returns to the new literature of "the May 4^th Movement" .The second chapter mainly views the literature works creation as a whole. The first section defines the four periods of the creation of the Northeast Writers Group: Sprouting Period, Developing Period, Maturity Period, and Differentiation Period. The definition of the four periods are undertaken to understand the development and the specific representation of the whole Northeast Writers Group in the different periods. The second section discusses the development of the novel creation of the Northeast Writers Group. The statement of the family, lives, study and exercises of some typical writers, such as Xiao Hong, ;Xiao Jun, Dunmu-Honglian, Li Huiying, Luo Binji, Luo Feng, Bai Lang, Shuqun. provides the growing experiences and the whole the novels creation and the growingperiod.The third chapter discusses the "Northeast" and "Southwest lives" in the literature works creation development of the "Northeast Writers Group".The first section discusses the war of resistance against the aggression written by the Northeast Writers Group. The understanding of the national spirit, the reflection on the meaning of families, lives and zoology and the expectation to return the hometown are all the themes and materials concerned by the Northeast Writers Group. The northeast was occupied as a colony of Japanese imperialism with the broken out of the event of 18^th September 1931. As the pioneer of the Chinese literature during the war against the Japanese aggressors, the Northeast Literature became the strongest voice for the liberation of the country and nation.The emergent Northeast Writers Group was known for the themes of the war against Japanese aggressors in 1930's and won their position in the literary world. The Northeast Writers Group showed their abilities and performance with many literature works such as Xiao Jun's "Village in August", Li Huiying's "Along the Song Hua River", and spread the cultural spirit of Northeast. There are two reasons for the above; one is that the experiences of the Northeast Writers Group for the country calamity and nostalgia made them use their pens as the weapon to battle cry for the war against Japanese; the other one is the art-charm made by the contrast between the local culture of the Northeast and the culture in the Eastern area of Shan haiguan, which drawn more and more attention on the Northeast and Northeast literature for the first time.As the members of the Northeast Writers Group, Xiao Hong, Shu Qun and Luo Binji used their pens to record the decision between life and death of those in the occupied area. During the period of Japanese aggression and national calamity, the brave young writers finished the articles of the changing color of the atlas, the calamity of the country and the people's fight against Japanese enemy with their indignation. "Life and Death Fair", "Children without a country" and "On the Borders" played the special tone with three Northeast Writers' love and hatred. "Life and Death Fair" shows real decision between life and death on facing the Japanese Enemy. "Children without a Country" use the experiences of a Korean child who lost his country to show the real meaning of the country. "On the borders" tells the truth of the battle and shows the life and spirit. In these literature works, the old generation lived in the occupied area has stopped being dull, ignorant or sitting down under, they started to fight against Japanese enemy after such a suffering experiences.The second section describes the pursuit of the Northeast Writers Group for the special northeast geological and historical cultural spirit, "the nostalgia literature" is the product of the homesickness and reflection of the exiled northeast writers, which was produced by the impulse of nostalgia and loyal to their life experiences of the northeast local cultural spirit with the writer's own individual, special and personal characteristics. The writers Duanmu Hongliang, Xiao Hong and Luo Binji were forced to leave their hometown, and their literature works express the sadness of loss and the hopes to be back, even the hometown were poor, original, uncivilized, under-developed or unnatural. Their literature works also express the reflection, politics, social criticism and searching for the roots on the northeast historical culture, they reflected all the things on the land to search for their own roots, so Duanmu Hongliang's " Ke'erqin Prairie", Xiao Hong's "Hulan River" and Luo Binji's "Hunchun" became their inspiration and impetus for literature works creation.The third section states the "Southwest life" written by the Northeast Writers Group during the war against Japan. Luo Binji's "the spring of Beiwang Park" shows the daily life of a few cultural men living in a little courtyard of Beiwang Park in Guilin city during a week with light connotation style. The leading roles are not antagonists, nor are they heroes, but some plain "little man", the background of the story is not the memory of hometown, but the experiences and what he saw and heard in the home front Southwest in 1940's.Duanmu Hongliang's short essay "Southern Scenery" tells a story with the breaking out of the war against Japan in 1937 as the background, with the little town of Zhejiang as the object of writing, which shows the different psychologies of different persons under the same situation with the background of the war. The little town is a description of the whole society, which almost shows everything in the old China. The essay describes that the patriot intellectual Mr. Wu tries his best to study the flying lantern for terminate the enemies, contrasted by the criticism on the coward, selfish, stupid characters of the others.The fifth chapter discusses the value and meaning of the creation of the Northeast Writers Group. The first section states that the creation of the Northeast Writers Group is the important part of modern Chinese literature, it is also the extension and development of the new Chinese literature, while it was contrasted with the development of new Chinese literature, the new Chinese literature started later in the eastern part of Shan Haiguan. However, the new cultural thought of the May 4 Movement also produces a impact on the uncivilized land, the new literature works of Lu Xun, Ye Shaojun and Bing Xin brought the initial enlightenment on the northeast writers of the new literature. "Taidong Daily" and "Shengjing Times" became the main battle field for the introduction of the thoughts of the new culture and the new literature works. In 1928, influenced by the left-wing literature, the cultural thought of "Proletariat Literature" and "National Literature of Patriots" flourishes on the land of the northeast, which influences the northeast writers group and brings them enlightenment on literature creation. With the event of 18^th September broken out in 1931, the northeast was occupied as the colony by the Japanese imperialism, In 1934, In order to avoid the persecution, Shu Qun, Xiao Jun and Xiao Hong moved to Shanghai for following Lu Xun, the reason why they came to Shanghai is that they don't want to be the slaves of the Japanese, and also they share the common sense of the war against the Japan after the event broken out on the 18^th September. They established their position in Shanghai literature world and their literature works are the brilliant movement in the modern literature.The creation of the Northeast Writers Group is a important part of the left-wing literature. Before entering the eastern part of Shan Haiguan, Xiao Jun and Xiao Hong always take part in the activities of northeast left-wing culture circles, Luo Feng, Bai Lang and Shu Qun have joined the Communist Party in Harbin. They stepped into the literature world from Harbin, and then unites together in Shanghai one after another, some of them are the members of the "Left-wing Federation", and even some others are not the members of the "Left-wing Federation", they surround the Lu Xun who is the leader of "Left-wing Federation" and form a structure of the writers group.The description of the northeast people's fight in the war against the Japan becomes the major theme of the anti-Japan War literature. The Northeast Writers Group create the literature works with the lives and struggle of the northeast people with strong affection, which is the first time to unveil the main theme of anti-Japan and protect the country in the modern Chinese literature. It is the distinct characteristics of the creation of the Northeast Writers Group's novels.The second section states the unique human geographic environment of the northeast is listed in the history book of the modem Chinese literature. The special human history and geographic environment makes the northeast different from the special local culture style in the eastern part of Shan Haiguan, it is not only about the deserted land, original forest, heavy snow, but the straightforward, agile and brave, upright and outspoken, forthright and honest people, all the above make their potential influence on the native northeast writers' artistic temperament, and their literature works will bring us into an atmosphere with special northeast human environment and we can breathe the air from the black land.The straightforward, dignified artistic style of the Northeast Writers Group enriches the expression methods of the modern literature. The special geographical location and natural scenery of the northeast cultivate the strong will for surviving and the spirit for the struggles against the nature, which forms the straightforward, dignified characters and personalities, and its creation style embodies the special psychological feelings and the straightforward character of the culture and customs.With the foreign advanced literature experiences used for reference, the novels of the Northeast Writers Group make the development. After the May 4^th Movement, many awakening young men and literature writers choose to use the western literature pattern and creation methods to express their sadness and wishes in heart, which shows the rebel, free and creative spirit of the "May 4^th" times. Some northeast writers cultivated at the atmosphere of the new literature return to the northeast to open up the works for the new culture literature, which makes the native northeast writers vigorous in the literature activities. They take the foreign literature works and thoughts as the reference in the literature creation and absorbed the foreign literature nourishment with the attitude of "taking over". It is generally believed that the creation of the Northeast Writers Group is obviously influenced by the Soviet revolution literature, especially influenced by the Fajieyefu's "Ruin" and Suilafeimoweizhi's "Tieliu", some important writers of the Northeast Writers Group such as Xiao Jun, Xiao Hong, Shu Qun, Bai Lang, Duanmu Hongliang, Luo Binji all have taken part in the movement of Left-wing literature, and they all feel the great charm of the literature of the New Russian with the admiration for Lu Xun. And the influence of the Russian literature makes itself a model for the literature creation of the Northeast Writers Group objectively.