On The Art Achievement And Limitation In Bi Shumin's Novel Creation

The contemporary writer Bi Shumin's literary creation is fairly richer. Except the novels and short stories, she still created a large number of prose works. But from the angle of literature achievement the novels as a whole is the major standard to weigh this writer beyond doubt. So it will be chiefly decided by the research to her novels therefore to inspect her literature activity and to make value judging to it.Firstly, her novel creation possesses the characteristics of the plates combined together in overall. The main plates are called Kunlun Mountains Series (the military writing) in the early stage, the meddle stage of medical writing, and the multi-element writing of later period. It is very obvious that this growing is closely linked to the life experience as well as the various material sources for the creation in writer's brain which have developed into the creative themes. What is worth attention is, and the at the same time that the creation at these different themes was spread out gradually, the writer's thought and artistic methods have also gone through the development from innocent to ripe. Speaking on this meaning, to analyze her novels along time, not only can reflect the growth of Bi Shumin's thought as well as her art, but also can reflect the deep influence she received from the life of the times.Next, we should admit, that between Bi Shumin's novel creation and that of the great writers possessing the influence over the world, obviously there still exists the huge gap at the aspect of the literature attainments. This is seemed to be protruding at the art method, and especially at the thought aspect. It is true that the assignment of literature research is not making excessive demands on the writer to achieve certain height, but correctly appraising the writer's achievement and his or her contribution to the world literature according to the real matters is the duty of literature research should be fulfilled. Therefore the major artistic characteristics, of Bi Shumin's novels, especially her thought intension has just become the focal point of the content of discussion in this dissertation. And being expounding to the analysis of Bi Shumin's novel creation, it would be better to say that our basic research purpose is to reach the conclusion conforms with history dialectics and aesthetics theory of knowledge on the crowd of writers represented by Bi Shumin inspected and appraised with art and history. The writers live in the deep change occurred in the China society. Because they newly embody the bright seal of old and new times and their literary works condense many conceptual factors and aesthetics factor which can indicate the past, the nowadays and future. The value of this kind of study will therefore transcend the study on a single writer, and even transcend to the extent to discuss the better or worse according to the height their achievement reached.As a writer who has grown up with new China, Bi Shumin created the novels which possesses the typical meaning about the times she lives in. Her military writing is benefited from her experiences as a female soldier, and her writing has been widened robustly to describe arduous condition of the garrisons and the mental attitude of soldiers, and to eulogize the indomitable will of the Chinese nation with sacrificing spirit, and to reflect the political level and personality of Chinese soldiers, and at the same time, to reveal and criticize the dogmatism and old style of the leading cadres who were dominated by traditional concept. Because of the special show of the mankind under the arduous environment, her descriptions has precious meaning for the knowledge on the contemporary China politics and military affairs development as well as mankind's existence consciousness. The creation of this theme is represented by the novels<Dies young in the Kunlun Mountains>,<Mending stone> and<Ali>.Bi Shumin, with peculiar female fine sense and tender feeling, has expressed the deep feeling to the life as well as existence will in the novels of medical science theme, and also to the life-force of the mankind with strong power to depict, which has transcended that of general writers. It should be admitted that the cognition to life marks the level of conscious standard of mankind and that of historical development. Therefore her medical science theme creation is representing the rising of trend of thought with the humanism rising after the reform and open movement and the awakening increasingly to be seen. It has become the portrayal of the pulse of times. The narcotic drugs and the mentality disease themes have also got the strong show in Bi Shumin's novels. Along with the arrival of the reform and open movement, the creation of narcotic drugs and mentality disease theme has reflected new society contradiction beyond doubt, and also certainly causes the concern of writers and readers. The works possess the more deep real criticizing meaning and aspect and moral ethics influences with showing the society contradiction conflict. The creation of these themes is represented by the novels<Blood delicate wrought>,<Woman mentality doctor> and <Red prescription>.Along with the end of the culture revolution campaign and the start of the reform and open movement of China society, the consciousness of society has got unprecedentedly liberated. On the other hand, two groups who rooted in the planned economy foundation and commodity market economic base ---- cadres and businessmen, with the gesture of the different interest patterns of particular period old and new respectively, has unavoidably occurred the conflict from the matter to spirit. This kind of social reformation from the foundation of society to the upper levels provided the vast artistic show space for the literature creation, and also initiated the writers'deep historical and philosophical consideration. Bi Shumin's novel creation makes the positive answer to such deep changes of, and with the spirit of straight facing the reality deep introspection, has depicted the great changes that touches hundreds of millions life, showed courage and thought of depth of realism, and snagged her limitations out of her simple political feeling. The creation of these themes is represented by the medium-length novels<Woman worker> and<Delivering you a red carpet>.Besides novels and middle novels Bi Shumin on short novels also shows the excellent artistic talents. "Poplar nose", "Professor's ring", "The buffalo box", "Fly north north", "Dreamy hut and blue bracelet", "Beam fix", etc., with different themes and theme revelation about real life, reveals the present Chinese society is undergoing life suffering and social problems, which contains the resulting bi shumin thinking and attitude. These diverse creation in the form of skills, distinctive very outstanding performance, some work is the essence of the contemporary literary circles, this article is to put them as time inspire in bi shumin life the highest expression of the literary talent to look at, although this article comments on them is just the preliminary discussion.As the typical writer in the reform and open movement, Bi Shumin's novel creation possesses unique and rich knowledge value, because she is having experience with the social life of new period and of the cultural revolution, the different contents of history life has left her deep and fresh seal on her thought concept and aesthetic ideal. These rich real materials have become the important aesthetic foundation of her novel creation. What is worth concern is, she did not let down the opportunity the society turning provided to literature, and also not let down the rich experience she and her homeland got through. She made great efforts with diligent art creation to practice realism, humanism and ecologism, and tried to left the valuable aesthetical record for the times life. Her effort made a important contribution to the aesthetic reappearance and thorough exploring of the vast society, the extensive social main body and complicated life problems. Although in her art practice exist the various deviations and even errors which are worth discussing and criticizing, we ought to be with one kind of gentle heart, and to part its trunk and branches so that distinctly seeing the trunk or main stream.In a word, we are not for occasionally spouts of brilliant writing or the seldom error or faulty stroke to praise or blame the writer easily, but are to recognize the problems from those trunk or main stream producing the dominating strength and to put forward the idea, to summarize the experience in order to contribute the great strength for the healthily development of Chinese contemporary literature and criticism.