The Vanishing Folk Scenery And Its Cultural Spirit

There is a profound relationship between folklore and literature.This paper regards folklore as an overall cultural landscape,takes "folklore as a method",draws lessons from the research methods of folklore,cultural anthropology,sociology,philosophy,narratology,aesthetics,psychology and other related disciplines,and takes "locality" as a reference.From the perspective of cultural criticism and cultural reflection,this paper probes into the theme changes,narrative strategies,aesthetic implication and inner deep value of folk writing in local novels since the new period.on the one hand,in the modern society of great transformation and great change,how local writers write poems about local folk customs full of cultural colors and try to construct a kind of native "new cultural poetics".The writing direction of the paper is:On the other hand,when the old cultural model is fading away and the new cultural model is urgently needed to be established,how local writers write local folk customs that represent Chinese culture and root culture so as to express self-examination and criticism of the current social and cultural development model,at the same time to show self-conscious thinking about the local cultural reconstruction in the future.The paper consists of three parts: the introduction,sixth chapters and the conclusion.The specific contents are as follows:The introduction mainly includes the origin of the research and the presentation of related issues,definition of related concepts,the research status of folk writing in local novels,the reasons for choosing this topic,the significance and innovation of this topic,and so on.Since the "New Literature" period,the folk writing in local novels has shown numerous and complicated patterns,and folk customs have played an important role in local novels in different historical periods.To a great extent,folklore has contributed to the formation and construction of local novels,and folk writing has played a crucial role in promoting the deepening of themes,narrative diversity,aesthetic implication and ideological deepening of local novels.The first to the third chapter of the paper mainly discusses the changes of the background and theme of the folk writing of local novels in different stages since the new period.In the 1980 s,folklore became the "subject" of local novel creation.We can see that folklore plays an important role in the construction and value of local novels considering whether it is the writing of "New Enlightenment folklore" before and after 1980 s,the response to reform and opening up through folklore writing in the early 1980 s,or the search for cultural roots and excavating the regional cultural value of folklore through folklore writing in the mid-1980 s.In the 1990 s,with the transformation of the times,the accelerated disappearance of the countryside and the dissipation of local folklore,the folk writing of local novels has also moved towards transformation: there are various characteristics of folklore in history and tradition,especially those related to the family,by retrospective way.There is also the writing of new folklore in the context of the integration of urban and rural areas,and the borderland as a method to write foreign and borderland folklore.It can be seen that the folklore writing of local novels in the 1990 s has not only the continuation of traditional folklore writing,but also new thinking and expression of folklore changes in the new era.Entering the new century,with the intensification of the changes of the times and the arrival of the era of "accelerating society",it seems more direct to respond to the changes of the times with folklore as a method,and folklore continues to dissipate,while the folk writing of local novels is gradually moving towards a return.First of all,due to the acceleration of the decline and disappearance of the countryside,writers regret the disappearance of local folk customs,pursue the memories of childhood or past times through folk customs,and then express their "new nostalgia".Secondly,through the writing of folklore,especially those related to spirit,writers explore the intrinsic value of folklore and find the lost soul of Chinese culture,so as to feel the pulse of the contemporary society with lack of belief and alienation of human nature to express writers’ humanitarian spirit and practical concern.Thirdly,one of the inevitable results of the one-sided pursuit of material wealth and economic development is the impact on the rural ecological environment,which is reflected in the change of the ecological environment on the one hand and the destruction of the ecological environment on the other hand.And the destruction is the most obvious,which makes the ecological folk writing in this period magnificent.In a word,the folklore of different periods and different regions presents different forms.The folklore writing of local novels not only shows the changes of the times and folklore,but also reveals the disadvantages and cultural symptoms of the times.In the fourth chapter of "Research on folklore writing strategies of local novels since the new period",from the perspective of "folklore as a rhetorical device",it focuses on the analysis of folklore as a whole cultural "landscape".In the specific literary creation,the point deserved to be analyzed is how to show the folklore properly,or what narrative strategies are used by local writers in the process of folk writing.As an object to be watched,folklore is indelibly related to the writer’s childhood experience,which makes the folk writing of local writers look back on their homes from the perspective of childhood experience.Writers’ different ways of viewing folk "scenery" will produce different narrative dimensions,the geographical characteristics of folk customs and the spatial dimensions of folk existence,which makes writers always use the way of spatial narrative under the geographical perspective in the process of the construction of local novels.Spatial narrative has become the most common narrative strategy in the folk writing of local novels.Thirdly,writers can also choose different narrative methods according to the different connotations and extended attributes of folklore,highlight the literariness of folklore,shorten the distance between literature and folklore,and choose different narrative methods based on the different characteristics of folklore.The mysterious narrative or transcendental narrative of the local writer can be achieved.The emergence of these writing strategies is,on the one hand,the result of changes in the times and folk customs since the new era;on the other hand,it is the result of continuous updating and exploration of literary creation methods.The fifth chapter mainly discusses the aesthetic implication of local novels since the new period.Really good folklore writing is to observe rural folklore in an aesthetic way.Specifically,writing about folklore is to write about people.Folklore,as a convention,proactive and even unconsciously adhered to by the villagers,the narrative of the village folklore constructs the ethics,morals and emotions of "Chinese children".Folk life as the basic expression of life culture,as the crystallization of the real life and wisdom of the villagers,the folklore writing of the local writers shows the beauty of daily life in a colorful and colorful life.Through the writing of different folklore events,local writers present unique folklore meaning and folklore artistic conception,highlighting the poetic color of folklore aesthetics.The sixth chapter mainly discusses the deep value behind the folk writing of local novels since the new period.First of all,as the vanishing "scenery" and national spirit of rural culture,the folk writing of local novels presents the imagination and production of local knowledge in the era of "globalization".In addition,folklore writers also focus on exploring the deeper Chinese culture and root culture hidden behind the local folk customs to find the foundation of the development of contemporary culture.Thirdly,in the context of modernity,local novels,through the writing of local folk customs with considerable national and local values,are also of great value and significance for the discourse construction of "new locality" in literary creation.The conclusion is based on the summary of the thesis,focusing on the problem awareness and innovation of the essay,the achievements and limitations of folklore writing in the new era,and the deficiencies of the thesis.