On The Art And Cultural Connotations Of Zhu Ziqing's Essays

Ab8tractZhu Ziqing is one of the Pioneers of the 'be 4th" new literatUr. He has maderemarkable contributions to the developmen of Chinese modem literatUre and hasmade special high achievements in this creation of essays. Thereby he becomes oneof the small nUmer of mastes of essays in the histOry of modem literatUre. Hisexqulsite essays liav become valuable cultUral heritage Of modem literatUr.fos thesis Inainly discusses the artistic style of Zhu Ziqing's essays in termsof StrUtUre, exPression of emotion and langUage and the abundan culturalconnotations diSPlayed by his essays and explores the national road tha ZhuZiqing's essays haV taken While sdering the clash between Chinese and westemculthe. Zhu Ziqing's esSays are plain, flat and natIJral. In tae, he arehesmuh theoMce to the penetalon of chies and the installing of 'the eyes ofesSays". By the law of the Unity of the oPposites, he ndes "overt breaking" ed"covert continuin", Which dispIays beauty and cIoseness. Ih exPression of emotion,he is adcyt in creating an artistic atInsPhere with feeling and setting hapPilyblended and pursus the beauty of sincerity the beauty of paining and the beauty ofideal interest. In langUage, he reAnes the oral lopge rtedcally and boldly andadoPts a stye Which is plain and fiesh and sults both the refined and popular taStes.Zhu Ziqing's essays rePrsent the distintiVe national artiinc mple and theprofoUnd cultural connotatons. ths essays have StrOng sense of modendsm,trMndt the new ideas of the "May 4th' MoYemellt and put forwar a new concePtof essays -- My intention is to eXPress myseIf ms essays not ouly demonStratehis subjective ~ WOild. but aJso describes the ObjeCtive social reality Theyshow not oaly Zhu Ziqing's tortUous road of creation, bu also his realiStic way ofcreation. What deserves more attention is tha his essays are a trUe potaayal of theIInation抯 cultural mind: Confucian ideology is the aesthetic ideas of his essays, 搉eutralism?is the aesthetic principle and tenderness and gentleness is the unique feature. His essays are implicit, reserved and lingering, with gentle, moderate emotion, embodying the aesthetic affection of 搒ad but not sentimental?搃mplicit but not direct? At the same time, he is familiar with the dialectics of art, good at using 搉eutralism?in the creation of essays, and he searches unity from contradiction and agreement from disco ordination, therefore, neutralism shows the aesthetic rule of contradiction and unity. The national art style of Zhu Ziqing抯 essays is very obvious. First, he uses the skill which is used to create 搈ood?in classical poetry, as a result, he get the creative concept in which object and subject, scene and emotion are united to one; secondly, he mix the skill of classical prose on creative method and state fashion; thirdly, he notices inherit and creation of national language.Zhu Ziqing抯 essays reflect the age and life. Although his essays are influenced by foreign jottings, they carry on Chinese traditional culture and ideas, employ the national artistic method and thus create the unique essays which are 搑ich but not strong, clear but not tasteless? Zhu Ziqing stands firmly on the ground of national cultural tradition so the style of his essays is characteristic with our nation. Zhu Ziqing抯 essays have distinctive features of national culture. He has used the new bottle of writings in the vernacular to load the good wine of traditional culture, which carry the features of our nation and should be approved.