The Traveling Figure

Ding Ling was an unique woman of letters in Chinese modern-contemporary literature history. In her thought structure Huxiang culture was "private stratum" which restrained the way and the orientation in the course of accepting individualism and feminism. At its early stage Ding Ling's feminism based on the individualism and always was the point of view in Ding Ling's writing. These three inner elements conflicted with each other and depended on each other and at last they coordinated on the pragmatism. With the outer historic conditions they made up the Ding Ling's writing way. The combat and perform of two fates of the May-forth new culture and the Chinese traditional Confucianism culture acted on Dang Ling turned her into a case in the study about the Chinese modern-contemporary literature history and the personality construction of the modern-contemporary intellects. Because of this, Her meaning surpassed herself.The first part of the thesis reviews all sorts of different views in the study history about Ding Ling and draws the conclusion that the "same" critical criterions research fellow employed did not coordinate actually, then there came from misapprehensions about Ding Ling.The second part analyses Ding Ling's thought structure. It holds that Ding Ling had no choice in acceptance of Huxiang culture which modeled her in early times, and without selection she accepted variety of thoughts and ideas in the May-forth new culture campaign such as individualism, feminism, etc. This part draws another conclusion that Ding Ling was the one of been taken shape by many jointed elements.The analysis of third part bases on the influences affected on Ding Ling came from the outer historic conditions and the inner thought elements, and traces out the way of Ding Ling's writing, and expounders the cause of her continual "sudden change "and "self-denial".The forth part considers Ding Ling as a case and makes an inquiry into the defect of personality construction of Ding Ling and modern-contemporary intellects, and studies these defects have what influences on literature writing. These intellects including Ding Ling have made the defects and they were suffered from these defects made by themselves.