Modernity Of Publications Edited By Xu Zhimo

We often showed sight on some ready-made literary works when we were talking about"modernity" question in the past, Laying particular emphasis on the development of theliterature theme, appearance of new-type person , the research narrating within the texts, andthe change of lyrical way; neglecting the research of beyond literary works. In fact, it havedetermined the peculiar appearance of literature to a great extent, such as commercialoperation strategy of the publishing company in literature operating mechanism, columnoffered, localization and flow of the reader, and the editor's position and interesting. So, thistext will explained the "modernity" of inside and outside the works, which based on the"modernity" visions of Chinese literature and culture in the 20th century, with publicationsedited by Xu Zhimo. This thesis is divided into three chapters. Chapter one entitled modernity and literaturepublication. It can be regarded as the theoretical and logical basis of the thesis. "Modernity"used to be a deconstructive, introspective and critical concept. So this text will explain itsconcept from time, social organization mode, character, and as the antithesis of the society inthe aesthetic meaning, furthermore, point out "Modernity" of China --Especially "Modernity"of period of "the May Fourth Movement", because of being strong guided by westernmodernity literature, possessed the characteristics of obvious "modernization". Therefore theone that only denied the tradition and is made in this kind of "Modernity"--"Occidentalizes",the process is a kind of "imagining" of modernity", the literature publication is exactly thiskind of best expression media imagined. Chapter two entitled the modern humane view taking Xu Zhimo as the core. Comparedwith a generation of writers of "the May Fourth Movement", Xu Zhimo's cultural view,literature view is obvious with "Occidentalizing". He studied overseas in Great Britain andAmerica, got striking influence in literature and art view from Luo Su, Hardy. when he wascarrying on a publication editor, on one hand he incorporate one's own editor's position,editor's policy and style; on the other hand he carried on "ideal reader's modernity imagine"in his mind. Among such modernity process, edit group there are common culturebackground and experience, so the editor's colony meaning comes out prominently, this is"imagining collectively" of modernity of whole editor's colonies. In addition, as a part ofmodern literature operating mechanism, "the crescent bookstore" is making the indispensablematerial base of "imagining collectively" here too. Chapter three entitled "theory" and intergrowth "practiced". The layout of the modernpublication is a space unit that totally opens. The editor, reader and author have formed ascene exchanged and talking freely here. In these three publications that Xu Zhimo edits,have already had discussion and achievement of the theoretical question of poems, there waspractices to the new theory --the test of the new rules and forms poem, the publication hasformed opening space between "theory" and "practices", it was the best proof that earliernew poem standardized sport and later the tendency to modernism.