The Oppression And Release Of The Free Soul

It seems that there is too much words about Xiao Hong. She was well known in 1930's for her Shen Shi Chang. In recent years, there are too many biographies, works and papers about Xiao Hong for us to read. We can say that we have studied Xiao Hong's works sufficiently on many aspects, such as aesthetics, idea, art skill, politics, feminie, sensibility and human nature. Both the diversity of study and the plentiful study fruit show the worthiness of Xiao Hong.Whereas, I find that the critics have ignored at least two aspects. One is the deep reason for Xiao Hong's sense of loneliness and oppression, the other is the images which can be found everywhere in her works. Both of them have not been fully recognized and rootled. So, this paper will discuss them in three chapters.In Chapter I, the paper starts from Xiao Hong's "complex of loneliness", discusses her childhood, marriage and social life, rootles the real reason which oppresses her free soul: the life without voice and ego. Chapter II starts from her unique writing mode, discusses how she found the way to emit her own voice, say her own words, and also about her animadvert on sex discrimination and her discover of the common people's hard life. In this chapter, it also involves several images, which represent the hard life condition of the common people. Chapter III discusses several groups of unique images such as "the back garden", which represent the spree and release of free soul. It shows Xiao Hong's permanent longing for freedom, "love and mildness".