| ZHOU Zuo-ren was the key person in the "five-four" new cultures movement. He was the most outstanding of the Chinese modern literature writers, also was the respected master of a Chinese modern prose. He has written much wonderful prose, he made huge contribution to the Chinese modern literature.The styles of ZHOU Zuo-ren's prose are moderate and leisurely and impulsive and fierce. The greater part readers think that the moderate and leisurely prose is best. He used the moderation and leisure to balance his mental state. The first period, in the fall tide of "54" new cultures movement, he removed the crazy, anxiously, fidgety mood with the moderation and leisure. The second period, he revolted the motherland, having produced huge mental pain and sufferings, he used the moderation and leisure to equilibrium his mental pain again. From beginning to end, he pursued the style of the moderate and leisurely, the moderation and leisure became the keynote of his prose.Certainly, outside the basic style, the prose has other styles. For example, impulsion and fierceness. But, in his prose, the moderation and leisure repress the impulsion and fierceness. In the repress process, It took place the influence each other. The first, the moderate and leisurely prose still concern the human life actuality. He has ever said:" I hope that still having a rebel in the interesting of my article ". That year, from" place sorrow in the leisure" that he thinks, we can know, his leisure did not forget the realistic human life. The second, the affection of the impulsion and fierceness is subjected to repress. The style of the impulsion and fierceness" of the prose of the ZHOU Zuo-ren, have already weakened, is not making a display of his abilities any more. It becomes moderate and mild.The moderation and leisure made the special features of the ZHOU Zuo-ren's prose, withered outside, but moisten inside, seeming mild, actually gorgeous, Seeming poor and unproductive, but have a full figure actually. All these are the esthetics characteristics of ZHOU Zuo-ren's prose. Affectation of his prose is light. He pursued the nature and the sincerity. To the realistic life, he has calm attitude and quiet mood. |
