On Extramarital Affair Subject Of Modern Fictions

Probing into the whole modern and contemporary fictions, we may find that there's a changing process about the description of extramarital affair subject. The changing is mainly between traditional morals and individuality liberation, also it relates to the moral judgement and the area of description. From "the May Fourth Movement" to the eve of reform , fictions' attitude on extramarital affair changes from affirmation to negative. Modern fictions show disapproval at the eve of reform, while it expresses assent at the latter half of 1980s, that is to say, fictions those about extramarital affair experienced a big conversion from the end of 1970s to the end of 1980s. Since 1990s, depiction on extramarital affair takes on an unstable attitude which swings between the traditional morals and the emancipation of human's individuality. Meanwhile, two clues of extramarital affair theme gradually unveil: one is the change from emphasizing political ideology to the return of literary aesthetics; another is gradually deepening the exploration of humanity's emancipation.If probe into each stage with more carefulness, we can easily discover that the middle of 1980s is a boundary. Plot mode is unitary before this boundary, but it's manifold after the boundary. All in all, fictions of extramarital affair subject experienced a plot mode's transformation which from singleness to multiplicity. The transformation is not accidental; it's the inevitable derivative of two clues of extramarital affair theme. With the recognition of literary creation, emphasis on the aesthetic particularity and further research of liberation of humanity, the single plot mode cannot deduct the multiple connotations of humanity. The complexity and mutil-meanings of humanity promotes the fictions' plot pattern of extramarital affair in various ways.