Strive Perseveringly For The Consciousness Of Life

Considering the proposition of life and death has always been one of the writers' most important themes. A writer named Bi Shumin shocked the contemporary literary circle by placing emphasis on the formation of existence as well as the opposite unity of life and death, when she started her writing in the 1980s. She pays attention to the state of existence and presents the misery of human. Her consciousness of misery and deep humane concern are revealed between the lines. Showing profound concern for human beings and pondering the phenomena of life, age, sickness and death are day-to-day themes of Bi Shumin's writings. With her unique thoughts which were accumulated in her work as a doctor, and exquisite female style of writing, she presents human's understanding and surmounting of life itself to develop the connotation of "consciousness of life".The article, which is divided into four parts, tries to analyze Bi Shumin's texts and inquire into "consciousness of life" in her novels.First, this article investigates the narrative on "consciousness of life" in Bi Shumin's novels. By concentrating on the individuals' living environments in her novels, this article analyzes women's mighty vitalities, inquiries into the shining resplendency and the meaning of the life value, considering the fights between desire vitalities and personality vitalities of the characters, pays attention to the characters' life-home, and expresses Bi Shumin's persist passion for life as well as the tough but beautiful visage of existence.Next, in the second chapter of this article, it analyzes the narrative on "consciousness of death" in Bi Shumin's novels. Bi Shumin never regards death as the contrary of life. Life and death depend on each other in her novels. Bi Shumin ponders the meaning of death by primordially understanding death and illness, life's dignity in the face of death, as well as the conformity of life and death. The obvious "consciousness of death" in Bi Shumin's novels reflects her special concern of life.Then, in the third chapter of this article, it turns to analyze esthetic value of the themes of life and death in Bi Shumin's novels. In the style of Bi Shumin's writings, the themes of life and death all present particular esthetic value; life and death all have versatile vivid expressions which are complicated but beautiful. By studying the esthetics pursuit of herthe themes of life and death, we can get unique esthetic cultural experience.In the last chapter of this article, it inquires into the philosophical significance of the themes of life and death in Bi Shumin's novels. China is a nation with complicated gospels, and Bi Shumin guides people to think about death with new dispassionate moods and scientific attitudes, and find out the philosophical significance of the themes of life and death. She tries to clear the traditional prejudices such as Confucianism's recognition of life, Taoism's immortality, and Buddhism's recognition of death. She also tries to integrate her knowledge of medicine and literature, pay equal attention to literature and art as well as esthetic appreciation and philosophical contemplation. And then she establishes a new belief: dying is as important as living, they are all indiscerptible parts of existence and they are just entirely different expressions in different states of the life goals.This article analyzes the unique literary individuality and the abundant fruits of her creative labor in contemporary literary circle from the viewpoint of "consciousness of life".