The Anti-modernity Of Shen Congwen's Novels Through Edge City

In recent years,'modernity'and'anti-modernity'are the focus in the literature field. For the complicated historical state of'modernity'and the different ideas of'modernity', sometimes we also have different ideas between'modernity'and'anti-modernity'. For example, is Shen Congwen's literature idea'modernity'or'anti-modernity'? Critics have totally different ideas about it。The confusion is caused by not only the historical complex, but also inappropriate application of the western theory and the various critical standards. Through analyzing the'anti-modernity'of Shen Congwen's edge city, it will make the readers reflect the modernity. In terms of the edge city world which can represent the native traditional culture, as a result that Shen Congwen judges the traditional culture and the modern society, it is the expression of the unique aesthetic styles and life consciousness. This article shows the deep consciousness of'anti-modernity'through the surface consciousness. That is reappearance of the unique styles under the unique environment, which shows the dissatisfaction of the reality, the strong worrying consciousness of the nation, the call of the wonderful humanity and good relationships between people. It has strong anti-modernity.