Chinese Modernism Literary Trend In The View Of Modernity (1917-1949)

Literary,trends are the responsible of the modernity's development,they are also the aesthetic reflection of modernity.Modernism literary trend which rises from the western countries is the revolt and remonstrate for modernity,It can be regarded as the ultimate form of the aesthetic modernity,chinese modernism literary trend is not only one part of the western modernist literature's extended globalization,but also is the feedback of the chinese modernity.Exotic,heterogeneity and ambiguous are the main features of chinese modernism literary trend,they are determined by the chinese modernity's exotic,heterogeneity and ambiguous features,they are also bound with the chinese special historical background and culture atmosphere,they help to bring about the chinese modernist literature's whole general situation.Exotic means chinese modernist literature happened directly from the western modernist literature's "transplant" and imitates,use the experiences of the western modernist literature passively.So this exotic can also be regarded as the concrete development of "globalization" and "westernization" in china.Heterogeneity means a kind of divergence according to the westem modernist lierature when the chinese modernist literature introduces,propagates and creates related literature,Its expressions are relative nationality and nativism.The feature of ambiguous means indistinction and undefinition because of the conscious and unconscious "misunderstanding" when chinese modern literary circles expound some related conceptions and categories of western modernist literature.These special properties embody distinctly in the chinese modernist literature's main forms——Symbolism,Expressionism,Futurism,Existentialism and chinese modernist literature's two typical cases——New-feelings Genre and magazine《Modern》.In order to provide a new comprehension way for chinese modernism literary trend,this thesis will explain the chinese modernist literature by the wide vision of modernity,and try to analyse,explain the chinese modernist literature by its main forms and typical cases.