The Cultural Perspective Of The "after 1980s" Novels On The Theme Of Growth

The literature of"after 1980s"is the most noticeable literary phenomenon in contemporary literature circle."After 80s"novels set up a new area of the campus literature, and the growth narrative which theme is youth and growth adds a new color and meaning to the Chinese-style Bildungsroman.On the basis of"after80s"text and analysis,the thesis goes on a comprehensive surveying into the growth theme,in order to have a perspective of the unique cultural connotation that the growth theme contains.The thesis is divided into four parts besides the introduction and the conclusion.Part one:German,American,Chinese Bildungsroman to be a main references object,this part combs out the changes and the total characteristics of the Bildungsroman.The development of the Bildungsroman and the characteristics forming is based on the change of the concept of"growth".Different eras give different meanings about"growth".The traditional concept of"growth"lay particular emphasis on ego improvement which is on the basis of humanism education.But the modern concept of"growth"lay particular emphasis on pursuing complete ego.The"growth"theme of"after 80s"novels which is affected by the modern concept of"growth",pay attention to the writing of personal growth experience, show their disoriented confusion and nihility,as well as the growth difficulty and anxiety under the circle of family,school and society.The significance of Bildungsroman lies in"the dimension of growth"and"the dimension of education".Partâ…¡and Partâ…¢pay attention to the narrative about"the dimension of growth"in the"after 80s"novels.For"growth","after 80s"writers have their special experience.They faithfully recorded the just experienced or experiencing physical and mental development.High self-consciousness is the most significant psychological change.Pure love and the describing of sex mix together to be a chaotic state.The development of self-cognitive is an essential connotation of the individual growth.In this process,adolescents occur to self-identity crisis,which led them puzzled,confusion,rebellion and depression."After 80s"lost value is the intrinsic reason which causes their growth stagnate,and gaining subjectivity is the solution of their healthy growing-up. Partâ…£will comprehensively discuss the education of the adolescents in"after 80s"novels.Family,school and society should have provided a better educational environment for adolescents,however,as"after 80s"writers described,the education of these three aspects is missing,which creates a powerful resistance to the individual's freedom growth.Therefore,it made their growth become particularly difficult.The lack of education is an external factor which causes their growth to be stagnated."After 80s"novels provide us a different world of growing.Their unique growth autobiographical novels have opened a new way for the development of Chinese Bildungsroman.