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Discussion About The Realism Spirit Of Zhang Tianyi's Short Stories

Posted on:2009-08-26Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:X Y ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360275468940Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Zhang Tianyi is one of the most remarkable realism satire novelists in China in modern times.In those years,study about Zhang Tianyi has been improved,but the scope of depicting national spirit and the complexity of art style;especially the status and function in literature history haven't been deeply researched.Even some scholiasts thought that Zhang Tianyi is not a very excellent writer in the modem literature history.This thesis will interpret Zhang tianyi's short stories' realism spirit from three parts.Chapter One Face Society,Notice life.Zhang Tianyi started his writing career of realism owing to the impact below Lu Xu's Mr.Q's Biography and the effect of social thinking.Firstly,he, who doesn't avoid the contradiction and dodge the realism,armed with explosion and satire and pointed at the social evils from any angles;Secondly, he put depicting character and portraying the typical case at the top,and telling stories at the second place;Thirdly,he adhered to natural regularity and practiced the writing career of realism in the time of ruling position under the literature instructing wrong thinking;Fourthly,he insisted humanitarianism spirit and represented profound humanitarianism feeling when exposing evil society and "animals world";Fifthly,he followed the theme of Lu Xun's national criticism.Chapter Two Explore the humanity,excavate the spirit. Zhang Tianyi insisted on practicing the realism of "national spirit" depicted in Mr.Q's Biography,and he revealed "the method of spiritual triumph" included in national spirit,slavishness realization,face mind, spiritual status of conservativeness and seeking momentary ease,and seek to the national spirit of psychological compensation:Chapter Three Various capabilities,laugh at life.Zhang Tianyi,the most outstanding satire novelist in China in modern times,whose satire style forming is affected by his talent and family and also by the nutrition absorbed from satire celebrities in China and in Western countries,is influenced by Lu Xu and Wu Jinzhi and also affected by Dickens, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and Bernard Shaw.Zhang Tianyi's personality and capability lie in his satire and humor-Zhang Tianyi's unique laughter,including furious laughter and tears' laughter. He realized his unique laughter through his special laughter,and handled exaggeration,excavating character's soul and fragment art of remarkable satire language and conceiving character in his satire art.
Keywords/Search Tags:Zhang Tianyi's short stories, realism, national spirit, satire art
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