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The Research On The Factors Of Russo-Soviet Literature In Zhang Wei's Novel

Posted on:2010-01-05Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L LeiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360275494003Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Zhang Wei, the representative of contemporary literary in Shan Dong province, is an innovating and transcending writer. What's more, he also has the intense moral consciousness and the humanity concern. After his novel The Ancient Vessel published, Zhang Wei and his work then became the focal point of literature commentary. In "The New Human Spirit Discussion" of the 1990s which continued until now, Zhang Wei recommended the humanism flag high, carefully put his attention to many immediate questions, and then proposed several redemptive ways. Not only about his own opinions, but also about the concrete text creation, we can find some Russo-Soviet writers' similar thought modes and the aesthetic pursuit: his fresh meaningful expression style, a bright tendency to moral idealism, the weighty misery revenge feelings, as well as the attention to the relationship between mankind and natural, the deep sense of hardship and the great humanity mood are interlinked with certain Russo-Soviet writers. Zhang Wei acquires their superficial knowledge, but also their charm moreover, especially the writers' personalities and works' subjects of Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, Turgenev, Aytmatov and Astafiev. This should prove ChenSihe's opinion--When "influence" itself is already internalized for writers' ownthing, their critics will be very difficult to separate "influence" from the innovation.The thesis, taking the comparison between culture subjects as the main way, the character images' analyses as "latitude", divedes into two parts. Previous part divedes to four chapters mainly expounds the similarity between Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Zhang Wei, as well as the differences of Sino-Russian cultures from a angle of guilt feelings culture. The abnormal politics and abnormal society during the Chinese Great Cultural Revolution, have caused a lot of damage to the ordinary persons' bodies and minds, and even the human nature, which are the guilt feelings culture in miniature. Opening the bright writing in the writer Zhang Wei, the realistic society of The Ancient Vessel is precisely the central demonstration of Chinese misery, which displays the desire for material in plenty, the moral landslide, the human nature to go out of cultivation incisively, the desires to inflate, as well as the despairing, dejected state of mind people have fallen into. During revelating misery, the author also attempted to analyze the reason for guilt feelings original. Zhang Wei of this period demonstrated the deeply rigid moral exploration and the great broad humanity love philosophy of Tolstoy. In this sense, it is Tolstoy that teaches Zhang Wei how to get a bright and great heart, how to show some cares for the giant things. He enabled the latter to create The Autumn's Anger, Bai Hui, Books of Other Provinces, Family and so on. All these excellent works take the morals as the important center, care for and keep attention to the human nature for the aim. Tolstoy's original guilt feelings are not born from beginning. How to use for reference, or to innovate by Zhang Wei is the main contents of the second chapter. The third and fourth chapters elaborated examining soul, the revenge, murdering father and so on, from the angles of Floyd's psychology and the sociology between Zhang Wei and Dostoyevsky's works, mainly taking The Ancient Vessel, Family and The Brother Karamazov as the examples. In these novels, the revenge under the emotion out of control and the hatred under the obligation of the family realization, clearly demonstrate similarity between the Sino-Russian culture in certain extent.Next part mainly elaborates the relationship between mankind and nature, taking time as the central contents. What analyzes emphatically is the connection between Zhang Wei and certain Russo-Soviet writers in the expression to wilderness culture. Hunter Notes of Turgenev affects the creation of Zhang Wei's earlier period to a great extent. That kind of the poetic description about the nature personification, the thing interlinked human, to rationally process amphoteric sentimental as well as fresh pure and simple exquisite artistic style of the latter, conjunct with the heart which intimates with the nature, roams about leaving, returning, eventually redeeming; this is the content of the sixth chapter. After 1986, Zhang Wei wrote such bright works as The Wind On The Seashore, Fables In September, which highlights the permanence and the contradiction of the wilderness, extremely resembles such Soviet contemporary authors as Aytmatov and Astafiev in the theme and the artistic style. The similarity manifests the fusion between the mankind and natural subject, the moral subject, the feedback about human center principle which is narrow-minded, the attention to the minds depletion of human, the moral landslide, which are produced in the industry civilization; all of these have carried on the ingenious transplanting from Russo-Soviet factors by Zhang Wei. This is the elaboration key of Chapter Seven.In brief, the relationship between Zhang Wei and Russo-Soviet's literature is exceptionally close. He spoke frankly about his appreciation and high esteem of Russo-Soviet writers and literature for many times; only then, the more influence of Russo-Soviet literature on Zhang Wei has changed to total absorption in spirit and internalized innovation. Zhang Wei is strong against the imitation of "coming off Asia and entering Europe" the imitation. It's sure that his writing is a language enterprise, a kind of saving himself enterprise, and moreover is a national enterprise. In a sense, Zhang Wei is unique. He is also a great scholar and an intellectual who excels in innovation. Therefore, what my whole paper discusses is firstly based on the realistic familiarity with predecessors' research results and the analyses of literary works. Secondly, the paper has been finished inclusive of my own explorations and innovations.
Keywords/Search Tags:The Guilt Feelings Culture, The Wilderness Culture, Zhang Wei, The Factors Of Russo-Soviet Literature
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