A Commentary On The Study Of Chinese Literary Modernity In The 20^th Century

From the late 1980s and the early 1990s , reexaminating the Chinese literature in the 20th century with the modernity theory had become a focus of the academe . These researches involve plenty of contents and achieve lots of results.A focus of researches is the origin and accomplishment of Chinese literary modernity in the 20^th century . About the time of origin , the view on "Late Qing Dynasty Origin" attached great importance on the bud of modern transformation , the view on "the May 4^th origin" attached great importance on the material breakthrough of it, but the view on "Late Qing Dynasty to May 4^th " put the accent on the process in which the modernity sprouted and then all flare up , this kind of view take into account the fact : as a be-modernized country , there is a process in which the modernity varied from superficial to deep and from individual to general exists . About the accomplishment of Chinese literary modernity in the 20^th century , some people argue that in the late 20^th century , the fragmentary narration of Post Modernism had taken the place of the narration of modernity . The others believe that the narration of Post Modernism in Chinese literature is a wrong imitation to the West . Both of them used the same theory of Post Modernism and literary pieces , this phenomenon shows that the Chinese scholars have an uncertain definition on modernity and Post-modernism .The character and feature of Chinese literary modernity in the 20^th century is another focus of researches . Yang Chun-shi and Song Jian-hua judged the character of the Chinese literature in the 20^th century by western standards , and pointed its "modernity" , but many scholars raised doubts about the standards and concepts . In addition , some people studied the sort of Chinese literary modernity in the 20^th century ; the others studied the developing process of it. The relation of modernity and nationality is the other hot topic in these researches , this kind of research paid attention to the collision of them , but it paid little attention to the new national tradition which had formed in the 20^th century .Reexamination of the Chinese literature phenomenon with the modernity theory is the other focus . with the theory , scholars have new concepts on realism and romanticism , and raised the didacticism and neoclassicism. These actions have breaken through the view on the creative method . In addition , with the theory of modernity , the scholars paid more attention to the Beijing School , Shanghai School and Female Literature , which have been neglected by the past literary history . Looking back the history of researches . there are many things to be desired . the generalization of concept , the trend of using theory mechanically and similar view-point. In order to solve the problem , we should connect the theory and the living environment of literature closely , take into account the literature's history and reality , the theory of literary creation and the literary living practice . Seek the interillustration of theory and practice .