Study On Contemporary Literature Dilemma In The Context Of Consumptive Culture

Since the 1990s,along with the establishment of the Chinese socialist market economic system and the impact of commodity economy, intellectuals'original status in the cultural center of the society gradually lost and they slipped to the edge of the society. In such background, as the rise of consumptive culture,whose main features are commercial, popularity, fashionable and entertaining, elite culture has been squeezed, writing was under attack, and this led to the marginalization of literature. And because of the pressure of life, readers'esthetic interest has changed,tended to leisure and entertainment. Because of the market working on the literary production, the consumer market which has an obvious restriction on the creation of literature has been formed, and how to make the works to be accepted by readers is a problem which the writers and the publishers most cared. Thus some writers'work has a commercialization tendency and their writings are direct pursuit of commercial profits.In view of this, this thesis had a systematic study on the literature after the 1990s in the context of consumptive culture, and took novels as the example during the work analysis. This thesis altogether divides into four chapters. The first chapter has discussed the background of the rise of consumptive culture and the characterization of the marginalization of literature. The manifestation of which are the best-selling books which cater to the readers'interest and meet the market demand are in flood while high-quality novels are rare. Many fashionable magazines sell well while literary magazines are not booming. In the second chapter, first explained the change of elite literature and the reason of some writers'commercialization tendency.Then discussed some serious writer's secularization tendency by studying the novels of Jia Ping-ao and Chili. As to Women's literature, this thesis discussed its advantages and disadvantages and the tendency that catered to the readers'vulgar interest. An obvious feature of Documentary literature is its entertainment tendency. In the end, the thesis discussed and inspected the vulgarity in mainstream culture. The third chapter discussed the rise of popular culture and the prosperity of popular literature.Later analyzed the influence on literature which is caused by film and television and network. And Because of the market working on the literary production, the consumer market which has an obvious restriction on the creation of literature has been formed. At last the thesis discussed Film and television literature, "after 1980s" literature and Internet literature, and made a conclusion that their market significance is more than their literary meaning.The fourth chapter gave a shallow ponder on the dilemma of literature and the reconstruction of healthy literature.