Feminism Development In The Writings Of Ding Ling

As an outstanding female writer and a determined proletariat defender in the history of modern and contemporary literature, Ding Ling attracted numerous critics for a very long time, attributed to her unique experience and versatile styles. Her works revealed distinct female awareness on the one hand, and on the other hand, were intertwined with politic consciousness, which provided multiple possibilities for interpretation.As a Hunan writer, Hunan Culture cast great influence on her shaping of feminism. The core spirits of Hunan culture, such as"attain practical use and care about the real world","take the whole world in mind, and dare to be the first","for the ideal that I hold dear to my heart,I'd not regret a thousand times to die"etc , were well reflected in her writings and pursuits.Although Ding Ling did not participate in the May Forth Movement, she created many classic feminism works including Lady Sophie's Diary, with very feminine words, which showed her born attention to density of women. Ding Ling's novels, as earlier feminism literature works, had excelled her contemporary female writers. Her consistent pursuit of female's right of speech, of"manliness"and her praise of sisterhood, conformed perfectly to feminist poetics in every sense. In this light, we can see the directive significance of her works for criticism and writing of feminist novels in China.Ding Ling, as a writer entered into maturity upon her very first work, would have gone further on the road of feminist literature. However, affected by the turbulent situation, bitter experience and penetration of revolutionary thought, her distinctive feminist nature was gradually submerged by the prevailing voice, and seemed to fade away as a consequence. But through careful reading of this article, you can find that pursuit of feminism was a consistent theme of Ding Ling's works.As a female writer, Ding Ling suffered a lot in her life, which became the best interpretation of feminism. This article analyzes writing experience of Ding Ling, and texts of her works, so as to take a research into the performance of Hunan culture in Ding Ling's feminism shaping, and to study the transformation track of feminist awareness in her works, in the purpose of restoring the life circle of modern and contemporary Chinese female intellects, and to reflect the relations between females in the 20th century, and Chinese literature and politics.