Food Narrative In Contemporary Literature

Literature is a language for the tool, visually reflect the objective reality, the writer deep emotion art, including poetry, prose, novels, plays, language and fairy tales, and many other style, in the form of different feelings and represent the certain period and certain region of social life. Most of the literature will be involved in human daily life theme of food and clothing live line, such as Yu Hua’s "Xu San-guan Selling Blood" Yu Hua based on the special social background for their generation and cater to the times the pace of reform, the eye to follow the pulse of the times,from a small angle food narrative, close to the real life, deeply everyday ethics gap, real and delicately shows us in the growth of contemporary representation for us the present situation and the characters’ mental outlook of the society at that time provides a rare historical data. Therefore, in-depth study of food in the contemporary literature narrative, not only for our further understanding of contemporary literature and even will be great help to understanding contemporary history, and for us to understand and grasp the development direction of the contemporary literature of the20th century also help. Although food narrative seems weak, probed into its profound connotation and creative features, still has profound academic value and literary significance, therefore, this article will study of food narrative writing practice and cultural significance, not only can fill the gaps in this aspect research, and the research can enrich the Chinese contemporary literature writers and their works, has great academic value and practical significance.This study based on food narrative in contemporary literature, contemporary works good, mainly in Yu Hua’ writing practice an example, the cultural spirit of appearance of food narrative contains deep meaning and value of connotation, in order to explore food contact of current literary creation and the development of narrative, to overcome the literature from daily life, thus developed to a higher level.Paper introduction part mainly expounds the selection of food narrative in contemporary literature as a research of the reasons, significance and the academic circles about the research status of this field. Then on this basis, the formulated by Yu Hua’s creation as the main research direction, research methods and points out that this research focus on solve the problem. Mainly discusses the phenomenon and food narrative in contemporary literature mainly shows the characteristics of creation. Of contemporary literature began in1949after the liberation, the writers in the direct experience prompted or indirect perception experience after the consciousness of literary creation, most of them have good cultural literacy, to the life, history, life has a unique understanding, so in daily life tragicomedy show theme creation shows the characteristics of the creation of a general convergence-food.The second chapter mainly, taking the analysis of Yu Hua’s writing practice, in order to transition to representative works "alive" and "Xu San-guan Selling Blood" as an example, explore the connotation behind the representation food narrative, situated in the thorough analysis, food and clothing layer, symbols and cultural spirit, through the three levels of gradually in-depth exploration, showing food special significance and value of narrative in the text, showing food universality of narrative, enhanced text argument.Mainly from find problems to solve the problem of this article discusses the writer in the creation of yu hua, for example, food narrative meaning and narrative derivative related issues, in the works of yu hua, even extended to the same time, other writers’ works in a food account at the same time, the writer to show the characteristics of the main body, the most obvious is the food value of narrative, the choice of regional culture recognition and writer’s position.Conclusion part in this paper the food narrative and its connotation and meaning in the works of yu hua, on the basis of further points out the culture significance and spirit value. Food narrative and its related research to the contemporary literature history and cultural history and even reviews provides a rich ideas and literary experience, is worth to value.