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Study Of Bei Cun's Christian Culture Novel

Posted on:2011-12-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:P FuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2195360305466375Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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Christianity came to China four times for 200 years as a social and cultural presence in Chinese history. Christian culture and modern Chinese literature have very close and deep ties to modern literature. Today, there are not many Chinese Christian writers who identify himself as a Christian and write novels with true Christian faith.In 1992, Bei Cun accepted the Christian faith, and since then he revealed a Christian identity of himself. Bei Cun showed efforts to be more than just a writer of Chinese modern literature. He wrote novels to show Christian culture through his own life.Christianity influenced his recent writing directly and profoundly. He was a missionary through writing. He published the faith. His ultimate concern was'the divine revelation to people'. In his book 'From the River of Baptism'and'Zhou Yu's Cry', he walked into the Christian faith through Zhou Yu's great spiritual dilemma. His recent novel'Angry'and'The Covenant Between God and I', after being renewed in the faith, Bei Cun to determined himself as a God's vessel, a channel of life to reveal God. He was no longer lost.Bei Cun wrote about the living conditions and the mental state of people around him. He asked about the ultimate value of life, questioning human nature, and he was constantly concerned about the survival of man. He summed up the existence of suffering of consciousness, and he considers the suffering of mankind is from sin. As a result, sin separated man from God. BEI CUN didn't see Christianity as a religion but rather as a relationship.Bei Cun wrote from different perspectives; he described different aspects of death and concluded that death is more like a rebirth. Not only did Bei Cun display his faith through Christian cultural connotations, but he also defended his faith. The way he defines his beliefs in life's situations is unique. In his writing, Bei Cun used his faith in Jesus Christ and the belief of His resurrection to witness to the world. His style as a novelist is an outpouring of his faith, and it is the path that he chose. Bei Cun is a Christian writer who was straightforward in his beliefs. His writing does not only bring contemporary Chinese culture and Christianity together, but it also provides a model for integration.Let us not only see the spirit of the times and the desperation of the people to understand the truth, but, through the conflict of conscience and sensitivity, let us also see the truth of salvation and hope.
Keywords/Search Tags:Bei Cun, characters, spiritual dilemma, living dilemma, life dilemma
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