Contemporary Urban Novels

Contemporary literature is the continuity of the "Yan An literature'.. Rusticliterature and Revo1ationary literature, in fact, dominate the literary world. BecauselitCratue is subect to politics, the works of that day all showed strong qualities ofpolitical ideology. Literatllre lingers in the rustic court, full of blue atttiosphere, theindustrial then1e becomes one pari of the "Dominating Literatllre". Since 80's,because of China modernization, the city is enhanced with the open door andinnovation principles in the sense of modem times. It is growing uP in the "Nativesoil in China" and in the consciousness of the'traditional Chinese, Which is changinghistorically all things inside and outside of peoples. The development of commercialeconomy, the stwt-uP of marke economy, the groWth of secular society makes atownie space in'the cultural and folk senses. The writers have made great progress indescribing our age, probing into and representing the citizens' value opinion and thecultural claims. In this edicle, I waflt to probe into the rise of China coniemPorarycity novel, and analyze its cultural connotation connected with its aestheticcharacters in the view of the city culture, as a result, it should be mastered in theWhole.Part one: Study 'the rise of the Chinese cothemporary city literature. Chinesefictions have something of city consanguinity Its initial origin is the "Hua Ben" ofthe "Song" and "Yuan" Dynasty Its generative background and thematic conientsboth have the chaxacters of city culture, embodying the citizens' desire forentertainment and relaxation. From then on, the "Four vagarious books" and"SanYanErPai", the represefltative of the city culture, also reflect the citizens'culture claims. The prosperous and decline of the novel is connected with thecommercial development. In tl1e 20 centuy novel's social effeCt is widenedunilaterallyi except "Shang Hai school novel" in the 30's and 40's. For theconcurrence of "Enlighten" and "Save the nation from extinction", as a result, citynovel wasn't flourish. Uniil 80's, the policy of "open tl1e door and innovation" andthe development of secular society, develop a city space in the cultural and forksenses. In l985, city novel begins to aPpear with the works of Liu Suola and XuXing, Until 90's, the city novel begins to be flourish.Ped tWo: Analyze cultural connotation of cofltemporary city novel. ln this part,l try to apalyze the contemPorary city fiction's three cultural connotations. First, Itry to analyze the city youths' cultural moods, with the representative writer suchas Liu Suola, Xu Xing, Liu Xihong and Wei Hui, Mian Mian. They oppose theactual order and authority and set fOrth another "Decadent Beauty" regarded bytraditional ethics, by the way of non-dominating language such as rock-and-roll,taproom, ballroom, jazz. Second, I set fOrth the "social-civil" value. Civil~societyconstitutes tWo peds. One is'' ati -do minatin g-i deo l o gy - cu1tllre''. The other is'' subver sion-el ite -op ini on''. Wang S huo and H e D un re j e ct the o ffi c ial id eo lo gyand elite opinion on behalf of citizen society's secular claims, and express theCivil-society's humbleness and manifestation by using "cynic people" "bandit",individualism in economy "indulging in morality". Third, with the represcntativcof Qiu Huadong's and Zhang Xin's works, I will analyze tl1e conflicts between"dissimilation"' and "human natllre". Qiu Huadong emphasizes particu1arly on"dissimilation' and human tlatto, as a result, touching the citizen's soul. ZhangXin emphasizes pedicularly on the "WhitC-Collared -Beaty-WOmen", Who aredesiring romanic atmosphere but despaired when confroflting the reality.Ped three: Analyze the contemporary city novel's aesthetic character. ln thispari, l will present and analyzc three aesthetic characters. First is consumptiveattribute. I will do from the fOllowings, writers' invention, works' publish andworks' theme. S...