The Historical Vicissitudes Of The Sea In The Bustling Dream

It is well known that, Shanghai has occupied the strong potentialstatus for a long time in the Chinese modernization advancement. Eitheras one developed modern metropolis or as one phase of lively historicalmarks, Shanghai is a sign which cannot be ignored in 20th century ofChina,. Since the 20th century, more and more writing about the topicof Shanghai have welled up in the literature field. The writing aboutShanghai of different ages and types, which write about the so-called" dreaming city of East ", have the special Cultural significance to theseChinese who dream to live in modernized city. In 1990s, Zhang ailing andWang anyi ,the two famous female writers' writing about "the topic ofShanghai "become a hot discuss spot in the the world literary field.Both of them take the story happen among common citizens inshanghai as their creation background ,But there are some differencesbetween their writing style because of their different family backgroundand different living experience. This article aim to dig the similitudeand the difference between their writings from the relation of intrinsicspirit and the logical development.The paper is divided into four parts.In the introduction part, expatiate "Shanghai" city in the aspectof culture,and try to understand the two writers-Zhang ailing and Wanganyi.In the second part, take the "Inheriting and developing Writing aboutShanghai Subject "as the topic. Ascertain their original intention to writeby their sentiment and performance expressed in the writings. In thecourse of inditing, Zhang ailing emphasize more individual lifeexperience, her attention is one instantaneous Shanghai, however, Wanganyi paid more attention to Shanghai's history and the character in history,that is to say, her works has surmounted Zhang's on the basis ofinheriting.The third part is about " the feminine Shanghai :fate and keepingwatch delivered in female writing ".In Zhang and Wang's writing ,Shanghai is feminine and full of desire. But the female protagonist'scharacter in their writing is quite different. The characters in Zhang'swritings was always tragedy,mostly the feminine character's fate was sad,tragic and miserable. Whereas the feminine character in Wang's writingdisplay the female's self-respect and independence, which express thefemale's longing to the happiness life.The fourth part is about the " Shanghai Imagines and NarratesDuring Inheriting and Developing". Zhang and Wang's view and theaesthetic standard is different, which decided the ways to imagine andnarrate about Shanghai have same distinction. Zhang emphasize more todepict the image and portrays " classical " character but Wang stresseswriting or paint realistically direct-viewing and molding " typical "characters.In summary, this article provides a new angle for the " Shanghailiterature "that main be made up of Zhang and Wang, further establishesZhang and Wang 's important status in Shanghai writing.