.1978: Transformation Of Literary Production

To some extent, social ideology still continues its old form even after the"Literature Revolution"ended. Literature, as the essential tool to maintain ideology, hesitates to move forward since the set pattern of"Literature Revolution"withal existed. From returning to political stage in later 1977 to wholly bearing the palm on the Third Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party at the end of 1978, the"Reforming Clique"violently challenged the"Yes-All Clique"in ideology field with the help of literature. Meanwhile, literature in order to uncover the shadow of the"Literature Revolution"emerged and produced a strong impact on society, which, in addition to the induct of literature comment and the high profile of the media, successfully induced the public opinion to thoroughly negate the"Literature Revolution"ideology, doing great contribution in literature field to political transition and lightening the political fetters as well.This thesis consists four parts. The first part describes the literature production in 1978. 1978 is a crucial year for the literature transition comparing with the year of 1979. However, the transition has a consanguineous relation with political one, through which literature accomplished its own turn. The manipulation of the Wen-Hui News on the"Scar Literature"is a model case. We might return to the 1978 literature locale after we analysis this concrete literature production process. The second part discusses the political position of Wen-Hui News and its mechanism in literature production. The third part focuses on the"Scar Literature", including its publishing process and the rewriting details. The fourth part unscrambles the Wen-Hui News's act to lead the public's opinion with the hand of literature comment, and how the"Scar Literature"became the ideology symbol of criticizing the"Literature Revolution"from a new delicate literature flower.