.1920-1940's Pursuit Of The Liberal Spirit Of Shen Cong Wen

In the Chinese history of modern literature, Shen Congwen is a very unique writer. As one member of liberalistic writers, Shen Congwen pursues freedom and independence strongly in most of his life. Shen Congwen's greatness lies in his making every effort to keep independent thinking before the strong mainstream, his maintaining the independent value of literature and his seeking after individual freedom. He sparks plug and practices the freedom of spirit, the freedom of speech and the freedom creation, although he paid for serious prices,such as misunderstanding and isolation. Shen Congwen lacks the traditional Confucianism culture deep influencing, also the deficient scholar studying abroad to Western culture. As a man from the westen countryside of Hunan and full of country spirit with rustic, Shen Congwen blends the intellectual culture and the folk cultural to resists the ideological form that national power supports. The identity status of "countryman" is a ponder result of Shen Congwen, and it is his individualistic character. By special mode of thinking, the spirit of "doubting" and "denying", and different value judgment criterion, he has carried out the responsibility a writer intellectual should completely take. After the Communist Party gets the regime and reinforces control to the field of literature and art, the liberalism ideological trend has lost the survival space, and Shen Congwen is forced to give up liberalism standpoint. His spirit course demonstrates the track that the Chinese modern intellectual followed for freedom home.