On The New Realism Novel Tragic

Combining Chinese and Western theory of tragedy and the new characteristics of Chinese society, the new realistic novels which appeared in the late 80s of 20th century, concerning of the mortal and the trivia in the common life, point out that the tragedy of life is just determined to its trouble and misfortune when describing three kinds of tragic conflicts which are taking place between the man and nature, man and society, man and themselves, then add a rich sense of the tragedy in the most popular secular life, showing the most widely tragedy contained in the inconspicuous life, ultimately all these show its respect and maintenance for individual lives from the novels'tragedy. Under the influence of Chinese and Western theory of tragedy, the new realistic novels have carried out new exploration of the theory of the tragedy of the past. On the one hand, the new realistic novels reflect on the internal conversion of the tragic characters'revolt, on the other hand, the novels highlight the individual's status to the literary center, demanding strongly for the development of individual self-worth and living space. In the novels' tragic picture, the destitution of the external social and individual space reveals the tragic loss of the individual life's truth and freedom. Then the loss of the individual states concerned by the writers, through their experience of anxiety, loneliness and death, the new realistic novels finally reveal the individual's fundamental destruction in the modern living environment. However, the meaning of the tragedy of the new realistic novels is that:it departs from a rational tragic spirit, inspiring individuals to hold the spirit of resistance and possess a better humanity in the secular mediocre; points out the paradox of individual existence and writers'secular spirit which contains the care and ultimate concern for the individual. In the end, the paper points out the shortcomings of the new realistic novels'creation, to some extent, which weaken its tragic intensity. Though the era as a boom of the new realistic novels have gone, it still strongly reflects the aspirations of the contemporary times, so how to better explore the spiritual content full of vitality and seriousness for the public, when the novels show the face of common customs, in order to cause the individual's self-regression when they get active cognitive from the tragedy, to the writers walking on the road in the literature, is the major issue need to be reflected and solved at present.