The Image Of Chongqing In The Rear Anti-Japanese War Literature

The capital Chongqing is a gathering of talents city for the war of resistance against Japan. During the war of resistance against Japan, a large number of Chinese modern writers exiled to the capital Chongqing which as the center of Rear Area. They created spectacular Chongqing texts that they were the mirror to help us to search for the Image of Chongqing, Such as the city spirit, the city character and understand the positions of the writers for Chongqing. This article will on the basis of close reading, closely the war and capital Chongqing to Discuss the" The image of Chongqing in the rear Anti-Japanese War Literature is how"," how to write "," Why were they so writing" and some other problems.The paper is divided into five chapters to discuss as follows.The first chapter illustrates the capital Chongqing cultural characteristics as well as the capital Chongqing cultural characteristics impact on the writers. Cultural capital is a kind of mixed culture, It is varied by the Chongqing local culture, immigration culture, the culture of Anti-Japanese War, partisan politics cultural. The basic traits of it, the immigration culture and native culture caused confounding, Anti-Japanese War culture was dominanted, Party political culture was struggled. Cultural capital control author view, writing style and the Chongqing city character and the city image representations.The second chapter focuses on the writers’experiences as refugees in Chongqing and these experiences caused by the evolution for the images of Chongqing. To writers, the exiled experiences and the diffused balefire in hometown and the anti-Japanese front in the war, And other factors can cause their attitudes toward Chongqing.. Overall, they suffered from poverty, illness, nostalgia and political persecution in Chongqing. SO their feelings for Chongqing identity is not constant, changes over time. At the beginning of the war, the writers considered Chongqing as a nation and national revival of the base, Ti is the symbol of the lighthouse and the fort. During the Stalemate Stage, pain experience in Chongqing cause they hated and resisted Chongqing, Chongqing under their pens seem to be ugly, dark, Dirty and Gloomy. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, The writers began to praise Chongqing again.The third chapter discusses" Hot Chongqing"," Rainy Chongqing "and"Foggy Chongqing" is hao to build the image of Chongqing. The climate images is closely related to war and the capital oneself. The climate images were fulled of metaphorical meaning, They renderd the city atmosphere, they were not only the realistic portrayal but also the writer’s mind projection. "Hot Chongqing"is the symbol of the bit. It reflects the writers’hot as the war. " Rainy Chongqing "is not only the symbol of misery, but also the symbol of writer’s sorrow. Chongqing is blurred by the rain, it is not only a bitter city, but also a melancholy city. " Mist" to make the writer feeling depressed, it is the dark forces, killing people healthy this metaphor, and to protect people from bombing the bitter barrier. They written about Chongqing or too hot or too dark, The contradictory character of Chongqing is from hot to cold, to just to soft, cliffided flower.The fourth chapter explains the spatial forms of Chongqing under the bombing. Under the bombing Chongqing is the Symbol of dead city, panic city and the determinated city. Wet, noisy, crowded, hypoxia air-raid shelter is a closed space the space is a symbol of hell. The magnificent residence is set up by the writers as the The upper social pleasure, fallen space is the symbol of evil. But contrast to the magnificent residence, The slum is decadent too bad. It is for the bottom to suffer bit. The two contrast space reflects a flashy and decadent malformation Society. In the flames of war of Chongqing, Chongqing Teahouse is as a public recreation space that let the writers in suffering to regain a life interest, get the spirit of consolation. Teahouse reflects the capital Chongqing’s lovely face.The fifth chapter explains colored images of Chongqing people as the spiritual symbol of Chongqing. The capital Chongqing was Because of sin. There was corruption, bureaucratic power, The merchants were playing the market and Hoarding and cornering, The social butterflies were desire crosscurrented. The Intellectual were Tortured, The children were battered and cried piteously for food. This was a foul, a voluptuous life, Desire was crosscurrenting, Signs of danger appearing everywhere, the storm clouded every moment of every day, The city of sin deep monsters. In this evil world, On the one hand it was the social enjoyment by the bureaucratic, Unscrupulous merchants and the social butterflies. They were Mania entertainmented. But on the other hand, The intellectuals and children were Struggling in hunger and death of the patriotic,they were moaning and groaning in despair to hope.