Postmodern Literature And Its Study On The Impact Of Contemporary Chinese Literature

It is generally acknowledged that postmodernist thinking was originated in1850s andwidely spread in1970s. It is characterized by objection, negation, trying to surpass all kinds ofessences, laws, universality and affirmation and the confirmation of diversity, uncertainty, anddifference.Postmodern literature is the product of western post-industrial society and the law ofmaterials deciding the consciousness accelerates its formation. Its philosophical foundation isexistentialism and deconstructivism and it includes postmodernism poetry, postmodernismdrama, and postmodernism novel. The rising and development of postmodern literature pumpnew life into the development of literature. The study of postmodern literature and the sorting ofits categories and characteristics not only help us open a new horizon in the complex literaryfields, but also enrich the postmodernist discourse and its research contents.Chinese literature refers to the literature in China after the founding of the People’sRepublic of China. It generally experiences four developing periods and each period has its owncharacter which belongs to the time. Postmodern literature has great influence on Chinesecontemporary literature. It could be represented by writing models and the characters of somenovels. We should lead this trend with the guide of Marxism and the attitude of＂developingand discarding＂ should be adopted.