The Exploration Of May Fourth Prose Modernity

May Fourth Movement against imperialism and national salvation, and to promotethe emancipation of human nature as the main theme in the annals of gorgeous chaptersof history of China, opened up a new era of modern Chinese literature.In the history ofChinese literature "May Fourth" Prose became the new logo. Modern ideas in the newculture movement is essentially seeking enlightenment, new literature movementcontributed to the literature, the revolutionary of May Fourth Prose is the direct results.May Fourth Movement period, compared with other styles, modern prose combineswisdom and the art form as one, successfully completed the stylistic transition fromancient to modern. This is the most important value of May Fourth prose. May FourthProse whose literary theory is of uinque perspective is the most successful prose style ofthe early20th century and its significance cannot be ignored. This article tries to explorein the May Fourth exploration and vertical promotion, comprehensively and detailedexplain the characteristics, value and significance of the May Fourth essay as thehistorical transformation. Based on the theory of modernity, as the scope of prose in theMay Fourth, trying to show modern form from the context of the times, ideas, concepts,the resources of construction and the development which highlights the unique charm ofMay Fourth prose.Part discusses the pursuit and confused to the new literature modernity from thetime perspective Firstly, it highlights social change by discussing the theory of westernmodernity from society,economy and culture. Secondly, it talks about the two aspectsof May Fourth Prose modernity from enlightenment and Aesthetic experience。Finally,the internal contradictions of modernity in the May Fourth prose reached an agreementon a free basis.Part Ⅱ describes the the most distinct characteristics of the times--the person’s mainconsciousness expansion which bases on enlightening modernity. October Revolutionwhich brought Leninism is a scientific theory to guide, modern writers goes farther.Times have changed, history of the old feudalism, the old moral given to yesterday, wemeet the advanced, progressive ideas instead. All of these also make the May Fourth writers who could stand above the times watch social lives and change lives with the art.They cry " Enlightenment Literature "loudly, pursuit lives for literature and interpretthe "truth-seeking literature" eagerly.Part Ⅲ explores the feat of prose style form at the point of aesthetic modernity.Impression Recorded, Study on the School of Yusi，Modernity Review as well asSelected Essays of Lu Xun which are of modern colors have enriched the May Fourthprose style. The journal writers of Impression Recorded in the May Fourth period, in thefirst decade of the new literature movement, broke through the joys and sorrows ofXiaoWo and opened up the "Era of Essays"dynamically. The works of Study on theSchool of Yusi, Modernity Review blossom and lead in the world. With the times andhyper-modernity，Selected Essays of Lu Xun dominate in the literature. Diverse stylisticform has opened up a new era of modern Chinese prose together.May Fourth prosepresents a bright spring sunshine.Part Ⅳ study the complementary of Chinese and Western traditional culturefeature from the perspective of modernity tension, on the resources construction oftraditional prose and United Kingdom and whisper into development. May Fourth newwriters create into the literature who had broken with the traditional radical attitude, butdo not break on the prose, they have been looking for their traditional origin and they hasbeen hard to leave that attachment to the traditional and modern people close. MayFourth essayists in the integration of a variety of resources and development,accompanied by traditional scholars of "taste of genetic" and introduce United Kingdomwhisper of "leisure","humor" to modernity, blending to achieve a singular forenlightenment and aesthetic, thus showing the tension of modernity May Fourth prose.Part Ⅴ review of modern significance of the May Fourth prose. May Fourth literarywhich criticizes traditions to promote rational is to set back on its own word of authority.Aesthetic Modernity is a product of the enlightenment modernity, which turns against thehegemony rationally, but in the social life dominating under instrumental rationality,itemphasizes aesthetic sensibility characteristic. No doubt, there is a confusion andenlightenment paradoxes appears naturally. May Fourth prose has a long history whichprose affects the30’s, the new era and90’s prose creation. It has significance to the development of contemporary prose.