A Study Of The Impact Of Mao Zedong’s"the Speech On Literature And Art In Yan’an Forum" In Recent70Years

"The Speech on Literature and Art in Yan’an Forum" addressed the variation and controversy existed in literature and art in Yan’an Period. By combing the general principles of Marxism-Leninism with China’s specific conditions, Mao Zedong explored some specific routs to resolve these problems."The speech" is closely related to Yan’an literary theory as well as China’s unique social and historical development. As to the issue of literature and art,"The Speech" proposed theories with clear political direction, focusing its relationship with revolution, the mass, politics, artistic creation and life. After the delivery of "The speech", it became the guideline on literature and art in the Liberated Area, and its the central position was established in wartime. Under the guidance of the spirit of the " The Speech", literary and artistic work played a very active role in the victory of the Anti-Japanese Democratic Revolution as well as the War of Liberation.After the founding of New China, Mao Zedong proposed the ideological principles and guidelines in "The Speech", in which he adhered to the principle that literature and art must serve the mass, especially for the workers, peasants and soldiers. Therefore, the construction and development of the literary theory system of New China found its right direction. Compared to "The Speech" in Yan’an Period, the core status of "The Speech" in New China is more clear in the development of art and literature. From the early1950s to the mid-1970s, due to a series of political movements and campaigns of literary criticism, the line of literature and art gradually turned to the left, and the central position of "The Speech" was absolutized during its development.In the New era, Deng Xiaoping in the "Congratulatory Address" clearly put forward the "two serving policy", namely:"literature and art should serve people and socialism". The "Left" errors were Criticized. Things were set right and orders are restored. Ideological shackles which imprisoned the writers and artists for such a long time were thrown off. The development of art and literature has embrace a new era. It no longer exists in a single form, but blooms with diversity and prosperity.