The Xiangxi Complex And History Reason In Shen Congwen’s Prose Writing

Shen Congwen’s Xiangxi complex accompanied all his life, throughout the wholeof his artistic process, also penetrated into his various literary text, including essays,fiction, poetry and drama, etc., especially being reflected in the text of his prose. Heused the way of arts to understand and interpret Xiangxi, the Xiangxi cultural writinghad become his life’s responsibilities and obligations. Driven by the complex ofXiangxi, his Xiangxi is a "man and nature fit" world where there are beautiful naturalscenery, mysterious Chu Wu Culture, sentimental humanity. This is a world of aestheticutopia which is full of warmth for the humans in the troubles of modernity. In his worldof aesthetic utopia, the paradise is the home of the people’s own spiritual world. Thesame is true, there won’t have aesthetic utopia in his prose works, no holy and noblehumanity and also no Shen Congwen’s form of artistic expression for the warmth of thehuman world if there is no his complex deatails. The unique of the Xiangxi culture inhis childhood and Shen Congwen’s cross-cultural life experience are the culture roots ofXiangxi complex. In terms of ideology, the production of his Xiangxi complex is due tothe compassionate ethos on his body which is related to Shen Congwen’s"country folk"cultural identity and cultural self-consciousness. Cultural identity and culturalself-consciousness of the "country folk" is the important connotation of ShenCongwen’s Xiangxi complex. Driven by the complex of Xiangxi, emotional sincerecreated Shen Congwen’s creative artistic style. As the sublimation of Shen Congwen’sXiangxi complex, there has sincerely profound hometown emotion and subtle andelegant language in his prose.In his early creation, the Xiangxi complex achieved him, but also constituted thedefects in the ideological and cultural horizons.That is to say, Shen Congwen artisticexpression of emotion condensed in his homeland, but also was limited to the nostalgia.This defect led to the Historical Reason in his creation.Concerning the understandingand artistic expression to the Xiangxi world,nostalgia can only constitute an integraldimension of feelings,but is not a substitute for full rational dimension of historicalconsciousness. As for the cultural understanding and artistic expression of the theXiangxi world, back to the history reason in thinking is his inevitable choice.Shen Congwen’s rational thinking is reflected in two aspects: One is that ShenCongwen concerned about the view of life in Xiangxi world as well as theunderstanding of human nature, and such rational thinking based on the peoplethemselves. The second is the thinking of the future fate of the regional areas of Xiangxi,such rational thinking based on national and regional cultural. Shen Congwen’s thinkingfor Xiangxi future and destiny in the face of the process of modernization has symbolicsignificance to the comprehensive transformation and development of China’s overallnational culture itself.The problems facing Xiangxi actually is a microcosm of theproblems of modernity in China. Shen Congwen’s thinking of Xiangxi fate can zoominto the level of thinking on the fate of the entire Chinese nation as well as becomingShen Congwen Patriotism organic components.Although he loves his Xiangxi so much,he is not a narrow nationalist.He breakthrough Xiangxi local small cultural horizons,andhave a national and even global perspective because of his history rational. Hishistorical rational connotation Xiangxi complex reflects the dual perspective with praiseand criticism in Shen Congwe’s prose works. It is based on the love of Xiangxi, therecan have a incomparable warmth of tribute to the beauty benefits of Xiangxi as well as a critique of all the depravity of Xiangxi in the process of modernization. This makesShen Congwen’s cultural ideas and literary thought has a qualitative leap.