Features Of Cluture Of Kingdom Chu In Shen Congwen’s Novels

Shen Congwen is a local novelist who unique in the history of modern Chinese literature. His literary works include strong regional features and unique local flavor. It is very important to study the novels of Shen Congwen. Which not only can help us understand Shen Congwen’s fictional world more deeply, but also can recognize Shen Congwen entire literary creation from the perspective of novels specifically. Features of cluture of kingdom chu from the text of the novel is distinctive by the features of cluture of kingdom chu of Shen Congwen novel world.Shen Congwen draw a Xiangxi Chu beautiful landscape picture,which include Chu people, events and things. The picture clearly iconic orange trees, flood and sailing the clean countryside courtyard, full of flavor Diaojiaolou. Shen Congwen not only draw a clearly unique scenery, but also described the customs of the Chu culture,which include dance customs, festivals, folk, wedding or funeral customs, as well as witch ghost superstitious customs. Dance customs expression of Chu’s longing for a better love; festive folk customs have distinctive cultural characteristics; wedding or funeral reflect the customs of the sanctity of life and helpless; the witch ghost superstitious customs description of Chu convinced witch culture.Shen Congwen use novel this type of writing, not only depicts the beautiful picture and unique customs, but also highlights the the Chu culture’s aesthetic spirit.Chu Culture in Shen Congwen novel specific performance for the following characteristics:"redneck" mentality positioning; Chu figures in wild passion; novel thick of Chu indomitable spirit, courage and pioneering spirit of the shaman color;clearly the loyalty of the men and women love the romantic temperament and imagination.Chu culture, in turn, as an important cornerstone of Shen Congwen’s novel writing adds artistic charm for Shen Congwen’s novel.First, Shen Congwen more favored the factors of Chu cultural characteristics, when he influenced by the May Fourth Enlightenment culture and Western culture.Then these cultural factors enter into his novel creation, which increased more artistic connotation in Shen Congwen’s novels by the participation of culture of kingdom chu.This theory believe:After the May Fourth Movement, passed in China of Western culture, including people’s independent and the spirit of liberation thought, include above Chu culture characteristics of mutual fusion, jointly constitute Shen Congwen’s Novels creationcultural sources. In addition to the influence of Chu Culture to Shen Congwen’s,novel creation can not be overlooked.This view first certainly the influence of Chu Culture to Shen Congwen’s novel creation, secondly, more comprehensive analysised the influencing factors of Shen Cong Wen novels. It need be noted that the basic characteristics of the Chu culture have been mutated in a certain extent in the process of mutual integration of both. The above Chu culture color of Shen Congwen novel is the characteristics of Chu culture after mutate performance.There are some differences between Shen Congwen,Lu Xun, Wang Tongzhao, Zang Kejia, Guo Moluo and Li Jieren in writing style.Lu Xun’s works depict the customs of the eastern Zhejiang, there are shape contrasting between the numbness and pain of the the Zhedong rural people and the fresh, optimistic image in Shen Congwen’s novel.Wang Tongzhao descripted shandong farmers who are simple and honest and "silly",while the farmers in Shen Congwen’s are "childish".The image of Shandong farmers in Zang Kejia poetry are pain and numbness, while peasant woman in Shen Congwen’s novel are hardworking and optimistic.Guo Moruo poetry typically reflects the characteristics of Bashu Culture-rich imagination,which are even more exaggerated.Shen Congwen’s novels show a rich imagination, however, Shen Congwen’s novels rarely have exaggerated deformation but are added a lot of beautiful and natural ingredients.The wild, full of divine glory men and women in Shen Congwen’s novel, with the writer Li Jieren, who is the Bashu culture representatives, the secular, pragmatic, spicy full Bashu woman in his novel are in fully stark contrast.With the comparison of Shen Congwen’s novel and several regional culture writer works, the theory further evidence of the reasonableness of theargument that Shen Congwen’s novel has a distinctive color of Chu culture.