The Evolution Of Rickshaw Man Images In Modern Literature

In modern literature writers have given us a lot of attention in the forms of the image,poem and plays to describe the characters of the “rickshaw man” in30years."Rickshawman" has been shaped to different characteristics according to different periods, this articleattempts to discuss three stages of “rickshaw man” in30years. For each stage, it is explainedto talk about the rheological characteristics of “rickshaw man” within literary ideological andsocial ideological trend at that time in that cultural background. With the May4thnew culturemovement it is explained to bring new enlightenment thoughts to make writers to turn to anew character, writers depict the different characteristics of “rickshaw man” in this period.With illuminative and realistic demands, the image of "rickshaw man" has been described twoadverse sides, such as identical figures and dislocated figures, for example, the honest imageof the rickshaw and folly image of the rickshaw man. Under the influence of freedom anddemocracy, the image of “rickshaw man” has been changed into the figures not be describedwith artistic “rickshaw man” in the period of May4thmovement. It is the image of the idealreality "farewell". For example, Xiangzi in his novels, this is created by Lao She, who hadcreated a series informance of living rickshaw man to live in that society. The rickshaw manhas been described both good hard-working aspect, at the same time also has been built asmall bourgeois inherent defects, such as selfish, numbness, etc. The rickshaw man image hasbeen essentially improved in the Anti-Japanese War. Under the influence of political passionimage of driver has been created a awakening and struggling consciousness rickshaw man.Small Cui, who has owned unique characteristics, makes the image of the driver to bechanged into a qualitative change. It is no longer just a bystander, the tide of society but ahero in the social change. In the30years periods during "May4th" and the Liberation War,literature has been experienced the character of the "rickshaw man". Though the figure of“rickshaw man” is inferior to the intellectuals, women, farmers image, the image of driver hasbeen influenced deep in the thirty years. Because it also reflects part of the context ofcontemporary literature, which is the member of modern literature group. That can not beignored in the modern literature.