The Study On Root-searching Literature From Perspective Of Folklore

Chinese root-searching literature, developed in the1980s with the background of reform and opening up, thought liberation and passionately cultural debate. Under the guidance of "the literature has a root and the root of literature should be deeply rooted in traditional culture soil", the writers’ attempt to find a way" to seek the Oriental culture and aesthetic advantages of thinking", to construct the new aesthetic features of Chinese literature and realize the modernization of Chinese culture under the spirit of seeking and reshape the Oriental culture, learning western modern literature becomes consciously. And "standardization" of folk culture is considered the foundation of Chinese traditional culture by roots writers. As a result, they started the folk turned and exotic various phenomenon also become their focus to depict and write folklore objects. As a result, it is possible for us to research the root-searching literature from a perspective of folklore and dig the hidden value and the significance of the folklores provides.Apart from the introduction and the simple conclusion, this article is mainly divided into four chapters.The introduction part mainly discussed why the root-searching literature arose and a lot of foreign land images were written in root-searching literature from the perspective of hot culture discussing in the eighty. And under the perspective of folklore, the root-searching literature should have the profound connotation and its definition to do preliminary judgment and defined, and solved theory basis of the root-searching literature from the perspective of folklore research.The first chapter,"’the root’pursuit and the folk custom properties of root-searching literature": In text, with the method of close reading, digs rich folk provides in the root-searching literature. In roots work, we found that myths, legends, folk language, living customs, diet custom, folk beliefs, folk superstition to the image and so on is one of the important subjects and content which is often written by folklore writers. However, that is not out of thin air, but the results of folklore writers field survey. In this way, folk custom description in root-searching literature reflects strong folk pointing.The second chapter,"folk narrative strategies of’root-searching literature’":in order to present reality and folklores folk culture popularization, the folklores roots writer used explaining narrative strategy to strengthen its authenticity in the folk language and folk religious ceremonies narrative process. Besides, when the roots writers write the ancient myths and legends or folk custom, they used "displacement deformation" narrative way to write the literary works. In addition, the roots writers also use "fiction" function to reconstruction of folk customs. In that way, the writer and the reader can thought and look for in a new national spirit and national culture.The third chapter,"folk bring the aesthetic style to root-searching literature":folk customs bring the new aesthetic characteristics to the root-searching literature. Through depicting the daily production and life of the people in exotic, root-searching literature has reached the primitive and fresh aesthetic fashion; through describing the myths, legends, folk beliefs, folk witchcraft, the root-searching literature has realized mysterious and romantic new aesthetic style. It is a more successful attempting for contemporary Chinese literature getting rid of political normalization narrative mode and realizing a new literary aesthetic.The fourth chapter,"the combination of internal cracks with the root-searching literature and folk culture":because not all folk culture is good, this needs us to identify and rethink folk in root-searching literature standing on the position of outstanding culture and the inferior culture. We found that most of the so-called "root sex culture" in the actually root-searching literature is bad culture which should be discarded by our culture. At the same time, with the aid of modernity theory, we found that between the traditional and modern root-searching literature reflects the traditional tendency of restoring ancient ways.In the epilogue, we believe that both "search","root" and "culture" are one of the important contents of the roots writer claiming. Therefore, we can’t make the positive or negative judgment for root-searching literature single from the implication of "search", and also need us to study and reflect it from the "root" and "culture". And to study it from the perspective of folklore may let us better understand the root-searching literature.