The Comparative Study Of Hu Feng’s And Mao Zedong’s Literary Thought

In the modern and cotemporary times of China, Hu Feng and Mao Zedong are two ofthe most representative marxist literary theorists whose marxist literary thought are themost influential in this filed and good combination of marxist literary thought and Chinaactual status. Hu Feng’s literary thought directly fosters an prominent July literary schoolwhich is include all fields of literary works, such as poem, novel, reportage, drama andliterary comment and so on. While Mao Zedong’s one is from Anti-Japanese War, China’sWar of Liberation, socialist revolution and construction, which is an indicator forthousands of literary workers to renew their thought and create their literary works.This thesis mainly compares and studies the differences between Hu Feng’s and MaoZedong’s literary thought in source of theory, main content, historic value, influence, howforming their thought. Hu Feng’s and Mao Zedong’s literary thought are impacted bymarxist literary theory, ancient and modern chinese literary works, foreign literary worksin some degree, but different. Ancient Chinese literary works’ impact on Ma Zedong’s oneis big, while it is small to Hu Feng’s. Literary works of western critical realism have agreat influence on Hu Feng’s, while it’s small to Mao Zedong’s. Hu Feng’s literary thoughtis similar to Mao Zedong’s on their relationship with social life, service objects, recreatedthought of literary workers, their relation with politics, evalutation criterion, the praise andreveal, popularization and improvement, national form and subject matters and so on.There are still some differences between them, resulted from their different educationbackground, growth process, life and work environment, identity, responsibility and theorysource and so on. Hu Feng’s and Mao Zedong’s literary thought have significant andprofound influence on Chinese literary theory, literary pratice even the political life ofliterary workers.