Seeking The Plateau In The Spiritual World

Literature in the new period has experienced the spiritual redemption and the beliefreconstruction in the80s, the change and the rebuilt of values in the90s and the literarydiversified development in the modern times. And literature has experienced apparentdevelopment, simultaneously; the spiritual crisis also exists in the literature. Under suchliterary circumstances, the writers, like zhang Wei, Zhang Chengzhi, Shi Tiesheng, HanShaogong have been committed to the seeking of spiritual plateau, which means thecalling of the ideal state of life, the searching of the spiritual home, and the fast holdingof the morality, such as the quality of sincerity, plain, sympathy, forgiveness and love.Having analyzed "you in the plateau” of zhang Wei, the thesis intends to explore theseeking process of the spiritual plateau and the era significance of his works. Connectingwith other writers writing process, this thesis also intends to discuss the significance ofthese works on modern literature and the modern society.The thesis is divided into five chapters.Firstly, it is the introduction. The reason of urgently rebuilding the spiritual plateau,the developing courses of the spiritual plateau seeking process, the cultural context inwhich this works is fulfilled and its researching status of this works are introduced in thischapter.Secondly, it is the chapter one, which is mainly about the seeking of the spiritualplateau in the cultural context in the1980s, in the1990s, and in the contemporary era.The literary circle and the ideological circle have experienced the high-speeddevelopment In the1980s; at the same time, human spiritual world urgently needsrebuilding. Under the pressure from global context and promotion of self surmounting, itbecomes a trend to establish the system of the spiritual symbols with local culturalfeatures. With the booming of mass culture and business culture, literature in the1990ssuffers the unprecedented embarrassing situation in face of the market-oriented economy.The originally pure literary world evolves into the goods for sale. In the1990s, theseeking of the spirit world is based on the tide of commercialization, and people’sspiritual life is glutted with the confusion and anxiety, so the seeking process is the belief reconstruction and the role repositioning. Throughout the literary creation in the newcentury, the literary styles diversify, which has invigorated the literary creation. However,reconstruction of literary character and the pursuit of real humanistic spirit are bothmeaningful for the literature in modern times, which deserves considering.The second chapter mainly concerns the plight of city and discusses spiritualidentity and the value of seeking root. Through “you in the plateau”, the reflection of theplight of the individual spirit extends to the slavery of the spirit in the process ofmodernization, this works demonstrates the spiritual dilemma of the present city and thealienation of the urban modernization. At the same time, the author of” you in spiritualplateau”, through the mission summon of the leading character-Ningjia and historicreflection to trace the family, it shows the seeking process from the urban to the ruralareas and the roaming coast to coast. When the sublime and the resolution are graduallydispelled by the materialized society, the loss of faith and the social moral anomie resultin mental predicament and belief crisis, which will make spiritual plateau be away. At thesame time, through the analysis of the individual spiritual development, zhang Weiintends to express the national journey of spiritual change.The third chapter, on the road of seeking spiritual plateau, not only explains realconnotation of the culture by his insistence, it also demonstrates spiritual enlightenmentof the masses. He deep analyzes and examines kindness and evilness, beauty andugliness, and he is determined to make the breakthrough in the spiritual world with thecombination of hope and despair. What has been demonstrated in “you in the spiritualplateau” is the intellectuals’ pursuit process of morality, truth, and ideality over the pastcentury. Through the review and analysis of human nature, this works shows the spiritualjourney of the intellectuals. At the same time, this works intends to explore the femaledepressed mental situation, and the physical pain and mental sufferings will be revealedto the public, which can arouse social attention to female’s living condition, and thiswork strongly advocates the spiritual growth and breakthrough of the female. The tenmonumental works of Zhang Wei is named "you in the spiritual plateau as a book series.The" plateau " in this book series is a frequent symbol. It is the seeking and the calling ofthe ideal life condition and the spiritual home, it is the ideological pursuit, it is theyearning of the spiritual emptiness, It is the shunning away from the cheating, away from the noise and away from the polluted environment, and it is also the construction of anideal, harmonious and unsophisticated environment and interpersonal relationship. At thesame time, it can be seen that the author runs across the obstacles in the process of selftranscendence, which clearly reflects in the deficiency of the yelling and the confusion ofthe way forward.The fourth chapter explores the consensus among these writers through theinterpretation of the seeking process of Zhang Chengzhi, Shi Tiesheng, and HanShaogong. Zhang Chengzhi Constructs his spiritual world in the religious world, Shiestablishes the philosophy concerning self transcendence after experiencing despair, andHan Shaogong reconstructs the cultural land for root seeking after the splitting of theroot-seeking culture. These excellent writers always shoulder the responsibility and themission of the intellectuals, who pursue the independent writing style. The spirit of theirwork leads to the top of the pyramid, and constructs unique spiritual expression in theirown literary world. They criticize the downfall of the literary circle and call for dreamand faith, justice and truth. The appeal is the process of self-saving in the era featured bythe absence of faith, and it is also the process to verify the possibility of establishing thespiritual system for the whole society.The fifth chapter summarizes the overall thesis.