Dialogue Between Literature And History

As the representatives of prose in new period, the prose of Chonglv Wang records the change of society in 30 years. His prose combines history with literature, and it also includes comprehension, travel notes and appreciation and dialogue. With sense, real experiences and random thoughts, it reveals the natural beauty in life and reappears philosophical beauty in the section of history. The historical consciousness in his prose is the writers’ historical attitude and judgment in writing, respect of history, comprehension of wisdom. Under the action of historical consciousness, he makes history contemporary, searches intercommunity of history and age, to cause the public’s emotional resonance. From historical injection into literature, literary explanation for history. interacting of history and literature, to discuss narrative and rewrite for history in his narrative prose. With the thinking of literature, the writer comprehends history, meanwhile through the reflection of history shows the charm of literature. Through the writer’s historical consciousness structures spiritual construction, which concludes both the cultural ideal of Confucianism leads, and humanistic care for life consciousness, it injects the era spirit into the process of building spirit, seeking a suit point of age. The style of his prose is different from Quyu Yu, Wang’s prose shows more poetic, rational analysis, the same as the northern literature, which is solemn and generous. His prose described history with literary angle of view, and reflected in thinking for spiritual culture with the historical background. It revealed not only rich cultural connotation of China, also has brought a new ethos for the field of contemporary prose.