The Ballads Research Of Ballad Weekly

Ballad is s flower in full bloom of folk culture,which directly and flexibly performance and record human beings' life and emotion.The value of ballads was discovered long time ago.China had the tradition of collecting ballads from the folk society,such as The book of songs and Bureau Poems.The value of ballads was universally acknowledged in the occurrence and development of Modern Chinese Literature.The movement,which was organized by the professors of Peking University,such as Chou Zuoren and Liu Bannong in 1918 throughout the country,and Ballad Weekly,which was born at the same time,played a very important role in discovering traditional folk song and its artistic value.Due to this,the cultural folk song and its artistic resources included in ballads were presented furthest.This paper is intended to delicately analyze ballads and probe into its literary and artistic value.The part of introduction is divided into two parts.The first part is the definition of ballads,which introduce the ballads' definition and characteristics to clarify the concept of commonly used terms of the ballads.The second part mainly states the background and process of the "Folklore Movement" and the overview of ballad collection,to lay the foundation for the following article.The main part of this paper,which is divided into three parts-Love song,Amorous feelings of song and Nursery rhyme,focuses on the ballads of Ballad Weekly to make a concrete analysis of those ballads' characteristics.The chapter of Love Song expresses human beings' emotion of the development of love with rich artistic techniques of expression.The chapter of amorous feelings of song vividly show us the social customs of different areas by the way of folk song.Nursery rhyme is a precious achievement of folk wisdom,which show us mothers' long-buried literary talent and deep love to children.In order to discover the unique charm of ballads,the main part of this paper centers on the themes and artistic characteristics of those ballads.As the representative of folklore,ballads,which have great effects on studying national civilization,comprehending national life,promoting social civilizing and expressing the popular will,truly and simply reflect people's daily life,and are of great value of literature,culture,and history.So,this paper will sort out the ballads of Ballad Weekly,try to grasp their characteristics and meanings,and at the same time,exploit the cultural significance hidden in the text.