Analysis On The Prototype In Chinese Contemporary Literature Theory

The prototype's connotation is formed of series of specific categories.In the category of literature and art,it closely related to the art which shows character images.And the character image is an indispensable factor on the text.Through the interaction between writers and writings,the connotation of the prototype is expanded.On the other hand,the prototype has a relatively complete set of theoretical construction.After Hagel's refining and the innovation of the Marx,the typical theory which originated in the West has been fully developed in China.During the seventeen year period,the prototype perform the responsibility of arranging the Chinese and Western literature resources,and creating the image of “workers,peasants and soldiers”.During the cultural revolution,the creation principle of “three prominent” established a new order of socialist literature.Both the storm of politics and the undercurrent of literature gathered around it.After the end of the Cultural Revolution,the Prototype theory is on the threshold of a digestion in a new era and then complete the political return to humanity.Cai Yi's theory of “the core character”,He Qifang's theory of “common name”,Li Zehou's theory of “nature inevitable and phenomenon accidental” extend the prototype theory's rational construction.The characters of various classes in literary works become more and more characterized,which reflects the formula tendency of the prototype theory.With the theory of“middle character” judged as bourgeois theory,shaping the high style hero images become the policy requirements in the period of Cultural Revolution.From the“unity” to “intermediary”,from the “intermediary” to “personality”,the litterateur extended the range of prototype theory.Which is a token of their value appeal in the new era.Because of the continuous expansion in prototype's connotation,it recorded the complications in the process of literary change.And “human nature”,“political mouthpiece”,“nature and mainstream” ect some related vocabulary enabled us to reach the true face of the prototype connotation closely.