On The Spiritual Theme In Jiang Guangci's Novels

Jiang Guangci is the pioneer of Chinese proletarian literature.All along,Jiang Guangci research is focused on revolutionary romanticism.This paper attempts to study the characters in his novols and his own spiritual confusion in the way of spiritual theme.The article has four aspects,such as"Jiang Guangci's revolutionary experiences and mental changes","the characters and the spirits in Jiang Guangci's novels ","the connotation of the spirits theme in Jiang Guangci's novels"and"the reflections of the spirits theme in Jiang Guangci's novels".Revolutionary political participation has a certain impact on his spiritual world and creation of novels.Jiang Guangci's literature creation can be divided into two parts by the revolution failure.During the early time.his works are based on the events as the background and focus on the image of different class groups.During the later time,he truly reflects the complex individual spirits and revolutionary activities of people.The characters in Jiang Guangci's novels are mostly farmers,workers and intellectuals.Due to the impact of the social and political environment,Jiang Guangci experienced some changes in the shape of these characters. In his novels,workers become the leaders.And the farmers take part of the activities by the way of "political elite".What's more,intellectuals are supposed to be similar to farmers and workers to own the recognition of their status.However,the way to shape the characters of Jiang Guangci's novels is full of spiritual contradictions and away from the real life.The spirit of the theme of the characters is closely around the "revolution", mainly including the three stages of "the despair of bitter reality","individual resistance"and"anxiety of revolutionary seek".Some of the characters in Jiang Guangci's novels have only experienced one stage and some have experienced many stages.The situation is decided by the ideological consciousness of the characters.And it is also influenced by Jiang Guangci's personal thought.The despair of bitter reality is a beginning of the spiritual awakening.People often feel "spiritual wanderer"during their individual resistance.They could also have to face with values collapse.While participating in collective revolution,people may more easily lose their senses under the control of passions.And with the influence of fear they may doubt their revolution belief.In Jiang Guangci's novels,the spiritual theme is in the process of change.And Jiang Guangci's personal spirit has always been in contradiction.But Jiang Guangci's attention to the bottom of the people's spiritual world is always the same. By comparing him and other writers group,we can generally summarize that Jiang Guangci has more sense of responsibility.With the comparison between Jiang Guangci and some other members of the League of Leftist Writers,we can find the differences of reflecting people's spiritual world.The difference shows their seek for creative freedom.It also enlightens us to think about the complex relationship between "leftist" individual and "leftist" in the collective and analyze the connotation of the spiritual theme in Jiang Guangci's novels from the perspective of cultural reflection.In Jiang Guangci's personal position,we can find his unique understanding of the revolutionary literature.