From "Disillusion" To "Harmony":on The Transformation Of Shiga Naoya's Private Novel Writing

The private novel which born in modern Japan is a unique type of novel.Private novels are based on the author's real life experience,supplemented by some form of certain artistic expressions.Strictly reproduce the objective reality and subjective spirit,while at the same time it can express the creator's creative ideas and aesthetic concepts.Because of its special nature of strictly reproducing reality,private novels can usually reflect the psychological state of the creator in a certain period of time and reflect the background of the era at a certain extent.Shiga Naoya,who is one of the representative writers of the birch school,whose active period of creation is at the beginning of the development of private novels,Shiga Naoki himself also participated in the creation of private novels.Shiga Naoya's private novel takes Taisho six years(1917)as the demarcation point.They show two different literary styles and values: “shattered” and “harmonious”.The transformation of the literary style from “disappearance” to “reconciliation” must first be traced back to the social reality factors of Japan in the early years of the Meiji era.Second,as the relationship with his father was eased,the theme of “father-son conflict” that was common in Shiga's straightforward private novels was gradually diluted and disappeared finally.In the end,influenced by the play concept of the Belgian playwright Metslinger,Shiga shook away from the mental dilemma caused by the gap between the ideal of literature and art and the objective reality.The above three factors helped Shiga to walk out of the "broken" mental state and laid the foundation for his further spiritual world of "reconciliation." After the Japanese national character determines Siga Naoya rid of the "burst" state of mind will inevitably move towards peace "reconcile" the world under the influence of firmness and flexibility of thought.The aesthetics of "Mourning" of Japanese traditional literature,the aesthetics of "Mystery" and the aesthetics of "Loneliness of Silence" jointly built a literary world that calms down,harmony and far-reaching for Shiga.Behind this “harmonious” literary world is Shiga's direct understanding of the philosophical thinking and perceptual knowledge of life to the world.Shiga's process of “breaking” to “reconcile” is essentially the individual's cognitive process of the world and the truth.The transformation of his private novel creation has its inherent intrinsic factors.Shiga Naoya's private novels enhance the aesthetic realm and ideological realm of Japanese private novels.