Lao Cans Travels And The Enlightenment Of The New People

There are many researches on liu e and his magnum opus The Travel of Lao TS'AN,this paper will start from the relationship between The Travel of Lao TS'AN and the enlightenment of "new nation",discuss the causes behind it,and point out its unique position in the development history of Chinese popular novels.In the first part,the author explains the origin of new nation and liu e.First of all,this paper elaborates the definition of new nation to the readers,and clarifies the three requirements of developing civil rights,developing people's wisdom and developing new nation's morality.Secondly,the author makes an in-depth study of liu e's life experience,and points out that liu e has some characteristics of "new nation",which are reflected in his novels,making the The Travel of Lao TS'AN also have some enlightenment colors.The second part of the article focuses on the text analysis of the first collection of The Travel of Lao TS'AN.In the first episode,liu e describes the evil of honest officials and the suffering of the common people,and expresses his concern for the future of the country and his concern for the common people in trouble.He also described his ideal society.These descriptions are not only a criticism of the dark reality,but also a reflection on the new type of national relations.Liu e holds that Chinese and western cultures are harmonious but different,and he has simple dialectical thinking,which is all the result of his scientific mind influenced by western advanced thoughts.Combined with the enlightenment of the "new nation",this kind of scientific thought will obviously have the effect of opening the minds of the readers.The third part of the article focuses on the text analysis of the sequel.In the sequel,liu e's creative theme has changed.It seems to be liu e's excuse for being misunderstood,but actually he begins to think about the ultimate meaning of life.His description of "the evil of verbal abuse",to a certain extent,conformed to the requirements of the "new people"and the new people's morality,and persuaded the citizens to attach importance to their own cultivation,which was extended to the whole nation by one person.The fourth part focuses on the analysis of the relationship between liu e and the creation of modern Chinese popular literature,and analyzes the reasons for the popularity of The Travel of Lao TS'AN from the subjective and objective dimensions.First of all,subjectively speaking,The Travel of Lao TS'AN contains a change in the theme of creation,which is completely consistent with the life experience of the author liu e,and therefore makes the novel full of true feelings,especially fascinating.Secondly,from an objective point of view,the popularity of The Travel of Lao TS'AN can not be separated from the press,this new media to add fuel to the fire.The emergence of new media had a profound impact on the creation of travel notes of The Travel of Lao TS'AN,including the popularization and popularization of language,the emphasis on the perspective of the common people in the content,and the function of enlightening the nation.At the same time,it was a common feature of the novels of the time.At the same time,as one of the most successful condemning novels,The Travel of Lao TS'AN inherits the excellent elements of Chinese classical novels on the one hand,on the other hand,it also makes a breakthrough in line with the requirements of the times.In terms of the structure of the constitution,the characterization and the psychological description,it embodies the characteristics of the transition from Chinese classical novels to modern popular novels,which serves as a link between the past and the future.The fifth part is the conclusion.As an outstanding representative of condemning novels,The Travel of Lao TS'AN still reflects the aesthetic characteristics of literature in the era when the utilitarianism of literature is infinitely expanded.The criticism of the old era,the application of scientific thought in the creation,and the persuasion of self-cultivation and morality in the novel conformed to the requirements of promoting civil rights,developing people's wisdom and new people's morality,so it had certain enlightenment effect of "new nation".At the same time,on the basis of absorbing the essence of Chinese classical novels,adapting to the needs of the times and combining the author's personality,The Travel of Lao TS'AN carried out a series of innovations in the narrative mode and structure of Chinese classical novels,with some characteristics of modern novels,and actually entered the beginning of Chinese popular novels.Therefore,we can define liu e's The Travel of Lao TS'AN as a work of enlightenment and revolution.