| Cultural Life Publishing House is a medium-sized private publishing organization founded in Shanghai in 1935.It has been in operation for 19 years,and has published a large number of artistic "Literature Series ",which has promoted the development of Chinese modern literature.This paper focuses not only on the editing ideas and strategies of the cultural life publishing house,but also on the author groups of the "literature series" published by the society,the characteristics of these "literature series ",the relationship between these " literature series " and the development of modern Chinese literature,and their historical contributions.These five aspects are based on the editor-in-chief of the Literature Series,the author group of the Literature Series,and the works of the Cultural Life Publishing House The relationship between characteristics and the development of modern literature and its historical contribution form a systematic organic whole.Cultural Life Publishing House is mainly presided over by Ba Jin and Wu Langxi,Ba Jin is responsible for editing and organizing work,Wu Langxi is mainly responsible for the preparation of funds and publishing and distribution business.Although he was deeply influenced by anarchism in his early years,he adopted the idea of "inclusion" in the editorial policy.He broke the geographical separation and the portal prejudice when editing the "literature series ".At the same time,Ba Jin paid attention to the theme tendency of "Real Life ",and continued the editing style of Literature Quarterly.As editor-in-chief,Ba Jin thinks literary editor In the process,he always regarded himself as the "friend" of the writer and reader,and he always attached importance to "author" and "reader ".Before the founding of the society,it experienced two stages of development,namely,the golden period of rapid development before the War of Resistance against Japan and the difficult period of reconstruction after the war.The author group of "Literature Series" of Cultural Life Publishing House presents itsdistinctive characteristics,that is,it covers a wide range of left-wing writers represented by Lu Xun and some other left-wing literary youth who pursue ideals and bright,such as Hu Feng,Xiao Hong,Xiao Jun,Zhou Wen,Zhang Tianyi,Sha Ting,Ai Wu,Ye Zi,etc.;there are also Beijing-style writers,especially those who contribute to Mercury and Literature Quarterly;in addition,there are also friends of Ba Jin in Shanghai,such as Lini,Zhu Xi,Wu Longxi,Lu Xin and so on.In short,the "north and south" of the young writers appear very prominent.Many writers have multiple identities,such as Lenny is a good one Prose,translator,and publisher editor;many authors are both writers and translators,and their creation and translation provide abundant sources of contribution as the editor and publication of the literature series.In addition to the group of young writers,the Society's "Literature Series" also has Xiang Lu Xun,Mao Dun and others,they form a "literary veteran" group of authors.Cultural life publishing house published as many as 24 " literature series ".The general characteristics of these "literature series" are distinct realistic tendencies,which reflect the political culture at that time in the ideological content and the aesthetic characteristics of realism in art.A large number of Cultural Life Series and Translation Series are derived from Russian literature.The content of these works is more inclined to realistic literary thought,which shows the editor's favor for realistic literary works.The large number of "Literature Series" published by the Society also shows outstanding realistic characteristics,such as Lu Xun's New Story in the Literature Series,Mao Dun Road and Zhang Tianyi's Reunion are mostly based on the expression of real life and social life as the main ideological content.In addition,many works of "literature series" have distinct epochal connotation and aesthetic characteristics,such as shouting small series,beacon fire small series and other wartime "literature series ".These "literature series" have greatly promoted the development of Chinese modern literature.Cultural Life Publishing House advocated civilian price in publication,tried to be simple and elegant in binding design and packaging,and provided great support and "care" to the young writers who were at the bottom of the time.It published works such as Lu Li's prose,Li Guangtian's essay,Cao Yu's drama and He Qifang's poems,these propositions generally show the philosophical pursuit of "ordinary people" in the publishing features of the literary society.When Ba Jin presided over the publication of the Translation Series,he organized a planned and focused translation of all the best works of foreign countries,which showed that the literary andcharacteristics of literary translation.In addition,Ba Jin himself has carried on the planning,the systematic translation and the publication arrangement to The Turgenev Selected Works this set of literary masterpieces,thus shows the unique cultural individuality and the publication characteristic of the "Literature Series" of the Literary Society.The cultural contribution of the cultural life publishing house is not only reflected in its emphasis on social and cultural benefits,but also realizes the development of publishing by advertising design,and its literary works have great inheritance and development to the spirit of the May 4th New Literature.On the one hand,the publishing house has not only published a large number of new works,advocating that the published works should be Chinese and Western culture and package;on the other hand,Ba Jin,Lu Li and others have also personally written advertising words,which have prose and essay tone,which not only facilitate readers to understand the main idea of the full text,but also concise language,beautiful writing,but also stimulate readers' interest in reading,thus promoting the promotion of books.In addition These "Literature Series" also unite a large number of realistic writers and promote the inheritance and development of the realism spirit of the May 4th New Literature,which has made an important contribution to the development of Chinese New Literature and also has an important impact on its cultural construction. |
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