Research On The Acceptance Of Women Writers In The May 4Th Movement In The 1920s

The "May 4th" era is an era of "transition" in which awakening and anguish,pursuit and confusion,excitement and sadness are interwoven,and it is also an era of transition in the writing of Chinese female literature.In the "May 4th" new literature,the first ten years of development,a batch of new passion rise of women writers in Chinese literary world in the period of May 4th movement,they not only take the lead in cast off the yoke of the feudal old family,eagerly pursue individuality liberation,freedom and democracy,also with the unique literary writing for contribution to a special chapter in this era.These women writers,later called "emerging to the surface of history",entered the social public space with their creation as soon as they appeared,and attracted the attention of the vast number of readers and the comments of literary critics,forming a unique phenomenon of acceptance.Influenced by the political and cultural environment of The Times,the acceptance of women writers in the May 4th movement in the 1920 s showed the following characteristics:first,the acceptance of women writers in the May 4th movement in the general readers,most of them showed some kind of identification with them,and then they could have a sense of emotional resonance with their works.It should be noted that newspapers and periodicals,as a medium of communication,played an active role in promoting the circulation of female writers' works during the May 4th movement.Many readers actively replied to newspapers and periodicals after reading their works and expressed their feelings.Some of them even caused great discussion in the society.This free and open social environment not only makes it convenient for readers to read the works of women writers in the May 4th movement,but also greatly enhances the popularity of these women writers and their works.Secondly,unlike ordinary readers,professional literary critics,when commenting on the works of these women writers,pay more attention to whether the works of women writers in the May 4th movement can reflect the social problems of The Times and whether they have positive and progressive thoughts.In dominated by male critics in the 1920 s,they are standing on the ground of male writers more to look forward to the creation of the female writers also is a kind of "for life" type of writing,this leads to the creation of their own unique experience and expression way of writing and the position of a male expect conflict between,and it was in this premise,some male critics of "May 4th" writer put forward some criticism and negation and its creation.Third,in the process of male critics to accept,they are used to put the "May 4th" standing in the position of a male writers have gradually formed the individuality liberation,democracy and freedom,equality of personality as the core of rational knowledge,shelter and classified in the "democratic equality","personality liberation" social enlightenment under the grand historical themes such as,making the "May 4th" woman writer in the misread the embarrassing situation.This acceptance condition,to some extent,caused the distortion of the original meaning of the works of female writers in the May 4th movement,and also showed the difference in acceptance due to the different gender positions.It is worth emphasizing that during the acceptance process of female writers in the May 4th movement in the 1920 s,although there were few female critics,we could feel their mutual understanding and appreciation in the communication between female writers.The positive evaluation of female writers in the process of accepting the May 4th movement plays a positive role in promoting their creation and dissemination.On the one hand,this positive acceptance not only stimulated the creative desire of female writers in the May 4th movement to some extent,but also made it inevitable that female writers could not fully release their talents in the mainstream of two-tone discourse.In order to attract more readers' attention,it is also necessary to cater to certain mainstream trends of The Times and pay attention to social issues,which to some extent weakens the unique female consciousness and life experience of female writers in the May 4th movement and becomes their regret in creation.In a word,from the perspective of acceptance,the study of women writers in the May4 th movement has great historical and literary significance,and to a certain extent,it can more clearly show the efforts and unremitting exploration made by women writers in the May 4th movement for the liberation of women.