Self-writing Research In "Congwen Autobiography"

In the 1920 s and 1930 s,a wave of autobiographical writing was set off in the modern Chinese literary world,and a number of unique autobiographical works appeared.Congwen autobiography is one of the important works.Its appearance has an important influence on Shen Congwen’s creative career and life experience.On the one hand,before the autobiography,Shen Congwen had important short stories such as "Bai Zi" and "Xiao Xiao",but the maturity of his creation has not yet arrived.His continuous literary experiments also show that his creation is still in the exploration stage..The completion of "Congwen Autobiography" made him find and establish himself,and the classic works such as "Border Town" and "Xiangxing Sanji" also appeared."Autobiography from the text" can be regarded as his inheritance.On the other hand,judging from the life experience of Shen Congwen,this is his first systematic description of his past to the reader,indicating the process of his personality formation.Tracing back to the past is not only to sort out the old,but also to confirm the identity and mission of the self and to face the future.And this self-established self needs to face the challenges,setbacks and tribulations of life in order to complete the meaning of life he has claimed in history.Unlike other writers who choose to write autobiography after middle age,Shen Congwen wrote "Congwen autobiography" at the age of 30.In addition to the press’ s draft and market demand,this autobiography also has the author himself.Consideration.In the autobiographical writing,the focus of material selection,the detailed description of the story,and the depiction of the character’s style are closely related to the life state of the author’s creative stage.In particular,the author’s tone,style,hidden or revealing information is the conscious expression of the autobiographical author of this year.In the face of the same experience,Shen Congwen recalled in different periods or situations,and had different feelings and expressions.In addition,Shen Congwen has published many revisions to the "Congwen autobiography",and the different versions reflect the author’s self-differentunderstanding of the autobiography."Congwen autobiography" is also the key to interpreting Shen Congwen’s other autobiographical writings.In his early works,Shen Congwen wrote many works about his childhood and youth life,such as "My Second Brother","Slightly Biography-From the Preface to the Text","My Education","After Enlisting",etc.These chapters can be regarded as autobiographical works in a broad sense,but these works are mostly short,and Shen Congwen’s self-image is fragmented and fragmented."Congwen autobiography" is his first full memory of the past life and the complete shaping of the self-image.These autobiographical texts from the early period of Shen Congwen and the "Autobiography of the Essays" are put together for comparative analysis.The two complement each other,which can make Shen Congwen’s self-consciousness in the "Congwen autobiography" works more prominent and the self-image more full.After the "Congwen autobiography",Shen Congwen’s autobiographical articles written at two important time points have reviewed the life experiences involved in "Congwen autobiography" to varying degrees.Whether in the review or historical data,There are differences in narrative attitudes.These two reviews are the biographical articles such as "One’s Confessions" written around 1949,and the re-publishing of "From the Autobiography" since 1980.He made some modifications to the "Congwen autobiography" and added the "Additional Notes" to it.Therefore,with the autobiography of Shen Congwen as the center,it is conducive to better grasp the overall self-image he has created in the "autobiography",and also to study the biography style of Shen Congwen.