China's new literature has gone through several periods.

China's modern literature has experienced three major development periods, namely, thirty years.

1, the first ten years (19 17 ~ 1927), the pioneering period, is generally called the may 4th literature.

19 17 At the beginning of this year, Hu Shi and Chen Duxiu published "Improvement of Literature" and "On Literary Revolution" in New Youth, which marked the official rise of the literary revolution movement. Subsequently, Qian, Liu Bannong, Zhou Zuoren, Lu Xun and Li Dazhao actively responded to the ideas of the literary revolution and promoted its development.

The new literary works created by Lu Xun and Guo Moruo show the achievements of the literary revolution and the substantial progress of new literature.

In terms of novels, there are novels such as Lu Xun's epoch-making Diary of a Madman, which were later included in Scream and Wandering, and a large number of new literature writers such as Ye, Wang Jingxi, Bing Xin and Yu Dafu have created novels with brand-new contents and forms.

In terms of poetry, a large number of new vernacular poets, such as Hu Shi, Liu Bannong, Shen and Liu Dabai, have emerged, which have broken through the authentic status of old-style poetry for thousands of years, especially Guo Moruo's Goddess, and created the poetic style of freestyle vernacular poetry with its unique content and artistic momentum.

The achievements in prose are reflected in a large number of short literary essays (essays and essays) created by Lu Xun, Li Dazhao and others, lyrical narrative prose (beautiful prose) created by Zhou Zuoren, Yu Pingbo, Zhu Ziqing and Xu Dishan, and communication reports such as "Hungry Hometown" and "History of Red Capital" created by Qu Qiubai, which have seen the initial germination of reportage.

All these creations present a brand-new atmosphere of creating a generation of writing style, full of the spirit of the May 4th Movement. After 192 1 year, various styles and schools, such as problem novels, novels around us, local literature, silk road style and symbolic poetry, also appeared. The emergence of these societies shows the maturity and growth of new literature.

The historical significance and limitations of the literary revolution thoroughly criticize and deny the whole feudal system and its ideological and cultural system, always embody the theme of individual liberation, democracy and scientific enlightenment, and explore the road of social liberation; Farmers, ordinary workers, new intellectuals and other figures have replaced heroes such as emperors, princes, gifted scholars and beautiful women in old literature.

The great change of literary concept and the innovation and liberation of literary language and style form laid the basic aesthetic value orientation and the psychological foundation of pluralistic coexistence of China literature in the 20th century.

Consciously learn from and absorb the nutrition of foreign literature and culture, and form open modern literature facing the world without deviating from tradition. Some advocates of new literature are extremely emotional and lack specific analysis of some traditional things, leading to simple negation.

2. The second decade (1927 ~ 1937), the harvest period, is often called the literature of the "Left Alliance" period.

It shows that literary creation has reached a new ideological depth.

Mao Dun's representative realistic works of this period, such as Midnight, Linjiabao and Rural Trilogy, as well as the creations of writers such as Jiang Guangchi, Hong Shen, Tian Han, Ding Ling, Zhang Tianyi, Hong, writers of the "Left" Five Martyrs, writers of Northeast China and Chinese Poetry Society, all show the brilliant achievements of the left-wing proletarian revolutionary literature creation.

3. The third decade (1937— 1949) was a turning point, including War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression literature and the literature of the war of liberation.

The former stage is literature in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War. Around the anti-Japanese national salvation movement, a large number of popular, vivid, short and pithy literary works, such as street poems and one-act dramas, have appeared, and some large-scale collective creations have also appeared.

Later in the liberated areas, Mao Zedong's speech at the Yan 'an Forum on Literature and Art clarified the direction of literature and art serving the workers, peasants and soldiers, solved a series of major theoretical and practical problems of literature and art since the May 4th Movement, and opened up a new stage of proletarian revolutionary literature. Many works in Kuomintang-controlled areas also strive to develop in the direction of national form and popularization in artistic style, and have achieved gratifying results.

Expand the ideological content of China's modern literature.

The first decade (19 17- 1927): democratic consciousness, scientific spirit and socialist thought.

The second decade (1927- 1937): class liberation consciousness, socialist consciousness of left-wing revolutionary literature, and literary consciousness of coexistence of democracy and liberal humanism.

The third decade (1937- 1949): national liberation consciousness and people's liberation consciousness, multi-regional, diversified and popular literature.

Creative method

Realism, romanticism and modernism. Realism is the mainstream.

Representative writer

Lu Xun, Shen Congwen, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She, Cao Yu, Zhang Ailing, Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Ding Ling, Zhao Shuli, Dai Wangshu, Xiao Hong, Ai Wu, Qian Zhongshu, Ai Qing, Lu Ling and Mu Dan.

Main work

Lu Xun's novels Scream, Wandering, A New Story and the prose poem Weeds.

Guo Moruo's Goddess and Qu Yuan; Mao Dun's Midnight and Lin Jiabao.

Poems by Xu Zhimo and Wen Yiduo; Shen Congwen's Border Town and Bai Zi: Ba Jin's Home and Cold Night in Spring and Autumn; Lao She's Camel Xiangzi and Four Generations of a Family; Yuan Ye and Thunderstorm by Cao Yu; Zhao Shuli's novels; Poems by Ai Qing and Mu Dan; Zhang Ailing's novels, etc.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Modern Literature