What is the class nature of literature?

In class society, the tendency of literature is manifested as the class nature of literature. The classification of literature is one of the important social attributes of class social literature. The class nature of literary works is a very complicated problem, and it is undoubtedly very important to analyze the class nature of literary works scientifically for further study of the nature of literature. The so-called class nature of literature refers to the social attribute that literature always expresses the thoughts, feelings and will of a certain class in class society in order to meet the political and spiritual needs of a certain class and be used by a certain class.

Why does literature have such social attributes in class society? In essence, literature is the product of social life reflected in the writer's mind. Let's briefly analyze it from two aspects: the object and the reflector of literature. First of all, from the perspective of the objects reflected by literature, literature is a people-centered social life. As we all know, "in a class society, every member of society exists as a person of a certain class and lives under the condition of some pseudo-class struggle." Therefore, it is impossible for this kind of social life not to contain specific class content. Lu Xun said: "Literature does not borrow people, nor can it express' sex'. When it employs people, and it is still in a class society, it must not be exempted from its class nature and does not need to be bound. "

From the perspective of reflector-writer, in class society, writers live and engage in creative activities as members of a certain class. Lenin said: "... there is no living person who can't stand on the side of this class or that class (since he understands their mutual relationship), can't be happy for the victory of this class or that class, can't be sad for its failure, can't be angry with people who are hostile to this class, can't spread backward ideas and hinder its development, and so on." It is in this sense that Gorky called writers "the eyes, ears and mouthpieces of the class". Class consciousness. Lu Xun criticized those who claimed to be above class, saying that "to be born in a class-oriented society is to be a writer above class" and "it is like pulling your hair with your own hands and leaving the earth", which is impossible. In the process of a writer's creation, no matter the choice of subject matter. The description of characters and the evaluation of the people and things described reflect the tendency of the writer class. For example, in the History of Entrepreneurship, the author warmly praised and spoke highly of the socialist leaders Liang Shengbao, Gao Zengfu and others who actively organized and resolutely took the road of collectivization. Bad guys who undermine cooperation are mercilessly exposed and flogged. The proletarian tendency revealed by the writer from his works is also very distinct.

In fact, to put it bluntly, a class has a class's interests, values, outlook on life and lifestyle, which belong to the unique culture, art and, of course, literature of that class.