The symbol of the beginning and maturity of China's modern novels

The appearance of Lu Xun's novels Scream and Hesitation marks the beginning and maturity of China's modern novels.

(1) Lu Xun is the founder of China's modern novels. He published the first vernacular short story written in modern style in China's modern history. 19 18 In May, New Youth published Lu Xun's novel Diary of a Madman, which is the first vernacular short story written in modern style in the history of modern literature in China. Its modernity in content and form became the great beginning of China's modern novels and opened up a new era for the development of China literature.

(2) China's modern novels began and matured in the hands of Lu Xun. Following Diary of a Madman, Lu Xun published Scream and Hesitation, including The True Story of Ah Q, which pushed China's modern novels to the artistic peak. Look at Scream and Hesitation again, they have more internal unity in both thought and art. Although Lu Xun's novels draw lessons from the artistic experience of foreign novels, he combines the experience of foreign novels with the tradition of China's ancient novels, laying the foundation for the nationalization of China's modern novels. His creation not only has a unique theme and thought discovery, but also realizes the mature innovation of novel structure mode and formal technique, and opens a new era of China's modern novels. Therefore, Lu Xun's novels not only mark the beginning of China's modern novels, but also mark the maturity of China's modern novels.