What are the modern works of China praised by critics as "heroic epics"? Who is its author?

Du Pengcheng's Defending Yan 'an is the first excellent novel describing the war of liberation on a large scale in the history of contemporary literature, and is known as "heroic epic". First of all, standing at the height of the times and history, it reflects the famous Yan 'an Defence War in the Liberation War with great scale and momentum, and depicts a real and magnificent historical picture of the people's war. Taking the battles in Tsinghua, panlong town, Yulin and Shajiadian, which a company of my main column participated in, as examples, the work artistically summarizes the historical process of our army's transformation from strategic defense to strategic counterattack around the bloody battle between our regular army and the enemy thousands of times larger than our army in the northwest battlefield. The scenes of the people's war described in the works are large in scale and complex in thought, ranging from major decisions made by senior generals to the fighting life of grass-roots companies to the organization of large and small battles. The works are outspoken, embellishing the severe struggle situation at that time, and it is inevitable that the war will be unprecedented cruel and fierce under the situation that the enemy is strong and we are weak. In every battle, countless brave soldiers died heroically, and "a piece of land is full of blood", and the victory paid a huge price. The work also profoundly reveals the fundamental reasons for the victory of this war: the correct analysis and wise decision of the Party Central Committee and Chairman Mao on the whole war situation, the correct deployment and command of Commander Peng, and the revolutionary heroism of our army soldiers from senior commanders to ordinary soldiers to defend the Party Central Committee to the death, all of which are fully and wonderfully described in the works; The support of the people in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region and the people of the whole country for the war has also shown certain performance. The works are always filled with fiery fighting passion, which makes people feel that the people's war is invincible and invincible. Secondly, with high style and vigorous brushwork, a number of plump and vivid characters are portrayed. Among them are Peng, an outstanding leader of our party and army, courageous senior and middle-level generals Chen Yunxing, Li Cheng, Zhao Jin and Wei Yi, all-powerful and fearless grassroots commanders Dayong Zhou and Wang Tiger, ordinary soldiers and cooks, and revolutionary hero Li Zhende in the old revolutionary base areas. These characters have the same class essence, but everyone has his own unique and distinctive personality. It should be said that in terms of reappearing typical characters in typical environments, the works reached a quite high level that could be achieved at that time. Dayong Zhou, the hero, is a heroic image created by the author. Through a series of battles and detailed descriptions, the work highlights the characteristics of his heroic character: infinite loyalty and great dedication to the party, leaders and people. Hearing the withdrawal of the CPC Central Committee from Yan 'an and seeing the people of northern Shaanxi lying in a pool of blood, "biting pain and anger tormented his heart". Strong love and hate and high class consciousness have become a powerful driving force for him to devote himself to the people and create earth-shattering heroic achievements. He always volunteered to undertake the most dangerous and arduous task in the battle. In the breakout battle on the Great Wall Line, he was seriously injured and trapped in a small cave with sick and tired soldiers. Facing the desperate situation, what he thought was how to "fight nervously for the cause of his class" and finally lead the soldiers out of danger. As Li Cheng, the political commissar of the Communist Youth League, said, Dayong Zhou is a person with "sweat and loyalty in his pores". Dayong Zhou's lofty revolutionary heroism, iron will, courage, wit, composure and flexible fighting style are all described in his works. In the battle of Qinghua, he took the lead and completely ignored his personal life and death; Panlong town attacked the enemy with both wisdom and courage, and successfully completed the task of luring the enemy to attack the enemy; Especially on the Great Wall Line, the company fell into the encirclement of the enemy and lost contact with the main force. With unparalleled fortitude and courage, unparalleled wit and composure, he commanded the soldiers to rush about in the enemy group. Dayong Zhou is a people's hero who grew up in fierce battles and severe tests under the education of the Party. His works pay great attention to the formation process of Dayong Zhou's heroic character, which makes this heroic image fuller and more real. The image of Li Cheng, the political commissar of the Communist Youth League, is the earliest successful image of outstanding political cadres in the history of contemporary literature. In him, it embodies the fine tradition of military political work cultivated by our army in the long-term practice since the Red Army era, and shows that political cadres have a high degree of proletarian consciousness, a strong revolutionary dedication and a spiritual outlook that knows how to cultivate people's exquisite art. The depiction of Commander Peng in the works, though not much pen and ink, is a successful attempt of contemporary literature to shape the glorious image of the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries, and it is also a great harvest of novel creation in the past 40 years. As the military commander in the northwest battlefield, the embodiment of Mao Zedong's military thought, and the executor and commander of the Party Central Committee's wise decision to defend Yan 'an, his works not only fully demonstrated Peng Zongzhuo's military talents, his great military spirit of foresight, insight, generosity and courage, but also wrote his simplicity, gentleness, sincerity and kindness, and he was willing to be used as the broom of the people. He is a great orderly of ordinary people. The successful creation of Peng Zong's glorious image not only makes this heroic epic more colorful and weighty, but also has pioneering significance in the history of contemporary literature. Thirdly, Defending Yan 'an has its own distinctive features in artistic style: a high combination of surging passion, rich poetry and profound philosophy; Depicting the artistic image of heroes in a harsh and typical environment; Magnificent, bold and straightforward style; The language is clear, simple and vivid, with a strong flavor of life and mass style, full of passion. However, as far as the "epic" works reflect the whole picture of an era, the social life reflected in Defending Yan 'an is not broad enough, the depiction of the enemy is thin, the exploration of the inner world of heroes is not rich enough, and the rhythm is a bit monotonous. These shortcomings of the works are limited to the understanding and theory of a certain era. However, they are only minor defects of the white wall. Defending Yan 'an reached the highest level of novel creation in the early 1950s, and it is worthy of being a treasure in China's contemporary literature.