Region, Native Land, Tradition—The Study on the Contemporary Novels by Shaanxi Writers: Chen, Zhong-shi and Jia, Ping-wa as the Representatives
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
Lai, Pei-Hsuan
Abstract
This thesis targets on Chen, Zhong-shi and Jia, Ping-wa, and further profiles the developments and changes of contemporary Shaanxi novels. The discussion focuses on three aspects: the regional writing, the native concern, and both of the inheritance and the changes in the literary tradition.
About the regional writing, the thesis starts from the regional point of view in the chapter two; first of all, illustrating the regional culture in Shaanxi, secondly, outlining the formation of the similarities between literary tradition and the writing since Yanan period, and subsequently discussing the relationship between regionally cultural elements and the formation of Shaanxi literature. Lastly, focusing on Chen, Zong-shi and Jia, Ping-wa, about how their creations self-consciously got into regionalized writing, and accordingly establishing their unique style and characteristics. Meanwhile, pointing out the importance of their respective hometowns and the regional place they live.
The chapter three mainly discusses Chen, Zhong-shi’s works, which were his concerns about the Rural Revolution before the 90’s and Plain of Bailu（《白鹿原》） as the writing of the revolution history of the native land. The former is the writer’s concern towards “the realistic native land” and the latter is the writer’s understanding towards “the historical native land”, and the writing perspective shifts from the politics to the culture. In Plain of Bailu, the writer explicates the native land, the revolution and the history of the nation within the certain period through the propagation and the development of a family. Besides, he interprets the cultural structure of the rural society and his reflection on the traditional culture of the nation through the image of the white deer and the characters and the molding of the psychology, and therefore, re-affirms the spirits of “Ren-Yi”(仁義),benevolence and righteousness, of Confucianism.
The chapter four focuses on Jia, Pin-wa, mainly putting the target on his several medium-length novels in the 80’s and Turbulence（《浮躁》）, which constructs his thinking contexts and his concern for native land from the topic of the rural revolution and the change of the spirit and culture in the interaction between the countryside and the city. Jia’s works in the 80’s are attentive to various changes during the period of the rural revolution, and however, he turns to deal with the materials about the city and the inter-relationship between the countryside and the city. By narrating the relationship between the people and the land and the city, he expresses his contemplation on the city/ the countryside and the tradition/ the modernity, and emphasizes the importance of “the root of the native land” to him.
The chapter five deals with the forms, the subject matter and the contents of Chen, Zhung-shi and Jia, Pin-wa, and examines the breakthrough and the inheritance of the tradition of the Shaanxi Literature under the context of the history of Shaanxi Literature. Three parts are highlighted chiefly: the writing style of the Realism, the pursuit and the decline of the epic characteristics, and the development of the subject matter about the city. Through discussing the relationship between these two writers and the tradition of the Shaanxi Literature, the writers’ status and their importance can be seen, what’s more, the entirety of the contemporary Literature of Shaanxi and its development can thus drawn by them as the center.
Subjects
Shaanxi Literature
the local novels
the regional culture
Chen, Zhung-shi
Jia, Pin-wa
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