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The relationship between Lu Xsun and Chen Ying-Zhen is a popular topic in the academic world both of Mainland China and Taiwan. Lu Xsun Passed away in 1936, one year before the outbreak of Sino-Japanese War. Chen Ying-Zhen was born in 1937 when Taiwan was being colonized by Japan. The numbers of year not only present a coincidence of time, but also tell us the invaded and colonized history of Modern China, and the mission of realism, nationalism and de-colonialism that Chinese Modern literature is destined to bear. Chen Ying-Zhen talked a lot about how much Lu Xsun impressed him, and we also can feel the similar characteristics when reading their literary works. This thesis focuses on the comparison of these two writers’ early fictions and later thoughts, trying to figure out the fundamental essentials of their literature and thought. There are three levels of specific analysis. Firstly, as for the early literary fictions, they both have the reconciliation of symbolism and realism. Their fictions start from the lyricism of subjectivity and get to approach the vast picture of society and history. Secondly, as for the filed of literature and the wave of thought, the pattern of Lu Xsun’s fictions is closely related with the arising of modern Chinese literature. That was the moment of national crisis. Intelligentsia including Lu Xsun called for the introduction of foreign literary works in order to reform the ancient and indigenous thoughts. Lu Xsun also devoted himself to translation activities from which he absorbed many ideas into his writings. That’s his way of performing realistic literature in his time. Chen Ying-Zhen’s way of writing had the background of the wave of modernism in the 1950s and 1960s in Taiwan. However, under the mask of modernist style and sentimental tune, his writings are the description and reflection of the extensive history and reality as well as of the profound spiritual life internalized by history and reality. Therefore, we can say that realism is under the curtain of modernism. Last but not least, as for the conscious artistic thoughts, two writers both show the dialectical relationship between artistic works and social life. On the one hand, they consider that literature comes from society and should reflect real life. On the other hand, they consist that art is not paralleled to society or politics. Literature should keep the fine form and try to transform rational thoughts into artistic images so that it will achieve the special aesthetic feeling and endless critical thinking. In summary, the keys points of this thesis are as follows. First of all, the most common character for Lu Xsun and Chen Ying-Zhen’s literature is “the left leaning starting from literature”. That means a proper dialectical relationship between literature and thought. It makes that thought never moves towards dogmatism and extremism because of the reconciliation of literature’s soft and exquisite nature. Also, it makes literature have the support of deep thought and stand consistently on the broad ground of real history and common life. Such reconciliation is their literature’s wisdom and vitality. Secondly, their writings rely on their respective social reality of their time. Chen Ying-Zhen transformed the way that Lu Xsun considered Chinese feudal society into the base of the criticism of Taiwan’s White Terror after World War II. Thirdly, for both of two, though their literary expressions were not all the same in different period of history and in distinctive stage of their life, the reconciliation between literature and thought runs through their life. Lastly, through such a comparison of these two great writers’ literature and thought, we can find out some inspiring ideas about the criticism of modernism and colonialism both for Mainland China and Taiwan. |