19 17, Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao raised the banner of "literary revolution", advocated vernacular Chinese and opposed classical Chinese; Advocate new literature and oppose old literature. 19 18 In May, Lu Xun published Diary of a Madman, the first vernacular novel in the history of modern literature in China, in New Youth, pointing out that the word "cannibalism" was hidden behind feudal morality.
Eating people "has poison in words and a knife in laughter." This is a relentless spur to feudal ethics, and this novel laid the cornerstone of the new culture movement. Chairman Mao once commented that the direction of Lu Xun is the direction of the new culture of the Chinese nation.
Second, expose the pain of the bottom people's hearts and let them wake up in a deep sleep.
Lu Xun's novels mainly describe the daily life and mental state of the bottom people. People living at the bottom of society, like Hua Laoshuan, Ah Q, Xianglinsao and Aigu in his works. Arguably, it needs the sympathy, pity, care and love of the people of China most.
But in such a morbid society, people give them insults and discrimination, indifference and ruthlessness. They live in a loveless world, suffering from life, taking an indifferent attitude of watching or even appreciating their own destiny, and venting their pent-up resentment when they are oppressed and bullied by bullies who are weaker than themselves.
Three, opened the way for the establishment of China * * * production party.
The ideas of freedom, democracy and resistance to traditional authority conveyed by the New Culture Movement inspired the people in China, especially the young people in China, to love their country and save the country, and fundamentally laid the foundation for the May 4th Movement. After the May 4th Movement, many intellectuals and workers began to join the revolution, and the revolutionary mood was unprecedentedly high. China's * * * production party took advantage of this trend, United the strength of the working class and started a cruel struggle against imperialism and feudalism.
Fourth, it is conducive to the popularization and prosperity of culture.
The vernacular Chinese advocated by the New Culture Movement can be quickly accepted by ordinary people. Make China * * * producers less obstacles in cultural propaganda. Can let the military and civilians better unite as one and fight for the cause of * * * to the end. There are many grounded literary works in the later period, such as Cao Yu's play Thunderstorm, which reflects the disaster brought to women by the decay of feudal families.
White-haired Girl, a drama on the eve of the Liberation War, tells the story of people turning into ghosts in the old society and the producers turning ghosts into people. These very popular works are based on the vernacular.
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Brief introduction of Lu Xun
Lu Xun (188 1 year September 25th-19361year 10/9), formerly known as Zhou Zhangshou, 1898 was changed and later renamed. China is an important writer in the 20th century, a leader of the New Culture Movement, a supporter of the left-wing cultural movement, a modern writer, thinker and revolutionary.
Lu Xun's works, including essays, short stories, comments, essays and translated works, have had a far-reaching impact on China culture and China literature after the May 4th Movement. Mao Zedong commented that he was a great proletarian writer, thinker and revolutionary, the main commander of China's cultural revolution, and was also called "soul of china" by the people. He is one of the top ten writers in the world, the leader and supporter of the New Culture Movement, the founder of proletarian literature in China and a banner of modern literature in China.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Lu Xun