The first stage, the fifties and sixties, was the pioneering stage of Zhou Libo's literary research.
After the publication of 1948, Storm was highly praised. The representative commented on the recommended storm written under the signature "Zhi" and published in Life Daily on May 1948+0 1. At that time, critics believed that The Storm had three characteristics: first, it created a new image of a folk hero, a new figure representing the hope of the times; The second is to open up the writing of major revolutionary themes; Third, use new folk languages. After the publication of Hot Metal Running 1955, Guangming Daily, Literature and Art Research and other newspapers published many comments, fully affirming this earliest work depicting the image of industrial workers after the founding of the People's Republic of China. After the publication of Great Changes in Rural Areas 1958, the older generation of critics Mao Dun, Huang, Wang Xiyan, Chen Yong, Zhu Zhai and others made relevant comments. From 1958 to 196 1, People's Daily, People's Literature, Wen Yi Newspaper, Literature Review and other newspapers published more than 40 articles, and made a pioneering study on Zhou Libo. Mao Dun, a famous writer who was then Minister of Culture and Chairman of Chinese Writers Association, pointed out in the article "Rethinking and Promoting the Great Leap Forward in the Socialist Era": "From" Storm "to" Great Changes in Mountainous Areas ",Zhou Libo's creation developed along two interlaced routes, one is national form and the other is personal style. The general characteristics of this stage of research are as follows: first, many comments affirmed the political and social significance of Zhou Libo's three novels and other short stories with political themes; Secondly, it makes a real and objective aesthetic evaluation of Zhou Libo's creation and affirms its artistic characteristics and value.
The second stage, from 1978 to 1979, is the recovery stage of Zhou Libo's literary research.
From 1966 to 1976, Zhou Libo's works were totally rejected and criticized. 197 1 Hunan people's publishing house published "the third episode of criticizing the great revolution-criticizing Zhou Libo's reactionary novels", and received 17 critical articles, including 13 published by Hunan Daily. In addition, there are critical articles, such as "The stormy waves of the sea and the devil's face-a review of Zhou Libo's Great Changes in the Mountains", and the 20 th issue of Dongfanghong, from sholokhov's specimens to Zhou Libo's trump card, published by Hunan Normal University 1968. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Zhou Libo's works began to be re-affirmed, and his literary research was also in the recovery stage. The history of contemporary literature in China (edited by Lin, Haifeng and Cheng Hai) 1978 was the first to affirm the artistry of his works. After the downfall of the Gang of Four, China's first article to rehabilitate Zhou Libo's works was The Strange Disaster of Shaoshan Festival written by Qin Mu and published in Xiangjiang Literature and ArtNo. 1978+0. Famous literary critics such as Hong Mi, Peng Shunwen, Fan, He and others publicly commented on Zhou Libo's literary works in influential publications in China.
The third stage, from 1980 to 1990, is a stage of comprehensive and systematic evaluation of Zhou Libo's literary research.
1980 Feng Jiannan published "The New Victory of Realism-Zhou Libo's Creation after the Founding of the People's Republic of China" in the No.1 1 issue of Literary Review, and Hu Guangfan published "A Sword in the Pen" in the No.2 issue of Journal of Xiangtan University. Lingyun is forever a monument —— On the artistic achievements of Xiangjiang River overnight, a total of 1988. 1000060606 Zhu Zhai published the artistic achievements of great changes in rural areas in the second phase of the social science front, and Jiang Jing published a preliminary study of a literary genre in the Literary Newspaper on June 5438+February/kloc-0. These articles initially defended the revolutionary content of Zhou Libo's works and turned to comment on their artistry. It can be said that since 1980, Zhou Libo's creative research has entered the stage of comprehensive evaluation from the nature of rehabilitation.
198 1 year, Lin Lan published the long article "Warrior and Writer" in People's Literature, which objectively, comprehensively and fairly evaluated Zhou Libo's revolutionary life and creative achievements, systematically summarized Zhou Libo's creative path and experience, and put forward that "Zhou Libo is revolution first.
1982 and 1983, Lin Lan edited and published two works of Zhou Libo. One is the five-volume Selected Works of Zhou Libo published by Shanghai Literature and Art Publishing House, and the other is the seven-volume Selected Works of Zhou Libo published by Hunan People's Publishing House. The publication of these two books has brought Zhou Libo's research into a new stage. During this period, a number of scholars have emerged, such as, Zhuang, Hu Guangfan, Li Huasheng, Feng Jiannan, Song Suiliang,, and Hua Jishi. 1982, with the assistance of Peking University's Lee Myung-bak and others, Lin Lan compiled Selected Readings of Professor Zhou Libo from Lu Yi, Yan 'an 1940 to 1942. Foreign Literature Studies has been serialized for three periods since the second issue 1982. Xu Chi, a famous writer, wrote Thoughts on Reading Zhou Libo's Legacy, and highly praised Zhou Libo's Lectures on Lu Yi as "an extremely important document in the study of modern literature theory in China".
1985, Guangming Daily Publishing House published Zhuang's Life and Creation. 1986, 12 and other units jointly held the "Zhou Libo Academic Seminar" with Hunan Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Provincial Department of Culture. More than 100 scholars, experts and writers from all over the country discussed Zhou Libo's literary thought, artistic style, creative achievements and contributions to modern and contemporary literature in China around the central topic of "the relationship between writers and the times, writers and the people". The conference papers were compiled into "Warrior Writers and Scholars-Selected Papers of the First Zhou Libo Academic Seminar". In the same year, Hu Guangfan wrote The Biography of Zhou Libo, which was published by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House. The publication of the above comments, research articles, related books and seminars marks the peak of Zhou Libo's literary research.
In the fourth stage, after 1995, Zhou Libo's literary research entered a deepening stage.
Since the mid-1990s, Zhou Libo's research has broadened his horizons and entered a deepening stage. At this stage, the artistic value and overall position of Zhou Libo's works in the history of literature were explored and judged, and new fields and methods were explored, and diversified interpretations appeared. 1995 published two important works on Zhou Libo's research. First, Effie's China Contemporary Literary School systematically discusses the aesthetic form and artistic style of Zhou Libo's hometown life novels, as well as the genes and conditions for the formation of the literary school of Chazihua; Secondly, Tan's epic Land and Peasants fully affirmed the description of the relationship between peasants and land and the praise of freedom and love.
China Reportage Theory Criticism History 1997 published by Anhui University holds that Zhou Libo's Talking about Reportage is a symbol of independent exploration of reportage research in China from translation to introduction. Jiang Yi of Changsha University published "Realism Is Still the Mainstream of Literature —— Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Comrade Zhou Libo's Death" and "Zhou Libo's Comparative View of Zhao Shuli", and made a detailed analysis of the artistic features of Zhou Libo's rural novels after the founding of the People's Republic of China. In addition, Hua Jishi of Xiangtan University, Li Yuejin of Hunan University, Pi Minhui of Central South University and other scholars have also discussed Zhou Libo's contributions and achievements in cultural exchanges and literary translation between China and foreign countries. Tang Xiaobing's article "Dialectics of Violence: Rereading The Storm" was published in the 6th issue of 2 1 Century 1992.
In August, 2006, the academic seminar on Zhou Libo's literary creation and contemporary China local novels was jointly organized by China New Literature Society, Hunan Normal University College of Literature, hunan city university Chinese Department and Yiyang Three-week Research Association. The book Forever Zhou Libo's Hometown was published by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Press. This meeting pushed Zhou Libo's research to a new stage. First of all, Zhou Libo's hometown life novels are studied in the development of China local literature, which broadens the research horizon and leads Zhou Libo's creative research to a new field; Secondly, studying the aesthetic tendency of Zhou Libo's novel creation is an important achievement of this seminar; Thirdly, studying Zhou Libo's literary tradition is an important topic of this seminar. Unlike Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Sha Ting and other writers, Zhou Libo's writing after the founding of the People's Republic of China has not stopped, but has become a new peak in his life. His artistic style has influenced several generations of writers in Hunan and even in the south, forming the "Camellia" literary school.
In 2007, Ding Fan's History of Rural Novels in China made a new evaluation of Zhou Libo's novels: "The novel with the most genre painting and landscape painting characteristics after the founding of the People's Republic of China is Great Changes in the Countryside. At the end of 1990s and the beginning of this century, the artistic value of Zhou Libo's novels was once again recognized by academic circles. He of Nanjing Normal University believes that "Great Changes in the Countryside" has higher artistry and higher literary value than "History of Entrepreneurship". On September 5, 2008, the academic seminar on Zhou Libo's birthday100th anniversary received 40 papers and 2 treatises. The seminar discussed and studied from five aspects: first, about Zhou Libo's works; Second, about Zhou Libo's character and standing wave spirit; Thirdly, about Zhou Libo's literary position and influence; Fourthly, about the development of local literature in the new period; Fifth, the significance and thinking of the construction of Qingxi village scenic spot. Summarizing the research history of Zhou Libo in 7 1 year, we can draw the following conclusions: first, the study of writers' works is closely related to the academic culture of the times; Secondly, Zhou Libo's million-word works are immortal, and his character and works have left valuable cultural resources for continuous exploration.