First, it inspired the creation of a large number of old writers from the May 4th new literary tradition, thus to some extent bridging the invisible gap between the May 4th new literary tradition and the literary tradition in the liberated areas under the norms of war culture since the first national cultural congress.
Secondly, in theory, it puts forward the "Avenue Theory" which opposes dogmatism and advocates realism, and advocates that literature should describe human nature and restore the humanitarian tradition.
Third, a number of creations have emerged to reveal the internal contradictions in socialist society, which indicates that socialist literature has begun to mature.
Literary works such as New Youth of Organization Department, Re-election, On the Cliff, Red Bean, Close-up of Bridge Site, Newspaper Insider, Poems on Plants and Trees, Ode to Snow White, etc.
From different angles, these works expose the negative and backward phenomena that hinder the progress of the socialist cause in life, satirize the bureaucratic style of cadres who are not enterprising, eulogize the precious youth character of young people who dare to struggle, depict the pure love of girls whose lives are full of troubles, and reveal the rich emotional world of characters.
Extended data
The idea of "letting a hundred flowers blossom" was first put forward in 195 1 year. At the request of Mei Lanfang, Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for the establishment of China Opera Research Institute, and wrote the words "Let a hundred flowers blossom and bring forth the new". This was put forward to the theater, but it has not been pushed to the whole literary and art circles.
"A hundred schools of thought contend" was first put forward by 1953. That year, the Central Committee decided to ask the Propaganda Department of the CPC to organize three committees to study the history of China, the reform of China characters and the teaching of Chinese.
At that time, two famous Marxist historians, Guo Moruo and Fan Wenlan, had different opinions and heated debates on the historical stages of China's transition from ancient slave society to feudal society.
At that time, the director of China Historical Research Committee asked Mao Zedong for instructions, and Mao Zedong said that a hundred schools of thought would contend. The editorial department of Historical Research knew about it, but it was generally unknown in the history circle and even the whole academic circle at that time.
At the beginning of 1956, the Central Committee held a meeting of intellectuals. At this meeting, an important speech was made. He said: on academic issues, artistic issues, and technical issues, intellectuals inside and outside the Party should be allowed to discuss freely, to express their opinions freely, to give full play to their talents, to adopt their own styles, and to allow the existence of different schools and the establishment of new schools.
They can criticize each other, but don't wear big hats when criticizing. In this passage, there is no generalization of the word "a hundred schools of thought contend", but "a hundred schools of thought contend" is already on the horizon.
People's Network-Lu: A hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend.
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