"Writers Born in the 1960s"-Brief Introduction
At present, among young writers, Chi Zijian, Chen Ran, Su Tong, Pang Tianshu and others first stepped onto the literary world in the mid-1980s. Subsequently, Cheng Qing made his debut in Bamboo Hedgerow Yard, Yu Hua made his debut at the age of 18, Liu Xihong made his debut in You Can't Change Me, Xin Lv made his debut in Other People's Daughters Have Flowers to Wear, Ge Fei made his debut in Brown Bird, and Sun Huifen made his debut in Tone sandhi, which, together with Kitamura's novels and Han Dong's poetry creation, formed the initial lineup of the current youth creative team. This lineup was tentative at first, and with comments from peers such as Li Shulei, Li Jiefei, Wang Gan, Wang Zheng and Xiaohua, they haven't had time to find their proper position in age. However, they have begun to show their advantages. Soon after, the "vanguard" and "experimental" novels, the narrative revolution dominated by subversion and reconstruction of language, began to attract widespread attention in the literary world in the form of a group and became the most striking literary phenomenon in the late 1980s.
In the 1990s, in February of 199 1, Li Shidong and Mao Hao published a long article "The Fourth Generation Writers" in Contemporary Literature Newspaper, and put forward the concept of "writers born in the 1960s", which was the first time to divide the writers' groups according to the date of birth. At the beginning of 1994, Youth Literature opened the column of "Joint Exhibition of Writers Born in the 1960s", which lasted for four years, and published the works of more than 60 writers, including Yu Hua, Su Tong, Chi Zijian, Xu Kun, Bi Feiyu, Qi Zhi, Diao Dou and Guan Renshan, and began to consciously aggregate the current ranks of young writers. At the same time, things, Ye Mi, Shu Ping, West? The works of Li Er, Zhu Wen, Chen and others further strengthened the momentum of "writers in the 1960s".
In the middle and late 1990s, Liu Jianwei, Zeng, Feng Li, Xu Chunqiao, Wang, Shi Shuqing and other writers born in the 1960s complemented Wei Wei, Ding Tian, Zhou Jieru, Dai Li, Yu Xiu, Zhu Wenying and other writers born in the 1970s, further expanding the ranks of young writers. In recent years, the emergence of a group of young writers such as Yin Lichuan, Wu Ang, Ant, Chen Weiwen, Han Han and so on has brought new vitality to the young literary world.
At the same time, the lineup of young critics has been further strengthened. Li Jingze, He Xiangyang, Wu Jun, Gao Yuanbao, Zhang Xinying, Wang Binbin, Xie Youshun, Yan Jingming, Zhou Lin, Zhang Ning and other young critics pay close attention to the process of literary creation with new eyes, which has a strong influence on the development of young literary circles.
In the current ranks of young writers, there are both young writers with rich creative experience and emerging literary newcomers. These writers stepped onto the literary world in different times and under different backgrounds, and gathered into such a vibrant and spectacular young literary creation team that we can see at present. Moreover, this team is still growing and showing a trend of younger age.
Young writers have their own unique feelings and experiences, and they are best at capturing the changes and progress in the social process.
These young writers born after 1960, with their strong fighting positions, have enriched the composition of the existing writers and added new vitality to the literary world. At the same time, their works have injected new life and vitality into today's literature, and let us see the hope and prospect of literature in the new century.
These young writers grew up in the process of reform and opening up. Compared with previous writers, they are generally well-educated and have a better knowledge structure. They are less dragged down by history and better at capturing new changes and progress in social life. Literary creation is the internal demand of these young writers, and their writing purpose is relatively simple. In their creation, they pay more attention to expressing their feelings and thoughts from a personal perspective, and they are also more innovative and pioneering.
Through their works, people can see that many young writers pay more attention to the living conditions of ordinary people. For example, the examination of the survival and fate of contemporary intellectuals, Bi Feiyu's concern about people's living conditions and mental conditions, and Dong He's unique discovery of human life are all remarkable. What is even more rare is that some very young writers, starting from their own experiences and feelings, began to set foot in a wider field of social life, showing good writing strength and development prospects.
Describing the influence and function of reform and opening up on young people's psychology, life and concept, showing their growth experience and expressing their mental journey have become the creative themes of many young writers. Yu Hua's novel Shouting in the Drizzle, Chen Ran's novel Private Life, and Ye Mi's novella The Story of Growing Like a Fallen Leaf all had great influence in previous years. They are all excellent works, reflecting the development process of society through one's life experience. In recent years, some young writers have made greater efforts in this regard. Their creations have sensitively touched the nerves of our times, truly recorded the inner stimulation and touch of social life, and aroused widespread concern in society. It can be said that it is becoming the conscious pursuit of young writers to express their understanding of society and life artistically and constructively from their own life feelings and writing practice. In addition, young writers' exploration of history, such as Chi Zijian's novel "The Pseudo-Manchukuo", Shi Shuqing, Liu Liangcheng and Chen Jiming's expansion of regional cultural connotation, and many writers' useful explorations in language and narration, are impressive.