The main literary trends in the 30 years after the founding of the People's Republic of China are as follows:
Literary thought has become unprecedentedly politicized. During this period, the atmosphere of relative freedom of thought initiated by the May Fourth Movement disappeared. Along with the changes in the entire society, the main trend of literature has become unprecedentedly politicized.
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1. The overall characteristics of literature in the 1930s:
1. It was the unprecedented politicization of literary thought;
2 . It is the proletarian literary movement that plays a decisive role in the literary world;
3. It is a literary era in which left-wing literature coexists with liberalism and other literature of various tendencies.
Second, the main literary and artistic trends of the 1930s
1. Humanistic literary trends, representative figures: Crescent School theorists Liang Shiqiu, Zhu Guangqian, Shen Congwen and others. Literary and artistic thoughts are essentially Inheriting the humanistic ideas of May Fourth literature,
2. The left-wing literary trend is not only a literary trend, but also a revolutionary movement that uses literature as a means and has a clear political purpose. It promotes changes in the literary world through organized literary and political activities.
Two important societies advocating revolutionary literature:
Sun Society: established in Shanghai in the autumn of 1927. The initiators were Jiang Guangci, Qian Xingcun, etc., who actively promoted proletarian revolutionary literature and reflected the lives and struggles of workers and peasants.
Later Creation Society: The founding of "Cultural Criticism" in January 1928 marked the beginning of the activities of the Late Creation Society. Representatives Guo Moruo and Feng Naichao advocated "revolutionary literature".
3. China Left-wing Writers Alliance
China Left-wing Writers Alliance, referred to as "Left-wing Writers Alliance", was founded in Shanghai on March 2, 1930. Lu Xun gave a speech "Opinions on the Left-wing Writers Alliance" at the founding conference. The League of Leftists is a united front for progressive writers in the literary and artistic circles. It is a literary and artistic group directly led by the party, supporting the revolutionary movement and exposing darkness.
The impact of the establishment of the "Left-Left Alliance"
1. The establishment of the Left-wing League promoted the development of the left-wing literary and artistic movement. The Drama League and Chinese Poetry would make the left-wing literary and artistic movement a literary and artistic movement with a broad mass base.
2. Close the connection between literature and art and revolution, and launch a heroic struggle against imperialism, feudalism and the Kuomintang reactionaries.
3. Smashed the Kuomintang’s cultural “encirclement and suppression” campaign, further spread the Marxist literary theory, and held three large-scale popular discussions on literature and art.
4. Criticized and liquidated the erroneous tendencies in the early creation of revolutionary literature, especially the "revolutionary romantic" tendency, and contributed new themes, new themes, new characters, and new spirit. .