What is left-wing literature?

The left-wing literary movement is the most important literary movement in the history of modern literature in China after the May 4th literary revolution. The literary theory formed by it occupies an important position in the new literary world and maintains a strong and leading influence.

The ideological trend of China's left-wing literature in the first half of the 20th century is not only the dominant ideological trend of the times, but also a part of the world's left-wing literature. The left-wing literature in China in this period closely linked itself with the fate of the oppressed people in the motherland and the oppressed people in the world. Popularization and cosmopolitanism are two notable features of China's left-wing ideological trend.

China Left-wing Writers' Union is the abbreviation of Left-wing Writers' Union. /kloc-0 was established in Shanghai on March 2, 930, and was dissolved in 1936. The main promoters are Lu Xun, Shen Duanxian and Feng Naichao. At the inaugural meeting, Lu Xun made a famous speech "Views on the League of Left-wing Writers", which was its program. It advocates judging the existing literary phenomena with Marxist criticism, emphasizing the exposure and criticism of the dark side of society, and emphasizing the writer's world outlook and the authenticity of his works. Main literary activities: the establishment of Marxist literary theory research society, strengthening the translation, introduction and research of Marxist literary theory; Strive to introduce proletarian literature from the Soviet Union and other countries in the world; It also actively promoted the popularization of literature and art.

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The left-wing literary movement brought practical Marxism to China and formed Marxist literary criticism based on historical materialism. The "proletarian cultural school" of the Soviet Union, "Lapp" and bogdanov's theory of "literary and artistic organizational life" have all become the theoretical sources of China's left-wing literature. Many articles by Lu Xun, Qu Qiubai, Mao Dun, Hu Feng, Zhou Yang and Feng Xuefeng. Summarize the practical experience of China's left-wing literary creation with Marxism tested by Soviet revolutionary practice. They are excellent literary theoretical works that "explain the author's thoughts and composition of works according to social trends, and criticize whether this social trend and tendency of works are true or not" (Feng Xuefeng's On the Writers of Society), and have played an important role in the development of left-wing literature in China.

The left-wing literary movement accelerated the development of China literature popularization. After three discussions, namely 1930 popularization of literature and art, adoption of old forms and creation of new forms, 1932 task, content, method and form of popularization of literature and art, 1934 latinization of popular languages and characters, as well as practical activities such as workers, peasants and soldiers correspondent movement and street literature movement, the left-wing literature movement effectively promoted the popularization of China literature and art.

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