1, Literature Research Association
The Literature Research Association is the first pure literature group in China's New Literature Movement, which was founded in 192 1 1, with Mao Dun and others as the initiator and Fiction Monthly as the position, actively advocating the literary revolution. Mao Dun, its main theorist, suggested that literature should honestly express life, especially the oppressed people. In terms of creative methods, he mainly advocates realism and opposes aestheticism and romanticism. The achievements of writers in the Literature Research Association are mainly manifested in novel creation, such as Mao Dun's trilogy Eclipse, Ye Shengtao's Ni Huanzhi, Xu Dishan's Weaving a Spider, and Bing Xin's Superman. Through the detailed description and in-depth analysis of reality, they all show the characteristics of realism and become the representative works of this expressionist literary school.
2. Creation Society
Founded in July of 192 1, it is one of the most accomplished and influential literary societies in the history of modern literature in China. Its main members are Guo Moruo and Yu Dafu, and its main publications are Creative Quarterly and Creative Weekly. The literature of the Creation Society advocates the obvious color of art for art's sake. It emphasizes that literature is a writer's self-expression, strongly opposes the social function of literature and art, and thinks that we should get rid of all utilitarianism and strive for self-improvement. At the same time, they strongly oppose social darkness. The main creative method of Creative Society is romanticism, which pays attention to expressing personal feelings and expressing one's own personality. For example, Guo Moruo's poetry anthology Qian Mao, Yu Dafu's Diluoxing, and A Night Intoxicated by the Spring Breeze have all become representative works of the Creation Society, with strong subjective lyrical color and distinct romantic tendency.