The difference between modern literature and contemporary literature

Differences: different time stages, different research contents, different limited scope, different division stages and different representative figures.

1, different time stages

Modern literature in China refers to the literary works created by 19 19 to 1949;

Contemporary literature in China refers to the literary works created from 1949 to the present.

2. The research content is different.

The basic content of modern literature course in China includes literature history and works. This paper mainly talks about the development process and laws of modern literature in China in the past 30 years, the changes and relations of various literary phenomena, and the representative works of representative writers in this period.

China's contemporary literature studies literary movements and important literary phenomena in the history of contemporary literature development, analyzes the works of important contemporary writers, and summarizes experiences and lessons.

3, the limited scope is different

Modern literature is an innovation of traditional literature, which conforms to the trend of world literature and becomes a real modern literature.

Contemporary literature is literature that takes place in a specific socialist historical context, and it is limited to the scope of "Chinese mainland".

4. Different stages of division

China modern literature is divided into the following three stages:

The first decade (19 17- 1927): democratic consciousness, scientific spirit and socialist thought.

The second decade (1927- 1937): class liberation consciousness, socialist consciousness of left-wing revolutionary literature, and literary consciousness of coexistence of democracy and liberal humanism.

The third decade (1937- 1949): national liberation consciousness and people's liberation consciousness, multi-regional, diversified and popular literature.

China contemporary literature is divided into the following stages:

The first stage is1949-1978;

The second stage is1978-1989;

The third stage is the 1990s-the new century.

5. Different representatives.

The representative writers of modern literature in China are:

Lu Xun, Shen Congwen, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She, Cao Yu, Zhang Ailing, Xu Zhimo, Wen Yiduo, Ding Ling, Zhao Shuli, Dai Wangshu, Xiao Hong, Ai Wu, Qian Zhongshu, Ai Qing, Lu Ling and Mu Dan.

The representative writers of contemporary literature in China are:

Ba Jin, Ding Ling, Cang Kejia, Zhao Shuli, Zhang Tianyi, Zhou Libo, Ai Qing, Yang Shuo, Sun Li, Yang Mo, Zhou Erfu, etc.

Extended data:

Literature classification:

Literary works in different languages or countries:

Asian literature: China literature, Ma Xin literature and Japanese literature.

European literature: English literature, German literature, Greek literature and Russian literature.

American literature: American literature, Latin literature.

(Literature is also divided into ethnic groups)

Comparative literature: Comparative literature refers to cross-cultural and interdisciplinary literary research.

Comparative literature is a kind of literary research, which first requires studying the history, present situation and possibility of communication between people of different cultures and disciplines through literature. It is committed to mutual understanding between different cultures and hopes to have sincere respect and tolerance for each other.

According to the carrier, it can be divided into three categories: oral literature, written literature and online literature.

Divided into: foreign literature, China literature, etc.

According to the age of readers, it is divided into children's literature and adult literature.

According to readers' groups and contents, it can be divided into: serious literature and popular literature or popular literature, folk literature, minority literature and religious literature.

It is divided into historical biographical literature, documentary literature, fantasy literature and reportage.

According to the genre of expression, it can be divided into novels, essays, poems, reportage, new poems, dramas, operas, scripts, folklore, fables, note novels, unofficial history, fairy tales, couplets and jokes. Others such as historical biography, philosophy, poetry, parallel prose, essays, literary criticism, computer games (including game consoles) with text plot structure and animation.

According to the creative concept, it can be divided into: romantic literature, realistic literature and so on.

Literary theory

According to the region, it is divided into western literary theory and eastern literary theory.

Criticism and research on literary works: the history of foreign literature and the history of China literature, literary schools, literary trends and literary societies.

Literary studies

According to the research direction, it is divided into literary aesthetics, literary art, literature in the new period of socialism, history of literary thought, literary criticism, literary history and so on.

Divided into modern literature and modern literature according to time.

According to a single research direction, it can be divided into comparative literature, dance literature and a dream of red mansions.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Literature