Lu Xun (1881~1936)

Collection of 14 short stories written by Lu Xun from 1918 to 1922

The Beginning of Modern Chinese Novels and Symbols of Maturity

Created a precedent for modern realist literature

It established Lu Xun’s position in the history of modern Chinese literature and modern culture.

In June 1999, "The Scream" was selected by Asia Weekly as the top 100 Chinese novels of the 20th century.

Included articles

It reveals various deep-seated social contradictions, conducts a profound analysis and relatively thorough denial of the old Chinese system and some outdated traditional concepts, and shows a strong sense of concern for the survival of the nation and a deep concern for society. A strong desire for change.

importance, and responded to the revolution in their own languages ​​and expressions, and then the May Fourth New Culture Movement took place

Nothing to do, feeling extremely lonely and depressed

The victory of the Communist Party of China brought Marxism-Leninism to China, and Lu Xun was greatly inspired. Lu Xun believed that through articles and ink, he could awaken people, urge them to fight against imperialism and feudalism, and move forward to a new era.

The "madman" in "Diary of a Madman" - the first to awaken the rebel and innovator image

On the one hand, he does have physical and psychological pathology, and he is a psychotic patient driven mad by persecution; on the other hand, the "madman" is

Kong Yiji in "Kong Yiji" - the image of a martyr in the feudal imperial examination system

A kind and sincere intellectual, but poisoned by feudal ideas

In the end, he was corrupted by feudal consciousness and completely lost his self-awareness and had no consciousness.

Ah Q in "The True Story of Ah Q" is a typical representative of the bad nature of Chinese people. His character is full of contradictions.

On the one hand, he is a good farmer who has been exploited for his labor and has been affected and poisoned by feudalism for a long time; on the other hand,

Qijin in "The Storm" - a typical example of backward peasants with no democratic awareness

A numb, timid, ignorant and vulgar person

Runtu in "Hometown" - a typical image of farmers crushed by the harsh reality of life and the strict feudal hierarchy

Hua Laoshuan in "Medicine" - China has lived under the "obfuscation policy" of the feudal rulers for a long time in the early 20th century.

Indifferent to the sacrifices of revolutionaries, but respectful to executioners

With loud shouts, he woke up the people who were sleeping soundly in the "iron room" and did not know that death was coming, and called on everyone to work together to destroy

The subject matter of the work mainly focuses on the "iron house" style of ancient China that has persisted until the modern world.

"The Scream" shouted the strongest anti-feudal voice of the New Culture Movement, standing on the standpoint of humanitarianism, individual liberation, and ideological enlightenment.

The most profound ideological theme of "The Scream" is the extremely profound exposure and criticism of the feudal system and feudal ethics.

When describing a series of tragedies caused by feudal forces and feudal ethics that oppressed and enslaved the people, the novel not only exposed the feudal system,

The author pays strong attention to the common bad qualities of the Chinese nation and people

On the one hand, he deeply analyzed the ideological nature of the bad nature of the people and then made strong criticisms; on the other hand, he continued to criticize the ignorant people

The fundamental reason why the author tortures the souls of intellectuals is that the author clearly realizes the role that intellectuals play in the great cause of national rejuvenation.

Through the lives of farmers, it reveals the incompleteness of the Revolution of 1911 and reflects that the Revolution of 1911 did not bring real changes to the countryside.

Use the typical method of "mixing various people and combining them into one" to create a typical image

Use "eye drawing" and line drawing techniques to depict characters

Pay attention to portraying characters by exploring their complex inner worlds

Mainly based on realism, but the author's strong emotions can also be felt in the objective narrative.

While adhering to realism techniques, he also dares to boldly use romantic techniques and symbolism techniques as a supplement to realism techniques.

It has absorbed the advantages of relatively flexible and diverse structures of Western novels, structurally broke the format of the old Chinese chapter novels, and created a novel known as

The structure of each article in the novel collection is different. In terms of narrative methods, there are first-person and third-person narratives; in terms of writing,

The invisible high wall isolated me and made me very depressed. The image of the little hero with the silver collar on the watermelon ground was originally very clear to me, but now it was suddenly blurred, which made me very sad.

Receiving praise promotes his progress, receiving opposition promotes his struggle. He only screams among strangers, but strangers have no reaction. There is neither approval nor objection. It is like being in a boundless wasteland. I was helpless, how sad it was, so I thought what I felt was loneliness.

The dark undulating mountains, like the backbone of an eager iron beast, all ran far away to the stern of the ship.

The sarcastic language, the angry yet encouraging tone, inspired the half-asleep Chinese people at that time to use accusatory and critical language to illustrate the darkness of society at that time.

It took many generations of our working people and several generations of national leadership to get here. Now that society has moved from darkness to light, we must continue to work hard and strive for a better tomorrow!