The History Journey of A Literary Slogan——Reality.docVIP

The History Journey of A Literary Slogan——Reality 　　Abstract. As a literary slogan given to a special meaning by history， ‘reality’ has constituted a dominant clue in the evolution of the ideological trend of realism in 20th Century Chinese Literature. In the ‘New Literature Movement’ of May 4th Movement， ‘reality’， as the characterization of scientific rationality spirit and an imposition on the description of the objective reality， has been incorporated into the perspective of Modern Chinese literature： In the 1950s and 1960s， it protested to obtain an independent literary discourse as a saving weapon； in the early 1980s， it ‘restored’ realism as a theory starting point of‘re-enlightenment’. In the late 1980s， with the conversion of historical context， and the subversion and reconstruction of Western ‘refer to’ concept to reality concept of traditional epistemology， ‘reality’ ended its historic mission， and thus to retire. 　　Key words： Reality； Realism； Evolution； 20th Century Chinese Literature 　　1. Introduction 　　As a literature slogan which has been retired， reality has been gradually forgotten by a lot of people. Viewed from the literal perspective， this slogan is indeed not theoretical. It referred to some kind of artistic expectations or demands of creation. Since linked to the trend of realism of 20th Century Chinese Literature， after the wind and rain of half a century， it has not been an empty signifier， and has been given rich content by history， which has already constituted a dominant clue in the evolution of the ideological trend of realism in 20th Century Chinese Literature. 　　2. The birth of the slogan 　　Nowadays， many people have agreed that this slogan was initiated by Stalin， but were first introduced by Hu Feng in the ‘The Report about Art Practice since the Liberation’. The text was published as an accompanying booklet of the first and second combined issue of Literary Newspaper on January 30， 1955， reads as follows： 　　The guidance theory