1. Main content
"The Scream" includes 15 novels written by Mr. Lu Xun from 1918 to 1922. Later, the author took out a historical novel "Buzhou Mountain" (later renamed "Mending the Sky"), and now there are 14 novels. These novels reflect the painful life and tragic fate of the oppressed in Chinese society before and after the May Fourth Movement. The following introduces the content of "The Scream". In the preface to "The Scream", the author reviews his life experience, which reflects the author's ideological development process and the purpose and attitude of engaging in literary and artistic activities. It also explains the origin of these novels and the reasons for their names. The author went from studying Westernization, studying medicine, and taking the road of scientifically saving the country, to advocating literature and art, and using literature and art as a weapon to change the national spirit, which shows the development of his patriotism and his spiritual journey of seeking a way to save the country and the people. This article has great reference value for understanding the author's life, thoughts, and understanding the connotation and implications of this collection of novels.
2. Brief analysis of the works
Most of the works in "The Scream" were written during the climax of the May 4th Movement. They were named "The Scream" in order to support the New Culture Movement. , meaning that the author was inspired by the New Culture Movement, "sometimes he still couldn't help but shout a few times to comfort the warrior who was running in loneliness, so that he would not be afraid to go forward." The works in the collection clearly retain the author's " During the climax of the May Fourth movement, after a period of silence, people rose up and shouted. In terms of art, it absorbs and draws on the creative methods and expression techniques of foreign novels. Therefore, the works in the collection of "The Scream" are refreshing with their "depth of expression and special format".
Although Lu Xun drew on the artistic experience of foreign novels when writing novels, he combined the experience of foreign novels with the tradition of ancient Chinese novels, laying the foundation for the nationalization of modern Chinese novels. Lu Xun's novels mark the beginning and maturity of modern Chinese novels, mainly because they are new and mature in form and completely anti-feudal in ideological content, opening a new era of modern Chinese novels.
3. Introduction to the author
Lu Xun (September 25, 1881 - October 19, 1936), whose original name was Zhou Zhangshou, was later renamed Zhou Shuren, with the courtesy name Yushan and later Hecai. , "Lu Xun" was the pen name he used when he published "Diary of a Madman" in 1918. It is also his most widely influential pen name. He was born in Shaoxing, Zhejiang. Famous writer, thinker, democracy fighter, important participant in the May 4th New Culture Movement, and the founder of modern Chinese literature.