"The Lonely", "Soap", and "Old Master Gao" are selected from Lu Xun's "Wandering" published in 1926.
There are various types of intellectual-themed novels written by Lu Xun, including "Kong Yiji" and "White Light", which take the lower-class intellectuals who were deeply poisoned by the feudal imperial examination system as the protagonists, and "White Light", which takes the feudal defenders as the protagonists. "Old Master Gao" and "Soap" were satirical objects, but what Lu Xun focused on describing and devoted more artistic efforts were those intellectuals who were wandering, depressed and searching for a path in the Chinese democratic revolution. A certain modern consciousness first awakens, but then retreats from the road ahead. Characters with a strong tragic color, such as Lu Weifu in "At the Restaurant", Wei Lianshu in "The Lonely", Zijun and Yu in "Sorrow" Juansheng. Regarding the last type of intellectuals, Lu Xun fully affirmed their role in historical progress on the one hand, and also focused on revealing their mental pain and his own spiritual crisis on the other.
"In the Restaurant"
1 The opposition between "the unique individual" and the "mediocre";
In "The Scream", the unique individual shouts loudly , the unique individual in "Wandering" goes to failure.
2 Under the crisis caused by not being understood by the common people, Chinese intellectuals went to the failure of Wei Lian;
Expressed deep doubts about the Enlightenment
< p> Wei Lianshu in "The Lonely" was once a hero who "battled the majority alone" and a feared "new party". Even after the climax of the May Fourth Movement, he still dared to publish some "unscrupulous comments." , he lived tenaciously amidst the insults and slanders of the world. However, he just struggled alone and eventually lost his ideal. In the end, he adopted a cynical attitude and blindly retaliated against the society. He even practiced "everything he hated and opposed before" and rejected "what he previously admired and stood for." Everything” and became a real loser."Soap" portrays the image of a false moralist who opposes the old culture and defends the old morality.
Through the incident of Si Ming meeting his filial daughter and buying soap, as well as the family turmoil caused by the soap, the novel focuses on exposing the extreme reactionary politics and extreme moral depravity of the feudal retroists, and exposes their concern for the world. The painted skin of people's hearts and the destiny of the country exposes the reactionary nature and dirty soul of the feudal retro-religious faction to the broad daylight, making this group of ugly people like "the unicorn's skin showing its feet."
1 Reveals the hypocrisy and inhumanity of feudal morality, which is another kind of cannibalism and a kind of mental distortion;
2 The preliminary application of psychoanalysis;
< p>3 Reflection on the Revolution of 1911 and criticism of national character."Old Master Gao"
"Water Management" is selected from "New Stories", based on historical materials It is processed, refined, transformed and developed to integrate the life spirit of modern people into the ancient events.
"Li Shui" is a eulogy novel, praising the "backbone of China" figure - Dayu. Dayu worked hard and steadfastly, fighting against nature. Dayu fought against all opinions in the debate against the dark bureaucratic rule. His bold and innovative spirit was in sharp contrast with the officials' ignorance, stubbornness and adherence to rules.
The description of negative images in "Li Shui" also has its own characteristics. The arrogant and boring arguments of scholars on Wenhua Mountain, the fat-minded and domineering ugly faces of the officials of the Water Conservancy Bureau were all satirized by Lu Xun. The writing is written one by one, with extreme contempt and severe lashing in laughter and curses.
"Happy Family"
The "literary youth" in "Happy Family", etc. They have modern consciousness, progressive ideas and demands for reform, and have a glorious history of fighting for their ideals, but their resistance almost always ends in failure. Lu Xun hopes that through their failure stories, everyone will see that their tragedy is not only a tragedy of the times and society, but also the result of their own lack of "resilience" spirit and struggle strategy.
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