The Beijing School was named after its writing style and literary genre. Beijing School, Cao Yu, Ba Jin, Shen Congwen, etc. At the same time, the Beijing faction was also concerned about the fate of contemporary society and mankind.
The Beijing school of novels refers to the cultural phenomenon originating from Beijing.
1. Strong Regionality: The novels of the Beijing School mainly describe the life, customs and culture of Beijing and its surrounding areas with strong regional characteristics.
2. Pay attention to social reality: The novels of the Beijing school pay attention to reflecting social reality, paying attention to social hot spots, and revealing the dark side of society.
3. Pay attention to the meaning of traditional culture: The novels of Beijing School pay attention to inheriting and developing the traditional culture of Beijing. They have an in-depth study of Beijing's culture, history, and customs.
4. The language is concise and bright: The language of Beijing novels is concise and bright, paying attention to the beauty and rhythm of the language.
5. Unique style: The unique style of the Beijing novels is mostly based on realism and mixed with certain fantasy elements.
The representative figures of the Beijing School included Lao She, Cao Yu, Ba Jin, etc. These novels were based on realism and incorporated certain fantasy elements. They were full of personality and were deeply loved by readers.
The Beijing faction lived in Beijing and its surrounding areas. Their works usually reflected the reality of Chinese society at that time, with a strong sense of realism. The following were some representatives of the Beijing faction:
- Lao She (Shu Qingchun)
- Ba Jin (Zhou Erfu)
- Ding Ling, Feng Zhi
- Zhang Ailing (Hu Lancheng)
- Xiao Hong (Xiao Jun)
- Lu Xun (Xu Guangping)
- Shen Congwen (Shen Yimo)
- Bing Xin (Xie Tieli)
These works, prose, poetry, and many other literary styles have become classics of modern Chinese literature.
The neo-classicism was a literary school in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It mainly referred to a group of people represented by William Faulkner, Henry James, George Orwell, and others in British and American literature.
The New Sensation School emphasized personal experience, emotion, and experience, opposing the rationality and objectiveness of traditional literature. Their works often focused on social reality and explored the complexity and contradictions of the human heart. The language of their works is concise and bright, focusing on the plot and character creation, but also on the innovation of literary forms and the uniqueness of literary style.
The representative of the New Sensation School:
- William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury, The Colors of Virgil, and other works emphasized the complexity of individual psychology and social reality, as well as the non-linear and tension of the plot.
- Henry James: The Catcher in the Rye, The Country Knight, and other works focused on the inner world and emotional experience of the characters, as well as the unique description of American rural life and cultural traditions.
- George Orwell: With 1984, Animal Manor and other works as representatives, he pays attention to politics and social reality and probes into the guarantee of human freedom and the democratic system, as well as the nature and moral issues of human nature.
Wang Zengqi was a Chinese modernist. He was born in 1897 and his ancestral home was in Shandong Province. He later moved to Tianjin and became a doctor. His works mainly described the life, customs, and culture of the Jiangnan area and were known as the "Beijing School". His works were loved by readers with their beautiful language, rich emotions, and exquisite descriptions. He had also made an important contribution to the development of modern Chinese literature.
The Lotus Lake School was a school of modern Chinese literature, and its founder was famous in modern China. The Lotus Lake School referred to the literary groups gathered in the Lotus Lake area of Xiangtan City, Xiangxiang City, Hunan Province, with Ding Ling, Yang Jiang, Shu Qingchun and others as the main representatives. This literary school advocated the expression of rural life and the feelings of farmers, focusing on the true, simple, natural way of expression, and opposed the artificial literary style.
The abstract school of literature mainly referred to those literary works that did not pay attention to the plot, character creation, and scene description, but paid more attention to language expression and formal skills.
The representative of abstractism in online novels:
1 Lu Xun (1881 - 1936): Modern Chinese writer, ideologist, and revolutionary is one of the representatives of abstract literature. His works mainly described the dark side of society and the weaknesses of human nature, with profound social significance and humane care.
2 Calvino (Italy): The representative figure of contemporary Italian literature known as the "new abstract school". His works are full of metaphor and symbolism, paying attention to the beauty of language and formal skills, and have very high literary value.
3 Margaret Atwood (USA): Modern American literature is one of the representatives of abstract literature. Her works were full of discussions about women's identity and gender issues, as well as reflections and criticisms on modern society and cultural issues.
Klein (Austria): In contemporary Austrian literature, his works are mainly humorous and satirical, focusing on the flexibility and expressiveness of language. He is one of the representatives of abstract literature.
These are just some of the representative works of the abstract school of literature. There are many different works of this school of literature.
Shen Congwen was a famous novelist and literary critic in the 20th century, belonging to the post-modern literary school. His writing style was unique, focusing on traditional culture and folk life, as well as social reality and human destiny. Shen Congwen's works were known as one of the treasures of modern Chinese literature for their profound thoughts, delicate emotions, and unique artistic expression.