Can the Transformation of the Soul of a Nation Govern the Theme of the Twentieth Century Chinese Literature

Huang Ziping, Chen Pingyuan, Qian Liqun jointly proposed a new concept: Twentieth Century Chinese Literature in Chinese literary history. This is an important event in the study of literary history, and reflects the strong desire of literary history study to break away from a single political sociology perspective and expectations of the modernization. The concept of literary history and its phases behind it have had a profound impact in the academic community. But as the context changes, some new problems have begun to surface. By analyzing the overall theme transformation of the soul of the nation in the concept of the twentieth century Chinese this paper shows such a concept does not enshroud the political, social and literary differences between later-day literature, modern literature and contemporary literature. Such a division of literary history stages still has its own rationality far into the future.