A New Interpretation of the Purpose of the Contemporary Social Novels

Under the influence of the national meliorism,the idea of strengthening the country and the contemporary novels,the contemporary China witnessed the emergence of social novels named according to the purpose of the creation and subject matter,which,assisted by the press,was once very trendy.The earlier novelists,motivated by the strong desire to save and vitalize China,created novels according to their ideal of saving the country and gave expression to their concept of saving the country by science and reforming the customs,and restoring ethics.Although these ideals were not realized,they can not be disregarded,since they are an organic part of the contemporary progressive thoughts and also represent the contemporary nature of the contemporary literature.