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Yu Hua: Stern Gaze on Life Tragedy——Talking about Yu Hua’s Novels and Their significance in Literary History

Wang Xue-qian

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As a novelist,the most specific feature of Yu Hua is his deep understanding of life tragedy.He is a radical suspecter,combining modernism perfectly with his life experiences.Piercing through the splendor and solemnity of the world,he is excellent in bringing grimness,darkness and hardship of existence to light.Leaving Home and Going far away at the Age of 18reveals the typical structure of his novels: the violent essence of the world and the life tragedy of human beings.At the beginning,his works are centring around bloodness and violence.From Being alive to Brothers,Yu Hua’s works have become more colourful and meaningful.Yu Hua’s contribution is to integrate the style of Modernism with Chinese contemporary literature.

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As a novelist,the most specific feature of Yu Hua is his deep understanding of life tragedy.He is a radical suspecter,combining modernism perfectly with his life experiences.Piercing through the splendor and solemnity of the world,he is excellent in bringing grimness,darkness and hardship of existence to light.Leaving Home and Going far away at the Age of 18reveals the typical structure of his novels: the violent essence of the world and the life tragedy of human beings.At the beginning,his works are centring around bloodness and violence.From Being alive to Brothers,Yu Hua’s works have become more colourful and meaningful.Yu Hua’s contribution is to integrate the style of Modernism with Chinese contemporary literature.

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As a novelist,the most specific feature of Yu Hua is his deep understanding of life tragedy.He is a radical suspecter,combining modernism perfectly with his life experiences.Piercing through the splendor and solemnity of the world,he is excellent in bringing grimness,darkness and hardship of existence to light.Leaving Home and Going far away at the Age of 18reveals the typical structure of his novels: the violent essence of the world and the life tragedy of human beings.At the beginning,his works are centring around bloodness and violence.From Being alive to Brothers,Yu Hua’s works have become more colourful and meaningful.Yu Hua’s contribution is to integrate the style of Modernism with Chinese contemporary literature.

Key concepts: Tragedy (event), Modernism (music), Stern, Literature, Style (visual arts), Gaze, Philosophy, Art

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