On narration of “Cultural Revolution” in novels by avant-garde writers

An analysis from the sociological angle of some early novels by Yu Hua and Can Xue leads to the following conclusion: the avant-garde writers still had the desire to tell about history though they established themselves by writing literature without ideological involvement. Their abstract, concentrated and unique way of accounting the “Cultural Revolution” makes their works rid of the model of “trauma” literature; the conversion from the discourse of “the people” to the discourse of “the public” corresponds to the subject consciousness and the discourse of new enlightenment culture in the late period of 1980s. While the contradiction of accounting historical background without deliberating it reflects the dilemma in the narration of the “Cultural Revolution”, the transition of literal language and form provides their expression with a foundation for a justified and even excellent literal conception.