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YU Da-fu and Japanese "I-novel"

GU Guo-zhu

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This article mainly discusses about the relationship between the individual characteristic creation,artistic style and the literature of Japanese Naturalism,especially the I-novel.YU Da-fu accepted the Japanese due to many reasons such as the era he lived in,personal experiences,his own character and mold,the study Environment and the May 4th revolution in Chinese literature.His novels assimilated the I-novel writing style which selected the themes from ordinary things that would happen to everyone;reproduced an I by artistic techniques;had the obvious peculiarity of autobiography and had a strong sense of lyricism,putting great emphasis on depicting the frame of mind,rather than describing external affairs.However,there are great differences between the l-novels and Yu's works.The former headed in the sand just like the ostrich,evading the real social life;while in the novels written by Yu Dafu,the social suffering was generalized by the recounting of individual agony and the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal theme was intensified.

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This article mainly discusses about the relationship between the individual characteristic creation,artistic style and the literature of Japanese Naturalism,especially the I-novel.YU Da-fu accepted the Japanese due to many reasons such as the era he lived in,personal experiences,his own character and mold,the study Environment and the May 4th revolution in Chinese literature.His novels assimilated the I-novel writing style which selected the themes from ordinary things that would happen to everyone;reproduced an I by artistic techniques;had the obvious peculiarity of autobiography and had a strong sense of lyricism,putting great emphasis on depicting the frame of mind,rather than describing external affairs.However,there are great differences between the l-novels and Yu's works.The former headed in the sand just like the ostrich,evading the real social life;while in the novels written by Yu Dafu,the social suffering was generalized by the recounting of individual agony and the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal theme was intensified.

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This article mainly discusses about the relationship between the individual characteristic creation,artistic style and the literature of Japanese Naturalism,especially the I-novel.YU Da-fu accepted the Japanese due to many reasons such as the era he lived in,personal experiences,his own character and mold,the study Environment and the May 4th revolution in Chinese literature.His novels assimilated the I-novel writing style which selected the themes from ordinary things that would happen to everyone;reproduced an I by artistic techniques;had the obvious peculiarity of autobiography and had a strong sense of lyricism,putting great emphasis on depicting the frame of mind,rather than describing external affairs.However,there are great differences between the l-novels and Yu's works.The former headed in the sand just like the ostrich,evading the real social life;while in the novels written by Yu Dafu,the social suffering was generalized by the recounting of individual agony and the anti-imperialist and anti-feudal theme was intensified.

Key concepts: Lyricism, Theme (computing), Style (visual arts), Feudalism, Literature, Character (mathematics), Naturalism, Biography

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