He Qifang's Thoughts

2024-09-13 04:24

He Qifang (1918 - 1989) was a modern Chinese writer, critic, and scholar who was regarded as the most outstanding in the 20th century Chinese literary world. His works covered novels, essays, poems, plays, reviews and many other literary styles with profound thoughts and unique literary style. He Qifang's thoughts and views could be summarized as follows: 1. Reflection and criticism of Chinese traditional culture. He Qifang believed that there were many problems in Chinese traditional culture, such as feudal ethics, closed conservativeness, lack of modern nature, etc. Therefore, he tried to reflect and criticize Chinese traditional culture through the form and content of literary works in order to promote the development of modern Chinese literature. 2. Initiating and supporting modernist literature. He Qifang is the representative of the modern Chinese literature. His works contain many elements and styles of the modern, such as symbolism, Existentialism, post-modern, and so on. He Qifang's advocate and support of modern literature pushed forward the development of modern Chinese literature. 3. Pay attention to the connection between literary creation and social reality. He Qifang believed that literary creation must be closely related to social reality in order to better reflect social reality and promote social progress. Therefore, he often paid attention to social reality in his works, discussed the relationship between literary creation and social reality, and put forward many forward-looking literary thoughts and theories. He Qifang's ideas had a profound impact on the development and progress of modern Chinese literature, and also had a profound impact on Chinese literature and the world of thought.