Military Complex and Hero Reconstruction:The New Changes of Contemporary Chinese War Novels from Shi Zhongshan's Novel Collection Li Zhuang Calling Huang He
With his continuous creative career,military writer Shi Zhongshan has provided important literary expe-rience for"revolutionary historical stories"in different times,and promoted the development of contemporary war novels in terms of aesthetic practice.His latest novelcollection,Li Zhuang Calling Huang He,is oriented to the life changes of two generations,which undoubtedly indicates the new changes in his creative concepts:firstly,Shi Zhongshan does not deliberately trace the"origin myth"politically,but cleverly takes the military complex as the main driving force to promote the fate of the characters and facilitate the development of the novel;secondly,Shi Zhongshan sets up the different experiences of two generations of military groups,suggesting a new value orienta-tion with the life history and life choices of the post-revolutionary generation:finally,under the deep thinking of"heroes and people",through the situation of war heroes in their later years and the value conflict with their chil-dren,Shi Zhongshan realized the deconstruction of traditional military heroes and the reconstruction of new sol-dierimage.
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