Mao Zedong's Practical Exploration and Contemporary Revelation of Promoting the Popularization of Literature and Art in the Yan'an Period
During the Yan'an period,Mao Zedong spearheaded a movement to popularize literature and art,showcasing the adaptation of Marxist theories of literature and art to the Chinese context.Mao Zedong organized the Yan'an Literary and Artistic Symposium,laying the groundwork for literature and art to cater to the workers,peasants,and soldiers while driving the ideological transformation of intellectuals.The democratic national revolution led by the Communist Party of China became a fertile landscape for literary and artistic creation,focusing on the workers,peasants,and soldiers.This movement left a profound impact nationwide.Mao Zedong's practical efforts to popularize literature and art during the Yan'an period offered invaluable guidance for developing socialist literature and art with Chinese characteristics in the new era.They provided spiritual direction for the construction of a theoretical system of socialist literature and art with Chinese characteristics.
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