Non-Persuasion:A Further Analysis of Mao Dun's Naturalist Literary Turning——and Its Significance in Literary History
Regarding Mao Dun's shift towards naturalism with The Novel Monthly in August 1921,the academic community,based on existing historical materials such as Mao Dun's letters and Hu Shi's diary,believes that Hu Shi's"advice"played a decisive role.This conclusion is arbitrary and obscures the complete facts of this event and its overall significance in literary history.Mao Dun's early literary ideas were complex and varied,and the naturalism reconstructed by his literary theory was different from Hu Shi's realism.Mao Dun,who always focused on the overall direction of the Chinese literary world,had already arranged a"sequence"of advocating various Western literary trends in his early literary theory,and the naturalistic turn was just Mao Dun's timely promotion and proactive choice of this plan.In addition,there are hidden a literary debate between"persuasion"and"accepting"in Hu Shi's diary and Mao Dun's letters.The analysis of this event highlights the unique way in which Western theory intervenes in the May Fourth literary debate and the path of its localization and reconstruction,bringing about a deep understanding of the mechanism of May Fourth literature generation and an important reflection on the narrative methods of related literary history.
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