The Historical Evolution of MAO Dun's Literary Criticism Discourse:An Examination from the Lens of New Literary Reviews
Before 1949,MAO Dun's literary praxis primarily encompassed three modalities:editorial work,novelis-tic creation,and literary criticism,all pivotal for shaping his nascent literary perspective and engendering critical discourse.As a crucial facet of contemporaneous literary criticism,book reviews lucidly illuminate the fluid devel-opment of MAO Dun's literary ideology.Through the prism of new literary reviews,the transition from"SHEN Yanbing"to"MAO Dun"delineates three interrelated themes that symbiotically mold his dynamic literary criti-cism.Firstly,SHEN Yanbing's formative editorial tenure at Novel Monthly during the nascent phase of new litera-ture instilled in him a sense of responsibility,manifest in his exploratory forays into book reviews,characterized by the pivotal notions of"Guidance"and"Initial Creation".Secondly,MAO Dun's distinctiveness as a"literary lu-minary"is underscored by his trajectory from literary criticism to novelistic creation.In the maturation of his literary criticism,the inception of his seminal trilogy,Erosion,epitomizes his profound comprehension of the potency and intrinsic vigor of critical discourse from the vantage point of the critiques.QIAN Xingcun's critique of MAO Dun traversed the trajectory from book reviews to authorial discourse,thereby amplifying the resonance of class discourse and significantly influencing MAO Dun's oeuvre.Within the dialectical transformation of evaluation and reception,MAO Dun's literary ideologies and oeuvre were refined.Thirdly,after 1927,driven by the zeitgeist of"creating for the time",MAO Dun progressively utilized Literature and Literary Front as principal platforms,and actively engaged in the critiques of a large number of new works,particularly those of leftist orientation.His book reviews not only exude a discernible aesthetic finesse but also evoke a palpable sense of national and class struggle consciousness.As a towering literary figure of his era,MAO Dun,through his extensive corpus of contemporaneous book reviews,played a seminal role in shaping the trajectory of leftist literature.
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