True"Ah Q"and"Fake Foreign Devils":On the Wartime Symptoms of Ma Bole
Ma Bole is a representative work of Xiao Hong,which became an alternative genre of resist-ance literature due to its unique satirical style.However,it is undoubtedly a masterpiece worth salvaging in the literary world of the 1940s.In terms of character configuration,Xiao Hong was inspired by Lu Xun's literature and successfully adapted the"Ah Q nature"and"fake foreign devil nature"as symbols of the time,thus constructing Ma Bole's"fake foreign devil Ah Q"image.In terms of literary characteristics,Xiao Hong continues her previous approach of daily life,writing in a narrative style and a calm narrative strategy.The invention of the quasi travelogue style connects literature with the real world,providing space for the expansion of Ma Bole's image.Based on her exile experience,Xiao Hong's writing runs through a different kind of"wartime life theory".Through the discovery of the"fake foreign devil Ah Q",it adjusts the discourse contrast between"enlightenment"and"salvation".Therefore,Ma Bole simulta-neously points to Xiao Hong's experience-based creative view and the enlightenment view in the context of saving the nation,which can be regarded as"resistance literature and art against resistance literature and art".