Sobering Medicine for Secular Society:On the Humanitarianism of Zhang Wei's Ancient Ship
Ancient Ship was published in the mid-late 1980s.The writer Zhang Wei showed a wonder-ful picture of the farmers in Wali Town fighting against the suffering fate with a grand narrative scene.From the perspective of humanity and humanism,Zhang Wei focuses on the living conditions and spiritual feelings of the working people at the bottom,pays attention to the fate of women,and praises the truth,virtue and beauty of the small people in Wali Town.Meanwhile,the novel is also full of thoughts and con-cerns about the future of mankind.As a contemporary writer with humanistic concern,Zhang Wei probes into the humanitarian spirit through his works.The humanitarian thought in Ancient Ships can be de-scribed as"sober medicine"for today's society.This article mainly discusses Zhang Wei's humanism writ-ing in Ancient Ships from four aspects:the definition of humanism,the reason of humanism writing in Ancient Ships,the manifestation of humanism spirit and its reflection.
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