The thinking trend of"Labor Sacredness"arose before and after the New Culture Movement,along with the development of Chinese local literature.The subsequent controversy over the topic of"Labor Sacredness"basically revolves around two points:one is"what is labor"and the other is"why is labor sacred".The discussion of the former finally broadens the definition of"labor",including the emerging industry workers,citizens,intellectuals and other groups into the category of"labor",while the latter further emphasizes the importance of the"labor"group,which is reflected in the literature,as the images of lower-class workers are increasing.In particular,the local stories of the 1920s actively responded to that trend of thoughts from the two aspects of"labor"and"sacred".During that period,the group of"laborers"was expanding,the distance between authors and characters was narrowing,hence contributing a new group of laborer images to modern Chinese literature.
关键词
"劳工神圣"/五四新文学/乡土小说/"劳工"形象
Key words
"Labor Sacredness"/May Fourth New Literature/local stories/the"laborer"image