关键词: 王西彦, 《春回地暖》, 土改书写, 文学史评价

Abstract: Wang Xiyans When Spring Returns, the Earth Warms Up is the longest piece of work in the authors whole life. It is also the longest novel about the land reform in the history of Chinese modern and contemporary literature, which took Wang Xiyan 12 years to finish it. The reasons why such a piece of work with a lot of effort has not been valued by Chinese contemporary literature studies are as follows, in addition to the theme, this neglegence is also related to its writing skills: although it also paid much attention to the sharp and intense class struggle, it did not make the story legendary, so it is difficult to attract readers attention with the fancy plots which were found in the “red classic works”; it is also hard to satisfy the critics at that time for failing to create the perfect character images. These two factors lead to the result that this novel did not generate the extensive influence just like the “red classic works”. In the context of the new era, the authors protective rhetoric for “political correctness” has been neglected by new researchers. Because the author believes in the principle of realism for creation, although the work strives to move closer to the “exemplary revolutionary narrative”, it shows many ‘non-exemplary” characteristics, which makes it with certain complexity and more artistic authenticity. At this point, it is worth studying.

Key words: Wang Xiyan