Journal of Hebei University(Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2023, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (5): 19-28.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2023.05.003

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Sun Li’s Anti-Japanese War Novels and the Garrison Lyric Tradition of “Conscripted Husband-Lovesick Wife” in Chinese Literature

LIU Qilin   

  1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
  • Received:2023-06-20 Online:2023-11-03 Published:2023-09-25

Abstract: The distinct personal style of Sun Lis anti-Japanese War novels is based on his high theoretical consciousness of emphasizing both “real life”,“national character”,and “national tradition”.His anti-Japanese war novels focus on the aesthetic themes of “soldiers homesickness” and “nostalgia for people in different places”,deeply echoing the traditional lyrical tradition of Chinese literatures “conscripted husband-lovesick wife” theme.The description of “Anti-Japanese Household Affairs” deeply and richly reflects the ancient and modern meanings of the motif of “conscripted husband-lovesick wife” and its harmonious and symbiotic relationship;the narrative of “war romance” uses the ethical relationship transformation of “imitating relatives” and the cross time and space nostalgia of “winning and coming back”,demonstrating the deep thinking direction of “conscripted husband-lovesick wife”.This pattern of “conscripted husband-lovesick wife” not only has a profound aesthetic and cultural accumulation,but also has the foundation of Chinese agricultural civilization family structure and the continuity characteristics of Chinese civilization history.It has the artistic advantage of organic integration of the “source” of civilization laws and the “flow” of literary traditions.The aesthetic classics of Sun Lis anti-Japanese war novels are based on this strong foundation.

Key words: Sun Li, anti-Japanese war novels, garrison lyric tradition, the theme of “conscripted husband-lovesick wife”, family structure, continuity of Chinese civilization

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