Restless Souls:Romantic Fiction of the May Fourth Period  

作　　者：Lin Jicheng 

出　　处：《Social Sciences in China》1985年第4期39-58,5,共21页中国社会科学（英文版）

摘　　要：explores various aspects of the romantic fiction that arose with the ebbingof the May Fourth Movement.Lin believes that the works of romantic fiction in this pe-riod mirrored the moods of the young intellectuals who stood at the cross-roads,hesi-tant,vacillating, depressive and sentimental.They also represented their paradoxicalattitudes:they fought the dark society,but lacked strength;they fervently pursuedideals,but often degenerated into pessimism,they were the 'restless souls.'Accordingto Lin,the main feature of May Fourth romantic fiction was the advocacy of self-ex-pression in literature,favoring subjective expression of feelings and pervasive senti-mentality.Although short-lived,this fiction contributed greatly to the healthy de-velopment of subsequent literature.explores various aspects of the romantic fiction that arose with the ebbing of the May Fourth Movement.Lin believes that the works of romantic fiction in this pe- riod mirrored the moods of the young intellectuals who stood at the cross-roads,hesi- tant,vacillating, depressive and sentimental.They also represented their paradoxical attitudes:they fought the dark society,but lacked strength;they fervently pursued ideals,but often degenerated into pessimism,they were the "restless souls."According to Lin,the main feature of May Fourth romantic fiction was the advocacy of self-ex- pression in literature,favoring subjective expression of feelings and pervasive senti- mentality.Although short-lived,this fiction contributed greatly to the healthy de- velopment of subsequent literature.

关 键 词：FICTION LITERARY revolution STRUGGLE Creation WRITER emotion young FIGHTING subsequent 

分 类 号：G6[文化科学—教育学]