1. Diaphragm

The collection of short stories "Diaphragm" is an important work of Mr. Ye Shengtao in his early years, which was published by Shanghai Commercial Press. The diaphragm is a 32-page vertically printed paperback. The book * * * has 164 pages, and published 20 short stories written by Ye Shengtao during the two years from February 19 19 to April 192 1. The first edition was published by Shanghai Commercial Press in March, 1912 (1923). The author collected the First Edition after the National Disaster in April of the 22nd year of the Republic of China (1933).

2. Offline

The offline collection reflects Ye Shengtao's creative styles in 1923 and 1924. The theme of this collection of novels has shifted from education and school life to the excavation of the psychological state of ordinary citizens, focusing on exposing and criticizing the despicable individualism of some intellectuals under the cover of new ideas, and focusing on attacking the cruelty of the urban exploiting classes. The theme has also expanded from villages and towns to cities, and the scope of writing about revolution and war has also expanded a lot. There are "possessed creatures" that Ye Shengtao wants to eradicate, which hides his yearning for an ideal life full of love, fun and joy.

3. Ni Huanzhi

Ye Shengtao 1929' s novel Ni Huanzhi is one of China's early vernacular novels. Ni Huanzhi is the hero of the novel. Ni Huanzhi has the shadow of Ye Shengtao. It mainly tells the story of a young man with an ideal, who encountered many things on the way to pursue his dreams, including love, but in the end his dreams were shattered and he died. Ye Shengtao never wrote a novel after that. Ni Huanzhi was a serial novel at that time.

4.scarecrow

The Scarecrow is a modern fairy tale of China published by Ye Shengtao on 1922. Through the thoughts and thoughts of a sympathetic but helpless scarecrow, this paper truly describes the precarious human situation in the rural areas of China in the 1920s and shows the sufferings of the working people at that time. This work is one of the earliest children's literature works in the history of China literature.

The fairy tale Scarecrow observes the miserable world situation through the eyes of Scarecrow: poor peasant women, poor fishermen, poor suicides, poor crucian carp and so on. However, for the human tragedy, the scarecrow can't save anything and can't change anything. In the end, the scarecrow, entangled in guilt and powerlessness, "fell in the middle of the field" and slept with the tragedy. Lu Xun: The Scarecrow opened a creative path for China's fairy tales.

Step 5 give up the collection

"Give Up Collection", after the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Mr. Ye Shengtao entered Sichuan. This book is the only collection of essays published by Ye Lao after he entered Sichuan. It was published in Chongqing Wenguang Bookstore on 1945+0. The book contains the essays written by the author in 1944. The title of the book "Abandoning Collection" is based on the writing place.

Ye Lao's writing style is simple and natural, and "Xichuan Collection" is no exception. The first "Reply to a Friend" was written to thank the literary and art circles for celebrating his 50th birthday. Mr. Ye is a modest man and can't write anything that is not mediocre. He also said that he had been a great man twice in his life: either as a teacher or as an editor. Speak directly and frankly, just like that man.

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Ye Shengtao (1894101October 28th-1988 February 16), formerly known as Ye, pen name, Shengtao, Guishan, etc. Suzhou, Jiangsu, is a famous modern writer, educator and publisher in China. He was one of the founders of the Literature Research Association, the first new literature society in the May 4th Movement, and devoted his life to publishing and Chinese teaching. Its motto "Literature for Life" is very famous.

Contribution to literature

Realistic works

Realism is the most distinctive feature of Ye Shengtao. Ye Shengtao is one of the pioneers of realistic writing. At the same time, because he is an educator, in Ye Shengtao's works, he describes many intellectuals, many exploited and powerless people at the bottom of society. Ye Shengtao's works always reflect truth and reality. He expressed his democratic and socialist thoughts in novels such as Fire, Offline and Scarecrow.

Ye Shengtao found that many people in China are selfish, cold, hypocritical and conservative. People give up their life value for a stable life. Ye Shengtao satirized these people in his works. He expressed his dissatisfaction, hoping to awaken people's consciousness and face up to these social ills. Ye Shengtao not only writes stories, but also reports social fallacies.

His works are not used for recreation, but to fill people's leisure with their cognition and thinking about reality. "... the basis of writing is a pair of eyes that are insightful and observant, but my eyes don't have much insight ... Of course, there is no need to train my eyes for writing. Eye training is to gain insight into reality and enrich life. "(from-Ye Shengtao" Talking about the Past "on page 46)

child literature

Ye Shengtao's first academic paper on children's literature was entitled "The Concept of Children", which criticized the bad influence on children in China.

In fact, Ye Shengtao was the first fairy tale writer in the 1920s. The work Scarecrow was published in 1923. Another work, The Stone Statue of Ancient Heroes, tells the story that a stone was carved into a heroic image. The moral behind this popular story is to laugh at the arrogance of experts and people's numbness.

Ding Ling, a student of Ye Shengtao, once praised his fairy tales for inspiring people to think more about society. Ye Shengtao's fairy tales are simple, but they have profound connotations. He believes that children have personal views on the surrounding environment, so their critical ability should be improved. Through the story of Ye Shengtao, children can gradually have a clear understanding of this society and their relationship.

Language and rhetoric

Ye Shengtao's language is concise and touching, and he is famous for his ability to express words properly. Ye Shengtao emphasized feelings and emotions in his report. The characters in Ye Shengtao's works are vivid and lively, and he has a profound insight into the inner world of the characters. Zhao, a famous writer, praised Ye Shengtao as an anomaly in the writing world, with outstanding talent and amazing. His beautiful articles will be circulated in the world for a long time. The emotions and feelings he expressed built the foundation of truth and reality, and also made his articles full of infinite power. ? Emotion is like a flashing lamp, but narrative is remarkable because of this lamp? Ye Shengtao said. This dialogue shows to some extent that Ye Shengtao is not only a good storyteller, but also an artist.

Inject foreign language elements

Ye Shengtao's realistic writing style has become the object of imitation by many writers. He admits that reading some works by western novelists is very helpful to his writing. "If I don't read English, if I don't touch English books, I won't write novels." His works are reflective and speculative. These unknowns depend on perception, but also on actual and objective observation. Ye Shengtao is not only a writer but also a journalist. The observation of reality became the source of his writing and opened up a new world for China's modern literature.

The origin of pseudonym

When Ye Shengtao 12 entered Suzhou Changyuanwu Public Primary School, he asked Mr. Zhang to take a word and aspire to be patriotic and powerful. Mr. Zhang said: Your name is called, and there is a poem that says "the country of soldiers and kings", so it is good to choose "soldiers and ministers" as the word. 1911010/October 15, Suzhou recovered in the Xinhai Revolution. The next day, Ye found Mr. Zhang and said: The Qing court has perished and the emperor has been overthrown. I can't be a minister anymore. Please change a word. Mr. Wang said with a smile, your name is Shao Yun, and there is a poem that says, "Everything in Tao Jun is a saint", so the word "Shengtao" is used. Later, he linked the surname "Ye" with the word "Shengtao" and became his pen name.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia: Ye Shengtao