Literary thought is unprecedentedly politicized. During this period, the atmosphere of relative freedom of thought initiated by the May 4th Movement disappeared. With the change of the whole society, the mainstream of literature has become unprecedentedly politicized.

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First, the overall characteristics of literature in 1930s:

1. is an unprecedented politicization of literary thought;

2. The proletarian literary movement plays a decisive role in the literary world;

It was a literary era in which left-wing literature coexisted with liberalism and other literature with various tendencies.

The main literary trends of thought in the 1920s and 1930s.

1, humanistic literary trend of thought, represented by crescent theorists Liang Shiqiu, Zhu Guangqian, Shen Congwen, etc. Literary thought is essentially the humanistic thought of May 4th literature.

2. The left-wing literary trend of thought is not only a literary trend of thought, but also a revolutionary movement with distinct political purposes by means of literary means. It promotes the change of literary mode with organized literary activities and political activities.

Two important societies advocating revolutionary literature;

Sun Society: 1927 was established in Shanghai in autumn. Advocates are Jiang Guangci and Qian Xingcun, who actively advocate proletarian revolutionary literature, reflecting the lives and struggles of workers and peasants.

Late Creation Society: The publication of "Cultural Criticism" in June 1928 marked the beginning of late creation society activities. Representative figures Guo Moruo and Feng Naichao advocated "revolutionary literature".

Three. China Left-wing Writers Union

1930 On March 2nd, the League of Chinese Left-wing Writers was established in Shanghai. Lu Xun gave a speech on "Views on the League of Left-wing Writers" at the inaugural meeting. The Left League is the United front of progressive writers in the literary and art circles and a literary and art group directly led by the Party, which supports the revolutionary movement and exposes the darkness.

The Influence of the Establishment of "Left-wing Alliance"

1. The establishment of the left-wing alliance promoted the development of the left-wing literary movement. Drama League and China's poems will make the left-wing literary and artistic movement become a literary and artistic movement with a broad mass base.

2. Close ties between literature and art and revolution, and fight bravely against imperialism, feudalism and Kuomintang reactionaries.

3. Crushed the cultural "encirclement and suppression" of the Kuomintang, further spread Marxist literary theory, and held three large-scale literature popularization discussions.

4. Criticize and liquidate the wrong tendency in the early creation of revolutionary literature, especially the romantic tendency of the revolution, and contribute new themes, new themes, new characters and new spirits.