In the early months of 1934, 10 and 1935, Zhou Yang and Zhou Libo published articles respectively, translating the "national defense literature" advocated by the Red Army Literature Alliance of the former Soviet Union into "national defense literature" and introducing it to China, which had little influence at that time.

At the beginning of 1936, Japanese imperialism invaded China, and the crisis in North China was serious. In response to the Party's call for the establishment of an anti-Japanese national united front, 275 people from Shanghai's cultural circles published the Declaration of Shanghai's National Salvation Movement on 1935+02. Then, on February 28th, 12, Shanghai Cultural Salvation Association was established and issued the second declaration. 1936 65438+1On October 27th, Ou Yangyuqian, Cai Chusheng and others initiated the establishment of the Shanghai Film Rescue Association.

In order to adapt to the new situation, literature and art put forward the slogan of "national defense literature". Then the slogans of "national defense drama", "national defense poem" and "national defense music" were put forward in various literary and art departments, calling on patriotic writers from all walks of life to create works to resist Japan and save the country, and focusing the literary and art movement on the general trend of resisting Japanese traitors. Subsequently, a large number of national defense literature and art works appeared, forming the climax of the national defense literature and art movement.

Brief introduction of Zhou yang

Zhou Yang (1February 7, 908-65438+July 3 1 0989), formerly known as Zhou, should be pronounced as. Writer, modern literary theorist, literary translator, literary activist, member of the Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences of China Academy of Sciences. 1928 graduated from Shanghai Daxia University (now East China Normal University) and went to Japan to study in the winter of the same year. 1930 returned to Shanghai to join the left-wing literary movement. From 65438 to 0937, he went to Yan 'an and served as the director of education in the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region, the vice president of Lu Xun Academy of Literature and Art, and the president of Yan 'an University.

According to Lu Xun, national defense literature refers to "writers unite under the banner of national defense" and is "patriotic literature in a broad sense". Politically, "national defense literature" advocates uniting with Chiang Kai-shek to cooperate with the country in resisting Japan. In literature, he advocates writing with "progressive realism".

At the end of 1935, the left-wing writers' union was dissolved by itself under the advocacy of "national defense literature". Zhou Yang hopes to unite writers outside the Left Alliance, establish a new organization and form a broader front. Therefore, 1936 established the China Writers and Artists Association.