192 1 In March, the earliest drama society "People's Drama Club" was established in Shanghai, initiated by thirteen people including Zheng Zhenduo, Ou Yangyuqian, Chen Dabei, Shen Yanbing and Xiong Foxi, and issued a declaration, which clarified the mission of drama "for life". In May, the agency founded a monthly drama magazine, which was the first time in the history of modern literature. People's Drama Club mainly does two things:
(1) attack traditional old dramas and degenerate civilized dramas;
(2) Propose the construction of drama theory, mainly aiming at the disadvantages of commercialization and vulgarization of drama, and vigorously advocate "non-commercialized and artistic new drama", that is, "loving American drama" advocated by Chen Dabei.
After the Revolution of 1911, Ou Yangyuqian, Hong Shen, Gu Zhongyi and others set up amateur theatrical troupes such as the Drama Association, which is called "American Love Drama" and is based on the English transliteration of "amateur". At that time, it was the most fashionable thing, holding the worship and fanaticism of young people. The most popular actors are those who perform on the stage. They write their own plays, adapt other people's plays and even direct guest roles. Their fun is first for their hobbies and favorite things-if they are not in reality or immature, they will create and perfect them. They created "fashion" with wisdom and enthusiasm, but they didn't care much at that time.
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The Historical Background of "Love American TV Series"
"Love American TV series" was put forward under the background of the May 4th literary revolution, that is, advocating "new literature" and opposing "old literature".
This literary revolution was first initiated by New Youth magazine sponsored by Chen Duxiu. 19 17, 1 In June, New Youth published Hu Shi's Improvement of Literature, and put forward eight things to improve literature, that is, to have something to say, not to imitate the ancients, not to talk about grammar, not to moan about diseases, not to break formulas, not to use classics, not to talk about antithesis, and so on. And put forward the view that "the combination of words and literature" and vernacular literature should be "the authenticity of China literature".
Then, Chen Duxiu published "On Literary Revolution" and put forward three principles of literary revolution aimed at opposing feudal literature: knocking down polished aristocratic literature and establishing popular and lyrical national literature; Pushing down stale and luxurious classical literature and building fresh and sincere realistic literature; Pushing down pedantic mountain literature and constructing clear and popular social literature.
These two articles became the program and declaration of the literary revolution. The literary revolution advocated immediate response from some fellow travelers and young people. Qian expressed "absolute approval", dismissing those parallel prose and prose that imitated ancient times and were popular for a while, and considered it "choosing schools as evil" and "Tongcheng fallacy"; He also provided evidence for the literary revolution with the historical facts of the evolution of language and writing.
Liu Bannong's articles, such as My View of Literary Improvement and Spiritual Innovation of Poetry and Novels, put forward constructive suggestions on breaking the superstition of ancient Chinese, establishing beautiful vernacular Chinese, destroying the old rhyme of poetry and recreating new rhyme.
Before and after the May 4th Movement, the theories and propositions of the literary revolution were more distinctly anti-feudal. 19 19 At the beginning of this year, Chen Duxiu held the banner of scientific democracy higher, saying that the literary revolution "will not be delayed if it breaks its head and bleeds". Lu Xun became the great standard-bearer of the literary revolution with the fiercest and most enthusiastic fighting. Li Dazhao published articles such as "New Era" and "What is New Literature", which not only criticized the zombies of the old feudal literature, but also criticized the "new poison" of the budding bourgeois literature.
Followed by the advocacy of theory, it is the practice of new literature creation. 19 17 In February, New Youth published eight vernacular poems of Hu Shi, followed by the vernacular poems of Hu Shi, Liu Bannong and Shen in June 19 17. Later, Lu Xun, Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu also created new poems. 19 18 In May, New Youth published Lu Xun's Diary of a Madman, exposing the feudal cannibalism ethics and system, and then published Kong Yiji and Medicine.
Later, Guo Moruo published "Phoenix Nirvana" and many other poems that were later included in "Goddess", all of which were permeated with the thorough spirit of anti-imperialism and feudalism and the color of sturm und drang's times. Are the initial results of this revolution. New literary writers, such as the Literary Research Association and the Creation Society, which were established soon, enriched and developed the achievements of the May 4th literary revolution with their own creative achievements.
The new literature, which was born in the May 4th literary revolution, has brought about comprehensive and profound changes in the language, genre, expression and ideological content of China literature, and started the process of modernization and reform of China literature, which is of epoch-making significance in the history of China literature.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Love American Drama (May 4th Drama)