The creative characteristics of Zhang Tianyi’s fairy tales A brief analysis of the artistic characteristics of Zhang Tianyi’s fairy tales

Abstract: Zhang Tianyi is an important writer in the history of modern and contemporary Chinese literature. His children's creations break away from the old tradition of children's literature creation, using novel ideas, jumping writing style, and simple spoken language. and humorous forms, conveying social criticism content based on children's interests and understanding abilities. His novel style in consciousness and form has brought new changes to the entire children's art garden, and has exerted a great influence on my country's modern and contemporary children's literature. The creation had a significant impact.

Keywords: Zhang Tianyi; fairy tale; characteristics

Zhang Tianyi is one of the pioneers of modern and contemporary children’s literature in China. As a famous and prolific writer in the history of modern and contemporary Chinese literature, Zhang Tianyi Although Tianyi's literary creation involves long, medium and short stories, scripts, literary criticism, essays and many other fields. However, the greatest influence is probably his children's literature. As we all know, three full-length fairy tales were published before 1949, and almost all novels written after 1949 were children's literature. In the history of the development of Chinese children's literature, "Da Lin and Xiao Lin" has the second "milestone" significance. Another work "The Bald King" consolidated Zhang Tianyi's foundation in the creation of full-length fairy tales. His works had a wide impact on the society at that time and had a strong sense of the times and art. His unique works created a new trend in the children's literature world at that time.

The characteristics of Zhang Tianyi’s fairy tale creation can be summarized as follows:

1. He is good at casting major or important themes into ingenious ideas and concepts. New, new stories, strong pulse of the times, and strong fighting power

The three fairy tales written in the 1930s and 1940s are all based on the sharp and complex struggles in class society, and each has its own unique characteristics. Different aspects and themes are different, but they are all quite profound and powerful. "Da Lin and Xiao Lin" is about two poor brothers. The different destinies of Dalin and Xiao Lin not only reveal the astonishing polarization between the rich and the poor, but also ruthlessly mock the mediocrity, luxury, greed and cruelty of kings, princes, princesses, and the like. , and Chi Chi (Da Lin), who betrayed the position of the poor and became the rich man's son, eventually starved to death on the rich man's island, which very vividly revealed the truth that the rich will inevitably starve to death once they leave the exploitation and enslavement of the poor. "The Bald King" depicts a giant man with strong animalistic nature and devoid of humanity. The Bald King eventually brings about his own destruction. The work exposes the greed, evil, corrupt, cunning and weak nature of the Bald King and his accomplices. It is exhaustive and shows the truth that as long as the oppressed and exploited people unite, they will be able to defeat this ugly group of people. Although "Golden Duck Empire" has not yet been completed, the basic theme is still very clear. It outlines the history of the origin of the Golden Duck Empire, revolves around the rise of the Shit King in Chi Chi Market, and shows the process of capitalism replacing aristocratic rule and developing towards imperialism. This vividly exposes its cruelty, parasitism and decay.

At that time, children's books and fairy tales were filled with clichés about poor children becoming kings with the help of gods. This kind of stuff may induce children to escape reality and indulge in useless fantasies, or may induce children to become slaves and be swallowed up by the dark reality. Zhang Tianyi has seen through the essence of this kind of fairy tale, and doing the opposite in his creation is tantamount to blowing a fresh and biting cool breeze into the thick and stale atmosphere. He used fairy tale creation to guide young readers to face the real life at that time and feel the light of truth. This is where the novelty and combativeness of the themes of his fairy tale creations in this period lie.

What deserves our special attention is that the scope of life reflected in the three fairy tales such as "Da Lin and Xiao Lin" is astonishing. All historical stages of human class society are covered, although the details vary. Politics, law, the military, education, art, religion, marriage, industrial, agricultural and handicraft production, commerce, transportation, and various social groups in these social forms are all outlined.

People of all kinds, from the Golden Duck God to human emperors, princes, princesses, ministers, rich men, plutocrats, nobles, priests, monks, teachers, scholars, workers, farmers, poor children, chambers of commerce, guilds, charity associations, etc. The leader of the research association, even the devils and wolf soldiers in the imaginary world, and the foxes, dogs and kittens in the animal world, all of them are a little bit infected. Among the new fairy tale creations since the May Fourth Movement in our country, Zhang Tianyi's works can be said to be the best with such a wide range and rich themes.

If Zhang Tianyi’s fairy tale works in the 1930s and 1940s were explosives thrown at the decadent social system, then his fairy tale creations after liberation are a stream of fire that flows deep into the hearts of young readers. The trickling spring water enlightens wisdom and cleanses away filth. Although it is a bit cold, it is refreshing and fulfilling. For example, the fairy tale "Big Bad Wolf", which is based on folk fairy tales, exposes the cunning and viciousness of the big bad wolf, praises the bravery and wit of Da Niu and Er Niu, and warns innocent and gullible children like San Niu to be especially vigilant and not to Being deceived. "Brainless Stories" describes a series of jokes that Zhao Dahua made because he was not using his brain, and is intended to advise such children to use their brains. "The Secret of the Treasure Gourd" mainly writes about Wang Bao's entanglement with the treasure gourd who can give him whatever he wants. It is worth noting that the writer gave the gourd a new meaning, and today it has become a symbol of the bourgeois idea of ??getting something for nothing. In this way, people like Wang Bao who do not like to use their brains and are afraid of exerting effort can get whatever they want. Children who have never lost the honest side of their character will not be able to achieve any happiness with the treasure gourd. On the contrary, they will hit the wall one after another in real life and become embarrassed. Only by making it public? Abandoning it completely can we get rid of the consequences it brings. predicament and restore the normal and happy life of the students.

2. Use strong and wonderful fantasy colors to create distinctive and individual typical images

Fantasy is an important feature of the art form of fairy tales. Once the colorful wings of fantasy If we stop agitating, we will undoubtedly lose the fairy tale itself. But no matter how hard the colorful wings of fantasy fly, the ultimate goal is still to shape the typical image of fairy tale works, truly and vividly reflect real life, and embody the writer's aesthetic ideals and tastes. Only by grasping this point can we properly handle the relationship between fiction and reality, wonder and justice in fairy tale creation. Writer Zhang Tianyi is well versed in this, so his stories are often unforgettable for readers. Using brush strokes full of fantasy colors to outline the characters, the fantasy colors turn into a magic mirror, highlighting the dirty and ugly face of the Bald King, as well as the cruel, greedy, stupid, crazy and weak character traits. The wonderful thing is that those wealthy people who are rampant in the countryside or in the market can often vaguely see their own dignity in this funny mirror. The bald king described by the writer is almost as human as a monster. He is only three feet tall, with no hair on the top of his head. The eyes were red, and there were green hairs on his face. It turned out that there was mold on his face, and there were a few small fungi growing near his ears. ?① He has a cloud of flies on his body and eats human flesh (fat!) steamed buns and 5,000 bottles of human blood wine as his staple food every day. He has 3,767 wives and even rapes and fucks village girls he meets by chance. As a wife; she occupied the Bald Palace's land that could not be covered in a month in all directions. She was astonishingly rich, but also stingy. She was so angry about the two copper coins lost in her dream that she obeyed the fox-turned-minister Bai Bai. Bapuji’s suggestion is to swallow gold and silver in your stomach at ordinary times (swallowing gold can be fatal in real life! Here is a wonderful tease!), take laxatives before meals and then take it out; for hunting, you can hunt ants and earthworms. ; His mental retardation and forgetfulness are to the extreme, but he does not forget to take advantage of others by taking advantage of others and exploiting them through high loan sharking. What's even more weird is that the Bald King's teeth can change according to his emotions: when he's angry, he grows as fast as possible, burrows into the ground, and lifts his body into the sky; when he's happy, his teeth can retract into his gums. When the slaughtered people and little cats (kittens) broke into the Bald Palace, and the wolf soldiers wearing wolf skins turned against them one after another, the Bald King became furious, and his teeth grew wildly, finally making his bald head hang. Becomes the sudden appearance of a second moon in the sky. Later, his teeth were softened by a fan, and the second moon disappeared. One can imagine his fate.

The writer created the image of the Bald King through strange fantasy, and this extremely ugly image with distinctive personality characteristics not only does not give people a sense of insubstantiality, but also helps young readers to understand bad guys like the Bald King. Perspective analysis, hatred and hatred. The Bald King has become a wonderful typical image in modern Chinese fairy tales.