What does Mao Dun’s revision of the Novel Monthly indicate his views on literature?

It shows that Mao Dun advocates realism literature and opposes the literary style of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School.

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My original name is Shen Dehong, and my courtesy name is Yan Bing. Mao Dun is the pen name I used when I started writing novels. Born on July 4, 1896 in Wuzhen, Tongxiang County, Zhejiang Province. My father was a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, and later learned Chinese medicine from my maternal grandfather. My maternal grandfather’s name was Chen Wuru. He was a famous Chinese medicine practitioner in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou and Suzhou during the Tongzhi and Guangxu years of the Qing Dynasty. My mother is the only daughter of my maternal grandfather. She received a good education in old literature at home before getting married.

I lost my father when I was 10 years old. I attended the first primary school established in Wuzhen when the new schools were opened in Zhejiang after the Reform Movement of 1898. Later, I attended Zhejiang Provincial No. 3 Middle School, Zhejiang Provincial No. 2 Middle School and Hangzhou Private Anding Middle School. In 1913 (17 years old), he passed the first preparatory course of Peking University. At that time, Peking University Hall had just been renamed Peking University, and it was enrolling students in Shanghai for the first time. In 1916, he graduated from the preparatory course of Peking University and was introduced by relatives to the Translation and Translation Office of Shanghai Commercial Press. First in the English Department, then in the Chinese Department, and also participated in the editing work of the "Student Magazine". In early 1920, when "Novel Monthly" was in its semi-reform period, I was in charge of editing the "New Trends in Novel Column". In November of the same year, I became the editor-in-chief of "Novel Monthly" and decided to completely reform "Novel Monthly". At the end of December of the same year, I launched the "Literature Research Association" with 12 people including Zhu Xizu, Zhou Zuoren (all professors at Peking University at the time), Zheng Zhenduo, Wang Tongzhao (still studying at the time), Ye Shengtao, etc. Among the 12 founders, I was the only one in Shanghai. . "Novel Monthly" was originally dominated by Shanghai's Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School of literati. After I became editor-in-chief, I did not use their manuscripts at all, and provided realist literature in "Novel Monthly" to criticize the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School, which aroused their resentment. At the same time, the conservative faction within the Commercial Press also opposed all the innovations of "Novel Monthly". After two years of internal and external attacks, I finally resigned as editor-in-chief of "Novel Monthly" because the commercial authorities did not comply with the conditions I proposed when I took over as editor. But he is still doing odd jobs in the business translation office. "Novel Monthly" was taken over by Zheng Zhenduo, who was already editor-in-chief of "Children's World" at the Compilation and Translation Office of the Commercial Press.

Exercise:

1. The most written content of this autobiography is the difference between the author's experience and Lu Xun's experience.

2. What does the author's new revision of "Novel Monthly" show his views on literature?

3. What kind of personality can be seen from Mao Dun’s resignation?

4. The "internal and external attack" mentioned in the article refers to.

5. Based on the text and the article, tell us what is generally included in writing a biography?

Answer: 1. What happened when Mao Dun was working at the "Novel Monthly" magazine; the author was not like Lu Xun, who was wandering around. 2. It shows that Mao Dun advocates realism literature and opposes the literary style of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly School. 3. Promote new literature and not conform to the secular spirit. The meaning is similar. 4. The opposition of the conservative faction within the Commercial Press and the resentment of the Mandarin Duck and Butterfly faction. 5. Generally speaking, an autobiography should introduce one's name, place of origin, age, family, education, personality hobbies, specialties, ideological development process, etc., and major events should be introduced in detail.