What is the story background, content, author background and social phenomenon of Camel Xiangzi?

Camel Xiangzi The novel Camel Xiangzi is the representative work of Lao She (1899 ~ 1966), a famous modern writer in China. Lao She, formerly known as Shu Qingchun, was a Manchu. He was born in a poor family in Beijing and grew up in the living environment of the bottom citizens in Beijing. From 1924, Lao She worked as a Chinese teacher in Tian Xiang, England, until 1929. There, he read a lot of western European literary masterpieces and began to write novels. Early works, such as Lao Zhang's Philosophy, Zhao Ziyue, Ermayina, etc. There is irony in humor, which is quite close to that written by British writer Dickens, but exaggeration is sometimes out of proportion, and it is almost flashy. However, for Lao She, the initial creation is an indispensable practice. In 1930s, his creation gradually matured, and finally his masterpiece Camel Xiangzi was released at 1936.

1. Introduction "Camel Xiangzi" and "Camel Xiangzi" are tragedies described by the great people's artist Lao She with sympathetic strokes: in Beijing in the late 1920s, an industrious and strong inferior man struggled with a beautiful dream of getting rich, and was finally swallowed up by a dark storm, revealing the slave psychology and final disillusionment of the "little people" at that time. With the suicide of Xiangzi's beloved woman Xier, Xiangzi put out the last spark of personal struggle. This is the typical fate of poor citizens in old China and old Beijing. Camel Xiangzi is a classic of modern vernacular novels, which uses a lot of descriptions of Beijing dialect and some old Beijing customs. China color widescreen feature film. 1982 produced by Beijing Film Studio. Based on Lao She's novel of the same name. Director, Ling Zifeng; Photography, Wu Shenghan, Liang Ziyong; The main actors, ZhangFeng yi, etc. In the 1920s, Xiangzi, aged 65,438+08, went to Beijing to work as a rickshaw puller in Renhe Car Factory. I worked hard for three years and saved money to buy myself a car. Unexpectedly, the soldier who was arrested took the car away. Later, he returned to the garage and fantasized about saving money to buy a car. Tigress, the daughter of Si Liu, the owner of a car factory, has always loved Xiangzi. One night, Xiangzi was drunk by Tigress and they had sex. Later, in order to get rid of Tigress, he went out to pay a monthly subscription to a professor. Unexpectedly, Tigress came to the door again. Xiangzi had no choice but to marry Tigress. But Si Liu, who opposed the marriage, sold the car factory and ran away. Xiangzi and Tigress were forced to move into a big yard, where they met a kind and weak prostitute Joy. Soon, Tigress died in childbirth, Joy hanged herself, and Xiangzi was desperate. Through several low-level figures in old China, the film shows a real and vivid picture of life, full of street flavor, with distinctive national style and local characteristics. The film won the 1982 Excellent Film Award of the Ministry of Culture; Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Art and Best Prop in the 3rd Golden Rooster Award; Hundred Flowers Award Best Feature Film Award and Best Actress Award in the 6th Film Festival. This novel is based on the life of Beijing citizens in the late 1920s, and Camel Xiangzi takes the bumpy and tragic life experience of rickshaw driver Xiangzi as the main plot, which profoundly exposes the darkness of old China, accuses the ruling class of exploiting and oppressing laborers, and expresses the author's deep sympathy for the working people. The novel The Appearance of Camel is the representative work of Lao She (1899 ~ 1966), a famous modern writer in China. Lao She, whose original name was Shu Qingchun, was born in a poor family in Beijing and grew up in the living environment of the bottom citizens in Beijing. From 1924, Lao She worked as a Chinese teacher in Tian Xiang, England, until 1929. There, he read a lot of western European literary masterpieces and began to write novels. Early works, such as Lao Zhang's Philosophy, Zhao Ziyue, Ermayina, etc. There is irony in humor, which is quite close to that written by British writer Dickens, but exaggeration is sometimes out of proportion, and it is almost flashy. However, for Lao Hui, the initial creation is indispensable for practicing writing. In 1930s, his creation gradually matured, and finally his masterpiece Camel Xiangzi was released at 1936. Camel Xiangzi tells the tragic story of Xiangzi, a rickshaw driver in Beiping, old China. Xiangzi came from the countryside, and the declining countryside made him unable to survive. He came to this city, eager to create a new life with his honest work. He tried all kinds of jobs and finally chose a rickshaw. This career choice shows that although Xiangzi left the land, his way of thinking is still the way of thinking of farmers. He is used to individual labor, and he is also eager to have a car as reliable as land. Buy a car and be an independent worker. "This is his wish, hope and even religion." The city seems to have given Xiangzi a chance to realize his wish. Struggled for three years, bought a car, and was robbed in less than half a year. But Xiangzi still refused to give up his car dream. Although he doubted his pursuit and wavered several times, he kept pulling himself together and struggling again. It should be said that Xiangzi's tenacious character and stubborn attitude struggle with life, which constitutes the main plot content of the novel. The end of the struggle was Xiangzi the camel, which ended in Xiangzi's failure. He finally failed to realize his dream of owning a car. The realistic profundity of this novel lies in that it not only describes Xiangzi's material life deprived by the harsh living environment, but also describes Xiangzi's spiritual degeneration after his life ideal is destroyed. "He has no heart. His heart has been taken away." In this way, a hardworking and kind-hearted rural youth was transformed into a walking dead unemployed. Xiangzi's tragedy is the product of his social life environment. By describing the characters and interpersonal relationships around Xiangzi, the novel truly shows the life of that dark society, the ugly faces of warlords, spies and car factory owners, and the distorted reflection of the oppression and oppressed relationship of Xiangzi by their ruling network. The novel does not avoid the instinctive desire and a little attachment between Xiangzi and Tigress, but at the same time it profoundly describes that even this kind of love between men and women is based on the relationship between money and interests, so Tigress should always keep the money in her own hands. "The money is in her own hands, and the power is on her own." The combination of Tigress and Xiangzi undoubtedly aggravated Xiangzi's tragedy. Camel Xiangzi occupies an important position in the history of modern literature in China. Most of the new literature after the May 4th Movement is good at describing the lives of intellectuals and peasants, but few works describe the urban poor. The appearance of Lao She broke this situation. With a number of works describing the life of the urban poor, especially the novel Camel Xiangzi, he expanded the expression range of new literature and made special contributions to the development of new literature. Camel Xiangzi was first published in Cosmic Wind magazine (1936), and the new single was published by People's Literature Publishing House (1955+0). Lao She once made a revision, deleting the second half of Chapter 23 and the whole Chapter 24. The complete works of Lao She published by People's Literature Publishing House in 1980s, 1982, restored the original appearance of the old version.