Brief introduction and main character analysis of these books.

These three novels are called "Trilogy on Earth" by later generations, and they are the masterpieces of China's later novels by Ba Jin, a master of modern literature. This set of books can be said to be the pinnacle of Ba Jin's creative art, and the overall creative style has changed suddenly. From the early passionate lyrical singing to the sober and profound revelation of the world of life, the artistic level is far above the famous work Home.

the fourth area

Ba Jin can be said to be an expert in trilogy. He wrote "love trilogy, torrent trilogy, revolution trilogy". And that masterpiece "Fire" is also called "Trilogy of Anti-Japanese War" because it is divided into three volumes. Now his Resting Garden, The Fourth Ward and Cold Night are collectively called The Trilogy of the World. Fourth area is slightly longer than the rest garden, about150,000 words, with a unique theme. Xiao Hong's Biography of Hulan River is about a small town. Lao She wrote an alley with four generations living under one roof. Ba Jin's novel is about a wartime hospital; Taking a patient's 18-day diary as an example, it reflects all sentient beings in the wartime rear area. Speaking of darkness and misery, as the saying goes, "eighteen layers of hell", and "the fourth ward" can be said to be nineteen layers of hell. Inpatients should buy their own specific drugs, tapes and toilet paper; Many patients can't afford specific drugs, crying and dying in bed; Some patients can't pay the tip, and workers don't clean the toilet, so they choke on the urine ... but in the dark suffering, there is warmth and love. Dr. Yang with big eyes and tender feelings like the sea and Mr. Xu, a restaurant waiter who cleans toilets for patients, have become the spring smell in dry winter and the angels in hell. relationship entered unexpectedly into

The Still Garden —— The Earth Trilogy

Author: Ba Jin

Executive summary:

Ba Jin can be said to be an expert in trilogy. He wrote "love trilogy, torrent trilogy, revolution trilogy". And that masterpiece "Fire" is also called "Trilogy of Anti-Japanese War" because it is divided into three volumes. Now his Resting Garden, The Fourth Ward and Cold Night are collectively called The Trilogy of the World. The rest garden was written by a writer who returned to his hometown of Chengdu during the war and lived in a friend's new house. There, he found that the owner of the "rest garden" and his wife had internal worries. The newly-married woman was overwhelmed by her ex-wife's only son, Xiao Hu, whose family was very rich. They used Xiao Hu to torture their stepmother intentionally or unintentionally. Later, he discovered the tragedy of the old owner of the rest garden. Because of an extramarital affair, he was kicked out of the house by his eldest son and his beloved wife, but his younger son, who loved him, kept mysterious contact with him and often went to the garden to fold flowers to comfort his father. The plot of the novel written by the writer (the love between the blind pianist and the singer), the internal worries of the owner of the park, the tragedy of the old owner and the writer's concern for the hostess are intertwined and progressive, each with a touching ending. The book is only120,000 words, but it is handled seamlessly. Li Guangtian, a literary critic, said after reading the rest garden: "Ba Jin's rest garden is a good book, and I think it is the best of Ba Jin's works I have ever read." In fact, it is not only a masterpiece of Ba Jin's works, but also a model of China's modern novels. On prudence, we can compare with Lu Xun, on beauty, on vividness, on Lao She, and on Yu Dafu. However, on the moderation and purity of art, the balance and harmony of plot and role, interest and skills, and the crystal garden of the whole work, from all angles, the authors are just right and far superior to others, which can be said to be outstanding and unique.

cold night

"Cold Night" is the last novel of Ba Jin, another masterpiece of Ba Jin after "Riptide Trilogy-Home", and it also marks that the writer has entered a new stage of artistic development. The work was written on a cold winter night in 1944 and completed on1946 65438+February 3 1. This book describes the tragedy of young civil servants, reveals the fate of honest and kind intellectuals in old China, and reveals the dark reality of "Kuomintang-controlled areas" in the late period of the Anti-Japanese War.

The realistic achievements of the works are mainly manifested in:

He is good at revealing major themes through ordinary people's trivial life, thus showing the writer's extraordinary artistic skills. Chekhov once said, "It is easier to write Socrates than to write a young lady or a chef", because the more ordinary things, the sharper the writer's eyes, and the more extraordinary things can be extracted from the ordinary.

Ba Jin described the life of Wang Wenxuan, a small civil servant on a cold night. His greatest achievement lies in describing a person's humiliating psychology in detail, profoundly showing an insulted and injured pathological soul, and analyzing the social reasons for the final "collapse" of the family with an unusually cold style.