THE NOVELS BY MO YAN IN THE RELATIONSHIP TO CHINESE TRADITIONAL CULTURE

Abstract

Mo Yan is one of the literary phenomena of the era with the unique writing style. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012 was the recognition of the efforts and the achievement of Mo Yan in the creation of art. It not only cleared away "the Nobel inferiority" for the Chinese nation, but also created "the Mo Yan  movement" in the worldwide. Reading his novels, readers see the bold effects of folklore on all aspects of literature, art, religion, belief,... That he adheres to the nation's cultural roots to return to and "surpass folk" makes Mo Yan  great, but he always catches up with the ideology of the era through the change of modern cultural values ​​in  art works.