民国时期瘟疫与现代文学书写

From modern Chinese literature to review plague in period of Republic of China

民国时期瘟疫频仍,经常爆发天花、霍乱、鼠疫、疟疾等重大疫情,给劳动人民带来了巨大的痛苦。由于民智低下以及医学卫生条件的不发达等原因,许多人只能听天由命,出现求神驱鬼等消极迷信的思想。现代文学真实地展现了疫灾之下迷信之风盛行,产生了招魂、求神、躲病等形形色色的迷信救治现象。

A lot of plagues, such as smallpox, cholera, plague, malaria and other major epidemics, brought great affliction to people in the period of the Republie of China. Many people resigned as the lower wisdom and underdevelopment medical and health conditions and other reasons, they had to seek help from ghosts and gods and other negative superstitious thoughts. The contemporary literature exhibited the superstition prevailed vividly and resulted in all sorts of superstitious treatment, such as calling back soul, praying to the gods and hiding disease.