Good Critical Thinking About Review Of Talks At The Yan'an” Forum On Literature And Art File

I have been asking myself about the role played by literature and art in the society.my curiosity and concern about literature and art has made me to find out major reasons and factors hindering writers’ messages from reaching their targeted audience. Artists such as Mao Zedong believe that literature and art can play a vital role in the revolutionary war by uniting the people against a common enemy (Zedong 465). I think the ideas are right provided there is integration of art and literature in the revolutionary machine with the main aim of uniting the people. Through unity and integration, I believe the joint force will have enough power to educate the people to carry out successful attacks and destroy their enemy. I also agree with Yan’an’s talks that by promoting unity among the people of China, art and literature will have the capability of making people to exist with one mind and heart. I think the existence of a common ground among the people’s mindset makes them to face the enemy in solidarity.
However, it is not an easy task to bring people together so that they can walk together towards a common goal. Just as Mao Zedong stated, “the problems that must be solved to achieve this objective?the class stands of the writers and artists, their attitude, their audience, their work, and their study.” (Zedong 465). I think many stakeholders have to be involved to ensure that the right message capable of instilling determination and fighting spirit among the people is conveyed. I agree with Zedong that writers and artists need to understand their audience “and knowing them well” while exposing the enemy’s “duplicity and cruelty and at the same time to point out their inevitability of their defeat, so as to encourage anti-Japanese army and people to fight staunchly with one heart and mind for their overthrow.”( Zedong 460).

Works cited

Zedong, Mao. "Talks at the Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art." Selected Works of Mao Tse-tung Online, www. marxists. org/reference/archive/mao/selectedworks 3 (1942).