In the historical flow of the Second Revolution of China, the reform and opening, Chinese films have achieved rapidly developing revolution and expansion. These revolutions and expansions are expressed mainly in four respects. That is, the ecological environment of film, the change from closed to open film production mechanism (change), the film management mechanism, from single to pluralization (change), to market from film marketing market (change), from domestic to overseas (change). It is through this transformation and expansion that China has already developed to a movie superpower. But in order for China to become a true film powerhouse, there are still many problems to solve. If these problems are not solved in a timely manner, the dream of a "movie powerhouse" may not be realized quickly. At present, in each field of China, all kinds of projects for full and intensified reform are ongoing, and the formation of a new structure of external openness is accelerating in all directions. Under these circumstances and in the context of the society, Chinese film will be able to make quicker and better development in each field only when they spur to construction of movie power country by continuously strengthening its core competitiveness with continuous realizing and executing the "Film Industry Promotion Act" and reform and opening policies, while adapting to the new changes in the new era and also they can smoothly complete conversion and development from a movie power country to a great film power.

As the great catastrophe in the modern and contemporary history of China, the Cultural Revolution(CR) is an object, which must have sutured the past of darkness. At the same time it is a continuous event and also a scar of memory. In other words, for history is “a dialog between the past and the reality”(E.H.Kar), CR intervenes in the reality and, on the contrary, the reality recomposes CR. From this point of view, CR is a historical event, which so far is not ended, and it is an object of memory, which is still being composed at the moment.As the saying: “Poetry is greater than history”(Aristoteles), artistic works more intensively refect the past. The works related to CR can not be an exception. And CR is endlessly exposed in the contemporary Chinese fne arts and the works of the contemporary Chinese artists—Wang Guangyi, Yue Minjun, Zhang Xiaogang and others are proved to be those who suffer from the trauma of CR and who feel no liberty from CR. For example, CR probably is a symbol showing the “identity” of the Chinese artists. And the diversity of the symbol is the experience and pattern of the dialog between artistic works and CR (i.e., intervention in reality). For example, with withering of grand-narrative and appearance of micro-narrative, the CR critical works of Guan Zhoudao were the root of the Chinese fne arts in the late 70s and early 80s. In the contemporary cultural situation, the literary works about CR actively analyzed the history (CR) from the personal point of views and explained in the way of monolog and micro-method led the 1990s’ works. In this way they tried to recompose the history “randomly”, like looking at reality with their own eyes. In this process, CR is continuously exposing new features and the real facts are appearing before us as unfamiliar phenomena. This is a way of combination and “reappearance” of contemporary arts and reality. In conclusion, the purpose of this article is to make it possible to see a section of the contemporary Chinese fne arts through the study of the icon image of CR and to analyze the way of fne arts recomposing the history and the intervening in the reality. In this sense, the author has entitled the article “Icon and Form”. It means how to reshape (the present) the typically formed icon of the CR (the past).

이상의 논의를 종합해 보면, 현대문예이론의 기준으로 梁啓超의 소설이론을 평가하면, 梁啓超의 소설에 대한 인식은 수준이 높다고 할 수는 없다. 매우 분명한 논리적 허점이 있어, 수많은 이론상의 오해와 논리상의 허점에도 불구하고, 당시의 객관적 현실을 감안하면 그의 이론이 시대의 최선봉에 선 것임은 분명하다. 심지어는 문장 속의 어떤 오해와 과장에는 말살할 수 없는 역사적 소명의식이 들어 있다고 해도 좋을 것이다. 梁啓超가 제창한 소설이론은 중국근대문학의 발전에 특별한 공헌을 했다. 첫째, 소설과 사회의 관계에 대한 그의 이론은 그때까지 볼 수 없었던 이론의 최고 수준이었다. 둘째, 줄곧 그 지위가 낮았던 중국의 소설을 “文學之最上乘”의 지위로까지 끌어 올렸다. 셋째, 그는 형식면에서, 신문이나 잡지에 이론을 발표함으로서, 중국의 문예비평방법인 評點이나 序跋로부터 완전히 벗어나서 근대이론으로 발전할 수 있는 토대를 마련했다. 넷째, 그 결과 소설이론이 구체적 작품으로부터 분리되어 문학의 일반론이나 서사방법 등 이론성 문장을 자유롭게 전개할 수 있는 방법론면에서 근대소설이론으로 발전하는 획기적인 계기가 되었다. 그러나 “소설계혁명”의 실제효과를 보면, 梁啓超이론의 부정적 효과도 너무나 분명하여 간과할 수는 없다. 첫째, 소설과 사회의 관계만을 일방적으로 강조하여, 소설이 그 본래의 독립적 품격을 상실하고 정치선전의 도구로 전락하고 말았다. 둘째, 소설과 사회라는 외부관계만을 일방적으로 중시하여 서사방법·인물의 전형화이론·사건의 형상화이론 등과 같은 소설내부의 예술문제 등을 홀시하여 중국의 고전소설이 근대소설로 정상적인 발전하는 것을 방해하였다. 청말(만청)에 이렇게 많은 창작이 쏟아져 나와 소설의 전성기를 구가했음에도 불구하고 이 시기의 소설에 대한 평가는 그다지 높지 않다는 것이 문학연구자들의 공통된 평가이다. 이러한 양과 질의 불균형 현상은 여러 가지 복합적인 원인이 있겠지만 그 가운데 가장 큰 이유 중의 하나는 갑작스런 양의 증대현상이 질적 향상을 담보할 수는 없었으며, 이런 양적 증가의 원인이 비문학적 요소인 사회변혁운동의 일환으로 전개되었다는 데서 그 원인을 찾을 수 있을 것이다. 그리고 이 사회변혁운동의 중심에 梁啓超와 그의 소설이론이 자리 잡고 있었다. 양계초는 자신이 주장한 “소설계혁명”이론을 바탕으로 하여 그의 유일한 소설창작인《新中國未來記》를 창작하였으나, 겨우 5회를 쓰고 나서 스스로 중단하고 말았다. 그의 이러한 실패는 서언에서 제기했던 문제에 명확한 답을 제시해 주고 있다. “실천만이 이론을 검증하는 유일한 방법이다.”

Yangbanxi("model plays") symbolize the Cultural Revolution(1966~1976) in China. The Eight Model Revolutionary Works include five Chinese Modern Peking Operas, namely, Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy(智取威虎山), Harbor City(海港), Shaijabang(沙家浜), The Red Lantern(紅燈記), and Raid on the White Tiger Regiment; (奇襲白虎團), ballets such as The Red Detachment of Women(紅色娘子軍) and The White-Haired Girl(白毛女); and a symphony: Shajiabang(沙家浜). On April 24, 1967, Chinese leaders, including Mao Zedong, saw a performance of The White-Haired Girl. Yanbanxi was performed in Beijing between May 24 and June 15 the same year. The Red Lantern was designated as a work for the proletarian classes by Jiang Qing(Mao Zedong's third wife and the most influential woman in China) and spread nationwide. It was also made into a film to be enjoyed by many people. The modern Chinese operas went a long way in their creation of visual images of revolutionary heroes. The Red Lantern, in particular, came to be regarded as the most representative revolutionary opera. In the course of such a process, Jiang Qing used Yangbanxi as a political tool for compelling the people to worship and pledge their allegiance to Mao in an effort to turn the Cultural Revolution into a class struggle on behalf of her husband. During the Cultural Revolution period, artists were made to associate with workers, farmers and soldiers based on the idea of advocating revolutionary arts for the proletarian classes. The characters in The Rend Lantern were portrayed as heroes from the proletarian classes according to the demands of the era. Chinese leaders set forth the principles of artistic expression, stressing three important factors: politics, heroes, and heroic acts, which were to be applied to all the visual arts, including Yangbanxi. This paper attempts to present a new view of fine arts during the Cultural Revolution in China by focusing on the productive significance of a leading style of a specific era in the past. To that end, this paper sheds light on products made in conformance with political instructions, stressing the importance of revolutionary heroes in The Red Lantern.