The progress and changes of the clan narration are an important phenomenon, especially for Contemporary Literature. But it has been ignored accidentally , its literature history message has not been fully explored yet. The research of the narrations about lineage in Chinese modern literature in this thesis is established in the five-dimensional space-time of Chinese literary history ,to explain the relations between its changes and modern ideologies ,reveals its particular function and status in the evolutional mechanism of Chinese literature .During the cultural transformation, the criticism of the system and ethics of lineages become the main discourse of the modern society. Reconsidering the construction of the theme ,we find that the motive power to criticize clansman was not only from the "individual "' s assertion but also from the imagination of modern nation-state. The criticism of patriarchal clan and the assertion of nation-state and individual were established in the framework of "Tradition /Modern ". In the course there were contradictions and ideologies .In the field of literature , Lu Xun opened out the legal system traditional society early most. Facing with native soil life, writers mostly narrated it from the modern "folklore" vision. It dimples the "barbarous" nature of lineage ,building the backward images of "old China", launch and offer for new literature idea possible in new / old frame .In 1930s, writers pay close attention to the declines of lineage even more. In the war time it showed the sign that classes was appearing in the clan village. Land reform is a great incident, it is great too to narrate this incident, for writing down the "history " is also constructing "history": Class' words have subverted the patriarchal clan system order. Analyzing from the progress of clan narration, "the Sun Shining on Sang-gan River" and "Violent Storm" have particular function and status , meaning the transformation of the narrative model . Since 1980s, lineages had got more and more abundant representing. The ideology color of lineage question was desalinizing gradually. On the other hand, more of its nature as society and culture problem were disclosed .Have represented the course of assaulting lineage of outside strength. Regarding the clan...
