On the Dialectical Relationship between "Small Space" and "Big City" in Lao She's Works

Abstract

Lao She's works are based on the life of the citizens, and his focus is on the characters at the bottom of the hierarchy, with emphasis on the portrayal of their living space and spiritual outlook. The "small space" in Lao She's works, as a public space for information exchange and recreation, is able to encompass and display the human conditions of the "big city"; and the overall changes of the "big city" will also affect the survival choices of the people in the "small space" and the disintegration of the spatial order. The overall change of the "big city" will also affect the people's choice of survival and the disintegration and reconstruction of the spatial order in the "small space". The pivot of the connection between "small space" and "big city" is the human nature of city life. The "small space" and the "big city" under Lao She's writing jointly interpret Lao She's distinctive nationalised narrative features, and show the unique Beijing flavour and charm in his works.