文革主流文学有着大众化特征.这首先体现在对民间文艺形式的推重上,还体现在文学创作主体和文学服务对象上。文革前期文学中的大众化方向,是由文化大革命现实政治形势和文化语境所决定的。就文革文学的具体发展阶段而言,文革前期文学的大众化趋势也影响到文革小说的生产。在写作方式上,“集体写作”流行一时;在培养方式上,文革小说则多采取“投稿——发现新作者——重点培养”的方式。在文革小说中,非但是短篇小说的情节十分雷同,即使是素以艺术繁复见长的小说文体——长篇小说,其表达模式也极为单一化。这一方面是政治话语直接美学化的表征.另一方面也是文学大众化发展到极端的结果。
Cultural Revolution mainstream literature had popular characteristics ,which were first reflected in the folk art forms, also in the literary creative subject and literary service objects. The popularizing direction of early Cultural Revolution literature was determined by political situation and cultural context of Cultural Revolution. With regard to the development stage of Cultural Revolution literature, the popularity trend of early Cultural Revolution literature could also affect the Cultural Revolution novel production. In writing technique,the "collective writing" was in vogue;in author-cultivating mode, the method of "contributions-new author finding-author cultivation" was adopted. In the literary creation in Cuhural Revolution, the plot of the short story was very similar, even the novels, which is the direct aesthetic characterization of the political discourse, on the other hand, the extreme results of popularization.