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|b As a matter of fact, literature is not considered as just a story or a tale that is read for Rin only, but it plays a significant role in a person’s life in particular and the life of society in general; this role includes expressing personal feelings, discussing the social events and sometimes finding solutions to society’s dilemmas. On such a psychological level, the writer depicts a specific phenomenon in the community and explains it, whether negative or positive. Yet, on the external level, the writer portrays through his works the society with its advantages and disadvantages. Sometimes, if possible, he sets solutions to the problems of society, but this is not obligatory, because literature is regarded as the mirror of society. It reflects society and people, and highlights such issues and problems. Moreover, the role of literature is to ask questions more than answers. Nevertheless, literature can be an image of social reality in its psychological, intellectual, emotional and material dimensions. Indeed, literature may be the light that is shed on certain suffering and society is drawn to this suffering, thus finding radical solutions to it. Consequently, literature can be a mirror of everything that goes on in society. When literature and its focus on human issues becomes profound, its success may be achieved by transforming it into a part of the social reality and not just a reflection of it. Such a number of novels have changed the course of many people's lives, but rather have rooted concepts in society. There is a close relationship between literature and society. In other words, literature’s relationship with society is the same that includes the writer’s association with his community, his awareness of what is going on around him, and his disclosure of what pertains to society and what is hidden from others as well. Hence, genuine literature is literature that is not isolated from society, so writers have to live the experience of their own time and reflect it in their works seeking to consolidate the new and banish the corrupt. The Chinese writer Liu Zhen-Yun is considered one of the most important literary voices in the so-called generation of pioneers whose names have shone on the Chinese literary scene since the beginning of the eighties of the last century. He is also one of those interested in community issues and has many works that depict life in the Chinese city through a cynical and critical method. Additionally, he has expressed the writer’s direction in dealing with the life issues of the Chinese people. Subsequently, his bias towards the public of ordinary people in his society, and expressing their suffering and pain through dealing with the marginalized and simple people in the Chinese society is quiet clear throughout his works. He also takes his hometown, the Chinese city of Yanjing, the scene of many of his works, which are characterized by a sense of humor and critical criticism in his direction in dealing with the life issues of the Chinese people. Being called a New Realism writer, Liu Zhen-Yun is also one of the most important writers of New Realism. Actually, this study is of great importance; despite the large number of topics that dealt with the society in contemporary Chinese literature, it is still a subject of debate and discussion, due to the development and changing conditions affecting society. The subject matter of the research is the society’s portrayal in Liu Zhen-Yun's literature, which is perfectly presented through the analysis of the novel "I am Not a Traitor" by the Chinese writer Liu Zhen-Yun. In fact, the study is of great importance in the field of literature in general and Chinese literature in particular. The issues of society are still a prominent concern for the writers since these issues obviously affect their ideas. In his novel "I am Not a Traitor", we find a drawing path towards New Realism by addressing one of the problems facing rural women. In this novel, the author fights reality and depicts life's difficulties. "I am Not a Traitor" is, in fact, the first novel by Liu Zhen-Yun, in which the protagonist is a female character. Besides, the writer expressed what the principles of real life could be, along with a story that seemed to be absurd. Genuinely, the novel has made him a unique realist writer in contemporary literature, as he managed to prove through it and other works that he can perfectly express the era, the -people and the country as well. Nonetheless, the writer has expressed the suffering of rural women by addressing how they are subjected to false divorce, accusation of treason, and their attempts that lasted for years to prove the lie of divorce and their innocence of treason before the courts. As for chapterization, the introduction of the research will include an overview of the features of the contemporary Chinese novel by referring to the works of “Liu Zhen-Yun” and what are the aspects of society in his works. This thesis is divided into three parts, and each part is divided into two chapters. In conclusion, the researcher will clarify the most prominent results of the study.
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