Realistic theme and historical theme are two relative theme concepts, with time as the dividing standard. Real subject matter is rich in information. Strong sense of the times and profound practical significance. In the process of creation, we should pay attention to reflecting the mainstream of real life and give readers confidence and encouragement.

Realistic theme is a literary creation term. Reflect the theme of real life. Refers to people and things selected from real life and social changes. In the report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, it was clearly pointed out that "we should strengthen the creation of realistic themes and constantly introduce masterpieces of the party, the motherland, the people and heroes."

Historical theme is a term of literary creation, which refers to the theme describing historical events and historical figures. Although historical events and historical figures are selected from historical materials, once the author processes and refines them, he can dig out new ideas.

Realistic theme creation

Judging from the actual situation of artistic creation at present, realistic theme creation has gradually become the mainstream army, and critic Wang Jinyu thinks that this fully reflects everyone's concern for reality.

However, there are still many people who misunderstand and misjudge the creation of realistic themes to a certain extent. They will directly use the narrow sense of western realistic artistic creation to guide and measure realistic theme creation with paranoid eyes, equate realistic theme creation with realistic theme creation simply, confuse realistic theme artistic creation with realistic painting, or understand it as realistic artistic creation.