They treat their father with diverse attitudes, such father and son relationship patterns are in the literature as "trial father", "patricide", "worship of Father", "making fun of father", "without Father", "longing for father" and "seeking father".
新时期作家对父亲形象十分关注，对待父亲的态度也是多样的，文学中出现了“审父”、“弑父”、“无父”、“恋父”、“崇父”、“寻父”等多种父子关系形态，形成了复杂而独特的“父与子”结构模式。