Analysis Of The Theory "Art As A Tool" During The 20 Century

Considering the theroy"art as a tool" is an important view in the 20s century in China,it consider the literature as the tool of the practical political,and the characters and independence of literature can be ignored comparing the politic.This view had the brilliant time,also had been cast aside and critical.This view played a positive role in teh development of china's society and arts,but it also had a negative impact to our country's arts.Therefore,this article seeks information in reference to existing research on the basis of literary and artistic tools to start the topic of discussion,and analysis of the 20th century,the history of Chinese literature on the tools of literary and artistic point of view and debate.Not only analysis the history in vertical,but also take the analysis of the theoretical level in horizontal,and study the formation,development,growth history and the demise of the underlying reasons.Expect the introduction and conclusion,the full text is divided into three chapters.First outline the theroy "art as a tool" as a general overview,and explain the studying background,writing ideas and research significance of this article.The first chapter:discussing the influence of the social situation of the 20 century on the arts theories and Literary and artistic creation.It consisted of four parts.The first, in the late Qing Dynasty,our country faced the danger of national subjugation and genocide.The second,the social was in danger following the class struggle and arts creation faced the international situation that the World Proletariat Revolution was very fierce.The third,the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war triggered ethnic.The fourth,the proletariat declare the foundation of a new regime.The second chapter:discussing the ideological and culture roots of the formation, development and evolution of the theory "art as a tool".The first,our cultural tradition such as "arts and politics united","arts served administration","arts and idea united" influenced the theory "arts as a tool" potentially.The second,the popularity of utilitarianism and the lack of humanistic spirit fostered the appearance of the theory. The third,foreign arts theories' influence on domestic theory,such as church literature theory and Japanese politics novels in the late Qing Dynasty,enlightenment literature theory in Wusi period,and international proletariat literature theory and Marxist literature theory and so on.The third chapter:giving a clear description about the formation,development and evolution of the theory "art as a tool" during the 20 century.And it is divided into four parts.The first,in the late Qing Dynasty,Liang Qichao advocated that the novels should reflect politics and emphasized the influence of arts on the politics.And later,in Wusi period,the enlightenment stressed arts as a tool of enlightenment.The second,in Zuoyi period,writers underlined "revolution literature",and they use arts as a tool of revolution.The third,in the face of the Sino-Japanese war,it was declared arts should do help to the resistance to the war.And later,arts served the Workers,peasants, soldiers in yan'an area,served the politics during the first 17 years of the New China, served Class Struggle in the Cultural Revolution.The fourth,arts were asked to serve the Socialist and the people.Conclusion:after discussing the theory and its influence on literature creation,the traditional and modern signification of the theory,we can think over the theory was right or wrong,and give an appropriate evaluation about it.At last,we can make use of it.