On Shen Congwen's Liberal View Of Literature And Art: From 1930s To 1940s

Bathing in cultural plural pattern of modern society, Liberal writers lay lots of emphasis on freedom and aesthetics of literary creations. They applaud to be far from politics and be intimate to art, so as to keep the independence of literature. At the meantime, on one hand, they diligently focus on the exploration of universal humanity and artistic creation; on the other hand, they sincerely pursue the subjectivity of literature and its value. Based on this, the writers expect to advocate the individual rights, the development of personality and personal freedom, with the aim to achieve the national freedom. As the representative liberal writer, under the impacts of"literature purifies life"and"literature displays humanities", Shen Congwen bears a unique psychological state in the discussion and exploration of humanities. On account of this, he forms his special pure view of literature and art. In his age, he persistently upholds the freedom of humanities and becomes an eternal model in the thoughts of enlightenments.Under the analysis of Shen's liberal view of literature and art, his freedom spirit and his comprehensive quality perhaps can supply some references for modern intellectuals'introspection and self- checking i.e while they lay stress on their on inner spirit, they should not flatter others only, and also should not be so conservative in the exchange of ideas. In the modern society, the intellectuals enjoy sufficient freedom of thoughts and freedom of speech, every intellectual ought to take responsibility to pursue the reconstruction of his comprehensive quality.