The Purport Of Revolution:a Stylistic Study Of The Communist Manifesto

As a classical text of Marxist theory,The Communist Manifesto(after referred to as the "Manifesto")plays an important role in human ideological history,and still has immeasurable value today.The idea of this booklet is highly scientific and predictable,which has profoundly changed the course of human history.At the same time,the style of the Manifesto is creative and unique as a presentation form of ideological content.No style can be created out of thin air.The stylistic creation of the Manifesto has a specific background.First of all,before the Manifesto was born,manifesto was closely related to political turmoil.Especially in the French Revolution,the manifesto provided an effective propaganda paradigm for the revolutionary struggle.Secondly,in Europe in the 1840s,influenced by the French Revolution and the British Industrial Revolution,the society had undergone drastic changes,and the literary and artistic creation showed a political,realistic and critical orientation.Furthermore,Marx and Engels both have high literary and artistic accomplishment.Marx,in particular,has a keen sense of style and noticed that style can be used as a weapon for political struggle.In addition,the stylistic creation of the Manifesto has gone through twists and turns.From the text writing of"Three Easy Manuscripts",to the supplement of seven preambles,and then to the translation,publication and dissemination of different language versions,the Manifesto finally completed its stylistic creation.The Manifesto has a unique style that combines the form of manifesto,theater structure and poetic language.From the genre point of view,manifesto is a positive genre,showing the characteristics of futuristic semantic orientation,immediate call for action and argumentative rhetoric.From the structural point of view,Manifesto creates a"theatrical" text space,which is mainly reflected in the following aspects:First,Manifesto has an imperceptible way of dramatic communication that the speaker and listeners are present at the same time,and the sending and receiving of information take place at the same time.Second.Manifesto created a "visual" perception picture by showing the real process of history and the urgent picture of revolutionary struggle.Third,the drama of the Manifesto is concentrated in the conflict between the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.As the most important personified subjects in the Manifesto,the bourgeoisie and the proletariat played dialectical and complicated stage roles.From the language point of view,the Manifesto uses more metaphors,repetitions and questions,forming a structured speech,recursive emphasis and passionate satire,enhancing the perceptual factors and literary charm,and constituting the poetic language features of the text.The great value of the style of Manifesto is constantly highlighted in the historical evolution.With the translation,publication and dissemination of the Manifesto in the world,more people pay attention to its genre.Various radical groups,individuals and political parties also began to write manifestos to launch political campaigns.Especially in the socialist revolution and feminist movement,manifesto became a common genre.The influence of the style of the Manifesto has also penetrated into the field of literature and art.At the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century,a large number of artistic declarations appeared in the modernist art movement.Especially avant-garde artists,they used manifesto as a weapon to legalize art and promoted the innovation of artistic concept.In addition,the style of the Manifesto has certain enlightening significance.For artistic practice,on the one hand,artistic works should not only pay attention to the innovation of form,but also deliberately pursue the break with the old form;On the other hand,the unity of content and form of artistic works can better lead the new era fashion under the background of mass culture.For the"post-revolutionary" era,the logic of market has replaced the logic of political revolution.The Manifesto calls for the realization of human liberation through political revolution,and at present," Aesthetic revolution" may become a new way to change the world and realize human liberation.