Positive Response To Social Transformation And Artistic Fissio

Benjamin was an influential literary theorist in the West in the 20 th century and one of the important representatives of Western Marxism.With a keen poetic mind and an open academic mind,he is good at capturing the artistic landscape that has changed with the transformation of society,and responds positively from a Marxist standpoint.In the face of new social phenomena and literary and artistic phenomena,Benjamin can understand them historically and dialectically,objectively point out their problems,explore their value,think about their impact,and recognize the inevitability of art changing with social transformation,rather than looking at literature and art in the abstract and empty.This kind of literary and artistic research posture that directly faces social transformation and artistic fission deserves further analysis.The first chapter explores Benjamin’s insight into the signs of artistic fission.Benjamin has an artistic perception beyond ordinary people,and can keenly capture the signals of artistic fission.As early as 1925,when he wrote the book “The Origin of German Tragedy”,he saw the signs of artistic fission from 17th-century German sad dramas,believing that in the era of feudal royal rule and classicism,rebellious and unconventional modernity factors had emerged.Benjamin believes that the 17th-century mourning drama has a certain isomorphic relationship with the modernist art of the 20 th century,that is,the “allegorical”expression and meaning core of brokenness,deformation and exaggeration,and the transmutation from “symbolic” art to “allegorical” art in the 17 th century is an advance preview of the fission of modern art replacing traditional art in the 20 th century.Chapter 2 analyzes Benjamin’s revelation and grasp of the historical trend of modern art replacing traditional art.If the replacement of symbolic art by “allegorical” art in the 17 th century was the germ of artistic fission,then the replacement of traditional art by modern art in the 20 th century was the large-scale arrival of artistic fission.In the face of the decline of traditional art and its “auro”,Benjamin felt regret and reluctance,while at the same time realizing that this was an inevitable change brought about by the replication of technological progress,industrialization and social transformation.In the face of the “shocking” experience brought by modern art,Benjamin tried to explore the revolutionary function and redemptive meaning from the perspective of modern suddenness,strangeness and revolution,and strive to tap positive value from modern art.Chapter 3 explains Benjamin’s positive attitude towards the relationship between technology and art.In the face of the rapid development of technology,most researchers are concerned about the harm of technology to art,but in addition to acknowledging the negative effects of technology,Benjamin focuses on exploring and revealing the positive effects of technology on art.First of all,technology promotes the popularization of art by expanding the expressive content of art,the scope of dissemination and the perceived world of the recipient.Second,technology reshapes the subjectivity of artistic creation by transforming viewers and participants into creators and resolving the conflict between political and aesthetic tendencies.Chapter 4 reflects on the enlightenment of Benjamin’s literary thought on contemporary Chinese literary and artistic research.Since the new era of China,society,literature and art have been constantly changing,so Benjamin’s dialectical posture and rational path of actively responding to social transformation and artistic fission are of great enlightening significance to China.In the face of emerging cultural phenomena,they should be viewed dialectically and objectively;In the face of the current situation of Chinese literary and art research...