Sea Beautiful Wind: The Aestheticism Study

Shanghai aestheticism, which pursue artistic supremacy and be attend to sensory pleasure, has an important impact in the 20th Chinese history of literature. However, its research is always mixed together with Beijing aestheticism, or merely on individual authors and individual interpretation of literature corporation, thus lack of an overall observation. In this paper, we first sort out the development vein of Shanghai aestheticism, analysis of its main features, study of its significance in literary history.Aestheticism is not only an art advocate, is a way of life.In the context of Shanghai urban culture of the 20th century 20-30 ages, commercial and consumer characteristics for the production of aestheticism in Shanghai to provide a spiritual soil. The pursuit of aestheticism to the instant pleasure, supreme pleasure of life can easily be recognized in the strong commercial culture of Shanghai. With the introduction of foreign aestheticism, early Chuang Zao Societies holding a banner of art for art's sake, Li Jinfa's decadent factors of symbolist poetry and the exploration of beauty of late XinYue School, is all filled with some characteristics of aestheticism. And Zhang Jingsheng's declaration on the "sex" and "beauty" promoted the aesthetic movement of daily life. Together, they opened the curtain of Shanghai aestheticism. In the late 20s and early 30s,Shanghai aestheticism entering its peak period.Shao Xunmei,Teng Gu,Zhang Kebiao and a number of writers around the Shi Hou Societies and Jin Wu bookstore, They openly declared that find out the beauty from the ugly, find out pleasant from boredom, reflects a distinct aesthetic tendencies. Meanwhile, Ye Lingfeng who founded Huan Societies,Zeng Pu, Zeng Xubai of ZhenMeiShan magazine and Zhu Weiji Fang Xin and Lin Weiyin of Green Societies, they put the sense of literature and the decadent mood as a common goal, sound and color, fire and meat as a conscious pursuit of the artistic realm, led a unique taste of literary aestheticism wave. In 1930s New Sense School and Modern Poetry,and the 1940s Xu Xu, Wu Mingshi,who represented the late Romantic School writers, aestheticism reflect the characteristics of the transition to modernism.Decadent and unrestrained,emphasis on the enjoyment of the senses is a common trend of Shanghai aestheticism writers shows , also is their differences with Beijing aestheticism characteristics which rational control detachment, focusing on the spirit of fun enjoyment.Shanghai aestheticism and the Left Wing literature also exists complex relation as the representatives of different classes and different positions.Therefore, Shanghai aestheticism more clearly demonstrate the significance and value in the comparison with Beijing aestheticism and the relationship of left Wing literature.Shanghai aestheticism is a content-rich research topic. It has not only enriched the creative achievements of modern literature, but also has an important influence in the new period of literature. In the return to art itself, the exploration of art in its own laws, many writers draw on the spirit of Shanghai aestheticism,appeared in a number of literary writing with aesthetic tendencies and aesthetic atmosphere. In general, Shanghai aestheticism who grew up under the influence of European culture and American culture, had occupied a remarkable position of literary because of its strong sense of color and decadent spirit in 20-30 ages. It uses "beauty" as a tool against the traditional and pursuit of individuality and freedom,these show the same spirit of May Fourth Enlightenment. It presents the aesthetic form of life,comes with an absurd experience in the decadent,all contains a certain quality of modernism, had played a leading role in place of modern literature in Chinese production. The emphasis on the aesthetics of literature thoroughly liberates the literature from political and in the moral fetter. These are all had a profound effect on the 20th century Chinese literature.