The Aesthetic Consciousness Of Shen Congwen's Literary Criticism

In the history of the literary criticism in the 1930s of China , the literature view and opinion of Shen Congwen (1902- 1988 ), compared with other critic and writer, are very unique . It is deserved the close attention of us.The study on him entered a kind of steady state in the 1990s, through from the appraisal of Xia Zhiqing in the 1960s to " fever for Shen Congwen " later on, and these are mainly concentrated on research of his works. This thesis attempts to do a more comprehensive representing to Shen Congwen's literary criticism, proceeds from aesthetic consciousness angle that Shen Congwen's literary criticism contains, to explain the unique glamour of Shen Congwen's literary criticism. Discovered through this thesis, the aesthetic consciousness that we find the whole is running through in Shen Congwen's literary criticism, shown as the only beautiful makings, appropriate , harmonious literature skill. In the aesthetic activity, Shen Congwen still fully pays attention to subject consciousness and meaning of reader's link. Certainly, he regards being aesthetic as a kind of realm of life, regards the aesthetic activity of literature as the individual life activity alive, and represents the life as literature aesthetic ideal. In a word, his literary criticism has already opened thinking heads, had sober and conscientious subject consciousness, Seeing the realistic character of literature, respecting the aesthetic character of literature and artistic law too. We can fully draw lessons from Shen Congwen's literary criticism , and work hard for structuring the literary criticism to suit for the Chinese's aesthetic characteristic even more.