On Shen Congwen's Literary Criticism Style

Shen congwen is a great master in art and literature who deals with literary creation andliterary criticism, the unusual ingenuity literary criticism style of Shen congwen had greatinfluence in 1930s and 1940s. This article will discuss Shen congwen's criticism feature fromthree aspects: First, this article considers "felicity'and "humanity"to be Shen congwen's twocriticism standards. The "felicity"aesthetics standard embodiments Shen congwen'srecognition for literary artistry, and the "humanity"ideological and moral standardembodiments Shen congwen's continuation of ideology of "May 4th"which cultivates thenature of men and aesthetic education ideology. And this article still points out the differencebetween Shen congwen's "humanity"standard and Liang shiqiu's "theory of human nature".Second, this article discusses Shen cingwen's criticism method, the combination of aestheticappreciation and rational inferrer. Shen congwen regards literary criticism as a process ofappreciation, analysis, judgment, and communication. He spreads his literary criticismactivities through three ways and three processes; they are aesthetic intuitive appreciation andrealization, and comparative orientate vertically and horizontally, and society and mentalityprospect. This makes his literary criticism different from the society historical criticism whichstands on the mainstream and impressionism theory of Li jianwu. Third, this article alsodiscusses Shen congwen's diversify and prose poetic criticism literary form. The literarycriticism of Shen congwen has manifold criticism literary form, for example, thesis, andsketches, and epistle, and preface and postscript, and afterword, and critical biography. Andhis prose poetic literary form mainly expresses on free and flexible structure, great variety offigures of speech, concise and vivid character freehand brushwork, simple and lifelike andelegant language. The unique style of shen congwen's literary criticism is formed justedbecause the coincidence and unity of the above three aspects.