The Influence Of Noble Aesthetic Consciousness On Modern Chinese Literature

The noble aesthetic interests placed significant influence on people of other estates through an insuperable means, and simultaneously, were stabilized as the collective unconsciousness of the society as a whole. To begin with, the noble aesthetic consciousness is generally defined as an artistic pursuit of formal novelty in the process of composition and appreciation, as well as of elegance and delicacy in the content with creative spirits. However, it played as a two-edged sword to the development of Modern Chinese Literature. The interaction of noble aesthetic consciousness and popular (popularization) aesthetic consciousness, both of which play an important role on the Chinese traditional culture, has achieved the brilliance of Chinese ancient civilization, consequently, has brought impacts on the direction of Modern Chinese Literature. In a word, noble aesthetic consciousness promotes the improvement of the aesthetic character of Modern Chinese Literature. The influence, placed by the noble aesthetic consciousness on the Modern Chinese Literature, is represented in the noble enlighten consciousness, endowing themselves with the commanding spiritual posture and heaven-born responsibilities and regarding the populace as the uncivilized people who need to be enlighten. This aesthetic consciousness of strong utilitarianism is consistent with the modern literature, as well as interrelated with the tradition of Chinese ancient poems. Misery and compassion in the noble aesthetic consciousness, which are the important characters of Modern Literature, did not decline as a result of the anti-tradition of the May Fourth Movement, on the contrary, showed powerful vigor in the turbulent society, especially in the historical period when the nation were suffering from the choice for survival or perdition. Pursuing the literary aesthetics and formal innovation is the important embodiment of the noble aesthetic consciousness of new literature. The pioneers of new literature found that excessive emphasis of the utility in the course of literary popularization injures the literature itself, held that the literary aesthetic characteristic can not be ignored, and emphasized that the aesthetic characteristic of the literature should maintain constantly the particular character of the modern one. Though studying the influence placed by the noble aesthetic consciousness on the Modern Chinese Literature, the inherent reason of the development of Modern Chinese Literature would be exposed more clearly.