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On Shen Congwen's Life Aesthetic Value

Posted on:2007-10-12Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H ChenFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360212456927Subject:Literature and art
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To plunge into the thick of Shen Congwen's spiritual world and writing intension, it is much better to study on him imperspective of his life aesthetics. From the twenties when he first set foot in literary world to the end of the forties he stopped writing, he always takes those old saying but also updated subject such as life, living and fate as the main theme of his work. In Shen Congwen's theory, if people who love whatever they have in their life, he must find "beauty" in life, and also "God". Beauty is everywhere around people while the meaning of life is finding that "God exists inside life", in this case, Shen Congwen pointed out "Beauty Lives in life", which is also an life aesthetics. This article tries to comb his works, and elucidates is the fundamental connotation of the value of life aesthetics, presentation in the composition, value and its progressive meanings.There are three chapters in this paper. The first section in chapter one emphasizes on the connotation of the value of life aesthetics. Shen Congwen argued that life, something belongs to honorable idea and noble sentiment, must surpass the facet of living and the essential attribute of life is the persistent pursuing of abstract "love" and "beauty". The second section in chapter one mainly discusses how his value forms and develops. It mainly explains from four aspects including his unique life experience, the influence of the Song of the south and the Sao style, the effect of the Taoist school of thought, and the implication of western culture to him. The third chapter elucidates the presentation of life aesthetics in his works. Combining his literary view and his works, paper gives deep analysis. In his novel, the life aesthetic is completely presented ranging from the material of Xiang Xi world and material of modern city. In Xiang Xi, he expressed his pursue to love and beauty of life, whereas, in the metropolis, he attacked it ugliness to set off the cheerfulness of the life in the Xiang Xi by contrast. In the last chapter, mainly on the progressive meaning and value of his life aesthetics and this article introduces the ideas and methods of post-modern times ecology aesthetics to re-estimate the value and the progressive significance of his life value.
Keywords/Search Tags:Shen Congwen, life aesthetics, humane beauty, value of nature
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