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On Life Aesthetics Value In Chi Zijian's Novels

Posted on:2009-06-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:H Y XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360242995043Subject:Chinese Modern and Contemporary Literature
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During the history of contemporary literature, Chi Zijian's creative strength cannot be neglected though she is not much-talked writer. Relying on rigorous and exquisite wordsmanship, Chi Zijian finds her place gradually in the literary scene, and attracts the critic and reader's attention for long. The critics pay great attention to study and comment on theme, content, cultural philosophy and tradition of native novel of her short stories. But it is rare for critics to study her aesthetics in terms of the life aesthetics value. In terms of literature, life and art aesthetics are connected with each other, art is the form of life; life is the eternal theme of art. Through the summary of life aesthetics value in Chi Zijian's novels, the thesis aims at emphasizing significance of art aesthetic on her novel study, and showing the connection of life and art in her works. During the specific discoursing process, demonstrative method is the integration of close reading and aesthetic study. Specifically, the article mainly consists of two parts:The first chapter focuses on the basic concept of Chi Zijian's life aesthetics value. I will make a full-scale exposition of the life proposition Chi Zijian proposed, and discuss the life factors and cultural factors that influence her life aesthetic value. First of all, Chi Zijian thinks everything has its spirituality; human beings should show their feeling of awe and love to life. The life keeps going on between the alternation of living and death. Beside memory and reality existence, we also have the imagination to life. No matter what form the life is, the value of life lies in the pursuit of "warmness and love". Secondly, Chi Zijian's life aesthetics value established on a pre-established structure with intentionality is influenced by her experiences, background of growth and multi-culture and so on. During the development of her aesthetics value, childhood memories, geographical culture and the spirit of the accumulation of culture play critical roles.Chapter II describes Chi Zijian's novel charm about life. She pays great attention to take on the vitality of object in her novel. Studying her creation in different periods, we believe that Chi Zijian makes great achievements on how to write a unique life. Her works has the intelligence breath and the poetic sentiment artistic atmosphere than cannot be separated from her deep study on art form. Chi Zijian's aesthetic consciousness firstly performs in her writing position. She insists on"the back window stands", therefore she created the different aesthetic value and a plain, poetic world in her novels. Behind the tragic narrative, it is persistence of ideal life, which expresses on the shape of the images and daily life, but also on the ingenious use of colorful language and the setting up of aesthetic imagery.Pursuing warmness and love, the keynote of Chi zijian's life aesthetics, runs through her pursuit of individual life which exceeds sexual freedom. Pursuing is a road full of poetic life. From the beginning to the end, Chi Zijian devotes himself to emphasize meaning of life and value. Tender sentiments style becomes one of characteristics of her works, she tries to find a meet point between tragedy and warmth, which is the reason for her not being out of creative predicament...
Keywords/Search Tags:Chi Zijian, life aesthetic value, art aesthetics
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