Agreement On The Aesthetic Ideas

Rousseau was a legendary figure. Shen Congwen also was a legendary figure. Both of them went through all the vicissitudes of life and great changes in writing. Yet the two great minds finally came out to be big successes and left their offspring precious legecies in literature. Rousseau and Shen Congwen, on many aspects, were obviousely different in writing. But more impressive is that they have much in common. This thesis is chiefly a comparative study of their agreement on the aesthetic ideas of romanticism. In the part of introduction, the close relationship between their aesthetic ideas and their life experiences and thoughts is being told. And the body comparatively studies Rouaaeau's and ShenCongwen's romanticism from four points, therefore finding out their agreement on the aesthetic ideas: differentiation in thoughts, doubt in modernism; emphasis on affection, characteristic of romanticism; rebuild of personality, Rousseau and ShenCongwen's art values; return to nature, Rousseau and ShenCongwen's aesthetic ideal.