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"The Tale Of Genji" And The Japanese Aesthetics Of Literature And Art

Posted on:2010-01-08Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2155360275459106Subject:Comparative Literature and World Literature
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Japan's classic, "The Tale of Genji" is an encyclopedia of traditional Japanese aesthetics, but also as a Japanese culture to cultural influences from the Han and Tang Dynasties "and morals," an important symbol. Japanese culture and Chinese culture, although there are many similarities in appearance, but the nature of the differences between the two. This article seeks to traditional Japanese aesthetics from the idea of "aesthetic", "pity", "Huayan" three to "The Tale of Genji" as the text of the Sino-Japanese literature to explore the enormous difference between the traditional aesthetic. The full text include the following: Chapter I "the context of a book" introduces the Heian Period "and the soul Hancai" with the wind of the completion of culture; Paleozoic era "Jomon culture" with the native Japanese culture; and the Department of writer's Purple Life and creative environment. Sought from the above three parts of "The Tale of Genji," the unique aesthetic characteristics of the formation of the root causes. Chapter II "aesthetic feelings," highlights the main analysis of works of art aesthetic characteristics, and the Sino-Japanese literature and the relationship between political alienation, and explore the Japanese literature of the aesthetic characteristics close to nature. Chapter III "feeling pity" First of all great works of the "complex grief" of the Japanese literary tradition, and then discussed the related works in the image on the evening of literary significance of the different emotions, and then tap the Japanese nation upholds death unique culture. Chapter IV, "Huayan feelings," the main characteristic of the Heian Period in the literature of the aristocratic idea of the phenomenon of the formation of lecherous and literature of Sino-Japanese "Erotic" differences in ethical values; final lecherous ideas from Japan in the formation of the reasons for focusing on the art of Buddhism in Japan aesthetic aesthetic qualities of another. Chapter IV, "Huayan feelings," the main characteristic of the Heian Period in the literature of the aristocratic idea of the phenomenon of the formation of lecherous and literature of Sino-Japanese "Erotic" differences in ethical values; final lecherous ideas from Japan in the formation of the reasons for focusing on the art of Buddhism in Japan aesthetic aesthetic qualities of another. The above discussion we can see that "The Tale of Genji," the birth of fully preserved and carried forward the glorious culture of the Han and Tang Dynasties and the traditional values of Chinese civilization at the same time, and always forget to establish their own national traditions so that the true course of Japanese Literature "and weathering, "the road. Development experience in the Japanese literature tells us that good literature is not only to absorb the world's peoples and the essence of the geographical literature, but also in the national and local production and the development of the region, in both the interwoven in the collision and fusion in order to colorful show. "Be good at learning, without losing self" has become the Japanese nation the remarkable development of a mode of thinking. This paper attempts from "The Tale of Genji," embodied in the concept of literary aesthetics in Japan once again to examine the experience of Japanese literature, interpret the spirit of the Japanese nation, in-depth understanding of Japanese culture, and cultural development of local inspiration.
Keywords/Search Tags:"The Tale of Genji", aesthetic pity, Huayan
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