Tian Han's Acceptance And Deviation From Oscar Wilde's Aestheticism

Han Tian was the founder dramatist in Chinese contemporary literature history. Beginning with the drama"the Violin and the Rose"he published a lot of works of New-Romantics gradually. But Han Tian changed his works'style in 1930, he likely to choose the Realism instead of New-Romantics. Especially in his dramas about history, he added much politics elements to them. This paper focused on his earlier New-Romantics style works.In 1916,Han Tian came to Japan to study. In Japan, he accepted the Aestheticism theory of Oscar Wilde and used the theory to write dramas. But Han Tian didn't accepted the theory completely, he reserved the opinion of Realism in some of his dramas and some passages. In totality, Han Tian's works showed the style of New-Romantics more. Because Han Tian was the founder dramatist in Chinese contemporary history, the research about his drama and thoughts was meaningful. Though analyzing the process of how Han Tian accepted Oscar Wilde's Aestheticism, we can learned more about Han Tian's character and literature thoughts, Also we can understood more about external literature theory how effected Chinese writers.In chapter one, the main Aestheticism theory of Oscar Wilde will be explained. And the similar character and life experiences were the important reasons that Han Tian accepted Oscar Wilde's theory.In chapter two, the paper analyzed the Aestheticism elements in Han Tian's works which came from the Oscar Wilde's theory."Literature and Love is the Supreme", the subject of Love and Death and Beauty, and the sense of sentimental and decadent were the main Aestheticism elements in Han Tian's works.In chapter Three, the differences between Han Tian's opinion and Oscar Wilde's theory had been displayed. And the main reasons of the differences were China's critical social circumstances and the traditional Confucian culture which Han Tian accepted.