Irrational In Literature And Art Research

In the course of creation, irrational phenomenon exists widely. But generally speaking, the study of irrational can't be satisfied. Seeing from the exterior cause, it is the tendency of narrow ideology and rationalism centralization that suppress the study. Seeing from the interior cause, the. irrational itself as a complex mentality phenomenon is difficult to state by scientific method and the way of logic language. As a flowing river of life, it runs out of the order and the sequence, but it continuously control the artist's creation secretly.The study of irrational creation function begins with the formation of the concept, In fact, explanation of previous irrational concept goes to two extremes. Scholars with negative attitude looked irrational as sexual passion by preserving prejudice of Plato's style. Its corrupting public morals evil consequence is repelled naturally by rational. The other extreme clearly transferred the idea from the western irrationalism, which regard irrational as the noumenon of life and the essence of the world. Irrational is the solo power that controls the movement of cosmos. The study of balance thesis only wavers in the pulling force of rational and irrational. In our opinion from the surface layer meaning, irrational is a collective concept, which is called by a joint name of the subconscious, imagination and intuition etc. From the deep layer meaning, irrational as the essence-power begins with man's original desire to realize his free will using life impulse. During the course of creativity, irrational has the characters of overturning and establishing, difference and unrepetition, suddenly appearing and easily changing, unconscious and illogic, emotion and unsaying.For giving the legitimizing theory space to irrational, it's necessary to deal with the relationship between rational and irrational. Their relationship neither fails into Confucian traditional old pattern of using rational to control emotion, nor chooses irrationalism concept of using irrational to replace rational. The two are the dialogue relationship which is tolerant, free and opening. They are eachusing the other for his own ends. Also, they are supplying and completing each other and inseparable during the course of creation. This fresh dialogue relationship is the overturning to the thought of dualism. It surmounted impetuous function theory, rank theory and ethics valuable judging. The two are mutual intermediary and changing from each other. They also exist in specific sector contradictory. At last, they integrate to human being's free will. It realizes people's the highest freedom-creative freedom by the impelling of the free will, which completely realized human being's latent energy. And it is the peak experience of the creative main body.Deep studying the irrational creative structure is also the organic section of studying irrational creative function. Irrational as a whole, its function is bigger than the sum of section's function. Irrational is made up of two parts, which are drive-power structure and form structure. The drive-power structure is made up of the subconscious, which lies in the deepest layer of creative main body mentality. It is not only the creative basic drive-power, but also the information memory space. In the territory of the irrational, sexual passion is infiltrating the main body's experience and knowledge information. And it pushes the artists to seek the highest aesthetic target.The form structure of irrational is made up of inspiration, imagination and intuition. The three all regard the subconscious as the force. They contact each other and display differently. Inspiration holds imagination and emotion, which is the special leap state of creative activity, and is the perfect experience of creative power. The artists transcend phenomenon sphere by imagination, which makes a latent thing to be appeared, and makes the artists enter the unreal artistic world to dialogue with themselves. Intuition which is puncturing force of soul, is instantaneous and spontaneous, direc...