Junichiro Tanizaki On Inheritance And Development Of Western Aestheticism

Junichiro Tanizaki is one of the leading writers of Japanese Aestheticism Literature with his long literary career. Under the influence of the trend of thought in aestheticism, Junichiro Tanizaki went on the way to "art for art's sake" and "aestheticism first" and he is soaked in the worship of the beauty of female senses. Junichiro Tanizaki realized the breakthrough on the research of "foreign country"and advocated "the evil is closer to beauty than the good". In order to seek the realization of "art" and "beauty", he spares himself in getting the inspiration in creation from "ugliness", "illness" and "degeneration", while, compared with Charles Pierre Baudelaire,Oscar Wilde,Walter pater, Junichiro Tanizaki lacks the rational thinking and his works were limited in the surface of sensual stimulation, which leaves him reach am impasse of the strange circle of the demonism. However, when the literature of the demonism fell to a low, Junichiro Tanizaki reconsidered his thoughts of creation, and he started to realize that the creation of western aestheticism Literature is constructed on the basis of the grand classical German philosophy, enabling that the creation of western aestheticism Literature has the cultural cornerstone. He believes that Japanese Aestheticism Literature should regress to Japanese traditional esthetic. He took positive factors from west Fixed pattern of life,concealment aesthetic,Kansai Bunraku puppet and so on, he created a great deal of works, such as《The Makioka Sisters》,《Syunkinsyou》, trying to digest and mix the contradictions between the west and east, tradition and modern. His works comply with the principles of the western aestheticism about beauty, and he extends his writing style to Japanese tradition. His works embody the deep thing\king about tradition, and open the new field for aestheticism literature in Japan. Hence, his literature works not only make it possible to keep step with the world development, but also provide a study and research pattern for Chinese literature. This paper uses the first-hand materials as the foundation, and combines with the research results of experts and bases on the theories of the philosophy of aestheticism and esthetic. This paper gives a detail analysis of the course of development of Japanese Aestheticism Literature and the features of Japanese esthetic. This paper focuses on the writer Junichiro Tanizaki in the history of Japanese modern literature, discussing the experience of Junichiro Tanizaki and analyzing the impact of western trend of aestheticism on Junichiro Tanizaki, and at the meantime this paper hackles the idea of the road of the return to traditional beauty after disillusionment of western worship. The writer concludes the philosophy of life and the value and the art of Junichiro Tanizaki in order to highlight his value and historical importance in Japanese modern literature, and finally the paper gives a fair and objective evaluation over his contributions.