Discrimination On Qu Qiubai’s Idea Of Popularization Of Literature And Art

May4th New culture movement is the first step of China literature modernization. It is a literary initiatory movement,which views"democracy" and "science" as the oriflamme.While the left-wing revolutionary literature views "popularization" as oriflamme in the1930s. The left-wing revolutionary authors paid attention to the mass and exhumed their revolutionary positivity. They emphasized the ideology and educational function of literature.They demanded that the literature firstly should be accepted by the mass and then "arm" the mass with proletarian ideology. It was a specialty of the left-wing literature,and also was the important content of the movement of the proletarian revolutionary literature.Qu Qiubai’s contribution is enormous in this movement, who has studied every aspect of "the popularization of literature and art" by the numbers.He has indited personally again.But in the process of "popularization", if he only emphasize the politicization instead of literary rule and aesthetic value? Whether "popularization "contain the factor of "advance the mass"? How did this phenomena engender? This paper deals with the germination and advance of his idea of the popularization of literature and art from wide historical angle.The keystone is a research of his specialty on dealing with literature,since he is a revolutionary leader as well as a litterateur.He telegraphed the complex of intellectual in the movement of popularization of literature and art.The detailed points of this paper is as follows:Foreword:The topic is a summary retrospection about the research of Qu Qiubai’s art theory at home and abroad. His works and art theory were evaluated high in the1920s, but during the1950s it became a forbidden zone. Since the new period,the research about Qu Qiubai’s theory studied from various views and acquired great advancement. Moreover,it bringed the attention from abroad. There are some researches on his popularization of literature and art, but few scholar analyse"advance the mass" carefully which unfolds in "popularization".The reason is his double identity as revolutionary and intellectual.Chapter I:The forming background about Qu Qiubai’s idea of popularization of literature and art. Although there’s nearly no relation between his natal class and his idea of literary and artistic,his early life has affected his ideas gradually. Because of his "scholar-bureaucrat" family, he brought up the original taste and well-knit accomplishment on literature.When the family came down,he experienced goodness and hardship from the lower mass.Studying ascensive ideas in school,he seeded heart with retrieval nation and revolution.Chapter Ⅱ:The foreign resource about Qu Qiubai’s idea of popularization of literature and art. When he gone to Beijing,he passed the exam on Russian special school.After that,he explored Russian complexion as newspaper office’s reporter.In this period,he was affected deep by Russian literature and culture.The tradition of regarding real-life and lower zilch given him elicitation.In Russia, he learned the Marxism-Leninism by the numbers,which he realize simply in May4th. At this time,he understand their iterary and artistic thought ulteriorly.The foreign resource strongly influenced his idea of popularization of literature and art.Chapter Ⅲ:The mention and outline about Qu Qiubai’s idea of popularization of literature and art.When he came back,he has been working actively at literature and revolutionary line, there was some primary thinking about popularization. During he participated in the left-wing literature, he formed the idea of popularization that has a self-contained system.He expatiated on language、 style、 intent、 technique and measure, and also attempted to write some articles about popularization.He has made great contribution to the development of left-wing literature.Chapter Ⅳ:Discrimination on Qu Qiubai’s idea of popularization of literature and art. This chapter is the centra part of this paper. In the twice argumentations of "the popularization of literature and art",the controversialists often got into contrary condition as a result of their double identity as revolutionary and intellectual. Ever and again they represented the trend of "advance the mass".Although Qu Qiubai’s literary and artistic thought emphasize revolution and class consciousness, he considered the things on the side of litterateur unconsciously.In the emphasis of "popularization" also contain the thought of "advance the mass",this is just the profound and glittery points on his theory.China’s literature requires "popularization" as well as "advance the mass".Concluding:Today, all the same,Qu Qiubai’s literary and artistic thought has important meaning for realism.Under commercial media operating, It plays a important role for reversing and resisting the recreational and vulgar trend of "popular literature ".The "popular literature"should enrich mass spirit,lead mass making for higher taste. It’s unmerited to possess market share by depending on "vulgar trend"...