Discuss The Contact Between Goethe’s Literary Outlook And Humanism

Goethe’s literary views and humanism are the hot issues in the study of modern academic.In general view of literature and art and humanitarian belong to two different categories.View of literature is literature problem,but humanitarian is philosophical category problem.One is about the study on the essence and characteristics of literature.The other is on the attention and discussion of the personality and characteristics.They are seemingly unrelated in research field,but they put the focus on people as a common point,thus the two have a origin relationship.Their goal and the ultimate value realization run parallel,in order to better understanding of self and better development of self,and then extended to a wider range of more comprehensive understanding and promote on the social.So the human all-round development is the important content of Goethe’s literary view,aso the core of Goethe’s humanitarian thought.Goethe’s literary and artistic thought reflected in the sure of rationality of human nature,the sure of secular life,the sure of the freedom of human will and the rational power of human.Therefore, Goethe’s literary thoughts reveal a strong humanitarian feelings.If only from the generalization of the philosophy embodied in the perspective of culture,Goethe’s humanitarian is monotonous and fall into the stereotypes.We should combine the view of literature to enrich the spirit of humanism connotation.Provide one kind of new angle of view on the existence of human life attitude and the value judgement.Western literature and culture has existed on the essence of human strife.These ideas laid the foundation on the intrinsic communion of Goethe’s humanitarian thought and view of literature and art.In ancient Greece,from the point of view of Philosophy, Pythagoras and Socrates, Platon et al,make a various claims about human nature.And bring in the thinking theory into the field of literature.The ancient Greek literature demonstrate the exploration of the conflict In the human heart.To explore the depth and breadth of human nature in literature.The humanities quality of the spirit of Christian philosophy in the Middle Ages more inclined to the human soul.The resulting Christian literature is different from the ancient Greek tradition.The value pursuit of people and the current concern for people lack of warm humanity.In the literary performance is also showing a human suppression.The Renaissance is the free will of man.New life attitude and life standard pulling people in the way of subversive change of thinking.From the emotion avoidance turn to people self discovery.So in the humanistic environment, literature accept more human emotion.In seventeenth Century, the European royal autocracy period focused on human rationality thought of ancient Rome.People with Rome spirit noble Here, individual emotional replaced by the national will temporarilycharacter often become the affirmation and praise of the preferred of literature,showing a kind of classical rational feelings.The art form of real life force get rid of this bundle imperceptibly,expressing a desire for freedom.In eighteenth Century is the important era of European ideological revolution.The new philosophical concept chang people’s minds from the absolute monarchy of the non-human tendency toward the worship of science and rationality.The authoritative status of rational thought has been confirmed.The Enlightenment penetrated into literature,causing the field of literature advocated "natural",showing a more stick close to the original state of human nature.Enlightenment thought created a profound effect on Goethe.A return to sincere expression of natural in literary creation. And accept the rational thinking of the past.His creation in the understanding of "human" concept beyond the previous generation as well as contemporary writers.Through these studies we can find western humanitarianism have an important effect on Goethe’s conception of literature and art.Also we can find that Goethe’s literary views reflecte humanitarian spirit with the age trajectories.