Walter Benjamin’s View Of Truth, And Criticism Theory

Criticism,as a discipline, never gets rid of the shadow of the text since the emergence of it.The traditional criticism, which is attached to the activity of the text, is comment and appreciation of text, and therefore it has no independent status. One of the contributions of Walter Benjamin is that he placed the criticism in the position of discovering truth, and at the same time gave a certain kind of mantra to the literature under his theory of truth. Criticism, in Walter Benjamin’s view, has the initiative and subjectivity of finding truth, and the status of literary also will be improved. Literature is no longer a simple tool to "promote the good" in the distinction from the true, the good and the beautiful, but the truth and the beauty themselves. The text starts from Walter Benjamin’s The Origin of German Tragic Drama-Epistemology--Critical Preface, basing on his doctoral thesis——The Concept of German Romanticism Art Criticism, Charles BaudelairP-A Lyrric Poet in the Era of High Cpita-lism and Arcades Project, and explored the his epistemology and criticism gradually from Walter Benjamin himself.Firstly, Walter Benjamin made a clear distinction between truth and knowledge, and the latter is an external chart deductive system,presenting a subjective role, and can’t treat the truth as an exotic thing and "capture" it. The truth exists and infiltrate within the text, They will not automatically appear, but only be characterized through the relational structure of "constellation" and "list", and be characterized through the philosophy. Philosophy is not a solid ideal content, but a process with a combination of the constant motion of the phenomenon and the concept. Philosophy characterized themselves as well as the text truth. In the view of Benjamin, each text contains elements of truth, and all of the text together represent a final overall "philosophy of art".Secondly, based on the text of view of truth, Walter Benjamin’s criticism put forward the concept of system of reflection. Art concept is an absolute medium form of reflection, and criticism is a reflection of art media. On the one hand, reflect on the reflection determines the criticism is on the text of the concept of criticism, but also to its form; On the other hand, Criticism is messianic redemption, and the concept of criticism is focusing on the current dimension and the process of rethinking in things themselves. Criticism itself presents a simple existence of struggle, such as a coin or a side of paper, one side is calm,the other side is struggle. Art criticism of literary criticism and social criticism of the text like the isomorphism. Art criticism is aimed at all truth elements out of text phenomenon. Criticism and text together flash with the saved truth elements.In the Walter Benjamin’s criticism, Baudelaire and Galleria have become the most shining "constellation" stars, and the "dialectical images" of the focused criticism. Baudelaire and Galleria are all collections of truths, the ideas, the constellation, ans lists, and their shadows has been wandering in Benjamin’s text. Benjamin’s philosophy of criticism is also good at continuous circular argument with the similar concept terms in the characterization process. On the one hand, is the need to express the concept of "interactive proof he circulatory system", on the other hand, there are constant struggles and extensions between these concepts because of differences of the nuances, the performance of which in itself is also a reflection of the infinite.After its constant struggles and extensions, the final show of the philosophy of art and concept of criticism will become more quiet and moving.Walter Benjamin’s thought of "criticism" is obviously a critical dimension, which have an overturning effect on capitalist edifice. Reflecting on the reflection determines the process of cognition is the motion of "Origin is the goal". Thus the linear historical view of progress here in Walter Benjamin is untenable, and the angel of history is the God of fate for all human beings. Walter Benjamin’s insight about Satan on both sides directly revealed that only can the devil God and playboy hero save the people in modern society; The way of salvation can only be a criticism, which is ongoing suspension automated and cold. Ultimately, Benjamin’s concept of criticism has God’s revelation of light. Thus Walter Benjamin’s view of criticism completely has the significance and value to excavate in contemporary Criticism and Literary Theory...