A Comparative Study Of Gadamer's Play Theory

Gadamer raises play to the ontological level and carries out a new interpretation of play from the ontological viewpoint through his critiques of Kant,Schiller,Spencer,and Guerus' s play theory,He re-establishes the subjective position of the play itself.Gadamer greatly promotes the status of the audience in the activities of play.Play is a way of the existence of art.It is also a way of human existence.Bakhtin,Freud,Piaget make a detailed explanation of play.On one hand,there are some similarities between Gadamer's play theory and theirs.on the other hand,They have some differences.Bakhtin's play is essentially a kind of "carnival".Carnival has some features of play.Play and carnival have the characteristic of performance.they are the reappearances of the real life.According to Gadamer,play is a communication activity which is shared by both the player and the audience.Similarly,Bakhtin's carnival is also an interactive activity.it is a kind of participation by all people of the activities of communication.In addition,they are separated from the usual time,with a similar time structure.Because of the great relationship with the Dionysian Spirit,Carnival has an obvious banter.In contrast,Gadamer's play is a serious activity.Although Bakhtin also links the carnival and the art,his carnival is a genre of literature and a way of writing literary works.Freud is the founder of the psychoanalytic school.Comparing with Gadamer,he explores the play from the perspective of subjectivity,with a strong subjective color.Whether children's game or adult daydreaming is clearly illusory.They are a kind of unrealistic activity from reality.According to Freud,there are some similarities between play and art.he thinks that the creation of artists is a kind of daydreaming.Freud believes that there is a similarity between the creation of artists and daydreaming.daydreaming is a way of creating works of art.there are some differences between Piaget's play theory and Gadamer's.In Piaget's opinion,play is an educational activity in a sense.He explores play from an instrumental position.Gadamer's play is an independent activity.But Piaget's play is dependent on the intelligence,It is a progressive development activity.On one hand,Gadamer's play theory fulfills the transcendence of subjective aesthetics,It has a great influence on Receptional Aesthetic.It will be propitious to construct the harmonious society.On the other hand,although Gadamer's play theory has a certain contribution,it has a certain limitation.It underestimates the player's role,In addition,he only sees the similarity between the play and the art,but does not make a discussion with differences between the play and the art.Therefore,Taking the essence and discarding the dregs,We should explore Gadamer's play theory in criticismin.