Study On Wang Zengqi's Literary Criticism In The 1980s And 1990s

In the 1980s and 1990s,Wang Zengqi intervened in the field of criticism as a writer and published a series of highly individualistic literary criticisms,showing a different style of criticism.This thesis takes his literary criticism as the research object,and carries on the comprehensive research of his literary criticism.On this basis,links his literary creation achievements and artistic experience,explores the characteristics of his literary criticism,and examines the reasons for his undertaking of literary criticism in the literary environment of the 1980 s and 1990 s,thus determining the value of his literary criticism in the history of literature and its significance for the present.Firstly,the thesis analyzes Wang Zengqi's four focuses in the practice of literary criticism: thoughts and themes,characters,language and structure,which not only are the focuses of Wang Zengqi's literary criticism but also his literary creation.Therefore,his creative experience,writing skills and aesthetic pursuit have become the standard of appreciation in criticism.Wang Zengqi believes that the author should choose the familiar life as the content of the work,put his own understanding and perception of life into the theme of the work,the character shaping,language and structure of the work should be unified under the content and thought of the work,in which characters written should be full of sympathy and love,choose the language that conforms to the identity of the character and the subject matter of the work,and select the structure according to the original style of life to be expressed.Being close to life is the premise and the most important criterion for their unification.Wang Zengqi's emphasis on life in these four points reflects his care for reality and the pursuit of realism in his creation.Secondly,analyze the characteristics of Wang Zengqi's literary criticism.Wang Zengqi's literary criticism generally presents the characteristics of sentimental impression.He uses the method of intuitive perception to capture the aesthetic impression,supplemented by rational analysis and rational expression.His criticism is guided by personal aesthetic taste and presents the characteristics of “beauty culture.” Wang Zengqi's sentimental literary criticism is a continuation of the “new era” of the sentimental criticism.It is also a manifestation of the “resurrection” of traditional literary theory in modern time,which is an important resource for criticism to break the tendency of literary criticism to be too theoretical and objective,arousing the importance of writers and readers in the pursuit of literary aesthetics and artistry.Thirdly,examine the causes of Wang Zengqi's literary criticism.The writer's literary creation and literary criticism are complemented with each other,which speaks of Wang Zengqi's literary claims collectively.Wang Zengqi's aesthetic orientation and evaluation criteria in his criticism practice come from his artistic experience and aesthetic pursuit in literary creation.Wang Zengqi's literary thought of “returning to realism and returning to national tradition” is the starting point and the foothold of all his literary activities,guiding his literary creation and criticism,nevertheless,his literary thoughts were accepted and summarized in the 1950 s and 1970 s.Wang Zengqi's series of literary criticisms published in the 1980 s and 1990 s is a spark of his literary thoughts and the cultural context,literary atmosphere,and criticism of the time.It is his call to the aesthetic function of literature and his correction of theoretical worship of academic criticism.Finally,the conclusion explores the value of Wang Zengqi's literary criticism.His sentimental impressionist criticism is a personal taste-oriented aesthetic creation,with great readability and unique meaning and value.First,his literary criticism is his claim of literary thought and literary proposition,which is another kind of “literary creation”.In the special background of the 1980 s,he played the role of calling for the return of the aesthetic function of literature.Second,his literary criticism continues the tradition of modern sentiment criticism that has been interrupted for nearly three decades,and has made a good example of the contemporary transformation of Chinese traditional literary theory.Third,his creative criticism helps to change the condition of the “theory is supreme”,despise the aesthetic value of the work,and the prevalence of the form of single criticism.It has important practical significance for the current literary criticism.