View The Expression Theory In The Literary Theory Of The Six Dynasties From The Mirror And The Lamp

The famous American literary theorist M.H.Abrams introduced the basic concept of literary elements in The Mirror and the Lamp and constructed an analysis system with certain universal applicability to study art criticism,art theory and aesthetics.The expression theory in The Mirror and the Lamp takes the relationship between the artist and the work as the research object,focusing on the artistic nature of poetry.Romanticist writers generally believe that the essence of poetry depends on the artist 's spiritual world.The basic element of poetry is emotion.The production of poetry is the process of poets 'emotions appearing,and poets have turned to creating artworks and formulating their artistic value judgments.The main factor of the standard.In the classical Chinese literary theory,there are also theories which are characterized by respecting the supremacy of emotion and highlighting the creative subject,especially the Northern and Southern Dynasties.Under the premise that the core concepts are interlinked,the analysis model in "The Mirror and the Lamp" may be applied to the modern interpretation of the Northern and Southern Dynasties' literary theory.This article will use the analysis system in The Mirror and the Lamp as a theoretical tool,and take the representative literary works in the Southern and Northern Dynasties as the research object,try to summarize and analyze the theories that are similar to the meaning and characteristics of performance,and strive to be the interpretation of ancient literary theory provides a methodological reference.This article is divided into six parts.The introductory part is about the introduction and interpretation of the four elements of literature and the basic theoretical framework in The Mirror and the Lamp,and attempts to explain the feasibility and necessity of introducing this theoretical model and analytical method into the study of ancient Chinese literary theory.The first chapter focuses on the Expression Theory in "The Mirror and the Lamp"."The Mirror and the Lamp" makes a very comprehensive summary and review of the development history of Western literary theory,focusing on the discussion of Western romantic literary theory and literary criticism,and Expression Theory is one of the most representative ones.Expressionism sets a new definition for the essence of art,discusses the fundamental causes of artistic activities,and puts forward new standards for the evaluation of the value of poetry art.In addition to subverting traditional literary ideas,it brings critical and aesthetic ideas to future generations.The fourth chapter selects Zhong Rong's "Shipin" as the research object,analyzes and interprets the theories in the book that are connected with the theoretical connotation of Expression Theory,and focuses on the "taste theory" "poetry criticism and literary style correction".The fifth chapter discusses the difference between the expression theory in "The Mirror and the Lamp" and the expression theory in the Six Dynasties literary theory.From the perspective of the relationship between subject and object,the expression theory in "The Mirror and the Lamp" takes the "bipartite separation of subject and object" as the philosophical basis,and the philosophical basis of expression theory in the Six Dynasties' literary theory tends to be "unity of man and nature".From the perspective of the writer's subject characteristics and creative thinking,the expression theory in "The Mirror and the Lamp" has a strong sensibility,and the expression theory in the Six Dynasties' literary theory shows a more rigorous rational character.Expressionism has opened a precedent for the foundation of the essence of art in the history of Western literary theory.In ancient Chinese literary theory,although there is no clear concept of "expression theory",there are also theories that show a clear similarity with expression theory in the field of view of ancient Chinese literary theory.This article applies the mature methods in the modern literary theory system,examines the feasibility of comparative research,and introduces it into the interpretation of the lyrical theories in the literary theory of the Northern and Southern Dynasties.Such research methods may provide a new way of thinking about the dialogue between ancient Chinese literary theory and Western literary theory.