Lu Xun's Dissemination And Promotion Of Western Modern Woodcuts In China

The Communication of Modern Western Woodcut in China is an important factor that contributed to the birth and development of the New woodcut Movement.This thesis attempts to examine Lu Xun's endeavor on introduce communication of Mordern Western as the leader of New Woodcut Movement in China in 1926 to 1936.The communication of modern western woodcut in China between 1926 and 1936 saw three stages:1.the use of woodcut as illustrations;2.the introduction of woodcut as a pure art;3.the advocacy of the localization of woodcut;each with different levels of understanding of the nature of modern woodcut,and with different purposes and contents of communication.The shift of Lu Xun from introducing woodcut to advocating the creation of woodcut took place around 1930,when he realized that woodcut could serve as a powerful propaganda tool for the Chinese revolution,and more importantly,woodcut is an art that is democratic in production,appreciation and subject matter,hence an art from that could also serve his Enlightenment ideas.It's argued that for Lu Xun,woodcut is not only a useful tool that could engage China's saving-the-nation-from-extinction cause,but more an Enlightenment-based project against the status-quo of the New Fine Arts.