A Study Of The Goncourt Brothers’ Concept Of Art Criticism

The Brother of Goncourt was a famous French writer in The 19 th century.Less noticed is that the Goncourt brothers also had a remarkable success in art criticism.The brothers describe themselves as artists and carry their artistic ideas throughout their numerous textual creations.In addition,the creative ideas of the Goncourt brothers are deeply connected with the special political atmosphere and social trend of thought in France in the 19 th century,while maintaining their own independence.Therefore,when analyzing the artistic concept of the Goncourt brothers,we should also pay attention to the general environment of France at that time and the reaction of the Goncourt brothers to it.In view of the above problems,this paper focuses on the achievements made by the Goncourt brothers in art criticism.First of all,it should be placed in the context of19 th century French art criticism to analyze the identity of the Goncourt brothers as art critics.The social environment of the goncourt brothers in the 19 th century and their yearning for the ideals of the 18 th century contributed to the split aesthetic concept of the two brothers.Starting from their aesthetic ideas,we can see the spirit of The Times in their critical consciousness.At the same time,through the analysis of the critical texts of the Goncourt brothers,the language differences between the critical texts of the Goncourt brothers,literary writing and historical writing are clarified,and then the characteristics of the critical language of the Goncourt brothers are discussed.It also reflects the progress of art criticism in language in the 19 th century,and provides reference for us to better understand the history of art criticism and think about the current situation and future of art criticism.