| In the voluminous works of literature and art metamorphose--person andother things changing into each other is an interesting phenomenon .It can goes from the ancient primitive society, strides across different cultural circles displaying its varied form .All this already enough prove its long time glamour. Metamorphose is originated in the life consciousness in primitive society, which have gotten approve generally in academic circle. But in it what's world understanding for the knowledge of person and the relation of person with nature been reflected? How can this kind of world understanding is being incarnate in different cultural and different development stages of cultures? And how the world understanding to permeate literature and art which are fantasy and free and then, form a kind of literature genre? What's the special artistic quality of this genre in literature? How this genre to develop in future with other artistic form which is affecting it? This is the problem to solve.This paper attempt to summarize the metamorphose phenomenon of literature and art and call it "metamorphose genre "and try to reveal it's source and course, compare the difference of the world understanding that it shows in the culture of Chinese and Western, display its special artistic quality and the development in future. |
