Literature: Between In The "Aesthetic" And "Ideological"

In the early 1980s, China's theoretical circles breaking the "Arts for politics" and "literature and the arts is a tool for class struggle" relatively rigid commentary on the literature, trying to "aesthetic" perspective to the literature of a new definition, some scholars have put forth a "literary aesthetic ideology," and a theoretical viewpoint. After more than 20 years, literature is a kind of aesthetic ideology, in the view of the more popular sector, However, the most recently questioned by academics, and trigger controversy. Aesthetic ideological issues related to the nature of literature. What is the essence of literature? How to understand the relationship between ideology and artistic? There has been a variety of awareness in the theoretical circles. In this paper I will divides into four parts and take"the esthetic ideology"as the core to carry on combs and elaborate.The first chapter main discussion"literature esthetic ideology"proposition statement and theory connotation. Any proposition proposed that has its theory background; the literature esthetic ideology proposition proposed that also has certain historical linguistic environment. Early in the new period of reform and opening up and the theoretical circle in the background of bringing order out of chaos, many scholars cut into from the esthetic angle, try hard to give literature one newly view. This article outlined expounded on this theory by Qian Zhongwen, Tong Qingbing and Wang Yuanxiang on the main primarily. The second chapter is mainly carries on combs right"the literature esthetic ideology"question debate situation., including two aspect discussions, on the one hand is right"the esthetic ideology"the implication discussion, the second aspect is the discussion which discusses about"the literature esthetic ideology". What is the connotation of "Aesthetic ideology"?How the advocates explained the view of "Aesthetic ideology"? If the "Aesthetic ideology" can be established or not? If it can be defined the essence of literature? The third chapter carries on the discussion esthetically to the literature with the ideology relations question, this question's discussion is to the second chapter of discussion's expansion, carries on the discussion to the literature essence characteristic question. Some people think that literature is not ideology; otherwise some people think the literature expressed the ideology, but can not be said that literature is ideology. The fourth chapter mainly discusses my understanding ponder which rightly"the literature esthetic ideology"question discussions."The esthetic ideology"discusses statement had certain historic importance and practical significance. At the same time, there also has some problems in this debate, from this initiation author to this question ponder: first, returns to the Marxism to explain literary and the ideology relations; next, pays attention to the West Marxism theory suitably; once more, multi-dimension discussion literature essence.