On The Western Theory Of Development And Changes Of The Tragic Figure

Based on reviewing the development of the theory of tragedy figure , the paper focuses on exploring the rule of development of it and their behavior characters. Extruded from the development of the theory of tragedy figure , it is clear that the one coming forth latish always arises from analysis, filtering, inheriting, discarding and developing the older one. In fact, the conflict and change-over between conceptions that last in the long history of development of the theory of tragedy figure reveal the developing progress is from the simple to the complex, from the unilateral to the complete.The abundance of the theory of tragedy figure is just located in the progress of negation. What is the rule which it obeys? And what is the factor of condition? In brief, the first is the change of society character; the second is the change of thought basis; the third is the acquaintance and confirmation of conception "human"; the fourth is the maturation of science practice; the fifth is the change of methods of art representation resulted by developing art practice; the sixth is update of research methods. Totally, all these factors affect each other and decide the aesthstic consciousness and habit.The paper will go into history of the theory of tragedy figure with order of time. The first, the original of west tragedy theory-ancient Greece period; the second, renaissance period; the third, France classicism period,17th century; the fourth, European enlightenment period,18th century; the fifth, tragedy figure theory, 19th century; the sixth, Marxist theory on tragedy figure.Not only historical research methods but also dialectic are introduced in this article. It is not enough that only historical description is taken about the theory of tragedy figure, because we make the ultimate objective not describing the history of tragedy, but on exploring the practical condition, the characters of its relation to the politics and economic environment then. At the same time, detailed discussions about literature phenomenon in different times are also involved in this paper to enhance the studying on the theory of tragedy figure. Same as the theory without any fact, the fact without any theory is also inane.