Communicative Rationality Poetic Edge

Today, many kinds of literature theories of our time take on a very complicated look. On this condition , Habermas' theory on literature and esthetics have been paid great attention in academy because of its idealization and allowance. This theory carried out his communicative rationality and showed obvious revelation significance for Chinese contemporary literature theory. On the basis of overall interpretation of Habermas'theory, this thesis discussed seriously on its' revelation significance.This thesis is devided into four parts. In the fist part ,it interpretates the time and philosophy backgroud and basic content of Habermas' core theory—The Communicative Action Theory.The second part interpretates Habermas' literature ideas and esthetics theory. In this section, the criticism and reconstruction of modernity esthetics discouse, it totally analyzes and generalizes Habermas' esthetics theory from different aspects and discusses the relationship between his modenity esthetics discouse and the esthetics discouse of Kant,I, Hegel,G·W·F, Schiller,F and Derrida,J. It was in that criticism process that Habermas accomplished his reconstruction of modernity esthetics discouse from aspect of communicative rationality.The third part of this thesis interpretates the Habermas'culture theory which includes the criticism theory of mass culture and civilization conflict.In the last part, this thesis connected Habermas' theory with the development practice of chiness contemporary literature theory and dicussed its active significance from four aspects: allowance of various culture;held on the guidance of rationality;deepen dialogue and communication;emphasize the social criticism function.