Study On Wang Zhaowen's Practical Aesthetics

Wang Zhaowen(1909-2004)is one of the pioneers and builders of the Marxism Aesthetics of China,and he has made outstanding contributions to the development of Chinese contemporary aesthetics.As a practical aesthetician,Wang Zhaowen took the practical view of Marxism as a theoretical guide.His aesthetic thought of practice not only includes the practice of the reality of human activities but also includes the practice of more people's aesthetic activities.The study of Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetics has a strong awareness of the problem He paid attention to daily life,art practice and individual aesthetic perception,from which he found the essence.He went from perceptual knowledge to rational analysis,which fits the study of traditional aesthetics in China.At the same time,the research and practice of his aesthetics highlight a clear practical significance,which can guide and regulate the concrete from the theoretical height,and combine the theory and practice closely together,forming a unique aesthetic system.Practicality is a prominent feature of Wang Zhaowen's aesthetic thought,which is not only reflected in his research,but also reflected in his understanding of aesthetic activities.This paper focuses on the view of the Practicality from Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetics,and explores the practical characteristics of his aesthetic thoughts.This paper is divided into six parts.The introduction part mainly discusses the value and significance of the thesis.As an outstanding contemporary Chinese Marxism aesthetician,Wang Zhaowen is also a theorist who is full of practical character.Studying on his practical aesthetic thoughts has an important significance to improve the creation level of our literary and art workers,to train readers and audiences' appreciation,and to explore Marxism Aesthetics in the new historical stage of the Chinese.At the same time,it reviews the current situation and problems of Wang Zhao wen's aesthetic thought,and explains the research ideas and methods in this article.The first chapter mainly combs the development of Practical Aesthetics in China and makes a reflection on the concept of practice.As Zhou Yang used the concept of practice for the first time in the discussion of aesthetics,practical aesthetics appeared.In the Grand Aesthetic Discussion,Li Zehou put forward the Objective Social aesthetics,and then the Practical Aesthetics become the mainstream trend.There was a time that Practice Aesthetic was challenged by the Post Practice Aesthetics.At this moment Practical Aesthetics developed into a dilemma.In the new century,Life Aesthetics was put forward,which is regarded as the breakthrough of Practice Aesthetic.Wang Zhaowen has an important role in the development of Practical Aesthetics.His aesthetic theory get through the boundaries between Practical Aesthetics and Post Practical Aesthetics,and his emphasis on the aesthetic meaning of life can also be seen as a harbinger of Life Aesthetics.The second chapter introduces the development process of Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetic thought,which explains the close relationship between the development of his practical aesthetics thought and his own life experience.At the same time,it discusses the theoretical source of Wang Zhaowen aesthetics practice,which can be divided into three points.Firstly,he absorbed the research methods and expression of aesthetics perception in ancient Chinese;Secondly,he took Marxism view of practice as a guide,to master the world in the way of practice and spirit,and to emphasize the subjective initiative of human being in the aesthetic activity;Thirdly,he applied Mao Zedong's practical theory as a theoretical guide,and then developed Mao Zedong's literary thoughts.The third chapter summarizes the main content of Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetics.Wang Zhaowen has always emphasized the importance of aesthetic practice activities,including artistic creation,artistic appreciation,and aesthetic education in aesthetic study.Practicality is the prominent characteristic of Wang Zhaowen's aesthetic thoughts.This article mainly discusses the practicality of aesthetic relationship,the practicality of aesthetic mentality,the practicality of aesthetic features and the practicality of aesthetic education in order to explore its practical characteristics of aesthetic thoughts,exploring the connotation of Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetics.The fourth chapter discusses the relationship between Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetics and Life Aesthetics,which is mainly based on the aesthetic works of Wang Zhaowen in 1990s.Wang Zhao wen has always taken care of and thought about people and things in real life with a view of the aesthetic vision.This article holds that Wang Zhaowen has opened up the research field of the aesthetic life.And the Life Aesthetics takes the happiness of life as the aim of aesthetic research,which follows the aesthetic thought of Wang Zhaowen.In the conclusion part,combining with the current situation and problems of Practical Aesthetics,the author makes an overall evaluation of Wang Zhaowen's practical aesthetics.The idea is that the Practical Aesthetics needs to regress from philosophical thinking back to the specific aesthetic activities.In this situation,it has important significance to highlight Practicality characteristic of Wang Zhaowen's aesthetic thought and emphasize the meaning of life no matter for the development of the deepening of Practical Aesthetics,or for the realization of the Marxism Aesthetics used in China.