Model And Continuity: A Study Of Montaigne’s Essays

Michel DE Montaigne,a humanist thinker of the late French Renaissance,was born into the aristocracy.Like most young people,he enjoyed reading and traveling when he was young.Montaigne did not produce too many works in his lifetime,only two of which survived,Montaigne’s travels to Italy and The complete essays of Montaigne.In the process of Montaigne’s literary and artistic creation,he inadvertently created a free and casual style of essay,and through the essay this new form to convey his real ideas.Montaigne did not have a complete system of literary theories,but his ideas came from books and experience.He did not intend to create a system,but only drew on the thoughts of other families and formed his own works with his own unique style with his own thinking.Montaigne’s essay established a common model of essay,which has an important influence on the development of later prose,especially philosophical prose.Many domestic and foreign writers have continued Montaigne’s essay writing style.The thesis is divided into five chapters,which are developed according to the following logical thinking.Introduction: the research object of the paper: Montaigne and his creation,the academic background and research status of the paper,the research methods and significance of the paper,etc.Chapter one: the formation of Montaigne’s essays.Montaigne’s essays were influenced by the circumstances of his time.Under the background of the Renaissance,Montaigne received the influence of stoicism,skepticism,Epicurus and other philosophical thoughts,and formed his original essays.Of course,the creation of Montaigne’s essays is closely related to Montaigne’s personality and temperament.It is Montaigne’s free temperament that creates Montaigne’s essays.Chapter two: the literary and artistic thoughts in Montaigne’s essays.As a kind of essay model,Montaigne’s essay has its unique literary and artistic thoughts,including the creation tone of self-cognition,the language style of soldiers and the ideological and aesthetic pursuit of his works.Chapter three: the artistic expression of Montaigne’s essays.The subject matter of Montaigne’s essays is unconstrained,the language is simple and natural,and the essays are enriched by quotations.Chapter four: the influence of Montaigne’s essays.Montaigne’s essay has its practical value and has an important influence on the academic development of later generations.Many writersat home and abroad have been influenced by Montaigne’s essay in later generations.In their works,we can see the continuation of Montaigne’s essay style.Chapter five: the evaluation of Montaigne’s essays.When discussing about the value of Montaigne’s essays,in terms of creation,Montaigne was the founder of the essay style.From the perspective of ideological development,Montaigne timely infiltrated the thought of skepticism into literary works and developed the thought of skepticism.At the same time,Montaigne’s essays also inspired the creation of contemporary prose and triggered the discussion of prose creation.Montaigne was creating as a creator,and he wrote wherever he wanted in the process of creation,which resulted in the fragmented form of writing.There are still a lot of works in Montaigne’s essays that are out of place.In the midst of great reading anxiety,it is difficult for readers to calm down and slowly appreciate the charm of Montaigne’s thoughts in the rhythm of out of place.The study of Montaigne’s essays is conducive to deepening people’s understanding of Montaigne’s literary and artistic thoughts,better grasping the connotation of Montaigne’s literary and artistic thoughts,appreciating the richness of Montaigne’s essays,and developing relevant theories of literary and artistic thoughts.In the current context of globalization,scholars should maintain an open and skeptical attitude in their studies,so as to promote the construction of literary and artistic theories.This paper provides the following experience for the application research of Montaigne’s essays: 1.A panoramic study of Montaigne was conducted,focusing on Montaigne’s literary thoughts,and the overall observation and research of Montaigne’s literary thoughts broke through the previous pattern of Montaigne’s studies;2.This paper investigates the rebellion and development of Montaigne’s essays against mainstream literature in the Renaissance,which shows the significance of Montaigne’s essays in the era and the consciousness of social participation.