Reviewing The Three Dimensions Of Li Jianwu’s Literary Criticism

Li Jianwu,pseudonym Liu Xiwei,is a rare all-rounder in the history of modern literature,with high attainments in many fields."Dramatist,novelist,essayist,expert in French literary research,literary critic,and translator,all these identities mysteriously converge on him.".Among these numerous identities,Li Jianwu’s identity as a critic is more well known.In the 1930 s,literary criticism was full of pedantry and criticism,and criticism became a tool for exposing privacy.Li Jianwu could not tolerate this criticism and expressed strong anger.He sought a unique way of aesthetic criticism in the intersection and blank area of Chinese and Western literature.Li Jianwu inherits the traditional Chinese criticism style and adopts an intuitive insight style of thinking,simply outlining the overall style characteristics of writers and works.He uses metaphorical techniques to convey his reading experience in specific images that readers are familiar with.At the beginning of his critical article,he always introduces his own experiences,experiences,and feelings,and then comments on his work in a loose and free essay.He regards criticism as an independent literary activity and firmly upholds its subjectivity and creativity.Li Jianwu’s aesthetic criticism draws on the outer shell of Western literary criticism and infuses the spiritual connotation of traditional Chinese criticism.With the help of the spirit of French Impressionist literary criticism,he regarded criticism as an independent literary activity and established the independence of criticism.Drawing on the trend of French naturalistic literature,he endowed his criticism with the spirit of objectivity and rationality,making it possess a scientific spirit.Li Jianwu’s literary criticism takes human nature and masterpieces as the criteria for criticism.This critical standard has made Li Jianwu’s literary criticism always focus on real life;This principle also made Li Jianwu pay attention to the artistry of literary criticism.The uniqueness of Li Jianwu’s literary criticism lies in his constant emphasis on the artistry of literature compared to left-wing critics.However,compared to Beijing School criticism,when emphasizing the artistry of literary criticism,he always takes into account the social nature of literary criticism.The full text is divided into three parts: Chapter 1 mainly explores the relationship between Li Jianwu’s literary criticism and traditional critical criticism.He drew inspiration from critical criticism in terms of thinking,conveying aesthetic experiences,and engaging in dialogue and communication between authors and readers.Li Jianwu’s literary criticism was a powerful response to the vulgar sociological interpretation of literary works in the 1930 s literary world.The second chapter focuses on exploring the influence of French naturalistic literary trends on Li Jianwu’s literary criticism.Li Jianwu is deeply dissatisfied with the trend of literary criticism in which scholars tend to be indifferent and criticize each other.He has introduced an objective and just scientific spirit into literary criticism.At the same time,he realized that both writers and critics are inevitably limited by biology,genetics,pathology,and so on.Therefore,his literary criticism is full of sympathy and understanding.The third chapter aims to explore the guidance of Li Jianwu’s literary criticism on the literary creation of the 1930 s.At that time,Chinese society was in a period of modernization and transformation,and some writers created works with extremely "avant-garde" characteristics.However,these works were once neglected and misunderstood.Li Jianwu,with his modern aesthetic consciousness,affirmed their exploration in creative content,techniques,and style,guiding readers to accept modern aesthetic creation methods,and promoting the healthy development of the Chinese literary world.