Aesthetics of Literature from the Perspective of Space |
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Author | MuXuGuang |
Tutor | SongZhanHai |
School | Northwest University for Nationalities |
Course | Literature and Art |
Keywords | perspective of space literary space spatial aesthetics significance of aesthetics subject |
CLC | I01 |
Type | Master's thesis |
Year | 2011 |
Downloads | 168 |
Quotes | 1 |
In the latter part of the twentieth century, the rise of space theory brought about a revolution in the literature field. Both time and space are two important dimensions in the thinking of human. However, people traditionally only attach importance to the aspect of time and ignore the space. The rise of space theory officially overturned the traditional thinking mode and highlighted the importance and the space heterogeneity, diversity. The emphasis on spatial factors does not obscure the timeliness or historicism of the human, not damage the ability of human logic and critical thinking skills; on the contrary, it can put new force in their imagination and creativity.From the aspect of spatial aesthetics, the research of literature is affected in various aspects. The perspective of space theory is put into use in the literary aesthetics from different angles. It expands the scope of literary aesthetics, deepens the connotation of literary aesthetics, and opens the infinite literary which had been shadowed. This paper briefly introduces the spatial aesthetics and several well-known space theories, mainly attempts to focus on the spatial aesthetics of literature, showing the extensity of literature, and highlights the imagination of literature aesthetics in the second space, and the diversity and heterogeneity of literature in the third space. It also illustrates the aesthetic experience of loneliness and death, which are the two inevitable aspects in literary study. Finally, the paper tries to discuss the significance of spatial aesthetics in the literary, that is, it shows the construction of human subjectivity; people free themselves from the bother of earthliness, and build a spiritual home foe his tired soul in the literary space, with the purpose of placing his rootless into the space of poetry.All in all, the rise of the space theory and spatial aesthetic turn bring the new perspective and room for the literature research, and open up a new situation in literary studies.