批评·真理·救赎——本雅明《论歌德的〈亲和力〉》

Critics Truth and Redemption——On Goethe's Elective Affinities by Walter Benjamin

本雅明的文学批评区分了“批评与评论”,作品的“真理内容与物质内容”;并在弥赛亚救赎的神学思想视野内构想了批评的本质和任务。《论歌德的<亲和力>》一文集中蕴含了本雅明文学批评思想中的神学维度。

This paper explores the relation between Benjamin＇ s theological thought and literary critics. The focus of the paper is on the following three respects：Truth content and material content, critics and comments, the truth of redemption. It reveals Benjamin＇s reflection on the significant issues like truth, beauty, love, redemption and hope. It also indicates the potential influence of Messiah redemption on his literary critics and demonstrates a theological dimension of Benjamin.