摘要
詹姆斯·乔伊斯和托马斯·曼在他们早期的文学生涯中都探索过艺术的本质及艺术与生活之间关系的文学命题。两位作家都处于现代社会这样一个混乱的时代,他们都把艺术放在与伦理相对立的位置,并企图把艺术从刻板和空虚的社会中拯救出来。但是相较而言,乔伊斯的艺术更加倾向于真理,他的艺术是和普遍真理相通的。而托马斯·曼则把艺术和美,特别是物理上的美联系一起。这种物理美在乔伊斯那里反而成了不正当的艺术。两个人在艺术观的不同可以从四个方面表现出,分别是艺术的本质,艺术与伦理,艺术与性,以及艺术的功能。通过四方面的对比可以挖掘出何为艺术以及如何解决艺术与生活之间的矛盾等命题。
James Joyce and Thomas Mann, in their early period of literary career, explore the nature of art and the relationship between art and life. Both the writers, living in the modern chaotic world, position art in the opposition with ethics and try to save it from the rigidity and banality of society. But Joyce's art lies more with truth, universal truth about human beings while Mann's art associates with beauty, physical beauty which Joyce categorizes as improper art. In the comparison of their aesthetic views from four aspects—the nature of art, art and ethics, art and sexuality, the function of art, some truth about art and resolution about the tension between art and life can be in some way revealed.
出处
《海外英语》
2014年第4X期197-200,共4页
Overseas English
关键词
艺术的本质
伦理
性
艺术的功能
nature of art
ethics
sexuality
function of art
