As great philosophers and aesthetes who have significant influence on the ushering and development of the term ＂sublime＂, both Longinus and Edmund Burke have their respectively elaboration on sublime that not only h...As great philosophers and aesthetes who have significant influence on the ushering and development of the term ＂sublime＂, both Longinus and Edmund Burke have their respectively elaboration on sublime that not only has inner connection but some sheer difference. The aim of this thesis is to interpret the inheritance of Burke to Longinus through the comparison between their attitudes on sublime through doxologie of comparative literature, and it mainly focuses on the point of view, major concern, composing elements and interconnecting aesthetic essence between them.展开更多
The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China,originally named Poetry,and is one of the Five Classics.Whether in terms of themes,thoughts and emotions,language skills,as well as in artistic images and ex...The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China,originally named Poetry,and is one of the Five Classics.Whether in terms of themes,thoughts and emotions,language skills,as well as in artistic images and expression methods,it has shown the great achievements of China’s earliest poetry works and has produced a profound influence on Chinese culture and literature.It not only has recorded the various aspects of the society of that time,but also opens the door to many literary studies.There is no need to argue about its status and significance.In the West,about twelve centuries after the creation of the first poem collected in The Book of Songs,there lived a literary theorist who has performed a great influence on western literature.He was Longinus,the author of On the Sublime.By comparing the aesthetic ideas of Longinus and the artistic characteristics of The Book of Songs,we are surprised to find that The Book of Songs is a paragon of the sublime described by Longinus.展开更多
文摘As great philosophers and aesthetes who have significant influence on the ushering and development of the term ＂sublime＂, both Longinus and Edmund Burke have their respectively elaboration on sublime that not only has inner connection but some sheer difference. The aim of this thesis is to interpret the inheritance of Burke to Longinus through the comparison between their attitudes on sublime through doxologie of comparative literature, and it mainly focuses on the point of view, major concern, composing elements and interconnecting aesthetic essence between them.
文摘The Book of Songs is the first collection of poems in China,originally named Poetry,and is one of the Five Classics.Whether in terms of themes,thoughts and emotions,language skills,as well as in artistic images and expression methods,it has shown the great achievements of China’s earliest poetry works and has produced a profound influence on Chinese culture and literature.It not only has recorded the various aspects of the society of that time,but also opens the door to many literary studies.There is no need to argue about its status and significance.In the West,about twelve centuries after the creation of the first poem collected in The Book of Songs,there lived a literary theorist who has performed a great influence on western literature.He was Longinus,the author of On the Sublime.By comparing the aesthetic ideas of Longinus and the artistic characteristics of The Book of Songs,we are surprised to find that The Book of Songs is a paragon of the sublime described by Longinus.
