Abstract
As a mainstream conceptualization of Chinese literature and art since the 20th century， the popularization of literature and art has produced profound influence on the development of Chinese literature. The 20th century saw three dominant patterns of discourse： the “enlightenment discourse” during the May Fourth Movement， the “discourse of the masses” in the 1930s， and the “discourse of the people” established by the two Speeches. As the three modes evolved， they witnessed the exchange and adjustment of practical subject and object as well as the conflict between literary ontology and functionalism. The popularization of literature and art was not only a product of the twentieth-century political revolution， but also a process wherein the aesthetic principles of “human literature” and “people's literature” constantly conflicted and intersected with each other. Therefore， it can be concluded that the transmutation of the discursive modes of popularization of literature and art since the twentieth century was both politically and aesthetically engaged.
Keywords
popularization of literature and art, discursive modes, transmutation of discursive modes, politics, aesthetics
First Page
148
Last Page
157
Recommended Citation
Han, Yunhua. 2023. "Integrated Thought： Variations between Politics and Aesthetics — The Transmutation of the Discursive Modes of “Popularization of Literature and Art” since the Twentieth Century." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 43, (1): pp.148-157. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol43/iss1/17
