What is the use of literature and what is the role of literature

The spiritual value of literature.

In addition to the external, practical, and utilitarian value of literature, more importantly, it also has an internal, seemingly useless, and transcendent utilitarian value, that is, a spiritual value.

There are many different definitions of spirituality. We generally define the concept of spirit in this sense: it is an intentional existence within man, an organic unity of many psychological factors of man's reason and sensibility, and a process of mental activity in which man constantly surpasses himself and improves himself.

Therefore, the value of spirit is different from the value of matter, it is immanent, ontological, and constantly transcends itself. The creative activities of literature and art are the spiritual activities of literary artists, literary works belong to the spiritual products of human beings, and the hungry acceptance and appreciation of literature and art also belong to the activities of people's spiritual field, so the spiritual value of literature and art should be its own most intrinsic and basic value.

As the early German phenomenological aesthete Moriz Geiger pointed out, "in a work of art there are certain properties that constitute its value", that is, the property of the spiritual value of art, that is, it does not regard it as a means to serve an end, then it cannot understand art. These values are experienced as characteristics that exist in the work of art, as characteristics that are contained in the work of art. ”

Art, in the performance of its various "service" duties, has forgotten what it is, and we have lost the "spirit of art" when we have too many "works of art".

Art is not just a tool, and it is not even a "work". Art is essentially a way of life, an attitude to life, and the connotation of life, and it is the spirit on which life depends.

The three basic social roles of literature are:

Cognitive role, educational role, aesthetic role The aesthetic education of literature acts on the subject of reading through an intuitive way, and all readers who enter the aesthetic realm of reading have the mentality of "doing nothing", and they all regard literary works as independent and insulated images.

Literature refers to the art that uses language and writing as a tool to vividly reflect the objective reality, including drama, poetry, prose, etc., and is an important form of cultural expression, expressing inner emotions in different forms (called genres) and reproducing the social life of a certain period and a certain region.

The function of literature can be divided into two aspects: aesthetic function and social function.

1. The aesthetic function of literature.

1. Discussion of the aesthetic entertainment function of literature in Chinese history.

Xunzi Music Theory": "Musicians, music, human affection must be inevitable, so people can't be unhappy." ”

Han) Zhang Heng: "Yu Yanyao, talk about entertainment."

Ming) Li Mengyang: "Those who sing are happy, and those who hear are moved." ”

Ming) Wang Shizhen: "Servant to the ...... of poetry."It's just a pleasure to talk about. ”

Ming) Li Zhen: "All my books are for the sake of being happy, not for people." ”

2. Discussion of the aesthetic entertainment function of literature in Western history.

In Homer's epic poems, poetry is a gift from God that should add joy to the feast and "make people happy." ”

Democritus: "Great happiness comes from the contemplation of beautiful works." ”

SOCRATES: "Everything that serves its purpose well is good and beautiful." ”

Horace: The desire of the poet to be "edutainment" should be to give people ...... benefit and pleasure, to give people happiness and at the same time to help life. "One by one, "The Art of Poetry", Kant.

Goethe: "To demand a moral purpose from an artist is to destroy his craft." ”

Aestheticism "art for art's sake: "pure poetry".

3. Interpretation of the aesthetic function of literature.

Literary works concretely and vividly reflect various characters and things in life that belong to the category of beauty through images, arouse the appreciator's perception of beauty, and then obtain spiritual satisfaction and pleasure, which is the aesthetic function of literature, also known as aesthetic effect. The aesthetic function of literature is divided into two aspects: emotional function and entertainment function.

2. The social function of literature.

The social function of literature is divided into two aspects: the educational function and the cognitive function

1. Educational functionThe educational function of literature refers to the impact of literary works on people's thoughts and emotions and even on the entire spiritual realm. The educational function of literature is manifested in two forms: one is the rapid and strong ideological and emotional stimulation; One is the subtle edification and immersion effect on people's thoughts, emotions and interests, that is, the pottery effect.

Confucius: "Xing", "Guan", "Group", "Grievance", "Mao's Preface", Cao: "The Great Cause of the Country, the Immortal Event", "The Text Carries the Tao" Aristotle:

Katharsis "Tao Zhi", "Purification", "Propaganda" Horace: "Edutainment".

2. Cognitive function Literary works reflect social life through specific and vivid literary images, provide readers with a social and historical picture of a certain era, and help people understand the material life and spiritual outlook of a certain era, which is the cognitive function of literature. Balzac's "Chronicles of Han Calligraphy and Art": "In ancient times, there were officials who collected poetry, and the king observed the customs, knew the gains and losses, and tested himself.

FYI.

Literary development is multifaceted and important for each of us.

Literature can be divided into four categories: drama, poetry and prose. According to the genre, it can be divided into romanticism, realism, modernism and so on. As for the usefulness of literature, I understand it to be an eternal concern for the human condition.

Including drama, poetry, prose, and other aspects, literature has the role of cultivating people's sentiments and spreading culture.

Literature includes calligraphy, reading, writing, etc., and literature is the basic skill for us to disseminate culture and to learn.

Literature is the art of language and writing, an important form of expression of social culture, and the embodiment of beauty.

A literary work is a work in which a writer expresses his or her unique spiritual world with unique language and art, and there is no real literary work without the uniqueness of these two highly individual characteristics. An outstanding writer is a hero of the spiritual world of a nation. Literature represents the art and wisdom of a people.

Literature is a kind of academic and reprieval science that uses language and writing to express social life and psychological activities, and belongs to the category of social ideology.

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According to the amount of creation and the degree of market IP value, the five main literary genres are: poetry, prose, script, drama**, **.

In modern times, poetry and prose are the most created, and the creators at that time were Lu Xun, Lao She, contradictions, and so on.

In modern times: the amount of scripts, dramas, and plays is the largest. The script is the most basic level in the production of film and television dramas, and it is also the highest support for creators, so most of the modern ** families will not only create, but also create scripts, and sometimes directly participate in the script group.

Some writers write plays directly, which can be published in the market, and also in order to facilitate direct scripting in the future. But the drama is difficult to write, it must have a certain quality, and it must take into account the script, so most of the people who write the drama are famous writers, and they are not worried about not having a film and television company to buy it.

And the average writer rarely has a film and television company to buy, and he doesn't want to waste time and effort, so it is convenient to write directly, of course, if the plot is good, it is another matter. And **, there are a lot of noisy models written on the Internet.