Reconsidering the Relationship among Literature, Art and Reality in Light of Marxist Art Production

Abstract

Abstract: Based on the achievements from the Marxist theory of art production, we may extend some further consideration of and elaboration on the relationship among literature, art and reality. The literary and artistic works produced by writers and artists, as sensual human beings, represent a literary and artistic world, a world that at once separates from and connects with the real world, generating an effect of authenticity. With their special aesthetic characteristics and structure, literary works affect and construct their recipients' concepts, and inspire them to take realistic actions. By exerting their influence upon and facilitating changes in their recipients' concepts, literature and art participate in the reproductive process in the real world.

Key words: Marxism, art production, literature and art, reality, relationship

Zhang Chenghua. Reconsidering the Relationship among Literature, Art and Reality in Light of Marxist Art Production[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2021, 43(4): 51-61.

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