The Difficulty of Balancing Art and Life： Examining the Influence of Salome on Tian Han＇s Early Dramatic Works  

作　　者：Tao Guan 

机构地区：[1]School of Foreign Languages, Beijing Technology and Business University, Beijing 100048 China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Literary Studies in China-Selected Publications from Chinese Universities》2013年第4期672-689,共18页中国高等学校学术文摘·文学研究（英文版）

摘　　要：Tian Han is well-known for writing realistic and revolutionary works in modem Chinese literature, but his early dramatic works are full of Western aesthetic decadence which values ＂art is for art＇s sake.＂ He was strongly influenced by Oscar Wilde and his Salome, which can be found from his translating Salome to directing it performed on the Chinese stage, and to his own drama writing in 1920s. He did his best to balance art and life in his dramatic works in order to make them accepted by the masses in China. However, in 1930 he declared in his Self-criticism Directed at Ourselves that he would give up writing the aesthetic and decadent literary works and transfer to ＂art is for life＇s sake.＂ The conflict between art and life through his works and theories demonstrates his complex about Salome.Tian Han is well-known for writing realistic and revolutionary works in modem Chinese literature, but his early dramatic works are full of Western aesthetic decadence which values ＂art is for art＇s sake.＂ He was strongly influenced by Oscar Wilde and his Salome, which can be found from his translating Salome to directing it performed on the Chinese stage, and to his own drama writing in 1920s. He did his best to balance art and life in his dramatic works in order to make them accepted by the masses in China. However, in 1930 he declared in his Self-criticism Directed at Ourselves that he would give up writing the aesthetic and decadent literary works and transfer to ＂art is for life＇s sake.＂ The conflict between art and life through his works and theories demonstrates his complex about Salome.

关 键 词：Tian Hart SALOME ART LIFE aesthetic decadence 

分 类 号：I207.3[文学—中国文学] J0-05[艺术—艺术理论]