Excerpted from Akutagawa Ryunosuke's self-reported article "The Life of a Fool". This decadent and charming famous saying has been quoted countless times, such as debauchery, alcoholism, opium and Paris. Because these words are too "romantic", the miserable life has become a fantasy journey. No matter what jumps out of Pandora's box is dirty, pessimistic or desperate, Baudelaire can sublimate it into poetry.
Baudelaire set the tone of western modernist literature with his own works: abandoning tradition and finding a new way. Starting from his own creation, he boldly innovated in the theme of poetry, selected the ugliness of the city and the dark side of human nature, and had the talent of capturing the secrets of things behind sound, light and color. He used his familiar images to show all aspects of life.
The poet refused to idealize life in vain, refused to be self-sufficient in pleasure, and wanted to return to the essential level of existence, so he resorted to social pathology. Baudelaire believes that "ugliness becomes beauty through artistic expression, and rhythmic pain is a kind of calm happiness filled with spirit", which is one of the wonderful privileges of art.
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Evaluation of Akutagawa Ryunosuke
Akutagawa Ryunosuke's literature can be said to be the crystallization of the conscience, feelings, nerves and interests of ordinary citizens intellectuals in Taisho period. His creation is the embodiment of his knowledge and talent. Some of these precious things may be buried in a long sleep if they are not discovered by Akutagawa. " Akutagawa's discovery was a gift.
The deeper meaning is that Akutagawa not only rewrote the story, but also explained the modern problems with the help of historical materials in the classics. Behind the story, the author's life sentiment is obviously infiltrated. It can be considered that the historical theme is just "clothes" for Akutagawa, and it is just a carrier to pour out feelings about the world.
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