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发表于 2006-7-12 23:00:06
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第一次写ISSUE,一紧张写了一大堆提纲........
Creation supposes a creator. I concede that artist is the creator of the outstanding works, and so he or she provides something of lasting value to society. However, I disagree with the statement in two respects. First, in other ways the critic can call our attention to a lot of artists. In most cases, many of them don't know how to give publicity to their work. Second, Criticism carries other equally important benefits as well, especially in the progress in civilization.
I agree with the statement insofar as through the masterpieces was root in the artist's hard-working. It is the creative minds replete of erratic ideas that add hue to our quotidian life. Like Andre Gide once said “Art is collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”No artists, no great pieces of work; No artists, no movements be summed up by critics. No artists, no rich senses of the transaction between writer and reader. Besides, art relefects the world around us, it is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. The classical works are not only image the job, anger, grief and happiness we have, but also annul our civilization's rough way to ideality, so singularly checkered with good and evil, with glory and disgrace. The outstanding artwork provides an invaluable and unique mirror of the humanity and culture, this is the magic of all great poetry, novels, music, and movies; this is what we call something of lasting value for the society.
However beneficial it might be to appreciate the significant handwork of the artist, it is equally important to understand and appreciate that the critic also offers a lot to society. The artists are always idealists through and through, they need help to publicize their work, interpret their advancing thoughts. Then the critic appears. It is especially true when the artist is young and unknown. For instance, T.S.Eliot, living in London, worked as a teacher and bank clerk .He didn’t know who he was until he met his countryman Ezra Pound, who read Eliot's poems and responded enthusiastically. With the help and encouragement of Ezra Pound, Eliot's poetry began to appear in English and American magazines. Pound regarded Eliot as a truly modern poet who had developed an extraordinarily original idiom; he cut a third of ‘waste land” then published the great poetry, that's the origin of the Nobel Prize for literature in 1948. The literary world will never see this masterpiece without the selfless help of this great citric. Technological innovations have taken place, but the spirit of human being is still fragile. We need sympathy or a speculation for the vulnerability of the ordinary human being. Only great art work can give us that. Like Ezra Pound said himself: “ Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.” The power exists in the Beethoven's symphonic form as well as the thin figures of a young banker clerk. Someone must take part in the discovery. Don't you think on one can do this work better than a critic?
Another problem with the statement is that it undervalues other, equally important benefits of the work done by the critic. The statement gives a dubious definitionof "lasting value”. The universal human being yearning for something permanent, everlasting, without shadow of change. Undoubtly, the timeless beauty of the work is attributed to artist. However, the critic also plays an important role in the progress in civilization. Every society has its own bundle of values, cultures, and mores which most of its members share. The art work reelects all aspects above. Most important of all, if intercultural exchange doesn't take place; the progress of civilization can't come true either. It is the critic who introduces the great artwork to his or her country's readers, sometimes they even translate it. What with their hard work in intercultural criticism and what with globalization, we become more and more aware of the mix of cultures. Meanwhile,
some new subjects emerge as the times require, for instance, comparative literature.
To sum up, the speaker's claim overstates the importance of the artist, at least to some extent. The creativity from artist provide the enjoy of spirit, but criticism from critic may lead people
into a fretful state . They both give society something of lasting value. Their art activity helps us to formulate informed values and ideals for ourselves, inspires us to great achievement, and helps us appreciate how beautiful our life is. |
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