Issue218 第二十三次作业

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题目
Issue218 In order for any work of art-whether film, literature, sculpture, or a song-to have merit, it must be understandable to most people.

翻译：
任何的艺术作品为了有价值，例如电影、文学、雕塑或者歌曲，都必须让大多数人易于理解。

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类别：艺术类（总频率21）
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提纲
（1）艺术作品的价值与大多数人是否理解是没有关系的，一个艺术作品只要是作者的真实情感、感受、想法的表达，那它就是有价值的。
According to what Freud has said, art, in essence, is a kind of release of individual lust, converting the human libido into plentiful creativity. It is through the work of art that artists express their passions, emotions, and desires. From this we can see, art is therefore, first and foremost, concerning with the inner world rather than with the outside one as a whole.
（2）一个艺术作品如果不是忠于作者的真实想法，而是为了迎合观众或者让大多数人理解，那它就很难有长久的价值。比如很多无聊的商业片，虽然被大多数人欢迎，但却不被评论家看好，很快就会被大家遗忘。
（3）艺术作品不一定需要人们的理解。因为人们的知识有限，也不是每个人都是心理学家，所以不可能完全揣摸出艺术作品所代表的作者的真实想法，但是只要能够欣赏就足够了。比如：对于某些音乐作品，只要我们听到以后感到很美或者心灵受到撞击，那它就是有价值的。

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正文
What kind of art has merit? Is it the art that can be understandable to most people? The speaker thinks it is. But in my opinion of view, I think any work of art, whether it is film, literature, sculpture, or a song, as long as it can bring esthetical enjoyment to audiences, it is a valuable artwork, even if it cannot be understood by most people.

First of all, the value of a piece of artwork has little relation to whether most people can understand, on the contrary, so far as it is the expression of author's true feelings, passions, emotions, or desires, it has merit. As is known to everyone, in the ancient society, artists were always controlled by the gerentocratic and they were only the tools of the governors to enforce their management. Consequently, there were few arts coming down as best-known works. However, the case is totally different in the modern society. Now artists can express their opinions freely in their works and the artistic industry is flourishing unprecedentedly.

Secondly, if an artwork does not stick to the author's true feeling and only tries to cater to audiences or make them to understand the work, it cannot have long value. For example, in recent years, there are lots of tiresome commercial films, which have little meanings and only aim to make people laugh or kill time.  Although these films are popular among people and can be understood by most people, they are not appreciated by critics or experts. Moreover, these films will be forgotten soon.

Last but not the least, artworks need not to be understood by most people because people's knowledge is limited and not everyone is psychologist, thus it is impossible for everyone to guess completely the true thinking of the authors, whereas only to enjoy the artworks is enough. Take music as an example. When we listen to a piece of beautiful music, we can receive the great entertainment or make our heart stroked, thus the music is of great value. We do not need to learn how about the mood of the author when he created the work and etc.

To sum up, it is not necessary for any artist to try to make his work be understandable by most people; nevertheless, just to express himself freely and truly is enough for making a valuable and well-known art.

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参考资料
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