Private life and Its End:Emotional Mechanism in the 18th-Century European Bourgeois Tragedy
In the 18th-century bourgeois tragedy with enlightenment as its fundamental demand,personal life and family life formed the core of its contents.The reason why bourgeois tragedy presented its demand for enlightenment mainly through private life was related to the composition of its core plots,and also closely related to the important status of the family as a scene of private life in bourgeois tragedy.The scene of private life in bourgeois tragedy created a sentimental emotional mechanism,which was related to the historical status quo of the 18th-century Europe,and specifically to the powerlessness of the bourgeois class in public life.Furthermore,the emotional mechanism in bourgeois tragedy transformed the composition of tragedy,turning private life into a public event.This transformation led to the development of universal self-fashioning and culture of sympathy from the domestic scene.