The Beauty of Grotesque in the Myth of The Classic of Mountains and Seas
The Classic of Mountains and Seas is the most concentrated and close to the original state of myths in China,and the myths recorded in it present strong grotesque meanings with horrifying and strange images and plots that deviate from reality.The grotesque aesthetic style in the myth of The Classic of Mountains and Seas is the result of the low level of material development and the influence of political factors,which reflected the primitive people's thinking mode of identification between things and me,their complex psychological state,and their primal aesthetic consciousness into the myths.The remarkable grotesque phenomenon in the myth of The Classic of Mountains and Seas not only reveals the aesthetic interest and aesthetic psychological structure of the primitive man,but also highlights an aesthetic style different from the"tender and gentle",which also brings the aesthetic subject a fearful and ridiculous aesthetic experience.
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