Engels's"Historical View"and His Realistic View of Literature and Art
It is not appropriate to translate Engels'"historical viewpoint"into"historical science viewpoint".In Engels'two important documents concerning"historical viewpoint",the core connota-tion of"historical viewpoint"is"reality".Engels's"reality"contains three aspects of meaning:first,the current reality;Second,the reality of the past or the reality of history;Third,the author's and critic's thoughts and cognition are based on the present reality and conform to the historical reality at the same time.Its basic point is"real reality".The relationship between Engels's"historical view"and his realis-tic view of literature and art can be discussed from three aspects:First,the"historical view"promoted the realist turn of Engels'literary and art thought;Second,they fit each other;Third,the two promote each other.
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