Literature and Sentiment

Author: Tian Chongxue
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: Previous literary figures recognized the role of "emotion" in "literature," but they stopped at "emotion" and lacked a specific analysis of it. Previous literary figures saw the significance of "sentimentality" in "literature," but they stopped at "style" and lacked an elevation of its value. The author discovers that among various emotional forms, sentimentality is closer to the origin of literature and should be the highest realm of a literary artist's heart and existence. Sentimentality is not just the style of a particular school; it should be the overall style of literary art.