Art, Reality, and Art's Autonomy in Henry James's ＂The Real Thing＂

亨利．詹姆士的〈真品〉裡的藝術、寫實與藝術自主性

王瀚陞(Han-Sheng Wang)

《高雄應用科技大學人文與社會科學學刊》 2卷2期 (2016/12) Pp. 67-75

https://doi.org/10.6554/JKTUHS.2016.0202.05

摘要

In ＂The Real Thing＂, Henry James (1843-1916) opposes two modes of artistic representation against each other so much so that ＂the real thing＂, which embodies a naive realism, implies a rigid form of representation and is contrasted with a more sophisticated realism that caters for the changing forms of reality. On his way to dramatize the difference between these two realisms, James also creates a great divide between high art and popular art, which are exemplified respectively by Rutland Ramsay, a book by ＂the rarest of the novelists＂, and Cheapside, a popular magazine. Therefore, given that the hierarchy of art remains consolidated, the present paper argues that in ＂The Real Thing＂, to oppose ＂the real thing＂ against a more lively mode of representation is not to renounce high art but to prefigure its more refined expression.

關鍵字

art ； reality ； art's autonomy ； Henry James ； ＂The Real Thing＂

並列摘要

在〈真品〉（“The Real Thing”）此一短篇故事中，小說家亨利．詹姆士（Henry James, 1843-1916）將兩種藝術再現模式加以對比，所謂的「真品」體現的是一種注重表層、僵化的寫實手法，不如另一種更細緻、能夠關照各種面向的寫實手法。在區分這兩種寫實手法的同時，詹姆士也以文化階層區隔出代表高級藝術的一流小說家作品與代表普羅藝術的大眾雜誌。本論文指出在〈真品〉此一短篇故事裡，透過一組對比的寫實手法，詹姆士其實是企圖對高級藝術提出一種更精緻的再現方式。

並列關鍵字

藝術 ； 寫實 ； 藝術自主性 ； 亨利．詹姆士 ； 〈真品〉

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