Conditions for a Great Masterpiece: The Aesthetic Realism in Georg Lukacs

  • Anderson David Gomes dos Santos Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL
  • Artur Bispo dos Santos Neto Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL
Keywords: Aesthetics, Masterpiece, Lukács’ Categories, Aesthetics Realism.

Abstract

Within his theoretical path that was aimed at defining ontology of social being, the Hungarian philosopher Georg Lukács came to definitions of an aesthetic theory based on Marxism. Based on the historical and dialectical materialism to analyze the artistic production, large contributions of scientific socialism, Lukács studied the evolution of art from the time that it reached its self-consciousness, in other words, man has produced art with conscious, and not as something only utilitarian. The author differentiated the form to reflect the daily life through the aesthetic in relation to the considerations made by science and as a result of this process, defined categories as particularity and specificity. Mainly through his Theory of Daily Aesthetic Mirroring, formed the Theory of Aesthetic Realism, whose works of authors such as Honoré de Balzac and Stendhal are identified and analyzed as masterpiece, even though the time was not propitious for it.

Author Biographies

Anderson David Gomes dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL
Discente de Jornalismo do curso de Comunicação Social da Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL; Colaborador no projeto de pesquisa de Iniciação Científica "Nas veredas de uma estética marxista". E-mail: andderson.santos@gmail.com
Artur Bispo dos Santos Neto, Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL
Docente Doutor do curso de Filosofia da Universidade Federal de Alagoas – UFAL. E-mail: arturbisponeto@gmail.com
Published
2010-08-12
Issue
Vol 12 No 2 (2010)
Section
Artigos de Iniciação Científica
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