Open AccessPossibilities. On Lukács’ Theory of Genres
Author(s) -
Jiayang Qin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
zagreber germanistische beiträge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1849-1766
pISSN - 1330-0946
DOI - 10.17234/zgb.29.3
Subject(s) - drama , context (archaeology) , object (grammar) , epistemology , aesthetics , order (exchange) , sociology , history , literature , philosophy , linguistics , art , archaeology , finance , economics
›Possibility‹ is the prerequisite for the existence of an object. The study of ›possibility‹ is a consideration of its historical-philosophical background, cultural context and subjective issues. In his studies (especially in his works prior to 1918), Lukács discussed the ›possibility‹ of aesthetics and different genres of art, concerning the relationship between people, society, artworks and the lost totality. This article starts from ›possibility‹ in the works of Lukács, concentrates on the context of the development of different genres, and primarily draws on the example of drama in order to interpret and explain the role genres played in offering the solution to the break-up of the totality.