How to Understand Literary Ideology: Concurrently on the Theory of "Aesthetical Ideology"

The debate on the relationship between literature and has lasted many years,and a correct understanding of the Marxist concept of is key to the issue.While it should be admitted that literature involves and even gives rise to ideology,the latter cannot be defined as the essence of the former.Literature in the hierarchy is usually in a position of the social consciousness form that may yield ideology,as is shared by most of the western Marxist theoreticians.Thus the concept of aesthetical ideology is obscure and difficult to hold water,and the mistake of this literary theory lies in its rigidity in adhering to the flexible principles,thereby minimizing the role of literature in establishing aesthetics by means of an abstract aesthetics.A correct and scientific way is,therefore,to resume what is advocated by the Marxist theory on literary ideology.