Aesthetic Impulse in Chaitanya’s Revolution and Aesthetics

Abstract

This thesis is critical discussion of Chaitnaya's book, Revolution and Aesthetics. This research makes critical Marxist aesthetic reading of Chaitanya's essay. Aesthetic Impulse is observed throughout the text. Aesthetics is concerned about beauty of art work. Proletarian side of work is taken as beauty. Domination of aesthetics lies on literature, art, music and song. Political, religious, cultural and economic aesthetics are important in this research. From Marxist perspectives, it always demands nationalism, emancipation of oppression, communism and equality in Nepalese society. It opposes feudalist, capitalist and imperialist notion of art and literature, and it talks for the behalf of proletariats. Primarily it focuses on aesthetics of people's war in the Nepalese context. People's war is regarded as source of artistic and cultural aesthetics. Revolution and aesthetics expresses that people's war helps to establish new artistic value to the masses. Aesthetic impulse is more effective in rural area because of proletarian majority. New aesthetic value is judged on the basis of dialectical and historical materialism. The principle believes on materialist consciousness, and it focuses that everything has changing features. So, Aesthetic impulse is discussed critically from Marxist aesthetic point of view. This research carries as minute observation in Chaitanya’s text.