The Berlin State Opera and the Berlin Deutsche Opel staged an opera by Hofmannsthal in collaboration with Strauss, commemorating the 150th anniversary of Hofmannsthal's birth. Professor Liu Yongqiang's "Research on Hofmann Starr's Cross Art Poetics" explores how Hofmann Starr broke through language limitations and expanded the boundaries of poetic expression. The book is divided into 5 chapters. Chapter 1 introduces the research background, Chapter 2 examines language crisis and criticism, Chapters 3 and 4 focus on the body perspective, and Chapter 5 looks forward to cross artistic creation research. This book is based on literary research and explores the interaction and integration between literature and other arts.

A New Exploration of the Relationship between Language and Body

In depth exploration of the relationship between language and bodily experience in Hofmannsthal's works reveals the language crisis and criticism in his creation. The author analyzed how Hofmannsthal drew inspiration from the performance art of theater actor Mittelwald, breaking language conventions and pursuing personalized expression. Through the discussion in "The Chandos Letter," the author combines art history theory to point out that Hofstadter's language crisis stems from a conceptual crisis and criticizes abstract language. Hofmannsthal's background in language research prompted him to reflect on language limitations and explore expressive potential. The author also analyzed the depersonalization and bodily return of language from the perspective of media development history, providing new references for the study of German literature. In the discussion of "Conversations on Poetry", the author corrected the academic bias and explored the embodied behavior of poetry recitation and the emotional characteristics of poetry. Hofmann Starr achieves visual and ritualistic expression through metaphors and repetition in poetry, transcending binary oppositions. The author extensively cites the philosophical ideas of literature and art in the context of the times, examining Hofmannsthal's linguistic views and concluding that his ideal language form predates written culture. Hofmann Starr reconstructed the language expression of the modern world by returning to the original. The keyword "primitivism" proposed by the author echoes the discourse on primitive dance and also reminds people of the life reform movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The body, as a carrier of sensory experience, occupies a central position in Hofmann Starr's language criticism. The author takes Hofmann Starr's critique of language as a case study, outlining the intertwined landscape of literary, artistic, and philosophical thought at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, providing new research coordinates for the study of the relationship between language and the body.

Criticism and Reconstruction of Two Image Poetics

Chapter 3 delves into the relationship between images and visual perception in Hofmannsthal's works, revealing the fusion and interaction between images and language. The article first emphasizes the importance of researching image issues and points out that before the 19th century, images and text were the main media for recording human life. With the development of visual technology, artistic expression techniques have changed, and modernist literature has begun to focus on the irrational dimension. The author critically interprets Hofmann Starr's attitude towards images and points out his critical attitude towards images. Analyzing the dominant role of vision in cultural evolution from an anthropological perspective provides clues for understanding Hofmann Starr's visual depictions. Quoting Freud's psychoanalytic theory, revealing the relationship between the unconscious and visual perception in psychology. In the analysis of the work, further clarify the relationship between images and language, and reveal the complexity of Hofmann Starr's viewing behavior. By analyzing Hofmann Starr's description of visual perception, viewing is seen as an act of fusion of internal and external senses. Exploring the complex relationship between images and text, reflected in the tension between current viewing and previous memory. The author points out that Hofstadter criticized the limitations of text and the perceptual alienation that images may cause, emphasizing the characteristic of modernist literature that focuses on illusionary description, providing a new perspective for understanding modernist poetic creation. This chapter has a distinct critical perspective, integrating theories from media studies, art history, and linguistics.

The pioneering research on dance and literature

Deeply explored the interactive relationship between dance and literature, especially in Hofmann Starr's works. Around 1900, social dance and performance dance underwent a transformation from traditional to modern, and modern dance became an important theme in literary creation. Hofmannsthal's interest in dance began with the "Mitelwoze Review," which not only marked the beginning of his language criticism but also demonstrated his interest in silent performance art. He attempted to broaden the boundaries of poetics through dialogue with neighboring art forms. The author analyzed the mixed genre of dance drama scripts, emphasized the role of dance movements in narrative, and pointed out that Hofmannsthal created multiple dance drama scripts to achieve mutual infiltration and communication between artistic forms. In the interpretation of 'The Triumph of Time', the author reveals the use of symbolic techniques and the continuation of Hofstadter's visual poetics. Hofmannsthal also attempted mime scripts, such as "The Apprentice," by comparing key characters in the two works and pointing out the tragic misinterpretation caused by bodily symbolization. Hofmannsthal's dance plays and mime scripts reflect the changes in dance history, such as the symbolic significance of palace dance and carnival dance. The author also discussed collaborative examples in the intersection of literature and dance research, such as Hofmann Starr's collaboration with dancers, and his views on the literary potential of dance. Through the symbolism of Eastern temple culture, Hofmannsthal captured the purity and primitiveness of religious temple rituals, making dance an artistic attempt to overcome language crises. In the fictional dialogue 'Fear', the author analyzes the relationship between the primitiveness of dance and modern civilization, as well as the duality of dance education. Hofmannsthal proposed the viewpoint of bidirectional viewing relationship in "The Stranger Girl", enriching the literary description of performative dance. The author also explores the collaboration between Hofmann Stahl and Wiesenthal, as well as the role of "rhythm" in literary and dance collaboration. Finally, the author focuses on "influence research" and explores the interdependent relationship between literature and dance, particularly how Hofmann Stahl promoted Wiesenthal's exploration of dance through his poetic ideas.

A panoramic interpretation of the four span artistic poetics

By analyzing Hofmann Starr's collaboration with Strauss on the opera "Helen of Egypt," this paper explores the research potential in the fields of literature and music, and reviews the main thread of the book on cross artistic poetics. The author emphasizes the importance of language criticism in Hofmannsthal's works, attempting to explore the integration of perceptual subjects and objects through cross artistic poetics, pursuing genre blending, and drawing on Wagner's opera ideas to achieve the integration of individuals and groups, East and West, past and present, and various arts. The research features in the book include extensive selection of materials, interdisciplinary perspectives, the integration of critical and critical perspectives, and new research on literature and dance. Hofmann Starr's Cross Art Poetics provides a new theoretical framework for modernist literature, cross art, and art history research, addressing core issues in contemporary academic and artistic practice, and offering theoretical resources and new perspectives for researchers in related fields.