雷·布拉德伯里是20世纪美国最重要的科幻小说作家之一，他的作品以其对社会现象的关注与反思所著称。发表于1953年的《华氏451》是他最著名的长篇小说，讲述了一个书籍被禁绝的社会中，主人公蒙塔格由一个焚书者转变为爱书者，最终与社会决裂、流亡荒野的过程。小说激烈地批判了严格的书籍审查制度以及大众媒体的流行对于思想自由的压制，并借由主人公蒙塔格的觉醒提出了人类在这样的异化社会中得以救赎的可能。本文以马尔库塞的审美救赎为理论框架，分析蒙塔格的自我觉醒过程。马尔库塞赋予审美以政治革命意义，将艺术视为个体消解异化、还原人性的手段，以培养个体审美能力作为构建理想的集体社会的途径。本文将蒙塔格的觉醒过程分为三个阶段，即人性的异化阶段、感性的复苏阶段、审美能力的培养阶段。通过分析这三个阶段中蒙塔格的思想和行为呈现出的不同特征及其转变的原因，本文论证了艺术与审美对于个体反抗文化压抑的重要性，并探讨了小说提出的通过建设审美导向社会来实现人类救赎的构想，以此揭示小说在审美救赎思想观照下的深刻意蕴。

Ray Bradbury is a prominent 20-century American science fiction writer whose works are renowned for their astute observation and contemplation of social phenomena. Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953, is his most famous novel. The novel narrates the process of the protagonist, Montag, transforming from a book-burner to a book-lover in a society where books are banned, and eventually breaking away from the society and living in exile. Fahrenheit 451 forcefully critiques the suppression of freedom of thought caused by rigid censorship of books and pervasive influence of mass media. Through the awakening of Montag, the novel also raises the possibility of human redemption in such an alienated society.

This thesis examines the process of self-awakening undergone by Montag based on the theoretical framework of Herbert Marcuse’s aesthetic redemption. Marcuse attributes a political revolutionary significance to aesthetics, viewing art as a means by which the individual can dissolve alienation and restore humanity, and the cultivation of individuals’ aesthetic abilities as a path leading to an ideal society. The thesis divides Montag’s transformation into three stages, including the alienation from human nature, the recovery of sensibility, and the nurture of aesthetics. By examining Montag’s behavior and mode of thinking during these stages and the reasons for his transformation, the thesis argues the significance of art and aesthetics in an individual’s resistance to cultural oppression, and explores the novel’s envisage of human redemption based on the establishment of an aesthetic-oriented society, thereby revealing the profound implications of the novel in the light of aesthetic redemption.