Literature Taste Research

This paper chooses the literature taste as a topic to devote in summarizing its connotation, analysing its formative mechanism and exploring its sources.It will have a positive impact on literary creation and literary appreciation. This paper is divided into six parts:Part I: Introduction. On the basis of briefly introducing the importance of literature taste, this paper elaborates the present research situation, the selected topic reason, the innovation value as well as the overall research mentality. This part is for the purpose to carry on the overall summary and the explanation.Part II: Expounding the connotation of literature taste. The original meaning of"Qu"refers to walking quickly and trend.The extended sense of"Qu"is first used to appreciate Paintings and Music, afterward used in the literary work.The original meaning of"Wei"refers to the flavor, afterward is used to analogize"Tao", Politics and Music. Finally"Wei"is used in the literary criticism.On the basis of analyzing"Qu"and"Wei",this paper proposes the literature taste is the combination of"Qu"and"Wei", and points out that the literature taste is the artistic charm which produced by the interaction of all components which constitute the works. The artistic charm can conquer the readers.Part III: Elaborating the formative mechanism of literature taste. Taste experience and literature are both direct contacts, joyful, Subjective and fuzzy.As a cognitive style, the metaphor is commonly used to understand literary activities which is abstract.On the base of the similarity between taste experience and literature, the metaphor bonded taste experience and literature together.Then"the literature taste"was formed.Part IV: Analysing the sources of the literature taste. This paper point out that the literature taste originates from all esthetic factors of the work,such as emotionality, authenticity, entertainment and innovation. Literary works will be credible when they are real. Literary works will move readers when they have emotion. Literary works will attract readers when they are entertaining and innovative. The emotionality specifically refers to the literary language, literary image and narration of the story. The authenticity specifically refers to the emotion and the life. The entertainment refers to innovative content and humorous language. The innovation refers to content and artistic technique.Part V: Comparison of aesthetic taste and Literature taste. Aesthetic taste and Literature taste are of different connotation. The aesthetic taste refers to human's emotional tendency which is displayed in the esthetic activity. However,there is mutual interdependence between them.Part VI: Conclusion. Summarizing the viewpoint of this paper. Pointed out that the literature taste has significance on literary creation and literary appreciation...