"Blank"-the Soul Of Art

"Blank"in Chinese ancient literary theory history was at the basic of the Chinese tradition philosophy foundation,which has deep thought origin. "Blank"in Chinese literary theory history is the manifesting in literary and art of the Chinese philosophy.Its formation was a result of many kinds of thoughts affecting together:Taoism worldview of the mutual promotion of the five elements", the metaphysics and Buddhism. "Blank"in Chinese literary theory history was one fuzzy and the infinite concept, which has close relation with the other concept"the image" "the ideal condition".Moreover, "blank" passed through in the entire artistic activity process throughoutly.Western literary theorist also emphasized "blank"as an important characteristic in literary and art. "Blank"is found in many literary thought. Ingarden firstly introduce "blank"into the western art theory,thingking art contains many "uncertainty spot" and "blank", which wait for the readers to concrete.Iser inherited the theory ofIngarden,and he thought "blank" was the impetus power of "text——reader affectedmutually".Hemingway 's "iceberg theory" thought the author should only describe 1/8 parts of "the iceberg"and the submarine 7/8 parts should let readers imagine through the text."Blank" in Chinese and western literary theory history exist in Chinese and western aesthetic culture.They not only have many differences,but also have something in common."Blank" is not the real blank, which has manifested the artistic diagnostic method fully, and its formation requests the creator to have the rich life accumulation and the deep artistic skill.When it is accepted,it may be decided by a variety of factors. "Blank"may form the unique esthetic function: It can greatly expand the capacity of works of art in itself, and be able to arouse people's aesthetic feelings and to stimulate people's re-creation. This paper has vital significance and value in knowing the connotation and significance of "blank" and combing the general character and the unqie characteristic of the literary thought under the different cultural context and constructing and developing the Chinese characteristic literary esthetics system.The research method of this paper includes: the historical and logical method, analysis and synthesis method, case and comparison method and so on.