Jauss, Aesthetic Experience Theoretical Research

Western aesthetics research center of gravity shifted from the beauty essence to aesthetic experience in present age , under this background, Jauss changed over to the research of aesthetic experience in the late 70's of 20^th century. Jauss's study is not the ordinary aesthetic experience, but is by the artistic experience primarily history aesthetic experience, it is expresses in reader's acceptance with the explanation activity in.Jauss thought aesthetic delight is the most basic level of aesthetic experience, is a essential key aspect of aesthetic experience research. Aesthetic delight has the very high prestige in the German art classicism time. But, because of many reasons, aesthetic delight lost in the present age. In order to maintain the legal status of aesthetic experience and aesthetic delight in the contemporary aesthetics, Jauss proposed many arguments try hard to activate aesthetic delight, simultaneously, he inspected the predecessor theory, proposed a new definition of aesthetic delight: enjoys in his thing to enjoy. Jauss thought aesthetic delight is one kind of free delight, this free nature makes it different with the moral delight and the sense organ delight. It has many special functions different with the ordinary delight.Jauss's aesthetic experience theory has a kind of historical consciousness, aesthetic and historical consciousness unifies is its biggest characteristic. He tried hard in the literature interior realization history criterion and aesthetics criterion communication, causes the two to fuse. Regardless of is study aesthetic delight, study the creation, the feeling, the purification of aesthetic experience , study the esthetic approval pattern, Jauss always payed attention to the historical review and analysis, not only traced their theory origin, moreover placed them in the process of the historical development to do the dynamic assurance.The significance and the influence of Jauss's aesthetic experience theory may analyze from two aspects: First, it has deepened reception aesthetics. Second, It has represented one new tendency of aesthetic experience research in present age.