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On Wonder

Posted on:2012-01-13Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Q WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2215330338473248Subject:Aesthetics
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Wonder is typical of the emotion, the human has the mental performance. As a full recognition of emotion, wonder with a universal significance and value.Of the wonder research, studies, Chinese and foreign history is hanging by a thread since ancient times by the sages of all their attention. This is the stimulus for the sudden sense of excitement of wonder, bring the pleasure, make the spirit of joy, it itself contains the aesthetic factor. Wonder is the beginning of aesthetic activities psychological mark of the most important, it is not only an opportunity for aesthetic activities, but through the activities of the aesthetic, the aesthetic consciousness of the soul. This paper attempts to use aesthetics, literature, philosophy, psychology, physiology and other disciplines related to knowledge and theory, history and logic of combining the use of the method, general and unifying approach to the comprehensive study of wonder in category.Paper is divided into five parts. The first part of the Chinese and foreign history of thought and speech about the surprise was largely retrospective and comb. In Western philosophy, surprised as a concept, as early as in Plato's philosophy had emerged, he was surprised that the beginning of philosophy, and later Aristotle, Hegel, Heidegger are from a different angle interpretation of this view was to make further enrich and deepen. Among them, Hegel first introduced to surprise the field of aesthetics, Heidegger's philosophy and aesthetic awareness to promote integration, he said referring to the aesthetic wonder to wonder. Western aesthetics and cultural theory, from Aristotle to the strange theory, and more from the surprise caused by the aesthetic effect, even if surprising, causing pleasure to discourse. Ancient Chinese thought and speech about the surprise, a large number of lines and scattered remarks, the representative poet Du Fu, Li Qingzhao, Xu Wei, literary theory, Lu Ji's Paradox refers amazing language, Liu Xie show that the sentences have fixed scared ears aesthetic effect, a sense of the modern on Mr Hing said is that sense of wonder.The second part discusses the wonder of the aesthetic connotation. Section 1 of the wonder as a aesthetic concept is analyzed. First, objective and subjective factors of wonder had produced an overview, and secondly, similar to the wonder and not easy to distinguish between the concepts compared. Through the wonder and surprise like the comparison of emotional response; wonder and curiosity, novelty of the comparison; wonder comparison with surprise, wonder mentioned aesthetics and science, philosophy comparative and analysis,can be found that the wonder obtained fortuitous aesthetic surprise, shock, creativity, transcendence four basic characteristics. Section 2 analyses wonder as an aesthetic form, the wonder in the aesthetic activity has great significance and value; it can be turned up for the aesthetic category. Wonder and the sublime as an aesthetic category, wonder and unique aesthetic aspects of Benjamin's shock were similarities and by compared them to more clearly grasp the unique aesthetic content of the wonder.The third part discusses the cause of wonder. From physiological mechanism, psychological mechanisms and external causes up trying to comprehensively grasp the wonder production process. Wonder is to generated due to human survival of the need for stimulation, information, meaning.The human desire for stimulation, information, meaning produce divergent psychological, also had the novelty of people requesting different aesthetic psychology.In this aesthetic psychological basis, the singular aesthetic taste of people development. By the aesthetic effect of wonderful literature analysis, we found that wonder resulting from external causes can be grouped into two categories:regular outside but singular inside, and often easily see the special from normal. But anyway, they must be within the human ability, that makes sense, unexpected, to make people wonder.The fourth part of the Jin Yong novels and movies of 007 as examples analyses on how to present of wonder. Jin Yong's novels and the 007 series have a great charm is more caused by people's sense of wonder. Part 5 summarizes the aesthetic significance of wonder. People are constantly wondered to discover a new,avoid a "fatigued"; wonder is the internal driving force and source of artistic creation, and promote artistic innovation; wonder bring a strong aesthetic pleasure; wonder wake-up into a numb life state, the state utility in mind, it encourages people to display their many talents, and to further new development. Wonder can be beneficial to the lives of people and always maintain a positive physical and mental state, furthermore,a comprehensive and harmonious development.
Keywords/Search Tags:Wonder, Aesthetic wonder, Aesthetic connotation, Production conditions, Aesthetic significance
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