Literary Psychology (Modern Distance Education Series Textbooks)

Author: Jin Yuanpu
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Publish Date: 2003-09-18
Features: Aesthetic psychology is a professional foundational course in Chinese language and literature. It is an important interdisciplinary discipline that employs psychological and literary methods to study literary and artistic activities and phenomena in China and abroad, both ancient and modern. This book is a professional textbook on aesthetic psychology, covering topics such as the nature of the discipline, theoretical resources and development, fundamental categories and relationships, and the psychology of literary creators. It is suitable for students in relevant college majors.
Chapter 1: The Nature, Background, and Methods of Aesthetic Psychology
Section 1: Research Objects and Disciplinary Background of Aesthetic Psychology
Section 2: The Nature and Structure of Aesthetic Psychology
Section 3: Characteristics and Research Methods of Aesthetic Psychology
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 2: Theoretical Resources and Development of Aesthetic Psychology
Section 1: Theoretical Resources and Development of Western Aesthetic Psychology
Section 2: Theoretical Resources and Development of Ancient Chinese Aesthetic Psychology
Section 3: Dialogue and Integration Between Chinese and Western Aesthetic Psychologies
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 3: Fundamental Categories and Interrelationships of Aesthetic Psychology
Section 1: Apperception and Memory
Section 2: Perception, Emotion, and Mood
Section 3: Imagination, Fantasy, and Illusion
Section 4: Aesthetic Ideals, Sublimation, and Purification
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 4: Literary Creators and Creative Psychology
Section 1: Internal Drive and Motivation
Section 2: The Unconscious and Childhood Experiences of Literary Creators
Section 3: Inspiration, Ecstasy, and Creative Thinking
Section 4: Intuition, Expression, and Stream of Consciousness of Literary Creators
Section 5: Basic Psychological Types and Creative Personality of Literary Creators
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 5: Text, Symbols, and Psychological Connotation
Section 1: The "Imagery Layer" of Text and Its Psychological Connotation
Section 2: The Structure: Blanks, Ambiguity, and Hazy Experiences in Artistic Texts
Section 3: Text and Subject: Symbols and Symbolic Experience
Section 4: Symbolic-Metaphorical Structure: The Psychological Bridge for the Realization of Literary Meaning
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 6: Psychological Reception and Appreciation of Literature
Section 1: Preparatory Mood, Aesthetic Threshold, and Psychological Arousal
Section 2: Psychological Schemas and Subjective Thinking in Literary Reception
Section 3: Reception Degree and Perspective Changes in Literary Reading
Section 4: Psychological Synthesis in Literary Reception
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 7: The Tripartite Interaction Between Literary Creators, Texts, and Receivers
Section 1: Psychological Field Effect
Section 2: Interaction Between Writers and Readers
Section 3: The Convergence of the Structure and Reader Perspectives
Section 4: The Meaning World: A New Creation Through Tripartite Interaction
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 8: Literary Activities and Psychological Experiences
Section 1: Interoceptive Experience: Empathy, Distance, and Inner Imitation
Section 2: Synesthesia
Section 3: Human Self-Actualization Needs and the Source of Literary Creation
Section 4: Introjection and Alienation Effect
Section 5: Anxiety and Solitude Experiences
Section 6: Peak and Plateau Experiences: Pleasure and Aesthetic Enjoyment
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 9: The Socio-Cultural Psychology of Literature
Section 1: Dialogue and Social Interaction in Literature
Section 2: Literary Activities and Archetypal Imagery
Section 3: Social Psychology and the Accumulation of National Cultural Psychology
Section 4: Group Dynamics and the Literary Community
Section 5: Utopian Consciousness in the Psychological World and Literary Activities
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
Chapter 10: Issues and Challenges of Contemporary Aesthetic Psychology
Section 1: Media Revolution, Social Transformation, and Cultural Psychology
Section 2: Changes in Visual Culture and Social Psychology
Section 3: Fashion: Aestheticization of Daily Life and Socio-Cultural Psychology
Section 4: Mass Popular Art and Youth Cultural Psychology
Key Concepts
Reflection Questions
References for This Book
Aesthetic psychology is a professional foundational course in Chinese language and literature. It is an important interdisciplinary discipline that employs psychological and literary methods to study literary and artistic activities and phenomena in China and abroad, both ancient and modern. Its research object is the psychological activities of aesthetic subjects in various aesthetic experiences, as well as the psychological mechanisms of literary creation and reception. In terms of curriculum structure, it primarily covers a series of topics, including the psychological processes of literary creators in literary creation, the psychological connotations in literary works, the psychological patterns in literary reception, and the relationship between aesthetic psychology and social psychology.
Aesthetic psychology is a discipline with rich historical resources and profound academic foundations. Like many modern disciplines, aesthetic psychology is not a closed, completed science. It possesses strong openness and practicality, and its vitality is rooted in its interaction and dialogue with literary practice. When studying this course, students should not only focus on mastering the classic discussions in academic history but also pay attention to the generation of disciplinary knowledge under new conditions. At the same time, based on its disciplinary characteristics, aesthetic psychology places a dual call on learners. On one hand, as an academic research discipline, it has strong theoretical rigor, requiring relatively high theoretical and logical abilities from learners. On the other hand, as a discipline of literature and art, it is rich in vivid, rich, and sensitive perceptual features, demanding aesthetic and artistic perceptual abilities from learners.
Aesthetic psychology is closely linked to contemporary literary and artistic practice, allowing learners to directly apply the knowledge they have learned to criticize or study the creation and reception of literary works. The improvement of aesthetic psychology literacy is inevitably a long-term process of theoretical and practical interaction, with no shortcuts. Only by constantly cultivating, nurturing, generating, and fostering noble and beautiful aesthetic psychological perceptual abilities in the process of literary and artistic aesthetic practice can learners truly glimpse the depths of aesthetic psychology and, in turn, contribute to raising the aesthetic and cultural literacy of the entire nation.
Through the study of this course, learners are expected to master the overall theoretical framework and basic knowledge of aesthetic psychology and to skillfully apply the basic methods of aesthetic psychological criticism to comment on and research aesthetic psychological phenomena and activities in literary creation, literary works, and literary reception. Based on the disciplinary characteristics and learning objectives of aesthetic psychology, learners must not be content with rote memorization of key points. Instead, they should, in addition to attending lectures, use the textbook Aesthetic Psychology as the foundation, thoroughly master the main content and key concepts of each chapter, and comprehensively and systematically study the course by integrating relevant teaching resources from the online courseware, such as the syllabus, introductory guidance, stage guidance, term definitions, instant exercises, common questions, and course assignments, all centered around key concepts.
To meet the requirements of this course, learners must appropriately read a certain number of reference books to broaden their theoretical horizons. The textbook provides a corresponding list of references, and learners can selectively study them under the guidance of their instructors. Students enrolled in this online course should, in conjunction with the course lectures, diligently take reading notes while studying the reference materials. This is highly necessary and beneficial for deeply mastering the course content, improving practical abilities, and preparing for exams.
The total number of class hours for this course is 40, and the credits are 3. During the writing of the textbook, we paid attention to incorporating the latest research findings in aesthetic psychology in China in recent years, striving for breakthroughs in the content of the textbook and including the study of socio-cultural psychology and ancient Chinese aesthetic psychology, thereby innovating the overall style of the book. We warmly welcome critiques and suggestions from academic peers and readers so that we can further revise and improve the textbook in the future.