Aesthetic Experience and Literary Hermeneutics (Library of the Century)

Author: (German) Hans Robert Gumbrecht, Germany
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: The Century Humanistic Series includes five interfaces: "The Century Library," "The Century Frontier," "Miniature Classics," "University Classics," and "Open Humanities." Each series is distinct yet complementary. "Clarifying the context of Western thought and renewing the academic tradition of China" serves as the editorial principle of "The Century Library." The library is divided into two major book series: the Chinese Studies series and the Western Studies series. The Chinese Studies series, starting from the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, comprehensively organizes academic works since modern China, aiming to provide a progressive framework for contemporary reflection on the social and spiritual conditions of modern China. The Western Studies series aims to systematically translate and introduce classic texts from ancient Greece and Rome to the present, based on the overall process of Western civilization, thereby demonstrating the emergence and evolution of Western thought traditions and laying a solid textual foundation for addressing core issues in modern China. In response, "The Century Frontier" focuses on important academic and intellectual topics and recent developments since World War II globally, showcasing recent achievements in various disciplines and the evolving dimensions of contemporary cultural trends. "Miniature Classics" collects classic works by renowned masters in distinctive styles and formats, offering both depth and interest. In this book, Hans Robert Gumbrecht employs rigorous hermeneutic principles and his extensive knowledge to interpret aesthetic experience, advancing the study of literary theory into a reflection on art, aesthetics, and even entire cultures. He explores the development of aesthetic experience theory, creatively distinguishing it into three categories: creation, reception, and purification (Chapter); he redefines and affirms aesthetic identification (Chapter 2); his analysis of the comic factor (Chapter 3) undoubtedly initiates a theoretical revolution. Chapter 4 provides an example of stylistic history research guided by literary reception theory. The final chapter extends literary reception theory to the study of the social communicative functions of literature at various levels.