On the Learning Path of Zhu Guangqian's Psychology of Literature and Art

Abstract
Zhu Guangqian's Psychology of Literature and Art is a key text in the construction of modern aesthetics in China. This book systematically analyzes the aesthetic experience and its manifestations in literary and artistic activities from the perspective of psychology, which embodies a distinct research orientation of "proceeding from empirical facts" in methodology, and theoretically completes the selective absorption of modern western aesthetics and the integration of China's traditional aesthetic experience. Because the text itself spans many fields of psychology, aesthetics and literature and art, its theoretical structure is not nonlinear, and beginners are prone to break their understanding and confuse their concepts during reading. This paper does not attempt to make a comprehensive review of Psychology of Literature and Art, but focuses on "how to learn this classic", sorting out a relatively clear and operable learning path from four aspects: academic context, theoretical core, research method and practice transformation, in order to provide reference for the systematic study of graduate students.
Keywords: Zhu Guangqian; Literary psychology; Aesthetic experience; Learning path; Modern aesthetics

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