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Aesthetic Potentials of Chinese Short-shorts. Aili Mu Iowa State University March 10, 2008. Argument ( 主题句). Powerful Chinese short-shorts have special agency for aesthetic cognition (审美认知) and ethical enlightenment ( 道德启迪). Outline (提纲). Definition (定义) “Number Eight” (“第八个”)
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Aesthetic Potentials of Chinese Short-shorts Aili Mu Iowa State University March 10, 2008
Argument (主题句) Powerful Chinese short-shorts have special agency for aesthetic cognition(审美认知)and ethical enlightenment(道德启迪).
Outline (提纲) • Definition(定义) • “Number Eight”(“第八个”) • Conclusion(结论) • Questions (问题)
very short story story bytes sudden fiction flash fiction one-minute fiction palm fiction mini fiction snapshot fiction a story of a thousand words … Hybrid nature Definition: Names
Definition: Genre(文体) • Embrace and escape all genres • Have formal tolerance • Offer endless artistic possibilities • In the process of transformation
the story elements that novels, novellas, and short stories have Setting/Atmosphere Plot/Conflict Character Narration/Point of view Theme a short length that is usually around or less than 1500 characters 速率审美效应 Creative artistry Aesthetic response Flexibility Expedient Definition(实用定义):A work of fiction (A narrative text) that has
第八个 吴宜民 连着几天大雨,积水盖住了路面,车子骑过去,压溅出两排水花,煞是壮观。 路旁一个小孩,呆站在那儿不知干什么,很快地我获得了答案,我的摩托车前轮陷入雨水所覆盖的洞中,那孩子脸上露出狡狯的笑意,向屋里另一个孩子叫道:“第七个!” 我狼狈地推起车子,走到他的身旁,一时竟不知道该如何教训他。随着他喜形于色的目光,我回头见到另一位骑士,威风凛凛地分水而来。 路旁站着一位浑身湿淋淋的大人和一个孩子,想必吸引了他诧异的目光。在我还来不及组织心中的感觉时,那骑士面上的诧异刹那间迅速地扩大…… “第八个!”我竟然与那顽童不约而同的叫喊出来。
Agency of art: I(审美功能:1) The art of “Number Eight” implicates a compassionate perception(有人文关怀的认知)that recognizes connections through differences and celebrates the unity of seeming adversaries.
Strategy: First-person narrator “第八个!”我竟然与那顽童不约而同的叫喊出来。”
Agency of art: II(审美功能:2) The art of “Number Eight” acknowledges a fundamental connection (根连)among people with differences and cultivates a non-discriminative cognition(反任何形式歧视的认知)for shared humanity.
Third-person: First-person: Self-discovery (自我发现) Strategy: Attitude and Position N N
Names: Short-shorts’ many names manifest the genre’s non-discriminative essence Genre: The formal tolerance of the genre implicates the ethical agency of art Conclusion: 结论