Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2019)

The Cultivation of Aesthetic Taste in General Education Classrooms: A Case Study of the Course of Classical Western Literary Theory

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Yanqiu Li
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Yanqiu Li
Available Online August 2019.
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10.2991/icsshe-19.2019.205How to use a DOI?
Keywords
general education, aesthetic education, classical western literary theory, function of literature
Abstract

To justify the place of the course in the curriculum for first-year college students in general education classrooms, two major aspects including general education and aesthetic education are considered. The target audience is the freshmen in East China University of Political Science and Law who haven’t started their professional education in a profound, systematic and comprehensive way. Firstly, the course can be viewed as an integral part of both general education and aesthetic education. It can contribute greatly to the formation of character, the realization of human potential in general. Secondly, it can enhance the aesthetic awareness and aesthetic judgment in specific. Self-cultivation, self-identification and self-realization can be the key factors which make the course an integral part of general education while aesthetic sensitivity, aesthetic taste and aesthetic judgment are the main aspects which the course is designed to improve and cultivate so as to achieve human liberty and morality from an aesthetic perspective. Therefore, the course is justified in the cultivation of aesthetic taste in general education classrooms.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2019 5th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2019)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
August 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-772-0
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icsshe-19.2019.205How to use a DOI?
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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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