How Contemporary Cartoons Affect Children's Aesthetic Appreciation

With its distinct form and aesthetic value, contemporary cartoon art makes a notable visual impact on children, who grow up together with television network. The cartoon, which has been a special and popular widely-spread cultural product, is changing children's judgement of value and sight and mind of aesthetic appreciation. The Author not only researches on the relations between new features of cartoons and children's aesthetic appreciation, but also rationally analyses the advantages and disadvantages of contemporary cartoons.The thesis comprises three parts. Part hackles the actualities of contemporary cartoon art and induces its five new features .It is the change of cartoons that impacts the view about the world, life and value of children, who make up the largest audience of cartoons.Pant discourses on how contemporary cartoons help to build children's aesthetic appreciation mentality. It's the key to the thesis. It elaborates the reasons why children love cartoons on the basis of the researches into the relations between cartoons and children. By using new evaluation criteria, it analyses the aesthetic interest, redefines "cartoon spirit" and calls the return of the sense of childhood.part puts forward four problems worthy of people's notice. Though cartoons play an important role in shaping children's future and helping their mind of aesthetic appreciation develop well, we still need to be aware of their negative influence on children because they usually fail to make right judgements and choices.