On The Aesthetic Characteristics Of Description

Description,as a compound symbol,works to let people understand or tacit an object through describing the attributes of that object.This dissertation takes the aesthetic characteristics of description as the research object,trying to answer the question of what value in use that description has.The main discussion of this dissertation includes the proper talking area of description,the aesthetic form and features of description in literary language and further elaboration about the aesthetic functions of description.Due to its ability of indirectly describing fictitious entities,description is denied in logical judgment.However,by using human's imagination,description can express an aesthetic object and provide sense of beauty.With the performing of subjective,generally effective delight,it is more appropriate to be discussed in aesthetic world.Description can work actively with aesthetic form in the literary language.Users can coordinate multiple description words,or contradict the inner meaning of a description word as opposite and complementary.Vagueness,fictionality and metaphor are three major aesthetic features of description.Through the discussion of description words,we see that description can express users' individual experience,emotions or ideas,stimulate readers' common emotion and imagination,reflect culture inheritance and historical changes.As the conclusion of this dissertation,descriptions have great aesthetic potential to be used in describing fictional objects and people's inner feelings.When placed in full sentences,the aesthetic characteristics of description can be revealed.In the domain of aesthetics,description denotes to the concept of sensibility in spiritual world,leads to the free movement of human's imagination and eventually reflects our comprehension about human's own existence and metaphysical world.