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The Essence Beyond Flavor: A Comparative Study of Si Kongtu's “Favor Criterion” and Response-inviting Structure

Fangying QuCentral China Normal University, Luoyu road, Wuhan city, Hubei province, China*

* Corresponding author: [email protected]

Abstract

Favor criterion is a major feature of Chinese classical poetics. Si Kongtu first proposed favor criterion with the essence beyond flavor, which contains two meanings: internal favor and external favor. Internal favor originates from the author's choice and arrangement of language and characters, including the overall image composed of language, phonology, etc. in poetry. The external flavor exists outside the language, which is an imaginary realm constructed by the readers according to their own experience. Comparing favor criterion with the response-inviting structure, it is found that the latter is a purely rational analysis, focusing on the specific factors that make up the work. The former starts with the whole and expresses the theory in the form of aesthetic experience by analogy.

Keywords: Favor criterion; Response-inviting structure; Essence beyond flavor; Si Kongtu
Published: February 28, 2023
DOI: 10.54254/2753-7064/2/2022524
Volume: CHR Vol.2
pp. 424-432
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