Essays on aesthetics

Anthology from the year 2007 in the subject Art - Art Theory, General, language: English, abstract: Since I have always been interested in "eccentric" topics, my essays may be still of interest and relevant. For example, I wrote the first study of the four main types of the literary chanson, representing an expansion of Emil Staigers basic concepts of poetics thus including the audience centered stance where all genres excluded by Staigers categories can be subsumed that are; presented a systematic comparison and synthesis of Ingardens and Hartmanns literary strata and its usefulness in the psychology of art; provided analysis and integration of literary concepts such as stratum, structure, and genre; wrote an extensive comparative study of literary terminology expanding its scope beyond the European realm; undertook a stratum analysis of musical art forms, and attempted a description of the degree of abstraction in Asian painting and non - representational art. Most of my articles written in German are being published simultaneously by the same publisher, except for those concerning the teaching of literature and cultural studies. My tri - lingual (German/English/Japanese) homepage composed by my students includes a list of my publications. It can be found under http: //www.cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp/ wolf. Weil ich mich immer für "ausgefallene" Themen interessiert habe, finden meine Aufsنtze vielleicht noch Interesse und sind nicht veraltet. (Sie befassen sich erstmalig mit: Einer Untersuchung und Beschreibung des lit. Chansons als Gattung sowie der Abgrenzung seiner vier Haupttypen; einer Erweiterung der Staigerschen "Grundbegriffe" auf die "publikumsbezogene Grundhaltung", in der sich alle Gattungen unterbringen lassen, die in seinem System keinen Platz fanden; einem systematischer Vergleich und der Synthese von Ingardens und Hartmanns Schichtensystemen und deren Anwendung auf die Kunstpsychologie; der Analyse und Integration von Literaturbegriffen wie "S