Humor and Aesthetic Education
Humor and Aesthetic Education
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幽默与美育
DOI：
10.2307/3332209
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发表时间：
1981
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通讯作者：
J. Morreall
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作者：
J. Morreall
不难从受过良好教育的人那里得到一些说法，大意是艺术和一般的审美体验是重要的。即使大多数人花很少的时间去参观画廊、听好音乐或做任何艺术本身的事情，他们至少已经受到教育，认为这些事情是人类最高的追求之一；如果一周有几个额外的时间加上一点鼓励，他们可能会花更多的时间进行审美活动。另一方面，我怀疑大多数人，如果被问及笑声和幽默的重要性，他们的排名会低得多。也许我们开玩笑和大笑的次数比我们从事审美活动的次数多，但频率并不能衡量重要性。开玩笑和大笑在我们的日常生活中占有一席之地，但喝咖啡休息时间和偶尔吹口哨也是如此。然而，这些都不必算作我们最重要的活动。事实上，许多人都被教育认为笑声和幽默是一些无聊的事情，会妨碍严肃的追求。
It is not difficult to elicit from well-educated people some statement to the effect that art, and aesthetic experience generally, are important. Even if most people spend little time in visiting galleries and listening to good music or in doing anything artistic themselves, they at least have been educated to think of such things as among the highest of human pursuits; and given a few extra hours in the week plus a little encouragement, they might devote more time to aesthetic activities. On the other hand, I suspect that most people, if asked about the importance of laughter and humor, would rank these considerably lower. Maybe we joke and laugh more often than we engage in aesthetic activities, but frequency is no measure of importance. Joking and laughing have their place in our daily lives, but so do the coffee break and the occasional fit of whistling; none of these, however, need be counted among our highest activities. Indeed, many people have been educated to think of laughter and humor as something frivolous which gets in the way of serious pursuits.