The present study tested the effect of title type on the aesthetic evaluation of Japanese poetry. Ninety participants read a Japanese poem presented with either a “descriptive” title, an “elaborative” title, or no title. Participants then gave ratings according to their aesthetic experiences on the poem. The results revealed that the title type significantly influenced the readers’ aesthetic evaluations. Specifically, descriptive titles promoted more thought about the poem compared to elaborative titles. This finding can be attributed to the enhanced processing fluency afforded by descriptive titles, which allows readers to more readily understand and grasp the key characteristics of the poem, thereby facilitating thought evocation. These results extend previous findings on the influence of titles on the aesthetic appreciation of paintings and music to the domain of poetry. Furthermore, they highlight the role of processing fluency in possibly mediating the relationship between title type and aesthetic evaluation.

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标题对日本诗歌审美评价的影响


本研究检验了标题类型对日本诗歌审美评价的影响。九十名参与者阅读了一首带有“描述性”标题、“详尽”标题或没有标题的日本诗歌。然后参与者根据自己对这首诗的审美体验进行评分。结果表明，标题类型显着影响读者的审美评价。具体来说，与详尽的标题相比，描述性标题促进了对这首诗的更多思考。这一发现可归因于描述性标题增强了处理的流畅性，使读者更容易理解和掌握诗歌的关键特征，从而促进思想唤起。这些结果将之前关于标题对绘画和音乐审美影响的研究结果延伸到了诗歌领域。此外，他们强调了处理流畅性在可能调解标题类型和审美评价之间关系中的作用。