Literary Theory Methodology (Second Edition)

Author: Chen Mingshu
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: This book systematically and comprehensively discusses the research methods of literary studies, divided into three parts. The first part is Methodology: Principles, which explains the principles of the correspondence of research methods, the principle of dual negation, the principle of hierarchy, and the principle of complementarity. The second part is Methodology: China and the World, which introduces and analyzes over ten methods such as sociology, psychology, New Criticism, archetypal criticism, deconstructionism, and their pros and cons. The third part is Methodology: Practical Function, which emphasizes the discovery mechanism in literary studies methods, the empirical nature of data, the transcendence of thinking, the construction of theoretical frameworks, and aspects such as perspective and description. It has significant theoretical innovation, high academic content, and practical applicability.