Comparative Literature and the Study of Western and American Literature

Author: Wang Hongzhang
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Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features: Scholars, including the author, all pursue a kind of completeness, which is the integration of Eastern and Western in the horizontal dimension and the fusion of ancient and modern in the vertical dimension. Of course, this completeness carries an inherent otherworldliness: we can only get closer and closer to the goal, but we can never truly reach it. The content of this book includes: examining the differences between Eastern and Western poetic traditions from the origin and development of literary genres; the convergence of Kantian aesthetics and the spiritual temper of Eastern and Western poetics; the formal manifestations of the integration of Eastern and Western poetics in modern times, etc. This book includes 16 articles such as "Examining the Differences Between Eastern and Western Poetic Traditions from the Origin and Development of Literary Genres," "The Formal Manifestations of the Integration of Eastern and Western Poetics in Modern Times," "Literary History and the Formation of Classics," and "An Outline of the History of Relations Between European and American Literatures."