History of Western Literary Theory in the 20th Century

Author: Zhang Shouying
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Publish Date: 1999-11-01
Features: This textbook focuses on literary theory, with a timeframe extending to the 1960s. Its theme is to overthrow vulgar sociology, strengthen literary aesthetics, introduce research methods, and promote reforms in literary studies. The approach is a combination of narrative and commentary, organizing lecture notes, and analyzing Chinese literary examples while demonstrating the spirit of the subject. It serves as a systematically introduced textbook in China on 14 aspects of Western literary theory from the first to the middle of the 20th century, gaining attention and encouragement from the literary community. Due to the recommendation of the foreign literature review committee expert, "Sword," it was awarded the National Professional Book Award. To further enhance the "guide" aspect of this teaching material, several technical revisions were made. In terms of terminology, the core concepts of the original text are directly introduced into relevant chapters in parentheses. Important works are summarized directly in relevant chapters or annotated.