Literature and Life: Fifteen Lectures

Author: Zhu Shoutong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: "Literature and Life" is a university-wide quality education course officially recognized by the Ministry of Education. As the textbook for this course, Fifteen Lectures on Literature and Life provides an accessible and insightful analysis of the general relationship between literature and life. It specifically addresses various connections between life and literature, including: the development of human social life and the emergence of literature, life experiences and literary expression, life ideals and literary representation, the realistic grasp of life and the aesthetic grasp of literature, life morality and morality in literature, and the life dimension between popular literature and general literature, among others. The book extensively employs both classic and contemporary literary theories, widely cites classical and modern literary works, and narrates stories and poetic or lyrical discussions from all over the world, both ancient and modern. It is rich in content, lively in style, and highly readable.