Historical Description and Logical Deduction—Literary Criticism and the Theory of Literary Criticism Styles

Author: Jiang Yuanlun / Pan Kexiong
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Publish Date: 1995-01-01
Features: Modern stylistics has a long history. However, the stylistic issues of literary criticism itself have always been a blind spot within the field of stylistics. Based on a broad survey of historical, especially 20th-century, critical stylistic realities, this book explores the research methods of critical style and further summarizes the basic models of critical styles such as "metaphorical style," "deductive style," "synthetical style," and "dialogical style," providing in-depth analysis. It also dedicates a chapter to studying Roland Barthes' critical style. As demonstrated in the book, theory, like other cultural achievements created by humans, is part of human life, and in terms of spirituality, it is even purer than artistic creation. Therefore, as one of the forms or manifestations of such thinking, critical style holds an equally important position as creative style. Moreover, its research value is arguably greater, making it even more challenging. The value of this book lies not only in the fact that its emergence undoubtedly makes our attention and reflection on stylistic issues more comprehensive and multidimensional.