General Theory of Artistic Methods - (Revised Edition)

Author: Zhao Xianzhang
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This book is the seminal work of the renowned scholar Professor Zhao Xianzhang. It was originally the final outcome of a Jiangsu Provincial Social Science Planning Project and was first published in 1990. After its publication, book reviews were published in over ten provincial and above journals such as Social Sciences in China and Literary Review, earning it the reputation of being "the most representative achievement in the study of literary theory methodologies in the new era." It has been included in An Outline of Twentieth-Century Literary Studies and China Literary Annual, and in 1994, it received the Jiangsu Provincial Government Award for Outstanding Social Science Achievement. The author summarizes literary theory into five basic paradigms, combining case studies to outline their characteristics and historical forms, analyzing their strengths and weaknesses, and attempting to promote cultural studies toward a more conscious and scientific path. This is a revised edition published 15 years after the first edition, presenting a more mature and refined work on literary theory.