Literary Criticism Tutorial (21st Century Chinese Language and Literature Series Textbooks)

Author: Zhou Zhonghou
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Publish Date: 2004-02-17
Features: The relationship between literary criticism and the history of literary development is also very close. Literary criticism provides perspectives and materials for the history of literary development. The history of literary development processes, summarizes, and enhances the perspectives and materials of literary criticism. Many famous works of literary criticism have gained prestige in the history of literary development, becoming important content in it. For literary theory and the history of literary development, literary criticism is both a foundation and a guiding force. Therefore, studying literary theory and the history of literary development cannot neglect literary criticism. Engaging in the study of literary criticism is not only important and essential for literary theory and the history of literary development but is equally important and essential for the study of Chinese and foreign literature. Our teachers, who are engaged in the study of literary science and the history of literary development, also need to pay attention to literary criticism. Literary criticism as a discipline is also an important course for students. Literary criticism as a discipline is a course that unifies theory and practice, history and logic, perspectives and materials. It is highly necessary and indispensable for improving students' theoretical level and practical abilities. As for cultivating hands-on skills, literary criticism as a discipline surpasses any other course in Chinese or art-related fields. Literary criticism as a discipline is the study of literary criticism. Literary criticism as a discipline takes literary criticism as its research object. For literary criticism, literary criticism as a discipline is a more theoretical and more abstract discipline. Literary criticism as a discipline is the result of elevating the issues in literary criticism to a theoretical level. Focusing on the ontology, subject, and value of literary criticism—its own issues—and thereby constructing a theoretical system makes it literary criticism as a discipline. Literary criticism as a discipline takes literary criticism as its research object. Literary criticism as a discipline is more theoretical than theoretical criticism within literary criticism. The theoretical principles of literary criticism as a discipline guide people in conducting literary criticism, hence it can be said that literary criticism as a discipline is a form of "meta-criticism." Literary criticism as a discipline does not study literary criticism in isolation, separately, or in a closed manner. In the process of research, literary criticism as a discipline applies the achievements of various humanities and social sciences, such as philosophy, aesthetics, sociology, ethics, psychology, linguistics, and anthropology. In the research process, literary criticism as a discipline also applies the achievements of natural sciences, such as computer science, medicine, physics, and statistics. Literary criticism as a discipline studies literary criticism, and consequently, it necessarily studies the main object of literary criticism—literary creation. Literary criticism and literary creation are like the two wheels of a carriage, indispensable to each other. Literary creation provides literary criticism with a wealth of vivid materials and resources, and literary criticism, based on its study of literary creation, forms critical theory, which then holds a certain guiding significance for literary creation. Literary criticism contributes to the flourishing of literary creation. This book is divided into two parts, mainly introducing the main theories and main forms of literary criticism as a discipline. The first part introduces major theories such as conceptualism, ontology, axiology, and stylistics, while the second part mainly discusses various forms of literary criticism as a discipline, such as realistic criticism, naturalistic criticism, Gestalt psychological aesthetics criticism, and symbolism criticism.