Reading and Brief Explanation: Comparative Study of Chinese Aesthetics and Literary Criticism

Author: Ji Shuihe
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: From a perspective that is consistent with history and logic, integrates social analysis with aesthetic analysis, and combines cultural methods with comparative methods, it captures the aesthetic development during several important turning points in China, several distinctive contemporary Chinese aesthetic figures, as well as some important achievements in literary criticism and several key theoretical propositions. It conducts a three-dimensional review and comparative analysis, offering insights on important theoretical issues such as the occurrence of human thinking and the occurrence of aesthetics, the transformation of thinking and aesthetic development during the Wei, Jin, and Southern and Northern Dynasties, the dilemmas and solutions of practical aesthetics, and the identity of Chinese aesthetics in the context of globalization. It engages in dialogue and commentary with several representative figures and some critical achievements in contemporary Chinese aesthetics and literary criticism, and provides a comparative review of several important theoretical propositions in literary criticism both within and outside China.