Between Aesthetics and Ideology (Reflections on the Theoretical Study of Contemporary Chinese Literature)

Author: Li Chunqing
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2006-05-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth reflection on a series of important issues in the research of contemporary Chinese literary theory. The author argues that the knowledge form and value orientation of contemporary literary theory are directly related to the identity consciousness of the speakers, i.e., contemporary Chinese humanistic intellectuals. The book first systematically examines the transition from traditional scholars to the present. On this basis, it conducts an in-depth analysis of the differences between Chinese and Western literary discourse, as well as the distinctions between the corresponding knowledge models of the East and the West, the key concepts of Western literary theory that have influenced Chinese literary theory, the limitations of previous Chinese literary discourse, and the modern fate of traditional Chinese literary theory.