History of Chinese Literary Theory and Criticism. Volume 2

Author: Zhang Shao Kang
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: Ancient Chinese literary theory and criticism is a summary of the historical development of literary creation and artistic creative experience by the ancients. It reflects the literary observations and evolution of ancient Chinese people, as well as various literary criticism methods, aesthetic standards, and aesthetic tastes, differing from Western literary theory and criticism. The author divides the history of Chinese literary theory and criticism into two major stages—ancient and modern—and five periods: the Pre-Qin period of (germination and emergence), the Han, Wei, and Six Dynasties period of (development and maturity), the Tang, Song, Jin, and Yuan period of (victory and expansion), the Ming and Qing period of (prosperity and peak), and the modern period of (Sino-Western integration). The book consists of five parts and 32 chapters. The author has long been engaged in the research and teaching of Chinese literary theory and criticism, carefully absorbing certain research achievements from existing critical histories. In terms of format arrangement, content selection, and viewpoint evaluation, the author has unique insights. He particularly emphasizes offering his own perspectives on key parts of the history of literary content criticism, exploring the major contributions of important literary content critics from different periods to the development of the critical history, and ultimately summarizing issues with regular patterns. The second volume, with 18 chapters, discusses literary theory and criticism from the Song, Jin, Yuan, Ming, and Qing periods to the modern era.