Looking Back and Contemplating (Russian and Soviet Literary Theory on the Chinese Literary Scene in the 20th Century)

Author: Wang Jiezhi
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: This book primarily adopts the perspective of "influence studies," taking the development and evolution of 20th-century Chinese literature and its theoretical and critical forms as the intrinsic thread, systematically explores the relationship between Chinese literature and Soviet/Russian literary theory and criticism from the period around the May Fourth Movement to the 1990s. It examines the translation, dissemination, reception, influence, and transformation of Soviet/Russian literary theory and criticism in China, analyzes the similarities and differences between Chinese and Russian (Soviet) literary theory and criticism, and discusses the historical and cultural reasons behind the formation of these various relationships. From this perspective, it aims to understand the external conditions that contributed to the formation of the basic framework of 20th-century Chinese literature and its theoretical criticism, summarize historical lessons, and explore the path toward building a Chinese-characterized, scientific literary theory and criticism system.