Twentieth-Century Chinese Social Sciences (Volume on Literature) -- Dongfang Academic Library

Author: Wang Tiexian, edited by Wang Wenying
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Publishing Date: 2005-09-01
Features: Over a century of three major reassessments, each time constructing a new knowledge system, new categories, concepts, discourses, and even paradigm systems for China. These reassessments have provided new theoretical foundations and action plans for China's salvation and survival, the transformation of Chinese civilization, the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and the development of Chinese revolution and modernization. As a result, Chinese social sciences have moved towards society and the public, permeating people's entire spiritual and material lives, and penetrating into the comprehensive transformation of social systems. Over a century of development in Chinese social sciences has provided a strong spiritual driving force and a solid spiritual support for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. In this century, Chinese social sciences have undergone three large-scale reassessments of preceding academic, intellectual, and cultural traditions. Each reassessment has not only brought a major leap forward in social sciences but also a widespread ideological liberation and a significant improvement in the quality of the public. In fact, the reassessment continues to this day, which has shaped the character of Chinese social sciences as being forward-looking, progressive, and diverse.
This volume is one of the series "Twentieth-Century Chinese Social Sciences," with the title "Literary Studies." The content does not include literary creation, although some discussions inevitably touch on aspects of literary creation closely related to literary research. The book provides a comprehensive review of the century-long transformation and development of Chinese literary studies in the 20th century, detailing the development and major achievements of various branches of Chinese literary studies (including aesthetic research) during this period. It outlines the major debates in the development of Chinese literary studies in the 20th century, introduces the literary research institutions, associations, publications, academic exchanges between China and the world, and the publication of series and reference books during this time. At the end of the book, an appendix lists the major events in the development of Chinese literary studies in the 20th century. It is an academic work that offers a systematic and comprehensive summary of the development of Chinese literary studies in the 20th century.