History of Ancient Chinese Literature Research in the 20th Century: A Volume on Literary Theory

Author: Huang Lin
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Given the diversity of discourse types, the complexity of distribution, and the subtlety of discourse usage in the study of ancient Chinese literary theory in the 20th century, this book will logically integrate the discourse forms, distribution characteristics, and production mechanisms of ancient Chinese literary theory in the "Introduction." This logical integration, in the view of this book, is a necessary and beneficial supplement to the description of the "internal history." The focus of this book is on the "Middle Part" and the "Lower Part."
The "Middle Part" consists of five chapters, primarily organizing and reviewing the overall research status of ancient Chinese poetry theory, ancient Chinese prose theory, ancient Chinese fiction theory, and ancient Chinese drama theory. This review basically adopts two methods: first, a diachronic perspective is used to summarize the "general trends" of the research on each sub-genre theory, thereby confirming the parabolic discourse movement trend of ancient Chinese literary theory research in the 20th century. Then, a synchronic perspective is used to review important issues in the "sub-genre theory research" and conduct corresponding academic reflections.
The "Substantive Analysis" also ensures that each topic can be elaborated on both diachronically and synchronically, with the "problem awareness" being the consistent thread. The academic history framework adopted in the "Thematic Research" section, with problems as the core, can be organically integrated with the aforementioned consistent "problem awareness." This is precisely where the book has put great effort.