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," using the development and evolution of 20th-century Chinese literature and its theoretical and critical forms as the underlying thread, to trace the relationship between Chinese literature and Soviet/Russian literary theory and criticism from the May Fourth period 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 explores the historical and cultural reasons behind these various relationships. This approach aims to understand the external conditions that shaped the basic framework of 20th-century Chinese literature and its theoretical and critical development, summarize historical lessons, and explore the path toward building a Chinese-style, scientific literary theory and criticism system.