Abstract
Casual commentaries and casual criticism are a prevalent mode of literary criticism at the turn from Tang Dynasty to Song Dynasty. Casual criticism developed into poetry commentaries whose contents centered around poem appreciation, and evolved into a mode of literary criticism that was characterized by random writings, with Liuyi Poetry Commentaries as its representative. Poetry commentary places criticism into appreciation, and by emphasizing on historical research on and critical examination of the text, it explores the poetic principles in commenting on dictions and exerts a profound influence on the ancient Chinese literary criticism.
First Page
57
Last Page
62
Recommended Citation
Xie, Shanshan, and Qiaobin Deng. 2012. "On the Rationality and Casual Criticism in Poetry Commentaries in Song Dynasty." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 32, (5): pp.57-62. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol32/iss5/11
