Abstract
The paper suggests the concept of a discipline of "the Science of Foreign Literature Study" and claims that such a discipline may be constructed from a trans-theoretical standpoint. The paper argues that the various methodologies and theories introduced into Chinese literary researches should be integrated so as to investigate the general formational principles behind the symbolic system of "foreign literature." This argument is attempted by bypassing all the methodological debates and then is made from the perspective of the double duality between the real vs. the imaginary and the self vs. the other in the sign system of foreign literature. This approach aims to explore the primary procedure by which foreign literature unfolds itself in the space of consciousness and its natural connection with the pulse of life, and it hopes to demonstrate the theoretical conception of "double midpoint" and the reflection on Chinese cultural standpoint.
First Page
81
Last Page
89
Recommended Citation
Fan, Jin. 2013. "Meta-theoretical Procedure of Foreign Literature Research: An Approach to the Science of Foreign Literature." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (3): pp.81-89. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss3/10
