Abstract
In the past 30 years, the drastic changes in literary theories led to corresponding changes in British and American literature theory textbooks. Their textbooks focus on the study of the theories, closely related to literary texts, and exhibit the features such as the diversity of perspectives, openness of concepts, attention to the contemporary, and emphasis on practice. In comparison with them, Chinese course books of literary theories need to get rid of the constraints of essentialism in terms of literary concept and knowledge construction, and construct a student-centered system of literary theory studies that can tackle with the contemporary literary practice and criticism.
First Page
147
Last Page
153
Recommended Citation
Li, Hongbo. 2015. "Towards a Pluralistic Open System of Literary Theory Studies: A Survey of British and American Literature Theory Textbooks in Recent 30 Years." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (2): pp.147-153. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss2/24
