Abstract
Previous studies have primarily recognized Zhu Ziqing's significance in modern hermeneutics of poetry, literary criticism, the establishment of literary studies as a discipline, etc; and they tend to pay much attention to the influence of Richards and Empson's semantic criticism on Zhu's methodology of appreciation. However, in the historical context of post-revolution Zhu's literary appreciation is not just for "appreciation" or "knowledge", but originates from his anxiety about the cultural and political conflicts between the new and the old. That the two literary events between him and Gu Sui and Zhu Guangqian reveal Zhu's uniqueness on his theoretical framework of literary appreciation: he emphasizes analysis instead of taste, semantics instead of psychology; he also emphasizes historical and aesthetic analysis. With his selective reception of Western theory, Zhu, by drawing on both Chinese and Western experience, established his own poetics of appreciation. As a result, the true meaning of Zhu's literary appreciation is "Engaging in literature for life".
First Page
29
Last Page
36
Recommended Citation
Luo, Cheng. 2017. ""Engaging in Literature for Life" in the Era of Post-revolution: the Theoretical Framework and Connotation of Zhu Ziqing's Literary Appreciation." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 37, (2): pp.29-36. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss2/1
