Abstract
The issue of "humanism and literature" was once a forbidden area in Chinese literary theory. After the Reform and Opening-up, the emancipation of mind promoted the breakthrough in this forbidden zone and launched an in-depth discussion to bring order out of chaos and clarify the source of such thoughts. It not only did justice to the humanistic thought in modern Western literature and art, but also re-evaluated the "human literature" and "humanistic literature" in the May Fourth new literature and literary theory. It enabled fair evaluations of the view that "literature is a study of humanity" and played an important role in advancing the development of literary theory in the new era. A continuing reconsideration is necessary, so as to establish Marxist humanism with Chinese characteristics.
First Page
125
Last Page
135
Recommended Citation
Zhang, Gong, and Yuneng Zhang. 2020. "Reconsideration of Humanism and Literature." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 40, (5): pp.125-135. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol40/iss5/14
