Abstract
China’s mainstream literary criticism discourse since the 20th century is actually the product of the Sinicization of Marxism. Traditional Chinese literary view of “conveying truth” and Marxist literary criticism’s valorization of “practice” have promoted each other, laying the foundation for the dialogue between ancient and modern theories. The first half of the 20th century witnessed a spontaneous interplay between traditional theory and Marxist criticism in the prevailing popular discourse. The experimental understanding of traditional critical principles and terms in this period by some literary scholars has enhanced the development of literary criticism after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. In the second half of the 20th century, the discourse of power became more important; as embodiments of the principle of realistic criticism, typicality and image thinking were thus emphasized, which implicitly contributed to the continuation of traditional Chinese critical methods and terms. While traditional literary theory has been easily overlooked over the past century, its value is undeniable, and in the new era, it will become an important cornerstone for building a literary criticism system with Chinese characteristics.
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Recommended Citation
Han, Wei. 2021. "The Interplay between Traditional Literary Theory and Marxist Literary Criticism in the Past Hundred Years." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 41, (6): pp.1-12. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol41/iss6/18
