1st Edition

Literature and Literary Criticism in Contemporary China

By Zhang Jiong Copyright 2018
158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

158 Pages
by Routledge

Each age has its value system of literary criticism whose construction is inseparable from the mainstream ideology of the society. In contemporary China, the mainstream ideology is inevitably Marxism. This book is composed of two parts. The first part studies literary criticism in contemporary China whose development is closely related to the popularization of Marxism and the unavoidable... Read more

Preface.  Acknowledgements.  Part One  1. Marxism and Literary Criticism   2. Marxism and Literary Studies  3. Marxism & the Core Value System of Literary Evaluation   4. Literary Criticism in Contemporary China  Part Two  5. A History of Chinese Literature from Macro-level Perspective   6. Chinese Cultural Field and Chinese Literary Outlook   7. Chinese Culture and Literature in the Context of Globalization  References.  Index

Biography

Zhang Jiong is the director of the Institute of Literature, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and a famous Chinese literary theorist and historian. He has studied Chinese literary theories and history for more than 60 years.