Vol. 2024 No. 1 (2024)
Articles

Literary Criticism History: The Emergence in China

Michael James Carter
Peking University School of Arts, Department of Literature, No. 5 Yi he yuan Road, Hai dian District, Beijing, 100871, China
Yuwen Sun
Peking University School of Arts, Department of Literature, No. 5 Yi he yuan Road, Hai dian District, Beijing, 100871, China

Published 02-07-2024

Keywords

  • Literary History,
  • History of Literary Criticism,
  • Emergence Research,
  • Hu Xiao Shi,
  • Guo Shao Yu,
  • Luo Genze
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Abstract

The emergence of the discipline of Chinese literary criticism history is closely linked to the establishment and development of Chinese literary history, as well as the compilation of textbooks. This point has not yet received sufficient attention in academia. The common academic path of early literary critics such as Hu Xiao Shi, Chen Zhong fan, Guo Shao Yu, and Luo Genze was to start with teaching, researching, and writing about Chinese literary history, paying attention to literary criticism issues, and then extending to teaching, researching, and writing about the history of literary criticism. The reason lies in the fact that "literature and history" or "poetry and prose criticism" in traditional bibliography are the main materials they can learn from when writing about the "imported product" of literary history. At the same time, because literary criticism is a category of literature, the concept that "the history of literary criticism is a branch of literary history" is accepted by most scholars, and literary history works also discuss the content of literary criticism. The cohesive relationship between literary history and the history of literary criticism, which helps and uses each other, is reflected in the fact that literary history not only makes the history of literary criticism pay attention to anthologies and selections but also provides knowledge reserves for teaching and learning. In turn, the purpose of the history of literary criticism is to substantiate literary history. Clarifying these issues is beneficial to the study of the emergence of Chinese literary criticism history and the teaching of the discipline of literary criticism history today.

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