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Literary theory, literary criticism, and literary history have always been recognized as three integral components of literary research. Currently, the advances in literary theory are extremely rapid and literary criticism is experiencing a sudden transformation with the emergence of large numbers of works from different schools. Faced with similar circumstances, however, literary history continues to follow the traditions of the past and progress is slow.
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- 1.
Jieshou meixue yu jieshou lilun (Shenyang: Liaoning renmin chubanshe, 1987), pp. 4–6.
- 2.
Ibid.
- 3.
“Huidiaode chanye: wenxueshi he Leyuan zhi shi.” For published text see Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 10, No. 1–2 (Jul., 1988), pp. 21–41.
- 4.
“Pingxingxian jiaohui hefang, Zhong–Xi wenxuezhong de duizhang” see Ibid., pp. 43–60. Also published in Poetics Today 11 (3) (Spring 1991), pp. 523–546.
- 5.
See Stephen Owen, “Ruined Estates: Literary History and the Poetry of Eden,” Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR), Vol. 10, No. 1–2 (Jul., 1988), p. 21.
- 6.
Ibid., p. 30.
- 7.
“Xue shuo guan hua, bian zuo qiangzi.” Translation adapted from ibid., p. 31.
- 8.
Ibid.
- 9.
Ibid.
- 10.
Ibid., p. 34.
- 11.
Ibid.
- 12.
Quoted in ibid.
- 13.
Quoted in ibid., p. 36.
- 14.
Quoted in ibid.
- 15.
Ibid.
- 16.
Quoted in ibid.
- 17.
Ibid.
- 18.
Terminology taken from ibid., p. 38 and p. 25, respectively.
- 19.
Ibid., p. 40.
- 20.
Yu Baolin, “Wenji – jingdian – Zhongguo gudianshi” [Anthologies—Classic Works—Classical Chinese Poetry].
- 21.
“Where the Lines Meet: Parallelism in Chinese and Western Literature,” see Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews 10 (1–2) (July 1988), pp. 43–60. Also published in Poetics Today 11 (3) (Spring 1991), pp. 523–546.
- 22.
Ibid., p. 57.
- 23.
Ibid.
- 24.
Ibid., p. 59.
- 25.
Two characters from the novel Dream of Red Mansions.
- 26.
Characters from the classic novel Jinpingmei.
- 27.
Characters from the classic novel Journey to the West.
- 28.
Historical figures from the Han Dynasty and characters from the classic novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
- 29.
“Where the Lines Meet: Parallelism in Chinese and Western Literature,” p. 60.
- 30.
Work by Zhong Rong (469–518), in which he evaluated the work of various poets.
- 31.
Also known as Zhaoming wenxuan, edited by Xiao Tong (lived 501 to 7 May 531).
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Yue, D. (2016). History—Literature—Literary History: A Distinguished Meeting on Comparative Literature in the 1980s. In: China and the West at the Crossroads. China Academic Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-1116-0_7
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