Innovative Teaching Research on Literary Theory and Criticism

As a core compulsory course for English majors majoring in teacher education,Literary Theory and Criticism plays an important role in enhancing text understanding,cultivating critical thinking,and shaping correct values in the future development of students.Influenced by traditional teaching ideas,students have many difficulties when learning this course,such as insufficient theoretical understanding,inadequate ability improvement,and not enough investment in course learning.In response to the above issues,this course focuses closely on the fundamental task of“cultivating virtue and nurturing people”,relying on modern information technology and introducing research methods of digital humanities.This course uses“7C”teaching mode under the“three-level integration”,in which“teaching”and“education”are carried out synchronously,and“teacher”and“student”are developed together,in order to greatly enhance students’learning participation and course satisfaction.

On Ethical Literary Criticism and Game Theory--An Interview with Professor Nie Zhenzhao

In 2014,Huang Kaihong,a professor at School of Foreign Languages and Cultures,Southwest University of Science and Technology,interviewed the Doctoral advisor Professor Nie Zhenzhao during the period of his academic visiting to Central China Normal University.As early as in 2005,Huang Kaihong conducted an interview with Professor Nie Zhenzhao on the topic of the general introduction of ethical literary criticism.So around 11 years later,the second interview mainly covers not only the ethical literary criticism theory,but the game theory and the relationship between them as well.Professor Nie thinks whether the game theory can be applied to literature research is still under discussion.The theory of ethical literary criticism is a kind of methodology based on science and it can get the attention of literary critics at home and abroad,which is because it fits the practical needs of literary criticism,draws the literary criticism away from only emphasizing criticism genres and the research of criticism terms,and pays attention to the true nature of the literary text in literature research.After consulting Professor Nie Zhenzhao about some related questions from the perspective of game theory.Huang Kaihong gets some significant information concerning literature research and understands the latest core terms and the concrete application method of ethical literary criticism,especially the relationship between the instructing and aesthetic functions of literature.

On the Aesthetic Wonder and Unity at the Peak of Literary Theory in the Six Dynasties Key

The study found that the classics born during the turbulent Six Dynasties period,starting from Cao Pi’s“The Classics”to“Wen Fu”,“Wen Xin Diao Long”,“Shipin”and other classics,can all be analyzed to have a common origin.Attributes,that is,the philosophical strategy of dualistic isomorphism of explicit and implicit,is also a pattern;it can be proven that this is the philosophical key to interpreting and studying the classics of the Six Dynasties.It not only governs many aesthetic principles and aesthetic methods,but also emphasizes the need to transcend the appearance of current existence,transcend the current utilitarianism,and pay attention to the hidden and non-existent,just like paying attention to dark matter and antimatter in the universe.Pay attention to the origin of Shipin and expand aesthetic horizons;this philosophical secret not only exists in the classics of the Six Dynasties,it has its unity,graphics and vitality,as well as its historical inheritance and continuous operation.Its trajectory marks the context of literary theory and aesthetics;the modern construction of contemporary literary theory must be based on its operating trends.Only by transcending all utilitarianism can we better demonstrate the natural characteristics of Chinese tradition such as nationality.Otherwise,literary theory,aesthetics,and philosophy will not be self-consistent.

International Politics of Western Literary Theory:Literary Theory as Doctrine and as Discipline

European literary criticism was rapidly transformed into literary theory through the United States after Rene Wellek and Austin Warren’s textbook Theory of Literary Theory by Harcourt,Brace and Co.(1949).Within a short period of time,American new criticism,European psychoanalysis,semiotics,structuralism,hermeneutics,deconstructivism,and so on,as well as the western Marxism,feminism,new historicism,post-colonial criticism,and cultural studies,all the critical methods little referenced to postwar Western ideology and Soviet Ideology,and are even known for their profound criticism of some problems in capitalist society.These intuitively scientific or neutral literary theories flourished during the Cold War years that contained the Soviet Union.During this period,“political correctness”not only influenced the direction of social development in the West,but also directly influenced the academic pattern and the development trend of universities at that time,so that“literary criticism”,which was originally only based on personal experience,benefited and became“literary theory”in the discipline and curriculum system.As a result,the discipline of literary theory,which benefited from the Cold War pattern,is often in conflict with the specific literary theory that transcends ideology.However,the Cold War ended with the failure of the Soviet Union and its socialist realism theory system,and the western literary theory unexpectedly gained full legitimacy like Fukuyama’s“the end of history”.In the post-Cold War era,Western literary critics reasonably expanded the controversial theories and this has become the most concerned topic for 30 years.Thus,the international politics of the disguised Western literary theory was highlighted.Such Western literary theory has been generalized in China in the last 40 years,because Chinese academic yet has not understood the difference between theory as discipline and theory as doctrine,even anti-western in recent years.

Reception Theory and Creative Treason of Literary Translator

In literary translation,creative treason or translation deviations will surely be a shadow in company with each translated work.A translator is both the reader of the source text and the producer of the target text.Applying much on Reception Theory,the present paper explores the issue of translator's creative treason in literary translation in two aspects:one is the translator's creative treason as reader and the other is the translator's creative treason as producer.

A Research on Guiding Effect of Marxist Literary Theory on Literary Creation

Through summarizing the basic problems in Marxist literary theory,reflects on the phenomena of contemporary literary creation from the perspectives in Marxist literary theory,such as "Human Nature","the Nature of Beauty","Anti-alienation and Aesthetics" as well as "Overall Emancipation of Human Beings" to demonstrate that with its contemporary values.

Analysis of English literary works based on face theory

Brown ＆ Levinson＇s face theory is an important theory in Pragmatics and it is an influential theory in expounding the phenomenon of politeness. Through an analysis of the functions of ＂face＂ in English literary works, this article intends to shed new lights on literary pragmatics.

20世纪80年代学术著作复译的反思——兼论Literary Theory:An Introduction的不同译本

进入新时期以来,中国社会发生了巨大的变革,在思想文化领域也呈现出欣欣向荣的局面,特别是到了20世纪80年代,又掀起了一次翻译高潮,大量的学术著作被翻译成中文,其中包含了大量的社会科学和人文科学的著作,有的作品还出现了不止一个译本。伊格尔顿的Literary Theory:An Introduction也在这个时期被翻译成中文,中国大陆就有刘峰、伍小明、王逢振等人翻译的三个译本。这些译本在译者背景、翻译策略和国内接受等方面有相近的地方,也有差别较大的地方。学术著作复译是值得认真反思的问题。

The Benign Interaction among Literary Creation, Criticism and Theory from the Perspective of Bottom Writing： Taking ＂Tu Ziqiang＇s Personal Sorrow＂ as an Example

The heated conversations about Fang Fang＇s ＂Tu Ziqiang＇s Personal Sorrow＂ among the author, readers and critics are a typical example of the bottom literature which emerged in the 1990s. Starting with the controversies aroused by the novella, this paper discusses the relationships among literary creation, criticism and theory in the bottom writing. The problem of the social bottom is not only an economic or political problem, but also such a complicated cultural problem that has attracted increasing attention in the field of human science. As it were, around the problem of the bottom class, a new public field integrating different kinds of writing forms and various theoretical materials is formed. The Benign interaction among literary creation, criticism and theory will both benefit to the overall development of literature and provide resources for the theoretical construction.

Application of Literary Theory in Teaching Literature——A Case Study From ＂Approaching Fiction＂ in China Youth University of Political Studies

For most universities and colleges in China, literary theory is taught at the graduate level of literary studies. Most English teachers think literary theory is such a complex field with jargon-ridden disciplines and concepts that it is often considered as ＂a hot potato＂ in classroom teaching. Based on a case study from ＂Approaching Fiction＂ in China Youth University of Political Studies （CYUPS）, the present paper claims that application of literary theory in teaching literature not only greatly broadens students＇ horizon but also deepens their interpretation and understanding of literary works. With proper selection of teaching material and carefully designed teaching approaches, application of critical theory plays an increasingly important role in the undergraduate literature classroom.

On Feminist Translation Theory and Literary Translation

Feminist translation theory emerged in the late 70 s and early 80 s of 20 th Century.It is the combination of the feministmovement and the"cultural turn"of translation.It was introduced to China in the 1980 s,and with the development of the transla-tion theory and translation practice,more and more Chinese translators want to study the feminist translation theory from the deeplevels.

文明互鉴:中国自主知识体系建构的重要意识

自晚清民初西方学术传入中国以来,基于西方话语体系和学术体系建构的文科知识体系近乎主导了中国文科百年以来的构建进程。在这百余年间,如何重塑中国哲学社会科学的知识体系,重建中国理论话语一直都是世纪之题,是一代又一代中国学人孜孜以求力图解决的目标,而“建构中国自主知识体系”命题的提出引发了又一轮激烈的研讨。文章指出中国自主知识体系的建构不仅要立足中国实际、中国经验,更需要将中国文化放置于“文明互鉴”的视野下审视西方经验、西方实践以及西方理论。通过史实的梳证可知,包括“浪漫主义”“意象派”“新批评”“生态伦理批评”等诸多英美文论的形成明显汲取了来自中国文化哲学的元素。以此延展,文章提出了中外文论互鉴史研究、文论他国化变异研究、比较诗学变异研究等以中国为视角、以中国理论为建构方法的新领域,提出属于自身的标志性概念、创新性问题。做到知识自主,更要做到阐释自主,才能解决话语问题,解决人文社会科学“说不出”“不想说”“不敢说”的“卡嗓子”难题。

优化:人工智能时代的文论问题

日常用语中的“优化”指采取一定措施使事物变得优异。作为计算科学和运筹学中的重要内容,优化是指在一定限制条件下,选取某种方案以获得“最优化”的目标。将优化引入文论,可以与美化相关联,彼此之间有同有异。生成式AI中,优化有模型训练、创意提示、调试迭代三种方式。文艺作品之所以能够被优化,与其作为物质基础的艺术媒介及其作品的“可修正性”有关。在优化的技术演进中,先后经历了手工加工时代的优化、机械复制时代的优化、数字创生时代的优化三个阶段。手工加工时代出现了诸如对“手稿”的“润色、修改”,对“乐器”的“调音”,对“原作”的“临摹、誊写甚至重写”,对“文物、遗迹”的“修复”等不同的“类优化”类型;机械复制时代出现了“参数优化”“剪辑优化”“表演优化”等类型;数字创生时代出现了以算法优化为核心的智能优化。将优化引入文论,需要警惕“最优化”的结果不是“奇异性”,而是“普通性”的算法悖论、数据和变量中的偏差不易被纠偏;相反,易强化成偏见的偏差悖论以及随机并不意味着不同,而只是相似,是风格的重复的生成悖论。

新时代中国马克思主义文论的理论创新

新时代中国马克思主义文论的理论创新,是党的十八大以来推进马克思主义中国化在文艺领域取得的重要成果,也是习近平对当代中国和21世纪马克思主义文论话语体系建设做出的原创性贡献。这一理论创新不仅只是知识谱系的转换,而是代表了马克思主义文论话语体系的整体建构与创造。其内涵包括:习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想体系的创立,为当代中国马克思主义文论理论创新奠定了重要思想基础;坚持把马克思主义基本原理同当代文艺实际及中华优秀传统文化相结合,内在培植了马克思主义文论理论创新的精神沃土与根基;以弘扬人类命运共同体意识和推进文化现代化目标的实现,科学构建了一种具有中国风格和凸显现代价值蕴含的马克思主义文论理论谱系,继而从根本上促进和实现了新时代中国马克思主义文论的范式转换,展现为一种思想“合力”的力量,也为中华民族伟大复兴和社会主义文化事业的发展繁荣,提供了一种完整系统的价值引领和理论支撑。

论科学主义与草创期中国文论建构

科学主义以自然科学为价值鹄的,笃信科学万能,推行学科归约逻辑,取消自然科学与人文社会科学的域限,将实验归纳和进化方法提升为研究诸学之“息壤”。草创期中国文论在价值论、学科论、方法论等方面的建构上深受科学主义影响,形成其以自然科学价值取代文论特殊价值,将文论归入自然科学范畴,将实证、归纳、进化术提升为文论普遍方法等特征。科学主义在推动草创期中国文论知识体系细化、文学分门别类研究、扬弃整体直观的印象式浑言立论而导向深入细致的析言研究等方面有其积极意义。但它在为草创期中国文论提供学科建构理念、发掘学术增长点之余,也给此后中国文论的建构和发展留下了至今依然未能完全超越的学科之踵。

论“批判诗学”的品质——赵勇《走向批判诗学:理论与实践》试评

《走向批判诗学:理论与实践》勾勒了“批判诗学”的理论路径和具体实践,是针对中国批评现状所提出的创造性的文艺理论话语。当下文学批评的困境之一是学院批评及论文体,深层威胁则在于批判精神流失。应对批评的窘境,批判诗学具有以下品质:它从内在批评和文学介入获取方法论资源和价值观取向,以介入为实践品格;从马克思主义传统和法兰克福学派汲取元气和力量,以批判为核心立场;重视互动和对话,力图在艺术自主与文学介入之间、作家与知识分子角色扮演之间等寻找一条中间道路,以居间为路径和方法;反思、拓展童庆炳的文化诗学话语而有所创造,交融文学研究和文化研究,尝试新的建构。

交互主体性思想的演进与文学的主体间性

胡塞尔提出交互主体性理论是为了解决他人经验的明见性,却为关联与沟通文学活动的各个环节提供了依据,推动了文学阅读中作者与读者的互动研究以及文学意义生成机制的探讨。而舍勒、许茨等人对他者的我以及主我、客我的探讨和本维尼斯特对人称的研究标志着交互主体性思想在社会学、语言学领域的拓展,启发了文学理论界关于隐含作者、叙事聚焦以及共鸣等的研究。列维纳斯对绝对他者的研究与文化研究中关于性别他者、种族他者等的研究相互呼应。交互主体性思想的演进揭示了自我与他者之间的张力,也通向了物间性研究,对西方文学理论产生深刻的影响,也必将对我国文学理论研究与文学批评提供有益的借鉴。

如何合理重构文本中的虚构世界?——可能世界文学理论解答方案研究

如何合理重构虚构文本中的虚构世界呢?在可能世界文学理论产生之前,这个问题并未得到足够清晰而圆融的解答。可能世界文学理论认为:首先,虚构世界拥有其独立的本体地位和一定的独立自主性,这种观念保障了读者可以借助符号通道和文本信息处理的方式更为合理地重构其中的虚构世界;其次,读者遵循两种“内涵函数”的规则来重构文本中的虚构世界,其中“认证函数”确定该虚构世界中存在哪些“虚构事实”,“饱和函数”确定它们在虚构世界中的分布及密度;最后,读者还应遵循“再中心化”理论和“最小偏离原则”来填补文本虚构世界中的空白,进一步完善和丰富这个虚构世界。可能世界文学理论在解答读者如何合理重构文本中的虚构世界方面,提供了一个新颖有效的具体方案,但也存在某些尚需进一步斟酌的问题,值得学界关注和探讨。

走向新境:理论与时代的共振--2023年度文艺学前沿问题研究报告

面对新时代的文化使命,2023年度文艺学研究运用跨民族、跨文化、跨学科的方法,自觉回应、解答文学问题与时代问题,在马克思主义文论、文学基础理论、中国古代文论、西方文论、中西美学、媒介文化等论域提出了不少视野开阔、与时俱进的思想灼见,在理论与时代的共振中走向新境。由于文艺理论研究与文学批评中存在文学性诉求稀薄、思维与言说方式趋于同质化、亟需审美经验介入理性探求等问题,国内的研究需要完成重塑思想、汉语、文化的主体性,创构别具一格的述学文体,实现理论与思想的自由创造的目标。