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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2019, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 63-71.

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Humanistic Discourse and Knowledge Production of Literary Theory in the Early Years of the New Era

Lu Yaming   

  1. the School of Humanities, Taizhou University
  • Online:2019-09-25 Published:2020-03-18
  • About author:Lu Yaming, Ph. D., associate professor in the School of Humanities, Taizhou University, is mainly engaged in the study of literary theory.
  • Supported by:

    "Research on the Knowledge Production of Humanistic Discourse and Literary Theory since the 1980s" (19NDJC133YB) , a Social Science Planning Project of Zhejiang Province, and a partial result of "The Knowledge Production of Literary Theory and Related Issues since the 1980s" (14JJD750002) of the Center for Literary and Art Studies of the Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base of the Ministry of Education.

Abstract:

Humanistic discourse is not inherently associated with the production of literary theory at its inception, but has become part of the production of literary theory knowledge and participated in the construction of the literary theory knowledge system in a specific way at a particular moment, humanistic discourse as a literary theory should be examined not only in relation to specific international and domestic historical contexts and actual social factors but also from the perspective of the formative process of the literary theory field in the new era. Humanistic literary theory was of great significance in the initial stage of the formation of literary theory field in the New Era, and lay the foundation for subsequent literary theory forms such as aesthetic-emotional literary theory as well as new concepts, ideas and methods.

Key words: Humanistic discourse, literary theory, knowledge production, discourse practice