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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2014, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (2): 100-112.

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Two Main Routes of the Construction of Western Marxist Literary Theory

Feng Xianguang   

  1. the School of Literature and Journalism at Sichuan University (Chengdu 610065, China)
  • Online:2014-04-25 Published:2014-06-09
  • About author:Feng Xianguang is a professor in the School of Literature and Journalism at Sichuan University (Chengdu 610065, China) with research focus on modern Chinese and Western literary theories.

Abstract: The paper starts with the observation that unique thoughts and routes distinguish various kinds of Marxism literary theories when they were constructed. The constructive differences lie in both the so-called "orthodox" and the later Western Marxist literary theories, and different developing routes and modes were developed especially in the later during its early and later periods. After an analysis of the periodization and the different features of Western Marxist literary theory, the paper concludes with the significance of the analysis to the construction of a Chinese Marxist literary theory.

Key words: Western Marxism, philosophy of consciousness, cultural production