Cognitive Thinking and Contemporary Chinese Theory of Literature and Art

Abstract

Abstract: Due to the specificity of historical development, mores of the age and cultural tradition, contemporary Chinese theory of literature and art is dominated by what Hegel termed as the pragmatic, isolated and partial cognitive thinking. Cognitive thinking has till recently been under its negative impact to the extent that the views on many issues have gone into the extreme. In order to promote the development of the contemporary Chinese theory of literature and art and the renaissance of national culture, we should understand the relationship between sensibility, intellectuality and reason, and be wary of extreme deficiencies of intellectuality by emphasizing on the intellectual and rational thinking.

Key words: cognitive thinking, contemporary, theory of literature and art

Yang Shousen. Cognitive Thinking and Contemporary Chinese Theory of Literature and Art[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2016, 36(3): 14-22.

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