The Literary Criticism of Records of History in the Song Dynasty

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Abstract: There is plenty of literary criticism over time of Records of History as a fine example of the combination of literature and history. From a literary perspective, this paper discusses the contents and the significance of literary criticism of Records of History in the Song dynasty. Touching upon the political and cultural backgrounds, the paper analyzes the outreach as well as the cause and methods of literary reception in order to show the solid cultural foundation for Records of History’ literary criticism in the Song dynasty. With their narrative and characterization as core, the paper analyzes the main content of those literary criticisms. On this basis, the paper summarizes the main characteristics, forms and value of literary criticism of Records of History in the Song dynasty, as well as its influence on later dynasty's literary criticism of Records of History.

Key words: Song dynasty, Records of History, literary criticism, narrative, characterization, value

Zhang Xinke, Li Hong. The Literary Criticism of Records of History in the Song Dynasty[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2016, 36(5): 117-128.

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