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Keywords in the Studies of Regional Literature: A Case Study of Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty

Luo Shining   

  1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, Soochow University
  • Online:2019-03-25 Published:2019-06-11
  • About author:Luo Shijin, Ph. D., is a professor in the School of Chinese Language and Literature, Soochow University. His main academic area includes studies of poetry and prose of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and the research on regional and family literature.
  • Supported by:
    the Major Project of the National Social Sciences Fund (18ZDA255).

Abstract: The study of regional literature is attracting wide attention, which attests to its validity. Researches have flourished in this field in recent years, but problems have also arisen, such as similar or identical cognition, expression and conclusions between researches. The study of regional literature often has implicit value-orientation, which, to a large extent, tends to simplify the thinking process and undermine academic significance. In order to change the homogenizing tendency, researchers need to know commonalities, divergences, and particularities. Besides, as every event occurs in a specific geographical space, researchers should also value the possibilities of regional literature studies from the perspective of event.

Key words: regional literature, commonality, divergence, particularities, perspective of event

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