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1、ATentativeStudyoftheMultipleStandardofLiteraryCriticism 【Abstract】ThepaperoffersamultiplestandardofliterarycriticismafterageneralintroductionofthemaintrendsinwesternliterarycriticismfromPlato,Aristotle,HoracetoHaroldBloom’sAnxietyofInfluence. 【Keywords】literarycriticism;Horace
2、;Longinus; Thestudyandresearchconcerningwithliterarycriticismhasoccupiedgenerationsofwritersandcriticsalike;differentapproacheshavebeenadopted,oldtermsprunedandnewonescoined,yetthereisnoconsensusmade.Tobeabletorecitethesetermsisfarfromenoughtobecountedasknowingliteratureorliter
3、arycriticism.Besides,thehugeamountoftermsrequiresanexcessdegreeofperusalanderudition.Someoftheseareparadoxicalandself-contradictoryandothersmightloadtheirtheorieswithseeminglyirrelevantideasandnever-endingconclusions.WhatIamtryingtomakehereisabriefintroductiontosomeofthebasicide
4、asalmostallliterarycriticismaregrapplingwith,beitGreekschoolorRenaissance,NewCriticismorCulturalPoetics.Andthentheconclusionisthattointerpretworksofliterature,wemustdelveintoasmanytheoriesaspossibletofindasmanymeaningsaspossible,henceamultiplestandardofliterarycriticism. Tobegi
5、nwith,wehavetostandinfrontofPlato,aseveryotherliterarypeopledid,tojustifyourselvesinordernottogetkickedoutofthelandwenowlive.AlthoughPlatohascursedthepoetsasthriceremovedawayfromtruthandthattheirworksareunsuitableandruinoustothehearers,healsomadehisduecontributiontotheliterarywo
6、rld,i.e.allliteraryworksareimitation.Hisgreatpupil,Aristotletookitscueandproducedthefirstsystematicanalysisofliterarygenres.Herankedliteraturehigherthanhistorywhenheclaimedthat“probableimpossibilitiesaretobepreferredtoimprobablepossibilities”and“aconvincingimpossibilityisprefera
7、bletoanunconvincingpossibility.”Poetry,therefore,isahigherthingthanhistory,forpoetswriteofwhatcouldhappenaccordingtothelawofprobabilitytoexpresstheuniversal,whilehistoryonlydealwiththeparticular. Afterbequeathedsuchahighhonor,latercriticsdevotedthemselvestounveilingwhat’sspecia
8、laboutliteraturetojustifyitshighrank.Hencewecom
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