western classic literary theory

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1、ACourseforMAStudentsWesternClassicLiteraryTheory:ACriticalIntroductionLiLansheng,prof.ofEnglishLectureOne:IntroductionI.Conceptof“LiteraryTheory”1.Literarytheoryisthebodyofideasandmethodsusedinthereading,appreciating,understanding,interpreting,evaluatingandcriticizingofliterature.2.Literaryth

2、eoryisadescriptionoftheunderlyingprinciplesortools,bywhichweunderstand,evaluateorcriticizeliterature.3.Literarytheoryisasystemofknowledgeinorassociatedwithphilosophy.4.Literarytheoryissometimescalledphilosophyofartoraesthetics.5.Therearemanykindsofliterarytheories,fromtheremotepasttothepresen

3、t.6.Anyliterarytheoryhasitsownhistoryofdevelopmentandthereforeenjoys,moreorless,abiggertradition.7.Aliterarytheoryisaperspective(aswhattheGreekword“theoria”means),fromwhichweattempttoapproachliterature.8.Literarytheory,incontemporarytimes,transformsinto“criticaltheory”or“culturaltheory.”65I.E

4、ssentialQuestionsAskedbyLiteraryTheory1.Whatisliterature?Possibleanswers:1)writingsingeneral;2)literarywritingsingeneral;3)literarylanguage;4)linguisticforegroundinganddeviation;5)01linguisticsynthesis;6)fictionality/fictitiousness;7)theobjectofliteraryjudgmentoraesthetics;8)aconstructoftextu

5、ality,discourse,intertextualityorself-reflexivity;9)ameansofideologyorthusatoolofdestroyingit;10)akindofculturalcapital(culturalvoiceorculturalmessage);11)animitationofnatureandthereforepresupposinganultimatetruthanduniversalvalues;12)imaginaryandfictitious,thustellingliesandfarremovedfromtru

6、th;13)Ithasmorallydesirableeffectsonthehumanmind;14)Itbothteachesanddelights;15)Itenlightensandoverflowswithpowerfulemotions;16)Ithelpstoestablishorsubvertideology.….2.Whatarethemajorformsofliterature?1)poetry;2)drama;3)fiction;4)non-fiction;5)essay;…3.Howdoesliteraturecome?Theremightbemanyan

7、swers:1)Literaturecomeswiththedevelopmentofproductivitytoacertainstage.2)Literaturecomeswiththedevelopmentofhumanconsciousness.3)Levelsofmaterialproductiondeterminetheemergenceofliterature.4)Thebirthofliteraturelargely65dependsuponhumandemand