Exploring the Law of Literary Evolution with the Principle of"Historicism"and"China's Position"——On Chen Pingyuan's Study of History of Fiction and Scholars'Consciousness of Subjectivity
At present,the construction of an independent academic discourse system in China requires scholars to keep the essence and bring forth the new on the basis of reviewing the ancient and modern Chinese and Western achievements.Chen Pingyuan's study of the history of Chinese fiction provides an example for this purpose.His research emphasizes the problem consciousness of dynamic historical evolution from the perspective of totality;it summarizes and explores the law of literary development out of the methodological principle of"historicism",which pays attention to the social and historical context;it adheres to"China's position"underscoring autonomy in the local social and cultural context while knowing well Western theory and research outputs;and it insists on the subjective initiative of intellectuals'intervening society beyond keeping literary standard.Therefore,this study not only has a profound professional foundation,but also holds the overall vision and subject consciousness of knowledge practice,which has important significance for the current exploration and establishment of independent academic discourse system.
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