The Concept of"Literary Fact"in the Construction of Modern Literary Theory:An Exploration of Tynyanov's Literary Theory
As the 20th century saw the disciplinization of modern literary theory along with the dis-cipline specialization of the overall human knowledge system,the modernization of humanities and so-cial sciences also advanced.The Russian Formalist leader Yury Tynyanov penetrated into literary studies by examining the evolution of literary concepts,genres,literary trends and schools,and the interplay between the literary fact and life fact.Through his ideas of systematic displacement and systemic func-tionality,he challenged the conventional view of linear,heritage-based literary development,in which new phenomena linger only at the margin while a central literary tradition prevails.Tynyanov proposed a pioneering theory of dynamic interaction between the literary center and the margin with the view of"the periphery as the center";the systematic structural displacement,the systemic functionality in liter-ature,and the theory of"dynamic language structure."This essay primarily explores Tynyanov's core theoretical concept in his innovative thoughts,"the literary fact."
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