LI Jianzhong
Jinan Journal. 2020, 42(4): 40-48.
Although the the history of Chinese literary criticism is a modern subject and new term “literary criticism” is taken from the western region, its theory and literature come from the Ji Department of the “Siku”. If the five major classics of Ji Department prepared a large number of literary texts for “criticism”, the narrative and literature of poetry and criticism would provide theories, methods, and examples for “literary criticism”. The history of Chinese Literary Criticism comes from Ji Department, the first thing to gain in the founding period (in the 1930s and 1940s) is the glory of History (represented by Guo, Luo and Zhu's three dynasties). After the hardship and silence of the 1950s and 1960s, The history of Chinese Literary Criticism from the initial stage of “be from the Ji Department” to the new period of “being well versed in the Siku” progressively, forming the great literary landscape of the four major paradigms that Jing, Shi, Zi, Ji mutual assist to advance. Jing (the classic paradigm of Confucianism), with its ontological interpretation of the “text” and “words in the passage” of the “classic”, and its power of category discrimination and analysis. Shi (the paradigm of historiography), with the re-writing of “history” and the re-brilliance of historical works of various ideas, styles and volumes. Zi (The sub-learning paradigm), expanding its reach with the ideological controversy of the multi-cultural perspective of the “zi” and the knowledge compilation of all things. Ji (the paradigm of collection part), reinforced by criticism and strategy of poetry and prose. As an original knowledge form and discourse system, it constitutes the ideological soul, historical background, cultural spirit, and critical method of the history of Chinese centennial literary criticism's research. The research of the paradigm evolution of the history of Chinese centennial literary criticism can provide Chinese experience, Chinese discourse, and Chinese paradigm for literary theory in the era of globalization.