Classical Chinese Literary Criticism (中国古代文学批评) (CHS305)

How did the ancient Chinese evaluate literary works? Who were the writers and which literary works were ancient Chinese critics interested in? What methods and criteria did ancient critics use to evaluate literature? What is the relationship between the history of ancient literary criticism and the history of ancient literature? What useful resources can ancient literary criticism provide for contemporary literary criticism? This course combines current research trends and introduces students to the content, methods and historical processes of ancient Chinese literary criticism, as well as works and viewpoints of selected literary critics. Through a critical reading of ancient texts, students will master the general knowledge of the history of ancient Chinese literary criticism, and improve their ability to study ancient Chinese literature.

• Introduction
• Pre-Qin Literary Criticism
• Literary Criticism of the Han Dynasties
• Literary criticism of Wei and Jin Dynasties
• Literary criticism of Southern and Northern Dynasties
• Sui and Tang Literary Criticism
• Song Literary Criticism
• Jin and Yuan Literary Criticism
• Ming Dynasty Literary Criticism
• Qing Dynasty Literary Criticism
• Modern Literary Criticism
• Conclusion

• 检视中国古代文学批评的本质与发展历程
• 辨析中国古代著名文学批评家的主要观点
• 阐明重要文学批评理论的内涵、成因、特征及影响
• 从社会、文化与批评角度分析文学理论著作
• 评价中国古代文学批评的基本理论、范畴、命题与知识体系
• 运用所学知识解析古典文本阅读过程中的理论与实践问题