Chinese Journal of Literary Criticism
No.2, 2025
The Problem of Historical Material in Literary Criticism
(Abstract)
Huang Fayou
Historical material is the cornerstone of literary criticism and literary research, and critics should be aware of that. Awareness of historical materials should not remain in the conceptualized knowledge and thinking of historical materials, but should also be reflected in the practice of analysis and application of historical materials, and constantly revised, enriched and deepened in the test of academic practice. In the field of literary criticism, the criticism of editors and readers is usually neglected, which however, have special value in terms of historical materials. Paying attention to and advocating the criticism of editors and readers is not only conducive to expanding the field of literary criticism, but also expanding its historical database, strengthening the process, dynamics and openness of the practice of literary criticism and the study of the history of literary criticism, so as to break through the lagging, static and closed literary evaluation mechanism centred on the minority of literary elites.