Chinese Journal of Literary Criticism

No.2, 2024

The Historicization and Contemporaneity of Literary Criticism

(Abstract)

Chen Guohe

Since the 1990s, especially the 21st century, there has been a trend of historicization in contemporary literary criticism. It is a manifestation of the ever-growing pursuit of knowledge and scientific research. Under its influence, the three forms of knowledge criticism, “peripheral” criticism, and historical material criticism, have solicited attention. Facing the problems in the relevant practice, the subjects of criticism need to leverage historical awareness, highlight a sense of reality based on texts and the outlook, and develop the ability and quality to actively intervene in current real life in order to enhance the contemporaneity of literary criticism.