Chinese Journal of Literary Criticism

No.1, 2018

The Change of the Mode of Epistemology: From the Theory of Reflection,the Theory of Aesthetic Reflection， to the Theory of Cultural Studies

(Abstract)

Xing Jianchang

The change of the mode of epistemology in the milieu of literary theory goes from the theory of reflection, the theory of aesthetic reflection, to the theory of cultural studies since the 1980s. The change is not only because of the internal logical development of local literary theory, but also related with the influential trend of Western theories, which shifted from general narrative to a question-based mode of epistemology in the context of globalization, which is worthy of attention and analysis.