An Analysis of New Historicism Trend of Thought in Literature and Art

The appearance of New Historicism trend of thought in society and culture marks an important turn in western academic ideas. The basic concept in New Historicism is inter-textuality.In essence,New Historicism is a historicism that deals with history imaginatively and subversively .Provided with the features of post-modernism,New Historicism puts emphasis on the intervention of subject and the rewriting of history. New Historicism is against the traditional historicism and formalism. It breaks through the verge of literature,and creates an opening space of research. The connection of New Historicism and cultural studies expresses a strong political interest and ideology,and the duality of deconstructing the historical materialism on the one hand and supplying a deficiency for the historical materialism on the other hand.