Former USSR Literary Theory and the Construction of Contemporary Chinese Literary Theory

Former USSR literary theory is one of the vital resources of the Chinese literary theories during the 20th century. Worshiped as model of Marxist literary theory, it played an essential role in the formation of the fundamental pattern of the contemporary Chinese literary theories, whose highly ideological characteristics and epistemological frame have both complex and diverse impact on contemporary Chinese literary theory and criticism, even on the study of the ancient Chinese theories.