On the Birth Background of Literary Criticism of New Historicism

The birth of literary criticism of New Historicism goes with profound and complicated background in society and culture.It is the developing result of human social sciences and literary criticism itself.Post-modernism neglects history.Those who live in post-modern society are bored with history,but they need history.Human social sciences turn to Cultural Studiesand appear Linguistics Turn.The literary criticism tries to get rid of the long rule of formalism.Old Historicism is too out-of-date to meet the demands of the era.These make up of the important background against which literary criticism of New Historicism comes to the literary stage of post-modern.