Three Aspects of the Study of Literary Theory

Literary theory is not only a system of knowledge but also a system of values. Differences and conflicts of literary theories of all times are unexceptionally backed up by each other's determining value standard. The study of literary theory presupposes a valid literary ideology. The construction of a modern literary theory in contemporary China has to be guided by the Marxist dialectical materialism and promoted through synchronic as well as diachronic perspectives and \!target ideologies\.