“Cultural Poetics” as a Different Framework of Literary Theory

Since an literary crisis arises owing to the unrealisticity of literary matters, an attempt ought to be made at realistic issues to advance literary theory. As a recent advancement of literary theory, “cultural poetics” presents us three dimensions, three qualities and a pursuit. It advocates associating the interpretation of literary text to the exposure of cultural meaning, linking “internal study” to “external study” of literature, and revealing the cultural spirit for realistic demand by clarifying the study of text in the course of literary investigation and criticism to ultimately pursue a completion of modern personality and an overall development of modern man.