2009•Journal of Northwest A&F UniversityRequires access
Thoughts on Zhou Zuoren's Criticism of "Tao-carrying Literature"
Li Zheng
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Abstract
In the symstem of Zhou Zuoren's literary theories,he presented a couple of essential concepts,Literature Carrying Tao and Poetry Expressing One's Will.The criticism of Tao-carrying is as the focus of Zhou's theory Poetry Expressing One's Will in the 1930s.The paper has three parts.The first is Zhou's criticism to tyrannical thoughts protected by Tao-carrying Literature,namely,Tao-carrying Literature actually is protector of literary despotism.Secondly,it is Zhou's criticism to political functions embodied in Tao-carrying Literature.Much Believing and over-exaggerating literature has its soul and its great effect on politics are the defects of Tao-carrying Literature.The third is to go against imitating.Zhou's view is feudal tyranny is the origin of prosperous fashion of imitation,which results in bottomed-down minds.