《西方文论》课程简介

课程编号：

课程名称：西方文论

英文名称：Western Critical Theory

总学时：54

学分：3

主讲教师及职称：史汝波教授、丁兆国副教授

主要内容简介：

《西方文论》课程主要讲授自古希腊至今各个时期西方文论发展的概况、主要流派和理论家，其中包含古希腊、古罗马、中世纪、文艺复兴、新古典主义、启蒙运动、19世纪末各时期的古典文论，以及20世纪俄苏形式主义、英美新批评、马克思主义文学批评、精神分析批评、神话原型批评、结构主义、读者批评理论、解构主义、女性主义、新历史主义、后殖民主义、性别研究、文化研究众多理论流派，研读有代表性的经典文本，集中探讨该领域的思想传统和理论前沿。本课程对进一步加深理解外国文学文化，掌握语言学、翻译学、文化研究、比较文化研究的手段和方法，具有比较重要的意义。

教材：

1．张中载、赵国新：《西方古典文论选读》。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2006。2．朱刚：《二十世纪西方文艺批评理论》。上海：上海外语教育出版社，2001。

主要参考书目及文献：

1. 张隆溪：《二十世纪西方文论述评》。北京：三联书店，1986。

2. 赵一凡等：《西方文论关键词》。北京：外语教学与研究出版社，2006。

3. 朱刚：《二十世纪西方文论》。北京：北京大学出版社，2006。

4. Eagleton, Terry. Literary Theory: An Introduction. Minneapolis: The U of Minnesota P,

1996.

5. Leitch, Vincent B. et al, eds. T he Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism. 2nd ed.

New York: W. W. Norton, 2011.

Course No.:

Course:Western Critical Theory

Total Periods:54

Credits: 3

Lecturers: Prof. SHI Rubo, Associate Prof. DING Zhaoguo

Course Description:

This course examines in a roughly chronological order the main Western critical theories, beginning from ancient Greece to the 20th century. The classical periods cover theorists in Greco-Roman, medieval, Renaissance, Neoclassical, Enlightenment and the late 19th century, while modern and contemporary periods select texts from Russian Formalism in the early decades of the 20th century to the Cultural Studies in the nineties. The chief objective of the course is, through reading the representative texts, to raise the students’ awareness of critical theory and discuss with them the most influential speculations on the intellectual traditions and recent trends in the field. It will concentrate on a number of questions, such as the locus of literary meaning, the status of the text, the role of the reader, the function of language in literary exegesis, the referentiality of literature, and the relation of literature and society. It is understood that this course is of general interest to MA students specializing in linguistics, translatology and literary studies, which can help them acquire better theoretical means and critical approaches in their specific field of study.

Textbooks:

1．Zhang, Zhongzai, and Zhao Guoxin. Selected Readings in Classical Western Critical Theory. Beijing: Foreign Language Teaching and Research P, 2006.

2. Zhu, Gang. Twentieth Century Western Critical Theories. Shanghai: Shanghai Foreign

Language Education P, 2001.

Selected References:

1. Zhang, Longxi. A Critical Survey of 20th Century Western Critical Theory. Beijing:

SDX Joint Publishing Company, 1986.