Pioneer Thought Thorough Contemplation

How to understand and appraise the present thought and cultural situation of advanced country is the hot point of thought and theory society of the western world. Gerald Graff, the third representative of the Left, followed the idea of the early critics of the Left, criticized from the traditional moral and political cultural items, queried and refuted all kinds of literary thoughts prevailed for the western world in the 20th century. And today, as the waves of the western vanguard literary trends are becoming calm down, looking back the history of nearly 30 years, we've found Literature Against Itself a theoretical work which not only keeps the pace of the history but keeps the distance with it in criticism.Graff keenly concentrated on the relationship among the literary and its theory; social life and its ideology. In his opinion, despite various western vanguard thoughts were said to be against and overturn the traditional, they did neither breakthrough the stereotype of formalism, nor form the real revolt, instead of losing the way to make any creation, but catered to the cultural logic in the consumptive society, and became a literature that is against itself.Here we probe into the relationship between Graff and the New Left, expound the three main mythologies that are the rage for the 20th century in the west, dissect Graffs theory case : he exposed sorts of radical literary ideology , especially the bluff of the three myths expressed by the late modernism literature trend, on wide social background and substantial theory ; praise Graff's ideas at the end of the essay, point out its value and great meaning in the area of literature , and at the same time his prejudice and limits.