Study On Li Changzhi's Criticism Of Personality Principle

In the contemporary literature criticism history of China, Li Changzhi is one of criticswho have distinguishing criticism feature. The core of analyzeing his biographicalcriticism of author was the relationship between literature and life, therefore, the concept of"personality" has been used in his process of criticism focused on the language of text andcultural background. It is equal to a spirit structure in generally which could refer toindividual in one side but also involve group of ethical in the other side. Inquiring intoauthor's asthetic personality embarked on works of the author, and the asthetic personalityof the author will be condensation under the specific time culture spirit. In view of abovetheory, the criticism definition with the personality for thirty and forty year's criticalpractice of Li Changzhi will be more appropriate. This article combines the criticismtheory and the practice which Li Changzhi was connected, attempts to expound theconcepts, method, value pursuit, furthermore discovers the enlightenment and modelsignificance of literature and art theory construction in contemporary and future China.Full text is divided into five sections in all:The first chapter describes the criticizing concept to"Personality"of Li Changzhi.Which is focus on two aspects: One is to ponder the modern transfer of the"PersonalityPrinciples"of the ancients in the view of the requirements to the personality of author inthe literature criticism, so as to make a specific historic definition to the criticism of"personality Principles"of Li Changzhi? the other is to analyze the personality meaning ofhis criticism to the literature under the specific historic background, and then seize itsdevelopment direction.The second chapter is to analyze the criticism method of Li Changzhi to the"Personality Principles". Li Changzhi raises"Sentimental criticism"and takes the"emotion"to be as the the cutinpoint for literature criticism to criticize by combining theemotional experience of the critic with the study of cultural background, language of textanalysis, and then obtain an authoritative explanation and commentary on works. All ofwhich shows his particular style.The third chapter is to describe the value pursuit behind the personality criticism of LiChangzhi. The criticism of Personality Principle helps and achieves the social status of LiChangzhi in the history of modern criticism. For the reasons of which, it is not onlybecause of the particularity of the ontology and methodology of the criticism itself, but also because of the complete literature outlook, criticism outlook, culture outlook andoutlook on life to be as the support.The fourth chapter is to outline the important significance of the Personality PrincipleCriticism of Li Changzhi to the modern criticism. There are three points: the first one is theindependent academic quality? the second is the easthetic humanistic care? the third is thewide and extensive cultural view.The last section is the conclusion, which gives a general and overall evaluation to thePersonality Principle Criticism of Li Changzhi. Being a famous literature critic, LiChangzhi should not be ignored.