Probe Deeply Into Prototypical Theory

Prototypical category became a important theory within literary and criticism circles of China, bought from Western Literature Theory by Lu-Xun in early of 20's in 20th century. The debate on prototypical category was made in sequence during 1930s and 1980s.Prototypical theory of Li Yan-zhu has some contributions that mainly include the following aspect. The first, he sorts out the history of prototypical category to produce the idea that prototypical theory is a result of using materialist dialectics and reforming predecessors'theory. The second, he arranges five opinions of Marx-Hankins prototypical idea on the basis of inheriting predecessors'theory. In this article, the present author emphasizes aesthetic characteristic of literature Prototypical, the relation of typical characters and typical settings, the relation of five opinions based on studying five opinions comprehensively. The third, he pays close attention to the prospect of Marxism Prototypical Theory. Study on realism and modernist, he finds out that prototypical category also belongs to modernist. That Marxism Prototypical Theory improves and consummates itself continuously is a method that the theory maintains strong energy.Li Yan-zhu's prototypical theory shows a distinctive research style, such as combination aesthetic and history, combination theory category and art practice.Meanwhile, Li Yan-zhu's prototypical theory still has some weakness, so the theory should be deepened and consummated.