Absorption Critical Reconstruction

Since the early 1990s,with the development of the reform of the economic structure,various kinds of social problems have appeared.in order to solve them,some scholars absorb the westerm cultural theory actively.So cultural studies came into being and developed rapidly.Professor Tao DongFeng is a scholar who turns to cultural studies from literary theory.Tao DongFeng's cultural studies has three main contributions.First, he differentiates and analyses the basic theory of popular culture.He makes a distinction between culture and popular culture,sorts out the features and significance of the study of popular culture and maintains the necessity of linking between popular culture and Chinese speaking conditions. Second,he gives a clear explanation of models of popular culture studies.Third,he researches the phenomenon of the aestheticization of daily life.His theory has 2 notable characters:combine theory and practice,integrate historic point of view with logic method.His cultural studies has some disadvantages as well.Such as he regards popular culture's dispelling of the traditional consciousness as its active affect and he advocates that it is write.The writer consideres his thinking is not only lack of the basic theory and would do harm to our country and society.