Subversion And Reconstruction: On Hu Shi's Literary History

The view of history of literarure is one of the core issues studied in the Literary History, it can attach a "guide effect" and is related to the contemporary Chinese scholars who composes the history of contemporary Chinese literature.From the beginning of the tentieth century, the history of Chinese literature experenced a complicated process with changes in the past century, in which it steppped from the classic literature into the contemporary literature.Hushi became the first people who possesses contemporary consciousness of the "historical knowledge" and "historical power" for his unique literatural viewpoint, groundbreaking literatural and historical viewpoint. He provides new concept for the studies of the history of chinese literature and intrduced new methods. He subversed the traditional view of history of literarure and rebuilt a new one which cuts from literatual evolution and concentrates the hitorical literatual evolution started with civilianity.History of Mandarin Chinese Literature, History of Vernacular Literature and fifty years of Chinese Literature with such view of history of literarure changed the narrative manner of chinese literary history. It established the model of the chinese literary history and gave a greaty influence to the following copositions.Based on the books referred above, this paper uses text analysis and analyses Hushi's innovative and inspiring literatual and historical viewpoint and see how Hushi described the history of Chinese literature under the guidance of his view of history of literarure.Finally, reflecting on Hushi's view of history of literarure, from his gains and losses to find the significance of literary history and researchers in the later history of Chinese literature written for reference.