A Study Of Qian Gurong’s "Literature Is Study Of Man"

Qian Gurong is an important sign post people who we cannot ignore in the history ofthe contemporary Chinese literature theory. Under the special background of the society inthe1950s, Qian Gurong put forward the idea of "literature is study of man" definitely forthe first time in our country. It is a basic theory system of thinking nature of the literaturethat centered on man.This thesis presents the development of the thingking about man inChinese literary thought in the whole Twentieth Century, with Qian Gurong’s humanitarianidea of "literature is study of man" as the core. It tries to make a proper evaluation of thevalue and significance of Qian Gurong’s idea of "literature is study of man".The thesis is divided into three chapters. The first chapter discusses the basicconnotation of Qian Gurong’s "literature is study of man", as well as the related ideas ofother writters in literary theory and compares their viewpoints; The second chapterdiscusses the causes of Qian Gurong’s human thought from two aspects: the background ofthe1950s and Qian Gurong’s humanitarian feelings; The third chapter is about thehistorical effect of the thought "literature is study of man" and it is a part of the criticism ofthe dream "human literature" in20th Century which has the indelible historicalsignificance of transition.