The Study On Spatial Criticism

Spatial Criticism can be described as the practice in literary area of the spatialtheory which are definited by“spatial turning”that happened in economic area andpolitical area in the later1980s.In terms of the connotation of spatial Criticism，we can find those theory factorsfrom the diachronic tease of “space”and“spatial turning”：a inspectionto the relationship between the text elements and the power relations of humans；payattention to structured presention of Social, cultural, and psychological；literature asa Social space production.In terms of the background and theory Constitution of spatial Criticism，first，wecan find that there are several main reasons：Social background—the showing of"Late capitalism society"； Cultural background—the turning of "Thepostmodernism"；Theoretical basis—The highlight of "space theory".The second，there are several parts of the theory resources：Marx’s theory of social space；Cultural geography；structuralism；Postmodernism related theory.In terms of internal logic structure of spatial Criticism，it is as a whole which areconstituted by three parts：interactive subject as the framework；languageas the backbone；power as the the target.In terms of overall spiritual implication of spatial Criticism，we can see thephilosophical significance：the change of thinking path—time/space；a description ofthe theory of the relations—the modern and the postmodern；the spirit of the age—Post-modern living circumstances；aesthetic implication—the aesthetics theory ofsurvival space and postmodern aesthetics spirit.Second，in terms of the socialimplications， spatial Criticism and spatial theory correct the old form ofsociology.Third，In terms of Literary meaning，we can see the opening of the a newliterary form；the view’s changing of literature； the change of the study way andResearch purposes.Besides， through the compare with Structuralize literary criticism、Deconstructive literary criticism、Cultural criticism and Space narrative，we can seethe all features and meaning of it.As a form of literary criticism which has profound theoretical connotation，spatial Criticism has contented the demand of the field of Chinese contemporaryliterary criticism from three points：spiritual substance、the path of thinking、theoretical form.