Study On The Stephen Owen’s Research Method And Enlightenment Of WenXinDiaoLong

In the wave of western learning,the scholars from home and broad pay close attention to the independent utterance right of the Chinese literary theory.Stephen Owen,as one of the most prominent scholar in the Western Sinology,has beendevoting himself to the Chinese traditional literature and literary theory.He knows Chinese traditional culture very well,creating a great number of poetry and research works.On this occasion,his view becomes an independent school full of new ideas.By analyzing the WenXinDiaoLong,thispaper tries to explore the similarity and specialty of his Chinese literary theory in order to have a new understanding of it and to open a exotic door to Chinese literary theory.In practical terms,Stephen Owen’s research has already abandoned the traditional “old idea”and“old definition”.On the basis of close reading,we obtainthe new understanding from WenXinDiaoLongby reverting to the work itself.His research is filled with consciousness of problems,he puts the text in the specific historic context and literary history,only in this way can he draw a objective conclusion.Thus,his research of WenXinDiaoLongpumps life into the Chinese traditional literary research.On the basis of studying his research method,we should have a comprehensive and objective attitude towards Chinese classical literatureworks,withintrospection and close scanning,theChinese literary theory will keep alive.What’s more,ourChinese classic works will have a better future.