| "Bosom Friend" is one of the most important literary theory of Liu Xie,it has explained what's the ability and quality of the subject in appreciation and criticism activities,has also become the systematic Reader reception theory in ancient chinese literary theory.The theory of “Implied Reader” is a initial view on discussing the relationship between the texts and the readers that put forward by Iser.There are feasibility and necessity of compare research about the readers between the two theories.As the theoretical discourses which rooted in different cultural systems,“Bosom Friend” and “Implied Reader” have many common aspects among the dialogue process: They both hold that text is a open cultural system,and emphasized on the meaning of subjectivity of the readers in the process of text generation,as also as deemed that the text and the readers are in the same system of mutual dialogue.Of course,there are differences between the two theories because of the heterogeneity,and there are obvious differences in the ways of the readers' reception,the scope of the text meaning and the readers' aesthetic experience,etc.The theories of “Bosom Friend” and “Implied Reader” have positive comparative significance on Bidirectional interpretation.On the one hand,it can provide a reference for the development of the theory of contemporary readers,and combined the theory of contemporary elements and forms which under the theoretical model of ancient literary theory,then to establish our confidence in literary theory.On the other hand,inclusiveness and openness between the two theories provide a space for the common development,so they have a foundation for equal dialogue,that can realize the equal communication and complementation between the culture of Chinese and Western.Furthermore authentically form the literary theory that puts“people” as the core concept,which provided a solid foundation for enriching human cultural poetics. |
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