Honma Hisao’s model of Literary Theory and its Influence in China
abstract
This paper reveals the European-American and Japanese parentage of Chinese literary theory based on research on Honma Hisao’s model of literary theory and its influence in China. The wide use of Introduction to Literary Theory by Honma Hisao, and of its many imitations and rewritings spurred the modernization of Chinese literary theory while determining the direction of its development. The research done on the influence of Honma Hisao’s Introduction to Literary Theory has important significance in the understanding of the structure, shape and qualities of modern Chinese literary theory.
Keywords: Introduction to Literary Theory • Modern Chinese literary theory • Honma Hisao
permalink: http://doi.org/10.14277/6969-095-2/SV-3-13