Ethical Literary Criticism toward Interdisciplinary Studies and Construction of World Literature: A Review of the 8th International Symposium on Ethical Literary Criticism

Foreign Literature Studies ›› 2018, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (4): 171-176.

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Ethical Literary Criticism toward Interdisciplinary Studies and Construction of World Literature: A Review of the 8th International Symposium on Ethical Literary Criticism

Wang Lu

Online:2018-08-25 Published:2022-05-23
About author:Wang Lu is lecturer at College of Foreign Studies, Ji'nan University (Guangzhou 510632, China), and Ph. D. candidate of Comparative Literature and World Literature at Central China Normal University (Wuhan 430079, China). Her main research interests are Chinese American literature, Chinese Canadian literature, and English literature by Chinese new immigrant writers in North America. Email: wanglu34@sina.com
Supported by:
“Ethical Literary Criticism: Theoretical Construction and Critical Practice Studies” (13&ZD128), sponsored by National Social Science Fund of China; “A Study on the Motif Differentiation of English Novels by Chinese New Immigrant Women Writers in North America” (GD16CWW10), sponsored by Provincial Social Science Fund of Guangdong.

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Abstract: During the past 15 years, the theoretical framework of Ethical Literary Criticism has gradually matured. The research team led by Professor Nie Zhenzhao has made its every effort to promote Chinese academic discourse going abroad. At the 8th International Symposium on Ethical Literary Criticism, all the scholars and participants conducted heated discussions concerning the core concepts, salient features, theoretical construction and criticism practice of ELC, hot issues on national literatures, as well as the research frontiers on comparative literature and world literature. Featured as trans-national, trans-language, cross-disciplinary and trans-genre, the conference helps the development of EFL and promotes the study of world literature in the new era.

Key words: Ethical Literary Criticism, interdisciplinary studies, construction of world literature

Wang Lu. Ethical Literary Criticism toward Interdisciplinary Studies and Construction of World Literature: A Review of the 8th International Symposium on Ethical Literary Criticism[J]. Foreign Literature Studies, 2018, 40(4): 171-176.

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