Gong Pengcheng’s critical study of the “lyric tradition” theory

Abstract

“Lyric tradition” was put forward by Chen Shixiang, a scholar in the United States, in a speech in the 1970s.It became a view of the characteristics of Chinese literature, and was developed and widely accepted in the later literary criticism,becoming one of the most productive views of foreign Sinology in the last century. But in recent years in the academic circle of its theory system,there are some dissenting voices on the system, among which the most critical criticism is written by Taiwan scholar Gong Pengcheng The Nonexistent Tradition —— On Chen Shixiang’s Lyrical Tradition. The author tries to criticize the lyric tradition from Gong Pengcheng,starting with the original document, to have an overview of Gong’s lyric tradition and explore why the “lyric tradition” is still quite influential despite of the fierce suspicion; Whether there is a stronger narrative tradition beyond lyricism?