Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences) ›› 2005, Vol. 37 ›› Issue (2): 44-50.doi: 10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2005.02.008

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Ecological Metaphors of Literary Studies

Xiao ming YU   

  • Received:2004-11-20 Online:2005-03-25 Published:2005-02-25

Abstract:

The ecological metaphor of literature means to observe, study and explain literature and its relations to literary environment' by ecological methods. The significance of the ecological intellec-tual history consists in that ecology is a discipline about complexity, stressing relationship, organicism and holism. As a result, the ecological metaphor of literary studies advances a new research paradigm or program.

Key words: literary ecology, metaphor, ecological aesthetics, ecological criticism

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