Abstract:

The statement that"literature reproduces the world"has had a long history and diverse stating forms, but now it is confronted with some challenges out of post-modem contexts.The two primary responsive tactics in the new-century literary theory consist in a reinterpretation of"reproduction"and a reinterpretation of"reality(the world)".They both timely draw on certain elements of post-modem thoughts, but are somewhere ambiguous or contradictory in their meanings.The root lies in a deep break between modem and post-modem and a difficulty in reconcilability.This paper postulates to use the theory of"three worlds"to detail the implication of"the world, "and further expounds the rationality and implication of the statement that"literature reproduces the world."

Key words: post-modem context, new theory of"reproduction", new conception of"reality", theory of"three worlds", reproduction and representation