Second Thoughts on the Proposition ＂Literature Is the Study of Man

• Published in: Social sciences in China Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 106 - 117
• Main Author: Weiqin, Liu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.05.2011
• Subjects: "Literature is the study of man,"; 20th century; 21st century; Ability; China; Criticism; historical background; Humanities; Law; Literary Criticism; Literature; Logic; Mankind; matrix of relationships; Peoples Republic of China; Political conditions; Rights; Social conditions; source; Twenty First Century; 关系图式; 文学是人学; 时代背景; 来源

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