The Historical Development of Literary Anthropology in China

Abstract

From a perspective of the correlation between literature and anthropology,this paper unveils the background and characteristics of literary anthropology as an emerging subject.Through contrastive analysis of two correlative fields,this paper focuses on "literary issues" and "anthropological issues," highlights literature’s anthropological turn and the interaction between anthropology and literature,and reviews the brief history of literary anthropology in contemporary China.

Keywords

• chinese literature
• anthropology
• literary anthropology