The Society For Literary Studies And Chinese Modern Literary Institution

As an institution initiated from literary production, circulation and consumption, the modern literary institution is an important part of literary modernity. The development of Chinese modern literature not only comprises of the revolution of literary consciousness and expression, but also is closely related to the productive and safeguard system of modern literature. The modern literary institution includes some vital elements such as the distinctive career writer mechanism, communication institution by magazines and journals, the mechanism of reader's acceptance and the organization of literary society, the restraint and guidance mechanism of literary critics, the award and census mechanism and so on, all of which have participated in the construction of significance of modern literature. The modern literary institution develops slowly and gradually which can be divided into three stages roughly - its embryonic stage appeared in the late of Qing Dynasty, fully developed stage in the 1920s and 1930s and further improvement stage during the 1940s. In this process the Society for Literary Studies appears first and is the most influential. Guided by the principle of implementing cultural enlightenment through literature, the Society for Literary Studies greatly advances he development of modern literary institution in the following aspects such as regulating the mechanism of society, promoting the building of writer's team, guiding the production and spreading of literature, scheming the debate and criticism on some literary topics and influencing the reader's acceptance of certain works. The model of literary institution it promotes not only safeguards the development of modern literature systematically, but also establishes a basic frame for the modern literary institution. Based on the many predecessors' insightful studies, I purport to do a detailed discussion and analysis on the Society for Literary Studies' achievement in the establishment of modern literary system in terms of the organization mechanism of literary society, career writers, the spreading media such as magazines and newspapers, the mechanism of literary debate and criticism. Meanwhile, I will pay attention to place my analysis into the process of historical...