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On Ethical Literary Criticism and Game Theory—An Interview with Professor Nie Zhenzhao



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HUANG Kai-hong, NIE Zhen-zhao, HE Qiong (Translator)

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2024.03.005

Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, PRC Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, Guangdong, PRC Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, Sichuan, PRC

In 2014, Huang Kaihong, a professor at School of Foreign Languages and Cultures, Southwest University of Science and Technology, interviewed the Doctoral advisor Professor Nie Zhenzhao during the period of his academic visiting to Central China Normal University. As early as in 2005, Huang Kaihong conducted an interview with Professor Nie Zhenzhao on the topic of the general introduction of ethical literary criticism. So around 11 years later, the second interview mainly covers not only the ethical literary criticism theory, but the game theory and the relationship between them as well. Professor Nie thinks whether the game theory can be applied to literature research is still under discussion. The theory of ethical literary criticism is a kind of methodology based on science and it can get the attention of literary critics at home and abroad, which is because it fits the practical needs of literary criticism, draws the literary criticism away from only emphasizing criticism genres and the research of criticism terms, and pays attention to the true nature of the literary text in literature research. After consulting Professor Nie Zhenzhao about some related questions from the perspective of game theory. Huang Kaihong gets some significant information concerning literature research and understands the latest core terms and the concrete application method of ethical literary criticism, especially the relationship between the instructing and aesthetic functions of literature.

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Journal of Literature and Art Studies, March 2024, Vol. 14, No. 3, 207-214