Literary Theory
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"On Literature" is a famous work by Natsume Soseki, a great modern Japanese writer and national writer. It is the author's lecture notes at the University of Tokyo. It is also the world's first work on literary principles written from the perspective of psychological aesthetics and reader acceptance. It has both textual characteristics and wide influence worldwide. "On Literature" can be said to be a collection of British literary criticism. Starting from social psychology and aesthetics, Natsume Soseki believed that the content of literature consists of "cognitive" elements such as concepts, reason, and impressions (Soseki used F) and emotional elements (Soseki used f), and created the literary formula F+f, thus unfolding his literary view. Many later Japanese writers and scholars spoke highly of "On Literature". They pointed out that such a self-contained tome on literature as "On Literature" was the only one in Europe at that time.
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