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Professor Dong Xuewen has long been committed to the study of the nature of literature and aesthetics. In "The Essence of Literature and the Essence of Aesthetics", based on the ideological documents of classic Marxist writers, adhering to historical materialism and dialectics, he made a rigorous and in-depth discussion of the basic attributes of literature, the value and function of literature, and the relationship between literature and aesthetics, literature and ideology, and conducted a detailed analysis of aesthetic issues such as "practical ontology" and "practical ontology." "The Essence of Literature and the Essence of Aesthetics" has positive reference significance for constructing literary theory and aesthetic theory with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

The main content of "Contemporary Chinese Literary Theory (1978-2008)": Chinese literary theory in the new era has experienced tremendous changes over the past thirty years and has become unprecedentedly rich, active, diverse, and complex. "Contemporary Chinese Literary Theory" has a strong "problem awareness", uses two clues of historical theory, is based on changes in reality, and takes basic issues of literary theory as the axis. It comprehensively explains the progress and achievements of literary theory in the past thirty years. It analyzes the trends and changes of literary theory in the past thirty years, not only outlines the general development context, but also examines the various challenges it faces. It deeply explores some deep-seated issues such as "why it develops", "how it develops", and "how to view development in reality" of literary theory.