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"Can the Author Die - An Examination of Contemporary Western Literary Theory" is a collection of Professor Zhang Jiang's personal essays. The book manuscript is divided into three parts (evolution and trends of contemporary Western literary theory, contemporary Western interpretation: coercion and dogmatism, collision and controversy), showing the author's thinking on contemporary Western literary theory. The manuscript first points out the overall shortcomings and problems of Western literary theory as a whole; then, through the analysis of several issues of "forced interpretation theory", it points out in detail the problem of "forced interpretation" in the acceptance of Western literary theory by Chinese academic circles. This kind of interpretation is arbitrary and paranoid. These shortcomings require more participation and reflection from the academic community. The third part is a dialogue between the author and several famous contemporary Western scholars.