History of Cyber Literary Criticism in China

<p>This is the first scholarly attempt to write a history of cyber literary criticism in China. The author uses the Internet as the departure point literature as the horizontal axis and criticism as the vertical axis to draw a detailed trajectory of the development of cyber literary criticism in China.<br><br>The book comprises two parts. The first part focuses on the representation of historical facts about cyber literary criticism covering five topics: the evolution of cyber literary criticism in the context of the new media; major types of cyber literary critics and their criticism; academic achievements in cyber literary studies; the form contents and rhetorical expressions of so-called netizens’ critical commentaries; and important events in the history of cyber literary criticism. The second part discusses the historical changes in literary criticism as responses to cyber literature covering another five topics: the conceptual transformation in literary criticism of the Internet era; the establishment of evaluation criteria for cyber literature; changes in the function of cyber literary criticism; changes in the constitution of cyber literary critics; and the impact of cyber literary criticism. <br> <br>This book will be an essential read to students and scholars of East Asian Studies literary criticism and those who are interested in cyber literature in general.</p>