Le Thi Kim Loan *

* Correspondence: Le Thi Kim Loan (email: lethikimloan.vhnn@gmail.com)

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Abstract

From East to West, for many generations, literary theory studies often focus on basic issues: authors, works and readers. It is the common points that connect Eastern literary concepts and Western ones, ancient and modern despite the differences and contrasts. By comparing Liu Xie's thought of literary reception in “The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons” (Wén Xīn Diāo Lóng) with some of the main points of reader-response criticism, in this article, we will prove an interesting similarity, and since then highlight the role and progressive in Liu Xie’s work.
Keywords: reader-response criticism, literary reception, Liu Xie, The Literary Mind and the Carving of Dragons, Wén Xīn Diāo Lóng

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