Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation

JLWE, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.315-325.

Print ISSN: 3078-8129; Online ISSN: 3104-5073

Journal homepage: https://www.lwejournal.com

DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLWE.25.2.13

What Makes a “Generative Poetics” in Which Language and Time are interwoven Possible? ——A Review of Dai Dengyun’s New Book Interweaving of Language and Time and Its Inspiration for the Research of Chinese Literary Theory in the Past Century

Shi Shengxun

Abstract: The intellectual history path of literary theory research lies in going beyond the literary theory itself to focus on its culture and value. This is the case with Dai Dengyun’s new book, Interweaving of Language and Time: from Yale School to Generative Poetics, which not only carefully analyzes Yale School’s own themes of thought, inner reasoning, and theoretical achievements, but also makes an enlightening comparison, outline, and forward-looking of Yale School’s ideological backgrounds, topic contexts, historical trends, and cultural values, presenting the unique generative features of Yale School’s literary theory. This book enters from Western studies and exits from Chinese studies and reflects on Chinese literary theory in the past century from the unique perspective of Generative Poetics, thus has expanded new ideas in the research of Chinese literary theory in the past century. Chinese literary theory in the past century has not only epistemological problems, but also cultural and ideological dilemmas, especially the absence of the dimension of interweaving of language and time. By drawing on Generative Poetics, the Chinese literary theory research has found a new value foundation and thinking fulcrum, showing the unique ideological and cultural potential of Generative Poetics.

Key words: Interweaving of Language and Time; Yale School; Generative Poetics; Chinese literary theory in the past century

Author Biography: Shi Shengxun is Associate Professor of the Department of Chinese language and literature, Peking University. His academic research focuses on literary aesthetics, modern Chinese culture and literary theory. Email: ddy2791@126.com.

题目：语言与时间相交织的“生成诗学”何以可能？——评戴登云新著《语言与时间的交织》兼及对百年中国文论研究之启示

摘要：文论研究的思想史路径在于超出文论自身而关注其文化与价值问题。戴登云新著《语言与时间的交织——从耶鲁学派到生成诗学》即如此，该书不仅细致辨析了耶鲁文论自身的思想主题、内在理路、理论成就，还对耶鲁文论的思想背景、论题场景、历史趋势、文化价值等做了富有启发性的对比、勾勒、前瞻，呈现了耶鲁文论独具特色的生成性特征。该书以研究西学入，以研究中学出，借鉴生成诗学这一独特视角审思百年中国文论，拓展了百年中国文论研究的新思路。百年中国文论自身不仅有知识学上的问题，更有文化与思想困境，尤其是语言与时间交互之维的缺失。通过借鉴生成诗学，中国文论研究寻获新的价值地基与思维支点，显示了生成诗学自身独特的思想文化潜质。

关键词：《语言与时间的交织》；耶鲁学派；生成诗学；百年中国文论

作者简介：时胜勋，北京大学中文系长聘副教授，研究方向：文艺美学、现代中国文化与文论。电邮：ddy2791@126.com。

    Received: 17 Sep 2025 / Revised: 1 Nov 2025 / Accepted: 12 Nov 2025 / Published online: 30 Nov 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec 2025.