LITERARY REVIEW is a large-scale national academic journal of literary research and theoretical criticism sponsored by the Institute of Literature of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, which was originally called Literary Research, prepared in the second half of 1956, and founded on March 12, 1957. The journal was suspended in June 1966 and resumed publication in January 1978 until now.
Since its inception, LITERARY REVIEW has adhered to the tenet of ‘blossoming of a hundred flowers and a hundred schools of thought’, insisted on the guidance of Marxist theory, paid close attention to the reality, grasped the pulse of the times, paid attention to the professional characteristics, published the long-term and specialised research results of literary researchers in China using a large part of the journal, paid attention to the major issues in the history and theory of literature, and paid attention to the positive issues in the history and theory of literature, as well as to the major issues in the history of literature. It focuses on professional features, publishes the long-term and specialised research results of national literary researchers at a large scale, pays attention to major issues in literary history and theory, actively promotes the study of contemporary literature, sums up the experience of Chinese literature, and supports young scholars in an unconventional manner, thus forming a distinctive feature of the journal.