All right. Now the question, "How does literary theory relate to the history of criticism?"

现在我们来思考这个问题：,“文学理论和评论的历史有什么联系？

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Many of the issues that I raised in talking about defining literature are as relevant for literary criticism as they are for literary theory, and yet we all instinctively know that these are two very different enterprises.

当讨论文学的定义时，我提出的许多问题,对于文学理论和文学评论都同样相关，但我们都知道,它们是两个不同的概念。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

You remember in the first lecture I said there's a difference between the history of criticism and theory of literature, one difference being that the history of criticism has a great deal to do with literary evaluation: that is to say, why do we care about literature and how can we find means of saying that it's good or not good?

你们还记得吗，第一节课我说过,文学评论历史和文学理论有一个重大区别，那就是文学评论的历史,很大程度上与文学评估有关：,意思就是我们为什么要关心文学,还有我们怎么能说一部作品是好还是坏？

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