当代文学评论涉及的范畴十分广博。以前的文学评论家大多从事文学工作,如 Henry James,Virginia Woolf,D·H·Lawrence 等都是大作家。当代文学评论家往往把文学视为演示其理论的一块实验地。不少历史学家、哲学家、人类学家、语言学家都涉猎文学评论。多姿纷繁的流派给当代文学评论增辉,但是也常常使读者望而却步。由于各流派理论基础迥异,读者费很大劲仍不知其所云。这里简要地介绍一下当代文学评论主要 The scope of contemporary literary criticism is very broad. Most of the previous literary critics engaged in literary work, such as Henry James, Virginia Woolf, DH Lawrence, etc. are great writers. Contemporary literary critics often view literature as a demonstration of its theory. Many historians, philosophers, anthropologists and linguists are involved in literary criticism. The variety of genres has given contemporary literary commentary enhanced, but often kept the reader away. Because of the different theoretical basis of various schools, readers still have a great effort to know what they think. Here briefly introduce the main contemporary literature review