As a cultural context facing humanistic studies, “posttheory” poses an important issue concerning development of literary theory and literary study, which is believed to determine the means and alteration of literary knowledge production to a certain degree. “Posttheory” occurs as the sign of the end of the former age of ideological production and the coming of the new turn of theoretical values. It offers a basis for the shaping of knowledge prospect of literary theory by changing the knowledge outlook, knowledge pattern and theoretical features of literary theory and promoting its knowledge production. Moreover, posttheory shows concern with more diverse forms towards cultural politics and public realm by laying more emphasis on reflectivity and depth and synthesis of ideological production and on high selfconsciousness in orientation and option of values.

posttheory; knowledge prospect; knowledge production; literary theory