Abstract：The establishment of modern Chinese literary criticism is based on the introduction of 20th century western literary criticism theories and methods,whereas people hold different views as to how to regard the spread of western literary criticism in China.The paper proposes the stand of "open nationalism" when discussing about the relations between modern Chinese literary criticism and western literary criticism.It starts with redefining the concept of "nation",and argues that it is characterized by relativity under the context of globalization.Nationality is closely related to universality,and the development of the nation lies in negation and regeneration.Then it elaborates on the basic meaning of open nationalism,that is,acknowledging national differences and sticking to the principle of tolerance.While introducing western literary criticism into Chinese context,we should fully understand its complexity as the product of heterogeneous cultural context and experience,and be aware of its revolutionary influence upon Chinese literary criticism.Modern Chinese literary criticism adopts neutralization and harmony as its strategy,which advocates listening to different voices of others with tolerant mind,multiple value standards and conversational stance.Chinese literary criticism in the future should learn from the advantages of different cultures and apply them to the study and examination of national literary issues,highlighting its national awareness and national characters.
