自“唯美主义”运动以来,直至上世纪八十年代,批评家都极力反对在“文学”和“批评”前面加上“伦理”二字,但实质上在艺术和哲学领域,尤其是文学研究领域,伦理批评从未被束之高阁。西方伦理批评自20世纪八十年代以来经历了一次复兴,并演变成以韦恩·布斯和玛莎·努斯鲍曼为代表的新人文主义批评以及以希利斯·米勒和亚当·扎克瑞·纽顿为代表的解构主义伦理批评。到了21世纪初,批评家把焦点从政治转向道德和正义,进一步激活了伦理批评的研究。批评家如马歇尔·格雷戈里和彼得·拉宾诺维次对伦理批评进行了总结和反思,提出了重新定义伦理批评的构想,试图建立一种新的方法论。 Since the movement of “Aestheticism”, until the eighties of last century, critics have been strongly opposed to the word “ethics” in front of “literature” and “criticism”, but in essence, And philosophy, especially in the field of literary studies, ethical criticism has never been shelved. Western ethical criticism has undergone a revival since the 1980s and has evolved into a new humanist critique, typified by Wayne Booth and Martha Nusbaumman, as well as by Silversmith and Adam Deconstruction Ethics Criticism Represented by Zackry Newton. By the early 21st century, critics shifted their focus from politics to morality and justice, further activating the study of ethical criticism. Critics such as Marshall Gregory and Peter Rabinowitz summarize and reflect on ethical criticism and put forward the idea of ​​redefining ethical criticism in an attempt to establish a new methodology.