New Historicism pays more attention to power conflicts and human nature as its representative,Stephen Greeblantt brought forward two concepts while discussing the social function of literature-subversion and containment.

• 新历史主义较多关注权力的争斗和人性的善恶；其代表人物斯蒂芬.；格林布拉特在论述文学社会功能的时候提出了“颠覆”和“抑制”两个概念。