The criticism of Zhu Guangqian and Li Changzhi is a sciential style that is the theory source of new literary discourse and places emphasis on communication of all kinds of arts.

• 新老京派都在新批评方面有所探索：前者侧重于与艺术形式有关的批评探索；后者则在民俗学批评、人类学批评、“神话一原型”批评、精神分析学批评、英美新批评、书评等的实践方面成绩显著。