Text Context in the Field of Literature Research

Context is a term which used in literary research frequently. But we do not know the clear meaning of what the context is. The original meaning of the context is not only conducive to the use of normative context, but also to understand the context of generalization. The initial form of context is "text context" in literary research. The text context enters into the realm of literary research from linguistics and is formed in the context theory of I. A. Richards and the new criticism. This paper combs the textual context theory in the field of literature research, summarizes and reflects on the text of context theory.