Abstract: One of the shortcomings in current literary study is its lack of realistic involvement and the absence of public view. The activity of New Southwest Drama Exhibition hosted by Guangxi Normal University combined literary study in Cultural City of Guilin with drama stage practice, integrated the spiritual connotation of literary study into drama performance, and activated classic literary works through the stage practice. The New Southwest Drama Exhibition makes the process of literature research no longer a pure theory within the drama community or a spiritual exploration away from reality; rather, the process is a multidimensional interaction among academic research, students, citizens and the media. Obviously, this is a beneficial attempt to explore how literary study can involve in reality. And this attempt plays an importantly implicated role to make up for a shortcoming of contemporary literary studies, and expand a new speech space for literary studies.

Key words: literary study, discourse space, Cultural City of Guilin, the New Southwest Drama Exhibition