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A Visit To The Shanghai Library., Xiaoming Xu

Faculty Publications

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Review: So, Alvin Y., And Yin-Wah Chu. The Global Rise Of China. Cambridge, Uk & Malden, Ma: Polity Press, 2012. 232 Pp., Lukas K. Danner

Dr. Lukas K. Danner

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Talk Shows And Language Attitudes: A Sociolinguistic Investigation Of Language Attitudes Towards Taiwan Mandarin Among Chinese Mainlanders, Chun-Yi Peng

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This dissertation looks at the effects of media exposure and language ideologies on Mandarin speakers’ acceptability judgments. Although there is a long-standing tradition against citing media exposure as a source of language variation, I show that 1) media exposure to a non-local perceptually salient variant can make people more likely to rate non-local linguistic features as grammatically acceptable, and 2) media exposure shapes people’s language attitudes—a new alignment of attitudes is emerging among the millennials on the mainland.

Data were collected through an online survey consisting of grammaticality judgments, matched-guise tasks, open-ended attitudinal questions, and demographic questions. The data show …

Ethnic And National Identity Of Third Generation Koreans In Japan, Haruka Morooka

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

Despite Japan’s emphasis on its ethnic homogeneity, there actually are ethnic minorities in Japan. Most of foreign residents in Japan came recently, but a group of Koreans, which is called Zainichi, has been living in Japan before World War II. “Zainichi”, literally means “residing in Japan,” with a connotation of impermanence. It could be Zainichi Chinese or Zainichi Americans, but the term almost exclusively refers “to a population of colonial-era migrants from the Korean peninsula that settles in the Japanese archipelago and their descendants” (Lie, 2008, x). After decades of living in Japan, over 90% of the Zainichi population is …

The Shaking Continent: A Metageographical Critique Of Eurocentrism, Yujun Xu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Eurocentrism refers to both a system of values and a space-time mindset. Modern space-time ideology and geographical knowledge are characterized by objectivity and neutrality, which is usually ignored by postcolonial criticism. However, the divisions of continents and the boundary between the west and the east tend to betray subjectiveness and randomness, which sheds light on the interests of culture and geopolitics. The deconstruction of Eurocentrism does not necessarily imply a replacement, but an alternative mindset.

The Transforms Of Linguistic Literary Theory By Media Literary Theory, Xiaoxi Shan

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

If the 20th century is a century of language and linguistic literary theory, then the 21st century is a century of new media and media literary theory. Media literary theory, as a form of the post-linguistic literary theory, represents the sublation and transformation of linguistic literary theory. Linguistic literary theory occurred in the context of "the linguistic turn", while media literary theory is the outcome of "the media turn". Literary form is not only of linguistic structure but also the structure of the media system. The literary world is not only the real world constructed by language but also the …

The Turn Of Heidegger's Thought And The Structure Of His Inquiries Into The Problem Of Being, Yunpeng Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In his inquiries into the problem of Being, there was an obvious shift between the earlier and later periods of Heidegger's thought. Heidegger himself and the academia have different opinions on the shift in question. From the perspective of structure, the so-called "turn" of thought was essentially the transformation of the structural pattern of his inquiries. The period of Being and Time belonged to the pattern of the binary structure of "Dasein (being-there) to being"; when shifting from Dasein (being-there) to Being per se, the binary structure was turned into a unitary structure, that is "Being", which was an orientation …

A Critique Of The Three Approaches To Studying Liang Qichao's Aesthetic Thoughts, Xianwu Mo

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

There are three academic approaches to Liang Qichao's aesthetic thoughts: political criticism of Cai Shangsi around 1949, enlightenment criticism of Li Zehou in the new period, and aesthetic criticism of Jin Ya in this century. In spite of their varying attitudes towards politics, they all endorse the division of politics and aesthetics. The difference is that political criticism sees aesthetics attached to politics, enlightenment criticism distances aesthetics from politics, and aesthetic criticism sets aesthetics against politics. In fact, the relationship between politics and aesthetics is not merely one of separation or antithesis, but also one of consistency in terms of …

Constructivism And Its Discontents?: The Philosophical Origin Of "Science Wars", Qing Feng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Contemporary humanists tend to consider scientific truths as artificially constructed opinions. Once the causes for the "Science Wars" between postmodern humanists and scientists are revealed, one will realize that the real target of anti-scientism is the modern scientific approach based on Cartesianism. It is because of the acceptation of this approach that modern Western sciences have a visible character of pragmatism and that what is to be pursued in sciences are specific and casual certainties instead of absolute truths. "The linguistic turn", as the foundation of modern constructivism and the beginning of literary and cultural theories, is actually a critical …

Digital Research On Media Literary Theory, Youquan Ouyang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

It is important and urgent to explore media literary theory in the era of dramatic media change. By adjusting our academic stances and broadening our vision of literary theory research, by focusing on internet literature and studying the theoretical structure of new media literary theory, and by understanding the adaptability and rethinking the possibility of new media literary theory, scholars can promote electronic media literary theory and the theoretical construction of literary theory in the digital era in China.

Espen J. Aarseth's Thought On Hypertext Aesthetics, Chunhua Nie

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Espen J. Aarseth's reflections on popular theories about the hypertext have primarily led to his distinction between the structure and the reading of the hypertext, since, for him, it is the hypertext' nonlinearity rather than multi-linearity that determines the real differences between the hypertext and the traditional text. He analyzes the power relation between the author and the reader of the hypertext, and criticizes some popular claims about the hypertext such as "reader-as-writer", "de-centralization", and "interactivity". On the basis of the distinction of the structure and the reading of the hypertext, he poses that the hypertext is of non-narrative structure …

How Horizontality Became A Medium: Rosalind Krauss On Pollock's All-Over Paintings, Yubing Shen, Qiuyue Mao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Art historian Rosalind Krauss argues that Jackson Pollock has introduced a new medium in art practices by creating horizontal space in his all-over paintings. Such a medium has transcended the physical dimension of the object and become a persistent model, which greatly illuminated the subsequent minimalism and pop art. While setting out from a classic modernist approach, Krauss's criticism takes on a Structuralist outlook different from modernism. Centering on the co-participation of the artist, the environment and the work, her observation is more inclusive and powerful as a method of interpretation than modernist theories.

Imagining And Constructing "Popular Literature": The Popularization Of Literature And Art In China Since The "May Fourth" Movement, Zhiping Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Since the May Fourth Movement, enlightenment became the basic strategy and approach by which the literary and art circle participated in politics; thus the movement of the popularization of literature and art was a by-product of this enlightenment strategy. The purpose for the movement of the "popularization of literature and art" was to construct "popular literature" that appealed to both the more and the less cultured, a modern genre in accordance with the new vision of literature. The road map of "popular literature" imagined and designed by the literary and art circle comprised three steps: 1. writers devoted to popularizing …

Intercultural Theatre Under The Lens Of Cultural Appropriation, Wei Feng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The concept of "intercultural theatre" has been under debate since the birth of this neologism. In theory, the content of intercultural theatre has varied several times, with expanding forms of intercultural theatre practices. The interweaving of theories and practices in recent decades has caused confusion and misinterpretation in academic discourses. Re-categorizing intercultural theatre practices with the term "cultural appropriation" into text appropriation, form appropriation, motif appropriation, and subject appropriation is effective to clarify meanings and forms of intercultural theatre, as well as the object of ethical, political, and aesthetic discussions, so that indiscriminate use of concepts can be avoided during …

Literary Consumption In The Era Of Electronic Media, Youfeng Hu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Literary consumption in the era of electronic media is characterized by technological, symbolic and entertaining inclinations. Literary consumption and literary production are mutually reactive, and this mutual reaction has been reflected by the synchronization of image production and omnimedia publishing, the medialization and literary consumption, the idolization of literary production and fans-based consumption, and the marketization of literary production as entertainment. The typical mode of literary production in the era of electronic media is the film adaptation of internet literature. Internet literature provides scripts for films and TV series, and, on films and TV programs help to spread Internet literature …

On Kant's "Problem Of Ugliness", Daozheng Pan, Jinchao Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

First Book of Kant's Critique of the Power of the Judgment ("Analytic of the Beautiful")opens with an argument that feeling combined with representation can be pleasure or displeasure, then with a discussion of the aesthetic judgment of pleasure, but it says nothing about the aesthetic judgment of displeasure. Furthermore, there is only a short paragraph dealing with ugliness in Critique of the Power of the Judgment. Why is there no"Analytic of the Ugliness"? Can Kant make a pure aesthetic judgment of ugliness? Questions like this have been attracting academic attention from the end of the 20th century. In our opinion, …

Reflections On Forgery In The Context Of Art Institutions, Sujun Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the world of art, the forgery has generally been considered inferior to the original. Through a thought experiment comparing a perfect fake with the original which cannot be differentiated in appearance, it is revealed that they are alike just in external aesthetic features, but for the intrinsic aesthetic values, the differences are tremendous. The forgery is void of two essential properties of art: the authenticity which emphasizes the uniqueness of the artwork, the originality which focuses on the creative process. As a historical concept, the idea of forgery is established along with the development of the institutions of art. …

Statistical Literary Theory: New Literary Research Paradigm In The Era Of Big Data, Caishu Zhou

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The advent of the Big Data era highlights the importance of statistical methods. Franco Moretti and Stanford Literary Lab try to use some quantitative methods in literary researches. Their qualitative analysis on the data from books discovers some facts about literature that may challenge some established literary theories, and scholars are also trying to adopt the statistical methods to literary study in China. Statistical literary theory is literary research methodology with mathematical logic and empirical data, which comprises such methods as quantitative analysis, regression analysis, hypothesis test, and time series analysis. In term of its combination of aesthetics characteristics with …

What Is A Literary Text? A Deleuzean Approach, Surin Kenneth

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In recent decades radically historicist perspectives on the natures of the text and the author have emerged. Aceording to these historicist perspectives, pioneered by Barthes and Foucault, text and author are properly to be viewed as the realizations of many different kinds of functions, with history supplying the conditions of possilbility for the realization of these functions. Withoult the author, interpretation becomes impossible (this was the aim of Barthes and Foucault). Against Barthes and Foucault, Alexander Nehamas has provided an account of text and author which avoids the strictures of Barthes and Nehamas. Using the work of Gilles Deleuze, and …

Consumption Of Celebrity And The Republican Apparatus: Lu Xiaoman, Xu Zhimo And Tabloids In Late 1920s Shanghai, Jianhua Chen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In late 1920s Shanghai tabloids flourished. With sensational news reports and literary narratives, they catered to urban readers' needs for daily emotional and cultural consumption. Due to their involvement in the Yunshang Company and theatre performances, Lu Xiaoman and Xu Zhimo became foci of Pictorial Shanghai and other major tabloids. Numerous news or rumors about their activities revealed different values, tastes, and commercial strategies among the tabloids, which told the game rules, ethics, and cultural politics of various communities and strata in the civil society. To a certain extent, the tabloids not only helped the masses know more about power …