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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

2016

Issue in Focus: Spatial Theory and Criticism

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Spatial Experience And Artistic Expression: A View From The Perspective Of Historical-Geographical Materialism, Jia Yan Mar 2016

Spatial Experience And Artistic Expression: A View From The Perspective Of Historical-Geographical Materialism, Jia Yan

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Harvey David's historical-geographical materialism provides a unique viewpoint for understanding and interpreting the spatial experience and expression in artistic creation. According to this theory, the meaning of space is always in a constant flux, and its complexity is not determined by the concept itself but depends on changes in the historical condition of human material production and the context. In the experience of space, physical space reflects the characteristics of human production and materials and is always accompanied by personal psychological experience and historical imagination. The artistic expression of space, which often becomes the intermediary between the social and historical …


Kierkegaard And 19Th-Century Urban Space Of Copenhagen: A Modernistic Critique, Jinjian Tianwang Mar 2016

Kierkegaard And 19Th-Century Urban Space Of Copenhagen: A Modernistic Critique, Jinjian Tianwang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

With the development of modernization process in Western capitalist society, modern metropolises appeared in succession. Many Marxists in Western countries examined the relationship between the transitions of urban space and modernity critically, but few researches have focused on the urban space of Copenhagen. Tivoli garden appeared as an innovation while rebuilding Copenhagen, which incarnated the modernity of urban space in Copenhagen. As a citizen in Copenhagen who had special individual career and religious background, Kierkegaard had established an important relationship with church, and he opened up a new way to critique modernity through theology. He argued that the authentic interior …


David Harvey's Interpretations Of Space In French Literature, Jin Liu Mar 2016

David Harvey's Interpretations Of Space In French Literature, Jin Liu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

David Harvey is one of the important figures who mingle traditions in geographic research and Marxism in the "spatial turn." His idea of space is developed in the three dimensions of ontology, modernity and art. In the dimension of art, his criticism practice of French literature centered on Paris opens a new horizon for spatial criticism of literary and cultural studies, and it also builds a new platform for realistic critical Marxist literary theory.