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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

2016

Issue in Focus: Studies on Media Literary Theory

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The Transforms Of Linguistic Literary Theory By Media Literary Theory, Xiaoxi Shan Sep 2016

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 …


Espen J. Aarseth's Thought On Hypertext Aesthetics, Chunhua Nie Sep 2016

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 …


Literary Consumption In The Era Of Electronic Media, Youfeng Hu Sep 2016

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 …


From Saturday To The "Saturday School": A Discussion On The "New/Old" Debate In The Early 1920s, Meng Luo Sep 2016

From Saturday To The "Saturday School": A Discussion On The "New/Old" Debate In The Early 1920s, Meng Luo

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

This article sheds light on the sharp confrontation between New Culture intellectuals and the popular literati from 1921 to 1923. As a key word, the term "Saturday School" is derived from Saturday, an influential popular periodical in early Republican Shanghai. And in fact, the production process of "Saturday School" was intensely bound up with the "new/old" debate in modern Chinese literary history. Based on close reading of historical material and contextual analysis, the article concludes that the debate between "new" and "old" was concerned more with the competition over the discourse power of defining "what is new", which directly led …


Digital Research On Media Literary Theory, Youquan Ouyang Sep 2016

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.