The Two Narratives Of The History Of Avant-Garde Poetry After The "Misty Poetry",
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Two Narratives Of The History Of Avant-Garde Poetry After The "Misty Poetry", Yuqin Jiang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the 1990s, the avant-garde poets had a very strong consciousness of literary history, and some had even kept a detailed record of creative activities. While some proclaimed that they were writing for literary history, there were more poets who, unsatisfied with the aesthetic norms and rules advocated by the scholastic critics, would engage themselves into the critical practice by writing essays, editing poetry anthologies and compiling collections of critical essays on poetry. In the 1990s' avant-garde poetic circle, the poets managed to be the masters of their own poetry, and their active engagement into the theoretical exploration and the …
The Word Order In The Collective Titles For Authors In The Tang Dynasty And Its Implications For Literary Criticism,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Word Order In The Collective Titles For Authors In The Tang Dynasty And Its Implications For Literary Criticism, Shijin Luo
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
It is a common phenomenon to group writers under a collective title in the history of literature and literary research, especially in the Tang Dynasty. This phenomenon, as well as how to group the authors and in what order to call them, is meaningful to literary criticism. As the collective titles are highly acronymized or very abstract, the process of de-acronymizing and origin-seeking becomes an approach of interpretation, during which the re-examination of the original authors’ achievements may help to promote the process of canonization. Collective titles have different significance and value in the history of Chinese literature, and some …
Neo-Confucianism's Premises Facing Aesthetic Questions: Art, Ethics And The Way In Zhou Dunyi's Thought,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Neo-Confucianism's Premises Facing Aesthetic Questions: Art, Ethics And The Way In Zhou Dunyi's Thought, M'Bondjo Maud
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Zhou Dunyi (1017-1073) is commonly considered as the founder of the Confucian revival during the Song Dynasty (976-1279). In his moral treatise, Penetrating the Book of Changes, Zhou Dunyi clearly distinguishes "art (艺)" from "reality/truth (实)," and claims that the role of "expression (文)" is to express the Sage Kings' Way (圣王之道). The claim leads us to ask to what extent "art" helps along ethics in the restoration of the Way and whether there is a philosophy of art in Zhou Dunyi's moral discourse. The paper observes that cheng (诚 sincerity) is a central concept in Zhou Dunyi's thought and …
On The New Media Culture And Production Of Space: In The Perspective Of Binary Relation Between Space And Place,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On The New Media Culture And Production Of Space: In The Perspective Of Binary Relation Between Space And Place, Jun Zhu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
One eternal issue in the study of space is the binary relation of space and place, which is reshaped in the age of new media by the mimic culture. The production of space observes the logic of consumerism while it also refreshes the belief in localism. This profound confliction between space and place is manifested in fans culture, cyber subculture, fundamentalism, and even cyber-terrorism, thus it attributes to an increasingly serious global culture of risk. At the present age of new media, the space crisis can be approached mainly through the simple strategies of localism, everyday discourse and utopianism, which …
On The Paradigm Shift In Literary Theory Research,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On The Paradigm Shift In Literary Theory Research, Dengyun Dai
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The paper claims that researches on literary theory in contemporary China have been restricted in intellectual horizon and displays a tendency of homogeneity and one-dimensionality, which in turn results in a path that depends on the novelty and change. The author argues that one fundamental way to offset this dependence is to return to the origin and explore the source. This paper tries to redefine the problem consciousness and intellectual horizon and re-clarify the methodological path of literary theory research in order to promote the interventional nature of literary theory research and the mergence between theory and thoughts in the …
Prof. Xu Zhongyu's Researches Into Literary Theory,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Prof. Xu Zhongyu's Researches Into Literary Theory, Qinghua Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This paper tries to delineate Prof. Xu Zhongyu's contribution to the establishment of Chinese literary theory. Since the end of the Cultural Revolution, Prof. Xu Zhongyu has been making efforts to approach literary theory with an aim to establish the discipline of Chinese theory of literature and art which may be grounded on traditional Chinese literary criticism. His theorization has covered such significant issues as the value of literature, the artistic principles of literary creativity and criticism, and the national characteristics of literary theory. His insightful observations and investigations have constructed a unique research framework that bases on literariness, centers …
The Boat As Polis: Some Issues Of The Political Philosophy In Early Greek Poetry,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Boat As Polis: Some Issues Of The Political Philosophy In Early Greek Poetry, Xiaofeng Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The early Greek lyric poetry is not only about love or love story, but also responds to the revolution of the 6th century B.C. It reflects the fundamental experiences of the transition from aristocracy to democracy, which is the focus of this paper when examining the poems of Solon, Alcaeus and Theogenis.
The Education Of Teachers Of Chinese And The Spirit Of University: On Xu Zhongyu's Literary Theory,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Education Of Teachers Of Chinese And The Spirit Of University: On Xu Zhongyu's Literary Theory, Xiaoguang Lu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The uniqueness of Xu Zhongyu's literary theory lies in his people-oriented thought of "teacher education". The first remarkable characteristic is its concern with issues specific to the cultivation of the grass-root talents. Xu Zhongyu's literary theory enters into the field of College Chinese because of the implicit reason that he reinterprets the classical meaning of "normal" to relate with the spirit of university. Xu Zhongyu's literary theory and his long career in Chinese normal education may provide new inspiration to establish the spirit of university different from Western concept of "normal" education.
Zhu Guangqian And Expressionism: An Alternative Way To Bridge The Chinese And Western Aesthetics,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Zhu Guangqian And Expressionism: An Alternative Way To Bridge The Chinese And Western Aesthetics, Xun Dai
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The paper claims that the duality mode of Sino-Western comparative aesthetics research and the en vogue mentality in prevailing in China hinders our understanding of the Westernization process of Chinese aesthetics from multiple perspectives. One important thread of development that has been neglected is Zhu Guangqian's expressionist aesthetics. Influenced by the dominating lyrical tradition in Chinese poetics and the Western expressionism prevalent in the early 20th century, Zhu found it hard to buy the mimetic theory in the Western tradition and the Marxist epistemological aesthetics born out of it. Instead, Zhu developed his own expressionist aesthetics by integrating the Western …
On The Compilation Objectives Of Xiao Tong's Selections Of Refined Literature: From The Perspective Of Wei Zhao's "On Gaming",
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On The Compilation Objectives Of Xiao Tong's Selections Of Refined Literature: From The Perspective Of Wei Zhao's "On Gaming", Xun Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Wei Zhao's (204-273) "On Gaming" had not drawn much attention before the Kingdom of Liang (502-557), probably because its tenets were at odds with the social mores promoted by Emperor Wu of Liang. Wei's text was included into the Selections of Refined Literature because on the one hand it appealed to Xiao Tong's personal taste as he wanted to express his distain toward gaming and on the other hand Xiao Tong hoped to convey a warning to some officials and to caution and dissuade his own father. This paper tries to demonstrate through the above mentioned example that specific reasons …
"Heaven's Scheme" And Randomness From The Perspective Of Comparative Literary Theories,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Heaven's Scheme" And Randomness From The Perspective Of Comparative Literary Theories, Mingfen Huang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In classical Chinese literary theories, "Tianji" (Heaven's scheme) as a categorical concept has its root in Taoist concept of inspiration, focusing on the conditions of timing, opportunities and changes in natural existence, and it emphasizes on the artists' reaction in response to the changing circumstances. The concept of "randomness" as applied in the Western theories of digital art, comes from the mathematical theory on probability, which focuses on the contingency of artifact and takes it as the very opportunity of exploring ideas. Neither the heaven's scheme nor randomness falls within the conceptual category of pure probability, but they reflect the …
"Return What Is China’S To China": A Contrapuntal Reading Of "The Veiled And The Unveiled" And "Fu, Bi, Xing",
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Return What Is China’S To China": A Contrapuntal Reading Of "The Veiled And The Unveiled" And "Fu, Bi, Xing", Gang Luo
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Wang Guowei's theory about the poetic states of being "veiled (ge) and unveiled (buge)" derives from Schopenhauer's distinction between concept and intuition as well as the traditional dualistic antithesis of rationality and emotion of modern Western aesthetics. This paper argues that Wang's theory is displaced from and contradicted with the critical paradigm of "Fu-Bi-Xing (straightforward narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison)" in Chinese ancient poetics. Due to this displacement and contradiction, Wang Guowei regards Bi and Xing as "the veiled". The rupture inherent in Wang Guowei's poetics has long been overlooked and his theory of "artistic conception" has been treated as …
A Critical Investigation Into The Evolution Of Zhu Gongdiao's Musical Narrative Scheme,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Critical Investigation Into The Evolution Of Zhu Gongdiao's Musical Narrative Scheme, Zhimei Sheng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Zhu Gongdiao ("All-Mode Tune") is a composite musical narrative art, which shows as singing various modal tunes to various keys, and it was the popular folk opera form in the Song, Jin and Yuan dynasties. Musical narrative scheme of All-Mode Tune develops from decreasing use of keys to increasing use of modal tunes, and alongside this development is the change from lyrics-centred form to operatic form. As a folk art form, All-Mode Tune succeeded the ancient "Tanci" (chanting lyrics) after the "bianwen" (transformative text) and preceded the drama in the present form. Therefore, All-Mode Tune was associated with the two …
A Critical Survey Of Xu Zhongyu's Theory Of Literature Around The Anti-Japanese War,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Critical Survey Of Xu Zhongyu's Theory Of Literature Around The Anti-Japanese War, Xuezhen Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Around the Anti-Japanese War (1937-1945), Xu Zhongyu wrote much in the area of literary theory which covered literary criticism, national literature, literary language, etc. His essays were positive in the value pursuit and methodologically scientific in the methodology, and they still have academic vitality and enlightenment.
An Anthropological Reflection On Lu Xun'sOld Tales Retold,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
An Anthropological Reflection On Lu Xun'sOld Tales Retold, Lili Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This paper takes an interdisciplinary perspective and tries to present an anthropological reflection on the stories in Lu Xun's Old Tales Retold. For Lu Xun, the stories were important, especially the old stories in the ancient classics, and he creatively rewrote the classical stories to get across what he wanted to convey. In his rewriting, Lu Xun combined materials from many classics so as to make the retold stories take on artistic features of creative stories. Lu Xun's Old Tales Retold merged well into the development of fiction writing in Chinese literary history, which evolved from the antique myth and …
An Exposition Of Zhu Xi's "Preface To Annotations ToThe Book Of Songs",
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
An Exposition Of Zhu Xi's "Preface To Annotations ToThe Book Of Songs", Hui Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Zhu Xi (1130-1200) had written three prefaces to The Book of Songs. His "Preface to Annotations to The Book of Songs" was not intended for the book it prefaced but for the aborted earlier book Collected Interpretations of The Book of Songs. This preface was not the later "Prefaces to The Book of Songs," which were generally referred to as The Bigger Preface and The Smaller Preface. The present paper takes "Preface to Annotations" as a transitional critical text in Zhu Xi's thought and tries to explore the dialogic relationship between this preface and the Bigger and Smaller Prefaces. The …
Between Mythos And Philosophia,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Between Mythos And Philosophia, Keping Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Chronologically, mythos (myth) came into being before philosophia (philosophy). Mythos tends to make people "wonder" and "think" whereas philosophia attempts to work out the meaning of this wondering. Thus it leads to a process of endless exploration. This being the case, philomythos is in a way like philosophos. In other words, he who loves myths is somewhat like a philosopher who loves wisdom and pursues truth. Plato himself is not merely a myth-lover but a myth-maker, and he therefore develops a dialogue-based philosophy saturated with poetic wisdom. It is through the interaction between mythos and philosophia that mythos becomes rationalized …
Arendt's Aesthetics Of The Political And Its Modern Politico-Philosophical Implications,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Arendt's Aesthetics Of The Political And Its Modern Politico-Philosophical Implications, Hecheng Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The love for the world leads to the hatred of the world's evil; the hatred of the claustrophobia from the evil in the private leads to the passionately exploration into the human’s common conditions in the public. Arendt found her solution to the modern political predicament in the performance of virtuosity, which transcends "making" and material production. The transcendence aims to implant into the increasingly perfected political communications the ontological significance of productivity and production relations, while the performance is an experience of modernity (i.e. the aesthetic) in an effort to undermine the will to good and remove the desire …
Chinese Images In English Poetry: A Comparative Reading Between Literary Fictionalization And Western Consciousness,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Chinese Images In English Poetry: A Comparative Reading Between Literary Fictionalization And Western Consciousness, Fanjian Zeng, Hanbo Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
English poetry has a longstanding tradition in creating images about China. The images, from the perspective of literary anthropology by Wolfgang Iser, cannot be freed from interrelated unity of opposites between fictionalization, imagination and facts. While fictionalization and imagination are essential to poetry, their foundation and destination have to be the facts about China and the subjectivity of the Western. If native Chinese poetics is applied into a comparative reading of the images of China in English poetry, especially by focusing on the subject-object relationship shown in literary fictionalization and the Western consciousness through an empirical study based on linguistic …
From "和" To There: Marxist Hermeneutics With Chinese Characteristics,
2013
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
From "和" To There: Marxist Hermeneutics With Chinese Characteristics, Gregory Mahoney Josef
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
We begin by synthesizing Karl Marx's historical periods qua modes of production with Michel Foucault's epistemological periodizations — epistemes, which we then combine with Fredric Jameson's work on ideologemes. Jameson's acknowledged weakness is a failure to address those positive if not utopian elements that might be instrumentally valuable for deconstructing or disassembling ideologemes in the course of historical progress. We then argue that such alternatives would be, ideally, concrete universals (具体的普遍), and would be both trans-epistemic and trans-historical. We then provide several reasons why it seems reasonable to search for the concrete universal par excellence within Chinese linguistic and philosophical …
