On Zhu Dongrun's Theory Of Biographical Literature And Its Characteristic Complexity,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On Zhu Dongrun's Theory Of Biographical Literature And Its Characteristic Complexity, Yeping Gu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Zhu Dongrun's theory of biographical literature is constructed from the existent practices and theories of both ancient China and the West. The central concepts of Zhu's theory include the renaming of the prevailing biographical literature into biographical narrative literature, the emphasis of the dual attributes of historical and literary of biographical literature while defining the connotation of biographical narrative. The claim of "the turn from events to people" has freed the biographical literature from its dependency on history, but the overemphasis of historical reliability may result in the negligence of literariness. The claim to characterize and reveal from life from …
Reflections On The Researches To The Essence And Existence Of Song-Yuan Drama In The Past Century,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Reflections On The Researches To The Essence And Existence Of Song-Yuan Drama In The Past Century, Jiansen Chen, Jiali Mo
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This paper is a reflective study of the researches on Song-Yuan drama's essence and existence done in the past century. It tries to define what Song-Yuan drama really is, and demonstrate how it is put on the stage and why it is staged in such a certain way. These issues have been tackled in Wang Guowei's Song-Yuan Drama History but have not been clarified since, so they have met with much misinterpretation. Three types of reasons lie behind the misinterpretation, and this has become the conundrum in the study of Chinese opera history. The first type proposes that Wang defined …
Responding To The Formation Of Dominant Culture And Its Production Mode: Contemporary Chinese Cultural Criticism In The Era Of After-Theory,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Responding To The Formation Of Dominant Culture And Its Production Mode: Contemporary Chinese Cultural Criticism In The Era Of After-Theory, Jun Zeng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the era of what Terry Eagleton terms as "After-Theory," cultural criticism practice in China needs to re-problematize its research, redefine its object with a focus on the local culture and sharpen its research methodology in response to current theoretical transformations so as to delineate some traits in the development of contemporary cultural development out of various cultural phenomena, currents and conflicts. The paper claims that the cultural criticism should engage in participatory research of "the dominant culture in formation," and that this dominant culture can be named as "mainstream mass culture." The current dominant cultural production mode is increasingly …
Tasting Beauty: Aesthetic Implications Of Chinese Cuisine,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Tasting Beauty: Aesthetic Implications Of Chinese Cuisine, Zhaorong Peng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The paper takes cultural anthropology as its theoretical background and proposes a discipline without demarcated boundaries. As a case study of the beauty of Chinese cuisine, the paper tries to explore the possibility of a new representational mode in literary study from the perspective of anthropology. The paper is a product of an experimental research.
The Criticism On Su Shi's Poetry In Yuan Haowen's "Thirty Poems On Poetry",
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Criticism On Su Shi's Poetry In Yuan Haowen's "Thirty Poems On Poetry", Huainan Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Yuan Haowen in his "Thirty Poems on Poetry" both confirmed Su Shih's poetic achievements and condemned Su's failure. The paper tries to delineate the reasons behind Yuan's problematic condemnations on Su Shi. Yuan's accusation of Su Shi's problems is wrong-targeted because on the one hand he attributed other poets' problem to Su Shi and on the other hand he did not distinguish between literary issues and political issues. The paper also maintains that Yuan had a limited understanding of the ideal content and practical development of "Fengya (airs and odes, the elegant)."
Library Impact Statement For Chn 485/486,
2012
University of Rhode Island
Library Impact Statement For Chn 485/486, Mona Niedbala
Library Impact Statements
Library Impact Statement for CHN 485/486 new course proposal. No new library resources are required to support this course. Responding library faculty member: Mona Niedbala. Requesting faculty member: Wex Xiong
On Chinese Foreign Policy: A Big Stick, An Equally Big Carrot,
2012
Macalester College
On Chinese Foreign Policy: A Big Stick, An Equally Big Carrot, Hannah K. Fishman
The Macalester Review
This paper attempts to provide a framework for analyzing China's newfound assertiveness. Does a rising China pose a systemic threat to the world order, or will Beijing's rise be characterized by what policy officials refer to as a "Peaceful Rise"? This paper argues that China is "building a bigger stick and a bigger carrot" to increase its hard and soft power capabilities; however, this policy won't necessarily pose a threat. The United States must strengthen Western-central international institutions and guide Beijing into this framework if the US wants to see a "Peaceful Rise."
The Public Sphere And Literary Journals And Newspapers: Investigating The Discursive Formation Of The Utopia In Late Qing Dynasty,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Public Sphere And Literary Journals And Newspapers: Investigating The Discursive Formation Of The Utopia In Late Qing Dynasty, Man Leung Shuk
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This paper takes the utopian fiction in Late Qing Dynasty as a discursive formation, and investigates its production and operational mode of the utopian discourse. The paper examines how literary journals and newspapers served as a channel for the operation of the utopian discourse in the Chinese public sphere. By revising Habermas's notion of the public sphere, Rudolf Wagner is able to redefine Chinese public sphere and discovers that the structure of Chinese public sphere is constructed by the top and the bottom strata of the society. In light of Wagner's theorization, the paper takes the utopian novels as a …
On The Difference Over Literary Ideas Between China And The West,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On The Difference Over Literary Ideas Between China And The West, Qingbing Tong
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The paper reiterates the necessity of reflecting on the differences of literary ideas between China and the West. In classical Chinese literary theory, literature prioritizes lyricalism, and the essence of this literary idea is to express the ethos of individual and the society. Literary ideas in the West centering round Europe chooses to prioritize mimesis, and a literature developed along this idea sees itself as a vehicle for knowledge. The paper attributes the differences over literary ideas, themes and literary spirit between China and the West to the differences between Chinese humanistic sprit and Western humanism, between Chinese agricultural civilization …
On The Evolution Of Wang Yuanhua's Methodology For Literary Theory,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On The Evolution Of Wang Yuanhua's Methodology For Literary Theory, Zhongyi Xia
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
When Wang Yuanhua was widely acclaimed as a distinguished literary theorist who excelled in both Chinese and Western theories before the 90s, scholars tended to neglect the fact that Zhdanovism which originated from the former Soviet Union had always been his guiding principle and methodology all through his academic career. When he first embarked on literary theory, Zhdanovism was his main theoretical anchor which can be evidenced by his works like Luxun and Nietzsche and On Realism which were produced in 1939 and 1940 respectively.He began to reflect upon Zhdanovism in 1943 for he found that Zhdanovism tend to impair …
On The Four Dimensions Of Cross-Cultural Aesthetic Appreciation,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
On The Four Dimensions Of Cross-Cultural Aesthetic Appreciation, Qingben Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
According to Eliot Deutsch's studies in Comparative Aesthetics, the four dimensions of cross-cultural aesthetic appreciation are Cultural-Authorial Weltanschauung, Cultural-Authorial Aesthetic Preference, Formal Content and Symbolic Values. We will encounter many difficulties when appreciating the works of art from other cultures because of cultural differences. However, the four dimensions can help us overcome these obstacles, thus making possible our better understanding of the aesthetic features of the works of art. Comparative aesthetics is not to weigh the supremacy of the Chinese art or the Western art, nor to take the work of art as proof to cultural differences, but to find …
Reflections OnThe Cambridge History Of Chinese Literature: An Interview With Professor Stephen Owen,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Reflections OnThe Cambridge History Of Chinese Literature: An Interview With Professor Stephen Owen, Min Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The author interviewed Professor Stephen Owen regarding The Cambridge History of Chinese Literature. The issues covered in the interview include the origins of the Western literary history and Chinese literary history, the stages and modes of writing Chinese literary histories,the interrelationships between literary historiography and intellectual history, and the new perspectives of literary historiography. The interview focuses on the new notions of "the Cultural Tang" and "discursive communities" proposed by Owen and elaborates their theoretical and methodological implications.
Review Of "Western Aesthetics In The Perspective Of The East" Summit Forum,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Review Of "Western Aesthetics In The Perspective Of The East" Summit Forum, Shenggui Song, Weina Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Jointly sponsored by the Institute of Aesthetics of Capital Normal University, the editorial board of Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, the College of Art of Inner Mongolia University and Anhui Education Publishing House, the Summit Forum on "Western Aesthetics in the Perspective of the East" was held in Hohhot during August 3-5, 2011. Over 30 specialists and scholars in the academic circles of aesthetics in China and Japan explored in depth the issues such as the relationship between Eastern and Western aesthetics, the history of the relationship,the possibility of eastern aesthetics, ethnic art and aesthetics in the perspective of …
"Nineteen Old Poems" And Metaphysics,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Nineteen Old Poems" And Metaphysics, Jiemo Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Nineteen Old Poems" represent the transformation in poetics from the study of Confucian classics to metaphysics. The authors of this group of poems lived in the turbulent age of the late Han Dynasty. "Nineteen Old Poems" express the poetics of valuing life, which could be regarded as the first sign of metaphysics. The sense of time sequence, especially a sense of the present, which corresponds to the time consciousness of metaphysics, forms the basis of such poems. This paper holds that a sense of individual loneliness and awareness is the main theme of these poems. Hence Liang Qichao's viewpoint that …
"The Chinese Encyclopedia" In Foucault'sThe Order Of Things,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"The Chinese Encyclopedia" In Foucault'sThe Order Of Things, Jinshan Che
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the preface of The Order of Things, Michel Foucault quotes and analyzes the classification of animals in a "certain Chinese encyclopedia" referred to by Borges, with which he initiates his brand new philosophical thinking. There are many discussions and interpretations by Chinese scholars on this part, but generally they understand Foucault from the perspective of the differences between China and the West, and they tend to blame him for these reasons. For example, they may think Foucault attached too much importance on the particularity of Chinese culture and the differences between Chinese and Western cultures, so he ignores the …
"Aestheticization Of Everyday Life" In China,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Aestheticization Of Everyday Life" In China, Desheng Wang, Lei Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The concept of "Aestheticization of Everyday Life" cannot be readily transplanted from Western theoretical discourse. It has to reach an internal affinity with the socio-cultural transformation in contemporary China and over-generalized aestheticization so that it can integrate into the context of contemporary aesthetics research. The differences concerning the claim center round the different understanding of "everyday life" and "sensibility," while there is inherent theoretical continuity between the aestheticization of everyday life and the study of contemporary aesthetics and culture. The debates make it possible for the issue of "everyday life aesthetics" to become a new aesthetic discourse in reality.
"What Are Poets For?": An Interpretation Of Hesiod's Classical Poetics,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"What Are Poets For?": An Interpretation Of Hesiod's Classical Poetics, Lei Peng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the Proemium of Homogony, Hesiod distinctively extols the Muses, the lineage and the might of them as a hidden eulogy of the role of poets. This essay is a detailed reading of the proemium and an exploration into the classical poetics therein. Through an analysis of the lineage of the Muses, this essay shows the non-creative feature of classical poetics, then reveals the alternation Hesiod makes of the relationship between the poet and the Muses as in the three songs of the Muses, and finally,by interpreting Hesiod's depictions of kings and singers, demonstrates the role of Hesiod as a …
A Critical Review Of Researches Into The Poetry Of The Han, Wei And Six Dynasties In The First Half Of The 20th Century,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Critical Review Of Researches Into The Poetry Of The Han, Wei And Six Dynasties In The First Half Of The 20th Century, Zhixi Qian
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The studies of the poetry of the Han, Wei and Six Dynasties, which have developed in a new teaching and academic system, show a combination of classical scholarship and modern approaches and therefore have some representative significance in ancient literature studies. There is a long tradition of such studies and scholars have got new discourse from such fresh literary concepts as the theory of evolution, vernacular literature and popular literature to reconstruct or interpret the history of poetry, and discovered or discussed some new facts, thus making studies of yuefu poetry attract considerable academic attention. As such studies develop, facts …
A Reflection On German Classic Aesthetics And The Construction Of Contemporary Chinese Aesthetics,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Reflection On German Classic Aesthetics And The Construction Of Contemporary Chinese Aesthetics, Fanren Zeng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Contemporary aesthetics in China over the past 50-odd years developed partly because of the influence of classic German aesthetics, as can be seen from the fact that the most important form of aesthetics in contemporary China — practice aesthetics — is derived from classic German aesthetics, especially Kantian aesthetics. This is determined by the level of classic German aesthetics and China's particular needs. However, all theories are historical, and have to appear and disappear in history. The dramatic socio-economic transformation since 1949 determines that classic German aesthetics is no longer suitable to China, and practice aesthetics derived from it has …
A Study Of F. R Leavis's Cultural Criticism,
2012
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Study Of F. R Leavis's Cultural Criticism, Xiangchun Meng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
F. R. Leavis was the most influential and controversial critic and one of the forerunners of cultural criticism in the 20th century Britain. His cultural criticism is the point of departure for his literary criticism, which in turn aims for cultural and social health. Leavis's cultural criticism comprises mainly of the conception of the "organic community", the theorization of "minority culture" and the promotion of "literary culture" and the criticism of the "Technologico-Benthamite" culture, the first three of which form the core of his cultural ideals. A better understanding of Leavis's cultural criticism may illuminate our reflections on the cultural …
