Succor In Smoke: A Historical And Comparative Analysis Of Incense And Moxibustion As Similar Agents Of Edification And Self-Cultivation,
2018
The College of Wooster
Succor In Smoke: A Historical And Comparative Analysis Of Incense And Moxibustion As Similar Agents Of Edification And Self-Cultivation, Hannah E. Matulek
Black & Gold
Since its origins in the Shang Dynasty nearly 3,000 years ago, traditional Chinese medicine has undergone many dramatic shifts and adapted to a wide range of cultural, social, religious and foreign pressures. One of the most notable changes is the attribution of the etiology of disease (as well as general poor health and behaviors) from volatile and dissatisfied external forces to manageable internal forces. This allowed for a flourishing of thought in Chinese medicine, for once granting an individual the power to influence his or her own health. Three religions—Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism—were also introduced to China at this time, …
A Differentiation And Rectification On "Modern Xiqu",
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Differentiation And Rectification On "Modern Xiqu", Wei Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The concept "modern xiqu" is used usually in three senses: First, it refers to all xiqu works of the modern period; second, it refers to some xiqu works that depict modern life; third, as a theatrical and a cultural term, it covers works with the quality of modernity. These meanings apply to different fields, but both the first and the second overlook the connotation of modernity. When discussing the modernity of "modern xiqu", professor Lü Xiaoping emphasizes both modern spirit and the dramatic principle of "the unity of plot", and professor Fu Jin emphasizes virtuosity and the subsequent self-discipline and …
A Study Of "The Anti-Modern Modernity" And Its Change In Two-Way Travels,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Study Of "The Anti-Modern Modernity" And Its Change In Two-Way Travels, Yuyu Wu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Since Wang Hui discussed "the anti-modern modernity" in detail in his article "Contemporary Chinese Thought and the Question of Modernity", the issue of Chinese modernity has become a bone of contention in the ideological circle of China. In fact, the theory did not grow from China, but was initially proposed by Western Leftist theorists. It affected Chinese scholars in the West and then entered China. This article focuses on the discussion of "the anti-modern modernity" by Arif Dirlik, Liu Kang and Wang Hui, and compares their different understandings and interpretations in Chinese and Western contexts. The theory of Arif Dirlik …
The Likening Of Pen Into Weaponry In Ancient Literary Criticism And The Metaphor System Of Literati's Writing And Craftsmen's Crafting,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Likening Of Pen Into Weaponry In Ancient Literary Criticism And The Metaphor System Of Literati's Writing And Craftsmen's Crafting, Minxue Huang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The analogy of pen with weapons is a phenomenon rich in hierarchy and systematicness in ancient literary criticism. It comes from the ancients' pursuit of words' real power, the habits of mind of metaphor with objects, the influence of war craft on art theory and the literati's hope of being well-versed in both polite letters and martial arts. It has kinds of existence forms and concludes words, literary form, atmosphere and ornate wording and so on. Besides, the analysis of the analogy of pen with weapons' production will guide us to a deeper system of literary criticism, which is the …
Ranges Of Understanding: On The Vast Scope Of Art Interpretation. A Wittgensteinian Perspective,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Ranges Of Understanding: On The Vast Scope Of Art Interpretation. A Wittgensteinian Perspective, Majetschak Stefan
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The article examines the question of what "understanding an art work" means and offers some considerations about the ranges of understanding that we experience in interpretations of art: the vast scope between the contrasting extremes "expert knowledge" on the one hand and "art blindness" on the other. With respect to the philosophy of later Ludwig Wittgenstein it will be shown what these ranges originate from and why they are unavoidable. This may come as a surprise to some philosophers since Wittgenstein usually is not regarded as someone from whom one might expect pronouncements of an aesthetic nature. But in fact …
Refiguring "Philosophical Words": The Genesis Context And Classification Of Wang Chuanshan's Theory "Integrating Philosophy Into Emotions",
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Refiguring "Philosophical Words": The Genesis Context And Classification Of Wang Chuanshan's Theory "Integrating Philosophy Into Emotions", Ningning Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Philosophical words" in poetry has always been an important issue in classical Chinese poetics. In its complicated development process, the poetic discourse of Wang Chuanshan played the role of clarification and remodeling. From the point of view of the source, some theories of poetry, such as "the law of things" in the Song dynasty, Yan Yu's ideas of "language, thought and image", "opposing reason in favor of emotion" put forth since the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, Hao Jing's idea of "the reason of poetry", Chen Baisha's idea of "using emotions to govern reason", became the context for the genesis of …
The Autonomy Of Literature And Literary Standards: A Study Of Earl Miner's Methodology Of Comparative Poetics,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Autonomy Of Literature And Literary Standards: A Study Of Earl Miner's Methodology Of Comparative Poetics, Jianxun Ji, Jianfeng Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The autonomy of literature and literary standard is of great significance for Earl Miner's comparative poetics research. The former is the presupposition of Earl Miner's system of comparative poetics, and the latter its basic standard. Departing from these, Miner draws a map for the literary and poetic tradition of the West and the East, thereby redefining the essence of literature and literary genres from a comparative perspective and expounding the cultural and historical factors that have led to the difference. Key to his system, Earl Miner's assumption of literature autonomy and abidance to the literary standard in literary studies are …
Fang Dongshu's Comments On The Jiangxi Poetics,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Fang Dongshu's Comments On The Jiangxi Poetics, Sheng Wu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Fang Dongshu was an important writer of the later Tongcheng Literary School. He discussed poetics from the perspective of article writing style and therefore reframed the historical connection between the Jiangxi Poetics and Du Fu's Han Yu's "prose style in poetry". Fang Dongshu argued that although Huang Tingjian had learnt the creation of artistic conception from Du Fu and the expression of style from Han Yu, he didn't achieve the natural realm and smooth aesthetic found in them.Fang had a comprehensive and detailed analysis about the Jiangxi Poetics, summarized its value, ways of composition, experience, etc. These are the historical …
St John The Baptist: Da Vinci's Irony,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
St John The Baptist: Da Vinci's Irony, Chunlian Chen
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In Leonardo da Vinci's St John the Baptist, the figure is androgynous, whose expression and posture look enchanting and tempting. Such an image does not accord with the description in the Bible, which is remarkably unusual in Christian culture. People in the Renaissance began to rethink about truth and revelation of Christian religion, believing that Christian thoughts and culture were not monolithic any more. St John the Baptist predicts the coming of Jesus; namely, he witnesses the true light. However, da Vinci transformed his image characteristics and gave the image new connotation and symbolic meaning, which made Christian truth that …
A Fusion Of Yangmingism, Politics And Literature: The Constructional Dimensions Of Li Fu's Literary Ideas,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A Fusion Of Yangmingism, Politics And Literature: The Constructional Dimensions Of Li Fu's Literary Ideas, Wei Chang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Li Fu's ( 1675-1750) literary ideas are a fusion of Yangmingism, politics and literature, due to his profound research on Yangmingism, his political expectation for being a man like Yi Yin, his appreciation for Ouyang Xiu, Zeng Gong, Wang Anshi, a group of people born in Jiangxi who put great importance on literature, his rich literary experience and profound insights in his articles. Based on Yangmingism, he cleared the barriers to be a saint and got the ideas which could turn thoughts into action. He then bridged the traditional gap between "Confucian orthodoxy" and "dominion", constructed the discourse system about …
Art And Objecthood: An Explication Of The Debate Inspired By Martin Heidegger,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Art And Objecthood: An Explication Of The Debate Inspired By Martin Heidegger, Zhenglong Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In his middle and later writings, Heidegger puts forward the issue of the relation of art and objecthood, holding that creation presents an object as a production and an artwork manifests the thingly element in a broad field, with criticism of the three definitions of the thing: the thing as a carrier of properties, the thing as a unit of sensorial perception, and the thing as matter moulded in a particular form. Heidegger's ideas based on his art ontology reflect his thoughts about what art is and what a human being is, which are related to the art trends of …
Descartes's Theory Of Passion And Le Brun's Theory Of Expression: A Study Of Details Regarding The French Classicist Aesthetics During The 17Th Century,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Descartes's Theory Of Passion And Le Brun's Theory Of Expression: A Study Of Details Regarding The French Classicist Aesthetics During The 17Th Century, Ying Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Charles Le Brun, the first painter of Louis XVI, delivered several speeches in the Académie royale de la peinture et du sculpture and talked about the question of expressing people's passions. He developed his own theory of expression by consulting the Les passions de l''âme by René Descartes. Some scholars think that it was Descartes who influenced essentially the classicist aesthetics of Le Brun and the académie. Others think that Le Brun radically misread Descartes, and thus they depreciate his theory of painting. This article has a different opinion: the theory of expression was formed by reforming substantially the text …
Kristeva And The Generation Of Postmodernist Literary Theory,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Kristeva And The Generation Of Postmodernist Literary Theory, Xuemei Zhao
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Postmodernist Literary Theory starts from the French poststructuralist and deconstructivist literary theory, Kristeva plays a vital role in the generation of French Postmodernism Literary Theory. In France, Bakhtin's poetics introduced by Kristeva plays a landmark role in the transition of the ideological trend from structuralism to post-structuralism. On the basis of inheriting and developing Bakhtin's dialogue theory, Kristeva proposes the Intertextuality theory, Which establishes her position as the pioneer of poststructuralist literary theory and directly contributes to Roland Barthes' transition from structuralism to poststructuralism. Kristeva also inspires the master of deconstruction Derrida. The "May Storm" in 1968, the Tel Quel …
Muses And Dongb Longf: The Literature Behind Literatures,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Muses And Dongb Longf: The Literature Behind Literatures, Xinjian Xu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Literary anthropology focuses not only on the anthropological dimension and content of literary studies but also on the literariness of anthropology. In order to explore what makes literatures literature, this paper tries to explain the existence of literature and its significance from the perspective of literary anthropology. The interpretation to the existence and significance of literature from the perspective of literary anthropology entails exploration regarding what makes literature literature. Both Muses, the inspirational goddesses of literature, science and the arts in Greek methology, and Dongb Langf, or folk bard-singers in Southwest China are associated with literature, but their identities and …
Overseas Research On Marxist Aesthetics: A Comparative Reading And Thought Construction,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Overseas Research On Marxist Aesthetics: A Comparative Reading And Thought Construction, Song Li, Muyi Yu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Marxist aesthetics had a significant position in aesthetics in twentieth century China, heavily influencing China's social transformation and thought construction. In studies of Marxist aesthetics in China, it is necessary to draw on Marxist aesthetics of the West as a frame of reference and incorporate it studies of China's history of thought. With a comparative, cross-cultural approach, Liu Kang focuses on contemporary Marxist aesthetics in China or related topics. His studies have not only offered new dimensions and methodologies for studies of Marxist aesthetics in China, but also helped to construct a frame of reference and to reflect upon contemporary …
The Awakening Of Time Consciousness And The Outset Of Modern Art: A Phenomenological Interpretation Of The Impressionist Painting,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Awakening Of Time Consciousness And The Outset Of Modern Art: A Phenomenological Interpretation Of The Impressionist Painting, Hongbin Su
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The impressionist painting became the outset of modern art because impressionist painters had grasped the characteristics of modern life: variability. Their pursuit of variability awakened their time consciousness which was later introduced into their paintings by portraying the transient moments of objects as the theme. In order to capture that moment, impressionist painters valued perception but denied memories and imagination for perception could grasp the original impression of the certain instant while memories and imagination could only catch the past and the future in the complete time consciousness. Impressionist painters were preoccupied with the beauty of transience but ignored that …
The Classical Propositions Of Ancient Opera Studies In The Historiography Of Opera In The Period Of The Republic Of China,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Classical Propositions Of Ancient Opera Studies In The Historiography Of Opera In The Period Of The Republic Of China, Jingfeng Huang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Chinese opera historians in the first half of the 20 th century continued the discussion of the classical propositions of ancient opera studies in their historiography of traditional Chinese opera. They conducted historical criticism through reconsidering the classical propositions and appropriately placed them in the historical context, thus making it a part of historical narrative. There are four categories of classical propositions that entered into the historical studies in this period: classification, comparison, revelation of causes, story prototype tracing. The reconsideration of classical propositions has not only historiographical value, but also twofold significance at the level of opera history. On …
The Destiny Of Western Theory In China: Jameson And Jamesonism,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Destiny Of Western Theory In China: Jameson And Jamesonism, Kang Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This essay is the first of a series of inquiries. It takes Jameson as a point of departure for the reflection on the reception, revision and transformation of western literary theories in China over the last four decades. It examines the path of "translating and borrowing", "addressing Chinese issues with western discourses" as the intellectual background, and then explores "Chinese Jamesonism" as a neo-Marxist academic discourse befitting current Chinese circumstances, invented on a selective themes of postmodernism and Third World "national allegory". Chinese Jamesonism has little to do with what Jameson thinks and writes, and this kind of selective misreading …
The Illustrations Of The Novel And Image Narration,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Illustrations Of The Novel And Image Narration, Xianzhang Zhao
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The illustrations of the novel originated from the "talking and singing show" of the Tang Dynasty. Bianwen ( 变文), Bianxiang (变相) and the illustrations of scripts for story-telling are the visible forms of the early stage, which are repeated and transcended by the illustrations of the novel in late imperial China. From "talking and singing show" in the scene to the text for reading, which is the folding of the narrative of the novel, "illustrations" are inserted in the folds of the narrative text, and bring the evidence to the reader's mind. Story painting and figure painting are the two …
The Theatre Of Purgation And The Theatre Of Cultivation: As Related To The Complex Definitions And Ramifications Of Theatre, Drama, Chinese Opera In The Context Of Chinese And Western Cultures,
2018
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Theatre Of Purgation And The Theatre Of Cultivation: As Related To The Complex Definitions And Ramifications Of Theatre, Drama, Chinese Opera In The Context Of Chinese And Western Cultures, Huizhu (William) Sun
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Two important aspects of western theatre have escaped the attention of most Chinese theatre people and scholars. One of them, originated from Greek tragedies full of familial killings, is a preference for the display and purgation of things unclean. This is largely incompatible with Chinese culture, in which theatre, especially Chinese opera, tends to showcase positive role models in uplifting stories. The other ignored aspect is reflected in a huge portion of western theatre that parallels the Chinese preference for moral cultivation and/or entertainment. In China theatre studies has been dominated by western discourse on serious drama, i. e. the …
