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Chinese Literary Critical Discourse: Comparative Study of Chinese and Western Literary Theories
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Ideas Of Chinese Literary Creation Seen From The "Crossing-Through" Theory Of Literature, Xuan Wu
Ideas Of Chinese Literary Creation Seen From The "Crossing-Through" Theory Of Literature, Xuan Wu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Starting from the "crossing-through" theory of literature which claims that Chinese writers respect the expression of cultural concepts and transform it from within, this article attempts to adjust the current research situation of Chinese literary history that is used to criticizing literature and describing its development from the perspective of Chinese culture. Firstly, "the thinking of Chinese literary creation" needs to be transformed from "the restriction and influence of culture, time, thought and region on literary creation" to "the degree to which literary creation breaks through culture, times, ideological trend and regional constraints", so as to highlight "literary creation in …
Semiotic Differance And The Re-Disappearance Of Image In Ming Landscape Painting, Duan Lian
Semiotic Differance And The Re-Disappearance Of Image In Ming Landscape Painting, Duan Lian
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the Ming dynasty, the mainstream in the development of Chinese landscape painting experienced a change from exploring the Tao in the external world to exploring it in the artist's inner world. This is a change "from the outside in." This essay aims to make a point that the Ming mainstream is a repetition of the previous dynasties' mainstream in the development of landscape painting throughout Chinese art history, which is particularly signified by the re-disappearance of human figures in late Ming landscape painting. Studying this issue from the Derridean perspective of 'differance," this essay examines how the signification process …
The Affect Theory Of Tao With "Wuhua" From An Animal Perspective, Suqin Hu
The Affect Theory Of Tao With "Wuhua" From An Animal Perspective, Suqin Hu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This article explores the affective, bodily and linguistic aspects of Tao's lyricism in the pre-Qin period from the perspective of human-animal relationship. Based on the human-animal affective bonds in wuhua, this article first proposes that the animal effects emotional changes in human beings in the light of Deleuze and Guattari's "becoming-animal" and the affect theory, which can also be firmly demonstrated by the "qi" and "qi-qing" cosmology in the Pre-Qin period. Then it argues that the human-animal bond of "wuhua" is embodied and performative, thus forming affective auras between the bodies. Viewed linguistically, the special position of the animal at …