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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, 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, 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", 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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 …

The Transition From Ritual To Text: The Value Of Poetics Of Verse Composison In The Spring And Autumn Period, Yanqing Liu, Xinke Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, poetry, music and dance were combined to become an important part of rituals. The spreading of poetry in this period is consistent with rituals. The rituality of poetry gradually faded and its textual value grew as poetry in the Western Zhou ceremony became verse in the Spring and Autumn period. The spreading of poetry shifted from rituality to textuality. In Spring and Autumn poetry, the consistency between poetry and ceremony began to disintegrate, but the consistency between poetry and text had not yet emerged. This situation led to multiple interpretations to the meaning of the …

Review Of John Whalen-Bridge, Tibet On Fire: Buddhism, Protest, And The Rhetoric Of Self-Immolation, Daniel S. Capper

Faculty Publications

Review of John Whalen-Bridge, Tibet on Fire: Buddhism, Protest, and the Rhetoric of Self-Immolation, in Journal of Contemporary Religion

Xu Zhen & Madein Company: The Phenomenon Of Artist-Company, Qianfan Gu

Theses and Dissertations

The thesis is about the phenomenon of "artist-company" -- commercial methodologies employed by contemporary artists are determining their artworks. Taking XuZhen as a case study, it attempts to understand the phenomenon through aspects including art autonomy and institutional theories. It argues that "artist-company" is a continuation of institutional critique.

Great Powers Have Great Currencies: Popular Nationalist Discourse And China's Campaign To Internationalize The Renminbi, Michael Stephen Bartee

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Why did the Chinese government begin promoting the internationalization of its currency, the renminbi, after the 2008 global financial crisis? Only a few years earlier, Beijing balked at U.S. demands to reform its currency regime, which would require dismantling many of the country's long-preferred tools for promoting growth and maintaining domestic stability. Similar concerns about the dilution of monetary policy independence motivated previous rising economies Germany and Japan to proactively discourage the internationalization of their currencies. While China's central bank had long explored promoting greater international use of the renminbi, and such a policy would generate some benefits for China, …

'Long Live Chairman Mao!' The Cultural Revolution And The Mao Personality Cult, Angelica Maldonado

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

I. Synthesis Essay……………………………....3

II. Primary documents and headnotes………..28

III. Textbook critique……………………………33

IV. New textbook entry………………………....37

V. Bibliography…………………………………..40

Indian Foundations And Chinese Developments Of The Buddha Dharma, Ronald S. Green, Chanju Mun

Philosophy and Religious Studies

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九頭蛇考 : 論《山海經》的相柳, Ho Sing, Alexander Man

Dissertations from all years

《山海經》一書合共十八篇，內容包含千奇百怪，以異類為本的記載。前人研究《山海經》，主要分為經文表達的文化研究、以母題分類之研究及專門研究所載的神異動物三類。治水神話隸屬於母題研究下，是較為廣泛的母題研究之一。學者研究治水神話之時，正面大多以鯀禹入手，反面則主要以共工作為研究對象。兩派相爭，所涉及的神、人、事必定多如繁星。九頭蛇相柳，便為其中一員。作為能與上古神明爭鬥，怒撞不周山之共工臣子，其神力想必不容小覷。然而《山海經》對此名猛員大將只有隻字片語式的記載，亦鮮有學術論文就其作討論。故本文將以九頭蛇相柳作為主要研究對象，對其進行深入考釋。

論文將以三個部分深入分析九頭蛇相柳，先以圖騰崇拜入手，探討古人對蛇圖騰之崇拜而誕生的蛇神信仰；第二部分則以變形及怪誕入手，分析神異動物九頭蛇的外型特點；最後藉《山海經》對相柳之載，從而探討相柳的神格，剖析其神力之大。

Determinism And The Problem Of Individual Freedom In Li Zehou’S Thought, Andrew Lambert

Publications and Research

Li Zehou’s work can be understood as an account of a Chinese modernity, a vision for Chinese society that seeks to integrate three distinct philosophical approaches. These are Chinese history and culture, which Li understands as largely Confucian; Marxism, which has exerted such influence on a modernizing China; and Western learning more generally, as expressed by figures such as Immanuel Kant and Sigmund Freud. Li also frequently expresses the hope that a Chinese modernity will be one in which the importance of the individual is recognized, and rights and freedoms upheld (e.g., 2006, p. 182). But this stance raises an …

《論語》「克己復禮為仁」探析 : 以江聲之說為討論中心, Wai Yan Lee

Dissertations from all years

《論語》「克己復禮為仁」一章，為顏淵向孔夫子問仁。自來眾家看法，爭議不斷。本文試以清人江聲之說重探此章的意思。江聲之說上承其師惠棟，以文字訓詁為據，解讀當中義理。更考慮到語境問題，從顏淵的性格、處世態度的角度，思考孔夫子如何回答顏淵對仁的提問，一貫因材施教。最後，本文將梳理及綜合分析孔夫子如何向其他學生解釋仁，從宏觀全面的角度審視「仁」的中心思想，從而分析江聲之說是否合乎仁的整體思想。

江聲詮釋「克己復禮為仁」為：透過親身肩任修身以歸本，就是仁。相較各家，江聲之說較合乎原文意思。歸納箇中原因有三：第一，江聲對「克」、「己」二字的解釋帶有主動積極踐「仁」之義，更合整章的意思及仁的思想。第二，江聲以訓詁的方法詮解整章，在客觀漢學基礎上作考據、求義理。第三，其詮解能緊扣顏淵的語境，並扣緊「仁」與「禮」之間關係，亦兼容各家之說。

馮文炳長篇小說《橋》的幾個轉變及故事意義, Tingting Cai

Dissertations from all years

廢名（本名馮文炳）小說中的詩意或禪意表達總是為研究者稱頌，遣詞用句有其獨特風格。他一生創作了兩部長篇小說，《橋》和《莫須有先生傳》（下稱《莫》）。雖長篇小說數目遠遠不及其短篇小說，但已經展現出兩種截然不同的創作風格。簡而言之，前者比後者要晦澀很多（像《莫》這種帶點遊戲筆墨的可能更難懂），篇幅結構鬆散，一如普遍評論家的意見，像散文式小說。

關於作者的作品風格、意象、主題等表現，學界已有不少討論。本文嘗試把焦點回歸故事本身，重新審視前人研究中被忽略的人物和細節，輔以研究作者的創作觀等其他因素，觀察《橋》的故事或其變化可能隱含的意義。儘管作者寫長篇小說的技巧有所欠缺，但當中對於「人」和「苦難」的思考，卻是值得關注的。

Differing Perspectives: Positive Accounts Of The Down To The Countryside Movement, Michael Nettina

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Despite the number of narratives regarding the negative outcomes and experiences of the Down to the Countryside Movement during the Cultural Revolution, there is a scarce amount of literature in the West regarding the fringe benefits of the movement. The historiography in the field is limited, with most Western writers only focusing on the unfortunate consequences of the movement, such as violence, rape, limited access to education, and the strain on families affected by the political movement. The purpose of this study is to give a voice to the Chinese sent-down youth whose positive thoughts on the Down to the …

การศึกษาเปรียบเทียบคำและสำนวนที่มี “Kou” และ“Zui” ในภาษาจีนกลางกับ “ปาก” ในภาษาไทย, ชัญญภัค โตเจริญบดี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้มุ่งศึกษาเปรียบเทียบคำและสำนวนที่มี 口 "KOU" และ 嘴 "ZUI"ใน ภาษาจีนกลางกับ "ปาก" ในภาษาไทย เพื่อศึกษาเปรียบเทียบความหมายว่าเหมือนกันหรือแตกต่างกันอย่างไร จากผลการศึกษาสรุปได้ว่า ความหมายของคำและสำนวนที่มีคำว่า "ปาก" ทั้งในภาษาจีนและภาษาไทยสามารถจำแนกความหมายได้เป็น 2 กลุ่ม คือ ความหมายโดยตรง กับความหมายโดยนัย ส่วนการเปรียบเทียบสำนวนจีนและสำนวนไทยที่มีคำว่า "ปาก" ส่วนใหญ่มีความหมายเหมือนและใกล้เคียงกัน สามารถแบ่งได้เป็น 3 กลุ่ม ดังนี้ 1. เปรียบเทียบสำนวนจีนที่มีคำว่า 口 "KOU" หรือ 嘴 "ZUI" กับสำนวนไทยที่มี คำว่า "ปาก" 2. เปรียบเทียบสำนวนจีนที่มีคำว่า 口 "KOU" หรือ 嘴 "ZUI" กับสำนวนไทยไม่ได้ใช้คำว่า "ปาก" 3. เปรียบเทียบสำนวนไทยที่มี คำว่า ปาก กับสำนวนจีนไม่ได้ใช้คำว่า 口 "KOU" หรือ 嘴 "ZUI" อย่างไรก็ตาม สำนวนจีนและสำนวนไทยไม่ว่าภาษาใดหรือชาติใด สำนวนเหล่านี้เกิดจากความรู้สึกนึกคิดของมนุษย์ที่เกิดจากธรรมชาติ การกระทำ การดำเนินชีวิต ความประพฤติ หรือจารีตประเพณี ตลอดจนมโนทัศน์และค่านิยมต่างๆของทั้งสองประเทศที่มีความคล้ายคลึงกันและแตกต่างกันไปตามบริบทของสังคม