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Enlightenment Of "Affection": The Inner Construction And Historical Significance Of The Origin Of Lu Xun's Literary, Cheng Luo
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The research on "the May Fourth Movement" represented by Lu Xun studies needs an urgent shift from current paradigms that have been used over the past three decades. An interpretive framework that organically combines humanity with literature needs to be constructed so as to enrich the understanding of history by focusing on literature, instead of making literature history's footnote. In 1908, Lu Xun published five articles in the classical Chinese language, in which he in fact provided an inner vision of an alternative experience of art and literature, which differed from existing discussions that were mainly from a "logocentric" perspective. …
Renewing The Centurial Discourse Of Chinese Literary Theory Through The Genealogy Of Spirit: Case Study Of Zong Baihua And Li Changzhi, Yunyan Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A disparity exists between the first and the revised edition of Zong Baihua's The Birth of Chinese Artistic Conception. Adopting a comparative methodology, the revised edition highlights the spiritual dimension of artistic conception. When Zong Baihua regards artistic conception as "incarnation of the supreme human mind," the word "incarnation" is more than a metaphor for an aesthetic expression; it also gestures at a deep meaning of religious spirit. "Symbol" is one of the ways to actualize such incarnation. Influenced by Zong's theorization of religious spirit, Li Changzhi's literary theory and aesthetical thinking further shows a modern Chinese genealogy of spirit …
The Genesis Of Wang Guowei's Theory Of "Jingjie", Zhi Geng, Pengcheng Kou
The Genesis Of Wang Guowei's Theory Of "Jingjie", Zhi Geng, Pengcheng Kou
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
There are three main methods in studying Wang Guowei's theory of "jingjie" (artistic conception) — a study based on Western knowledge, a historical study within the Chinese academic tradition, and a comparative study between the West and China. However, all these three methodologies treat jingjie as a static concept with presupposed connotation, which derives from a disjunction between their interpretative approach and the construction of Wang Guowei's jingjie. The idea of jingjie is an organic and dynamic theoretical system that takes both Western philosophy and Chinese literary theory as its premise, complicated by Wang's own creative and reading experiences, and …
Habermas And Hermeneutics: From Verstehen To Lebenswelt, Wolin Richard
Habermas And Hermeneutics: From Verstehen To Lebenswelt, Wolin Richard
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Throughout his career, Habermas sought to remain faithful to the idea of a non-dogmatic and reflexive Marxism – Marxism as "critique." Although Habermas never adopted the framework of social phenomenology per se, by the same token, his reception of the later Husserl's notion of the lifeworld would play a central methodological role in his later work, enabling him to parry the well-entrenched scientistic biases of philosophy and social science. In "Knowledge and Human Interests" (1965), his inaugural lecture at University of Frankfurt, Habermas embraced Husserl's critique of modern science's misguided "mathematicization of nature." Yet his systematic employment of Husserl would …
A Probe Into The Conceptual Framework And Mechanism For Writing In Vernacular Chinese During The May Fourth Period: Focusing On The Three Schemes Proposed In New Youth, Wei Deng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The magazine New Youth publishes three systematic schemes for vernacular Chinese during the May Fourth Period, and they were proposed by described by Qian Xuantong, Liu Bannong and Fu Sinian to clarify, sort out and write down the views on the reforms on Chinese language. These schemes, to a considerable extent, define the appearance of modern vernacular Chinese, and the approach to transform the existing vernacular written Chinese through "Europeanization" and to achieve an ambiguity-free language for the practical needs in social communications results in the so-called "Europeanized Vernacular Language." The new vernacular Chinese functions to enhance cultural solidarity interrelate …
A Semantic Analysis Of Kant's Judgment Of Taste, Shuangyu Xue
A Semantic Analysis Of Kant's Judgment Of Taste, Shuangyu Xue
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
A typical judgment of taste could be expressed as a subject-predicate structure in Critique of the Power of Judgment. The subject is connected with the predicate by a copula. In the third Critique, however, Kant grounds his theory of taste on the first Critique, from which his views and conceptual apparatus of epistemology have been transferred to a new aesthetic context, and interpreters are inclined to investigate Kant's theory of taste by virtue of his epistemology. It is common, if also necessary, to conduct in studies of the third Critique a semantic analysis of judgement of taste by referring to …
Does Lu Xun Subvert The Discourse Of National Character?, Dongfeng Tao
Does Lu Xun Subvert The Discourse Of National Character?, Dongfeng Tao
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The author tries to elucidate his views on the debate concerning national character by responding to He Yugao and Liu He's related papers. Firstly, the author disagrees with He Yugao's argument that Liu He fails to criticize Lu Xun by pointing out Liu's denial of Lu Xun's artistic creativity. Liu's denial is shown in herrepeated highlight of the dominating impact from the missionary discourse of national character and she goes even further to claim that Lu Xun's Ah Q "gives a verbatim performance" of the national character script. Secondly, the author rebuts Liu's claim that critics in line with Lu …
Keywords In The Studies Of Regional Literature: A Case Study Of Jiangnan In The Qing Dynasty, Shining Luo
Keywords In The Studies Of Regional Literature: A Case Study Of Jiangnan In The Qing Dynasty, Shining Luo
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The study of regional literature is attracting wide attention, which attests to its validity. Researches have flourished in this field in recent years, but problems have also arisen, such as similar or identical cognition, expression and conclusions between researches. The study of regional literature often has implicit value-orientation, which, to a large extent, tends to simplify the thinking process and undermine academic significance. In order to change the homogenizing tendency, researchers need to know commonalities, divergences, and particularities. Besides, as every event occurs in a specific geographical space, researchers should also value the possibilities of regional literature studies from the …
Kuang Zhouyi's Monthly Lessons For The Annotation Of Cheng Meng'an's Ci-Poems: A Summary Review, Yuping Peng
Kuang Zhouyi's Monthly Lessons For The Annotation Of Cheng Meng'an's Ci-Poems: A Summary Review, Yuping Peng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Learning how to compose ci-poems was an essential part of ci-poetry study. Therefore, revision and annotation played a very important part in ci-poetry learning, which was mainly conducted in two ways: the author's self-revision and discussion with teachers and friends. During the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it was a fashion among young people to study ci-poems personally with a master, and thus the practice and theory of ci-poetry revision matured. A representative master in this period was Kuang Zhouyi. His monthly lessons for the revision of Cheng Meng'an's ci-poems in 1923-1924, which are still extant, …
On The Possibilities, Construction, And Functions Of Trauma Narratives, Weihua He
On The Possibilities, Construction, And Functions Of Trauma Narratives, Weihua He
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Trauma narratives are made possible by the "traces" left by traumatic events. These narratives are not only therapeutic, but can also provide an access to historical reality. In recent years, critics begin to switch their attention from individual traumas to collective traumas. According to them, collective traumas not only affect people's identification with the community, but also play important roles in the formation, maintenance, and consolidation of the community. Due to the shaping influence of collective traumas, different forms of power are woven into the representation of trauma, making the representation of trauma a product of cultural construction. In the …
Reconsidering Yan Shu's "Worldly-Wise And Self-Preserving" Personality, Mingzhen Shao
Reconsidering Yan Shu's "Worldly-Wise And Self-Preserving" Personality, Mingzhen Shao
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Ouyang Xiu once evaluated his teacher, Yan Shu, with a verse, "Fifty years of affluence and leisure, always worldly-wise and self-preserving." However, the expression of "worldly-wise and self-preserving" has been misinterpreted as a criticism and further regarded as Ouyang Xiu's final evaluation of Yan Shu. In fact, neither "affluence and leisure" nor "worldly-wise and self-preserving" has derogatory meaning back then. On the philological level, "worldly-wise and self-preserving" (mingzhe baoshen) originates in The Book of Songs and is recognized by Zhu Xi as an accomplishment. In its original sense, people who are worldly-wise and self-preserving not only devote themselves to state …
Schematizing Without A Concept: Kant On The Harmony Of Imagination And Understanding, Wei Li
Schematizing Without A Concept: Kant On The Harmony Of Imagination And Understanding, Wei Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Kant's theory of the harmony of imagination and understanding either leads to an inconsequent claim that "everything is beautiful" or fails to ensure the universal validity of judgements of taste. This paper proposes to approach the dilemma by way of Kant's notion of "idea—schema—the-expression-of-the-idea" developed in "Appendix to the Transcendental Dialectic," interpreting the text from a noncognitive-idealist approach. This approach starts with Kant's "schematizing without a concept," claiming that this "schematizing without a concept" is an indeterminate schematization, and thus initiates a noncognitive-idealist interpretation of the harmony of imagination and understanding. This approach, on the one hand, solves the problem …
The Birth Of The Modern Discipline Of Literary And Art Theory During The Period Of The May Fourth Movement, Zhixiang Qi
The Birth Of The Modern Discipline Of Literary And Art Theory During The Period Of The May Fourth Movement, Zhixiang Qi
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The period around the May Fourth Movement, specifically from 1915 to 1927, saw the birth of the modern Chinese discipline of literary and art theory. This article, on the basis of Huang Chanhua's An Introduction to Fine Arts, Xu Qingyu's Philosophy of Beauty, Xu Weinan's Philosophy of Arts, Liu Yongji's On Literature, Pan Zinian's An Introduction to Literature, Ma Zonghuo's An Introduction to Literature, Shen Tianbao's An Introduction to Literature, and Tian Han's An Introduction to Literature, explores the historical situation of the construction of the discipline of philosophy of art, the first stage in the history of modern Chinese …
The Decline And Reconstruction Of "Poetic" Text In Chinese "Renaissance", Changsheng He
The Decline And Reconstruction Of "Poetic" Text In Chinese "Renaissance", Changsheng He
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
To compare China's New Cultural Movement to Europe's Renaissance aims at finding a totalizing Chinese form of "speech/writing" that may be equivalent to the Western counterpart, and the way to achieve it is to build on the transformation of language from classical Chinese to vernacular as a breakthrough. However, the long-established "lyrical" tradition in Chinese literature and the genre system which orthodoxizes poetry have no capacity to endow a spiritual form that can correspond to the narrative of the modern. The Vernacular Poetry fails to extend the tradition of poeticization in Chinese literature and to appropriate the specific truth-pursuing function …
The Everlasting Voyage Of Heteronymy: Badiou's Discussion About Pessoa And Plato, Huan Wang, Jiang Lan
The Everlasting Voyage Of Heteronymy: Badiou's Discussion About Pessoa And Plato, Huan Wang, Jiang Lan
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Through his analysis, Badiou discovers that the "heteronymy" thoughts in Pessoa's poems reflect his anti-Platonic tendency. Despite this, Badiou also notices the entangled connections between Pessoa's poems and Platonism. In fact, the modernity of Pessoa lies in his ambivalent position between Platonism and anti-Platonism; the task for contemplation poetry is not to pledge loyalty to Platonism or anti-Platonism. Instead, we should follow the poetic path opened up by Pessoa and create a philosophy about heterogeneity, void and infinity.
The Inheritance And Innovation Of Chinese Creation Culture, Ning Guan
The Inheritance And Innovation Of Chinese Creation Culture, Ning Guan
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
As an integral part of human civilization relative to spiritual culture; creation culture plays an important role in national image building. With profound heritages and distinct features; Chinese traditional creation culture; with its outstanding creation wisdom; has exerted a deep and great influence on the history of world civilization. In modern times; with the accelerated development of Western industrial revolution and industrialization; Chinese creation culture was gradually surpassed by Western countries because China missed the opportunities offered by the new industrial revolution and the transformation of civilization forms. Since the reform and opening-up; China has accelerated industrialization and modernization; bringing …
The Unfinished Theoretical System Of Modernism: Origins In The Forms Of Knowledge, Xiaoming Yi
The Unfinished Theoretical System Of Modernism: Origins In The Forms Of Knowledge, Xiaoming Yi
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The theoretical system of Modernism remains unfinished. This is due to the unstable nature of the concept of Modernism and its complicated relationship with Modernity. More importantly, although Modernism has developed into a new type of arts in the technological context, the current perception of Modernism remains within the old humanist knowledge framework and lacks a dimension of technological knowledge. For this reason, we need to turn to media theory to understand the new aesthetic paradigm of Modernism. McLuhan's media theory, for example, can better explain such aesthetical forms. The perception of Modernism is limited by the lack of technological …
Two Historiographical Approaches To Evaluate Qi Baishi: The Myth Of The "People's Painter" And Its Counterargument, Zhongyi Xia
Two Historiographical Approaches To Evaluate Qi Baishi: The Myth Of The "People's Painter" And Its Counterargument, Zhongyi Xia
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Two approaches, one explicit and one implicit, exist in the past seventy years of art history to evaluate Qi Baishi's (1864-1957) flower-and-bird painting. One is the Soviet approach, which is characterized by "theory guiding history" and "theory replacing history". It frames Qi Baishi as a "people's painter", emphasizing that Qi's poor peasant family origin has resulted in his folk taste of paintings and his realistic brushwork (close to "realism"). This approach, initiated by Wang Zhaowen, lasts for at least sixty years, which can be seen as the "mainstream". The other (non-Soviet) approach is characterized by "history exemplifying theory" and "theory …
Where Did The Souls Go?: Revisiting The Chinese Art From The Xinhai Revolution To The May Fourth Movement, Yichuan Wang
Where Did The Souls Go?: Revisiting The Chinese Art From The Xinhai Revolution To The May Fourth Movement, Yichuan Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
It is necessary to link the May Fourth literature with the Xinhai literature and to expand them into the May Fourth art for analysis. With the fundamental change of the political system from traditional monarchy to modern republic, modern Chinese art began its own modern transformation. For example, Xu Zhenya's pain of soul breaking, Su Manshu's mourning of soullessness, Wu Changshuo's endless growth of strong spirit, Lu Xun's madness of wounded soul, and Hu Shi's vernacular Utopia, have successively become the spotlights of Chinese art from the Xinhai Revolution to the May Fourth Movement. They shared the common objective to …
"Singer-Songwriter" As Method: On Authenticity And Authorship Of Popular Music, Shuwen Qu, Danzhou Li
"Singer-Songwriter" As Method: On Authenticity And Authorship Of Popular Music, Shuwen Qu, Danzhou Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The construction and renewal of "authenticity" is the driving force for the development of the music industry. Given the prevalent impression of the singular authorial role seemingly integrating all the author voices, which conjures up heightened authenticity, "singer-songwriter" has always been an effective strategy in the production and consumption of popular music. Through a comparative analysis of Keightley's "two schools of philosophy" and Frith's "three discourses" in understanding musical authenticity, this paper concludes that the nature of authenticity is a matter of value judgment concerning aesthetics and sociology. By analyzing the thickening process of author voices in the formation of …
On Comparative Bibliography Of Western Aesthetics, Xian Zhou
On Comparative Bibliography Of Western Aesthetics, Xian Zhou
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Researches and resource construction about Western aesthetic bibliography are relatively weak in China, which has undermined Chinese studies of Western aesthetics. To tackle this problem, it is necessary to promote a comparative bibliography of Western aesthetics. This discipline would create a knowledge graph for both Western aesthetic classics' development in the West and their reception in China. A comparative analysis of the two knowledge graphs would reveal characteristics, hot topics, evolvement, and blind spots in Chinese studies of Western aesthetics. Through targeting these weaknesses by comparative studies, this discipline could also improve the status quo of translation, introduction, and resource …
From The Name And Essence Of Poetic History To The Narrative Tradition, Naibin Dong
From The Name And Essence Of Poetic History To The Narrative Tradition, Naibin Dong
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Everything in this world has the problem of name and essence, and "the poetic history" is no exception. The truth of poetic history has already existed since the beginning of humanity, and its name is not created by Meng Qi, the author of "Poetry of Anecdotes". Like the ancients, who attempted to explain the original meaning of Meng Qi's words, we just add one more understanding on the previous interpretations. Before or after this, people have a variety of explanations, either conducting literary criticism in the name of "poetic history" or holding fundamental opposition to this concept. Both have their …
The Trend Of Early Writing Training And The Establishment Of The Priority Of Talent In Literary Creativity During The Southern Dynasties, Licheng Xu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The Trend of early writing training among aristocrats during the Southern Dynasties is derived from the concept of "selecting officials by reputation" since the late Eastern Han Dynasty. After the Jin Dynasty, the demonstration of literary skills had become one of the main methods of gaining reputation, and aristocrats thus had to get adequate training in writing skills since their childhood. Because of the fear of early death, aristocrats in the Southern Dynasties inclined to start their political career at very early age, so they could promptly rise to the positions high enough to enhance their family interests. To get …
Paris And The Worlding Of Minor/Small Literatures: The Case Of Basque Literature, Verbeke Frederik
Paris And The Worlding Of Minor/Small Literatures: The Case Of Basque Literature, Verbeke Frederik
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
According to Pascale Casanova, Paris would be the capital of "minor" literatures and of "small" languages (those which have difficulty circulating and are rarely translated). Whilst some Basque authors, such as Bernardo Atxaga or Kirmen Uribe, succeeded in being translated by prestigious Parisian publishing houses, others did not, although they tried, such as Itxaro Borda. How can a minor/small literature gain access to the capital of the "World Republic of Letters" (Casanova), enjoy a wider appeal and boost its worlding? Is it related to the literary image of the Basque Country as constructed by these authors? Is their consecration easier …
The Allure Of Moving Images: Unmasking Roland Barthes, Anni Shen
The Allure Of Moving Images: Unmasking Roland Barthes, Anni Shen
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Roland Barthes was notorious for his self-proclaimed "resistance" to cinema. It strikes as a paradox to that claim because Barthes undeniably left a rich seam of writing on the subject. This paper examines Barthes's complex thought on the allure of cinema by reading his two essays on it – "Garbo's Face" and "Leaving the Movie Theater" – along with Barthes' later train of thought and other post-structural ideas of the reenchantment. It proposes that Barthes's "resistance" to moving images should be reconsidered as a neutral strategy to mask his fascination with the allure of cinema.
A Review Of Literary Trauma Theory: Past, Present And Reflection, Xuemei Zhao
A Review Of Literary Trauma Theory: Past, Present And Reflection, Xuemei Zhao
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In recent years, trauma studies as an important hotspot of humanities has attracted increasing attention from Chinese academia. As far as trauma studies in the field of literature is concerned, there are mainly two problems. Firstly, researchers have focused more on textual criticism of trauma literature, which has led to a lag in theoretical exploration. Most existing studies are based on trauma theory's disciplinary foundation of psychology and psychiatry, lacking necessary literary perspectives as a reference. Secondly, the historical and cultural context in which the concept of trauma emerges represents its inherent western characteristics and implies its research object. However, …
Fallacy And Generation: The "Symbolist" Baudelaire And Chinese New Literature, Liang Han, Bo Zhang
Fallacy And Generation: The "Symbolist" Baudelaire And Chinese New Literature, Liang Han, Bo Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This article aims to initiate a discussion for clarifying the theoretical base underpinning the treatment of Baudelaire as a symbolist poet in Chinese new literature, a typical case extensively documented in the field of reception history. After the identification of discrepancies between Baudelaire's original works and their internalization into Chinese new literature, it argues to attribute these discrepancies to the intent to redefine and refashion his works and, thereby, his image in China for developing local literature and constructing local identity. In the article we coin for this process of internalization an adaption-growth model, suggesting to take it as a …
Hölderlin And The Destiny Of Germany, Lin Lou
Hölderlin And The Destiny Of Germany, Lin Lou
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Hölderlin's poetry can be understood as his response to the meaning and possibility of Kant's philosophy. He writes poetry for two main purposes: to construct and convey the myth of enlightenment philosophy, and to form a national myth: making Germany a nation of philosophy. It is in this fundamental sense that Heidegger regarded Hölderlin as the unique Germany poet who understands the essence of Dasein. Herperion regards Greece as a philosophical origin because the Greeks had a philosophical regulation on the concept of "whole" or "one"; but only when Hölderlin, nurtured by Kant's philosophy, digests the Greek's philosophical thinking can …
Herodotus And The Origins Of Ancient Greek Poiētikē, Xiaofeng Liu
Herodotus And The Origins Of Ancient Greek Poiētikē, Xiaofeng Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The fact that the extant ancient Greek literature, the use of poiētēs and poiēsis first appeared in Herodotus' Histories is no accident. Although the Histories has not touched upon the issue of "poetics", it has demonstrated the historical background of the birth of ancient Greek poiētikē. Before scholars begin to investigate in-depth the semantic issue of the word poiētikē, we have to look into the reason why the differences between the nature of poetry-making and that of other making techniques happen to become a problem during the democratic period of Athens. To have a proper and accurate understanding of the …
Narrative And Poetry Of History: A Case Study Of Poetry Annotations Of Du Fu In The Early Qing Dynasty, Changzheng Yang
Narrative And Poetry Of History: A Case Study Of Poetry Annotations Of Du Fu In The Early Qing Dynasty, Changzheng Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Du Fu's poetry has been widely regarded as the poetry of history, in which narrative has played a central role. Thus in the early Qing dynasty, Qiu Zhaoao, Pu Qilong and Wu Zhantai all emphasized the issue of narrative in their annotation of Du Fu's poetry. Qiu and Pu often revealed historical facts through analyses of expressions in Du Fu's poetry, whose view of narrative can be called "narrative dominated by story." Wu was mainly interested in narration of Du Fu' poetry, and considered that Du Fu "wrote poems with the brush of a historian." Their narrative analyses of Du …