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Cultural Code: The Public Image Of Imagination, Hecheng Li
Cultural Code: The Public Image Of Imagination, Hecheng Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Cultural code, as the public image of imagination, provides an analytical model for the integration of mind and social order. Vico's civil theology, through the ideas of "imaginative concept" and the "metaphor", explains the origin of human common sense, and shows the meaning of mind that the poetic wisdom brings to the community. Since the emergence of subjectivity philosophy, this has critical significance for distinguishing image from being itself. Arendt's idea of the "exemplary" combines the concrete and the common by special images' interactive communication, thereby achieving a common commonality. This is how the mechanism of the imagination progresses from …
Desktop Drama And Stage Drama: Technical Problems Of Traditional Chinese Drama In The Mid-Ming Dynasty And Shen Jing's Contribution, Wanshu Zhu, Wen Zhu
Desktop Drama And Stage Drama: Technical Problems Of Traditional Chinese Drama In The Mid-Ming Dynasty And Shen Jing's Contribution, Wanshu Zhu, Wen Zhu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
When it comes to Shen Jing's idea of poetic drama writing, scholars used to confine themselves to his controversy with Tang Xianzu, instead of paying sufficient attention to and making objective evaluation of Shen Jing's other ideas. This article argues that though many literati since the mid-Ming Dynasty were active in the creation of xiqu works, the scripts they created were very difficult to be staged and sung, because there were no rules of creation to be followed. They were neither unsuitable for kunju emerged in the Wuzhong area of Suzhou. Therefore, literati were faced with "technical problems" during their …
The Confucian Character Of Late Tang And Five Dynasties Poetry, Its Role In The Bixing Tradition, And Its Construction Of Lüshi, Yao Zhong
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The appearance of the numerous poetry formats in the late Tang and Five Dynasties is the result of Confucian consciousness and the popularity of poetry as well. Poetry, interwoven with imperial examination-oriented education, becomes an important way to realize the Confucian scholars' self-cultivation. Therefore, the form of "industrious and bitter versification" reflects those Confucians' inner world. Meanwhile, the metaphorical satire embedded in Mao Shi Zheng Yi is developed into such new concepts as bixing or "image analogy and evocation", and "inner and outer meaning", which influences the valuation of "conception" and the metaphorical and imagistic thinking of late Tang poetry, …
"Totality" And "Fracture": The External Context And Internal Opportunity In The Generation Of Literary Experience, Yan Wang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
As a basic theory of literary research, literary experience has been a hot topic in the field of literary theory once again in the recent decade, but nowadays the understanding and use of this concept is ambiguous and random. The Western modern experience theory provides the basis for studying literary experience, which is an aesthetic presentation of human experience in the fictional world interwoven by discourses, and thus the human experience is born in the collision of perception and fiction. The world of experience is the external context for the generation of literary experience, which requires cultural memory to provide …
Art's Border Crossings, Crisis Or Rebirth Of Aesthetics: A Study Of Rancière's Critique Of Lyotard, Haochen Zhang
Art's Border Crossings, Crisis Or Rebirth Of Aesthetics: A Study Of Rancière's Critique Of Lyotard, Haochen Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Following the Utopian tradition characterized by the interaction between aesthetic autonomy and aesthetic criticism, many Western scholars have critical attitudes towards art's border crossings and therefore are pessimistic about the trend of aesthetics. Rancière, through reflections on Lyotard and the whole postmodern "ethical turn" that he represents, tries to activate the political potential within border crossings of art and thereby reconstructs aesthetics' critical dimensions. However, due to the confusion of the "unpresentable" and the "unrepresentable", Rancière does not sympathetically see Lyotard's sublime aesthetics' direction; his route of aesthetic politics also has some limitations. Both his insights and limitations as manifested …
Disenchantment: Gu Cheng And Hai Zi In The Illusion Of Cultural Memory, Dong Yan
Disenchantment: Gu Cheng And Hai Zi In The Illusion Of Cultural Memory, Dong Yan
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the history of Chinese new poetry since a century ago, Gu Cheng and Hai Zi have become a cultural memory symbol indispensable to contemporary culture. Their similarities in people's memory continue to affect later readers' interest, which gives them an enduring position in the age fragmented with information. However, being in the cultural memory illusion, they gradually reveal how new poetry becomes an object of consumerism and entertainment. At the same time, because of the function of the symbol system called "condensed structure" by Jan Assmann, factors within and without their poetry are mixed together and indistinguishable, which affects …
Prosthesis Of Speed, Aesthetics Of Disappearance And Logistics Of Perception: Paul Virilio's Discussions Of Cinema, Xing Zheng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
By integrating scatted discussions of Paul Virilio, this paper will give a comprehensive mapping of his thought on cinema and reveal its inner logic. Virilio's discussions on cinema are based on his "Dromology" theory. He points out that cinema is a kind of Prosthesis of Speed. It mimics an experience of perception which is peculiar to children, and has made it reborn in the adults. In this context, a new aesthetics related to modern art and media has emerged, which is named "Aesthetics of Disappearance" by Virilio. This new aesthetics has reshaped the perception in modern society in all dimensions, …
Reconstructing The Emancipatory Aesthetic Discourse In The Globalization Era: Three Discourse Domains Of The Political Aesthetics Of Contemporary Western Marxism, Yuanzhong Wen
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The aesthetics of the Western Marxism is not a "pure" aesthetics, but a "political aesthetics", or an aesthetic discourse of emancipatory politics, whose objective, to use Althusser's words, is to achieve the transformation from a man of class shaped by ideological state apparatuses to a free subject. Since the 1960s-1970s, contemporary Western Marxists have learned from the Western Marxist tradition of political aesthetics, confronted the political, economic and cultural changes of the Western society in the context of globalization, and explored the way to reconstruct the emancipatory aesthetic discourse. They have reconstructed the perception of reality and history by criticizing …
Re-Packaging A Cultural Revolution Model Opera: Politics And Commerce In Tsui Hark's The Taking Of Tiger Mountain, Li Han
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Tsui Hark's The Taking of Tiger Mountain (Zhiqu weihu shan, 2014) presents an unique text to examine the ramification of the Cultural Revolution in contemporary China and its interplay with the explosive growth of the mainland film industry in the global context. First of all, examined herein is the CCP's discourse on the role of cinema in its cultural enterprise plan in recent years. By situating The Taking of Tiger Mountain in the state's refreshed propaganda campaigns, the paper demonstrates how this work participates in the continuing exploration of new possibilities for the "main melody" elements. Secondly, conducted here is …
Seduction: From The "Aesthetic Stage" To The Postmodern Mirror: Baudrillard's Interpretation Of Kierkegaard's Seduction, Jingjian Shang
Seduction: From The "Aesthetic Stage" To The Postmodern Mirror: Baudrillard's Interpretation Of Kierkegaard's Seduction, Jingjian Shang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In his Seduction, Baudrillard interprets Kierkegaard's concept of seduction: he regards seduction as a behavior of the "aesthetic stage", including Don Juan's physical seduction and the spiritual seduction of Johannes, represented as the male's desire and seduction to women, and also as a guiding spirit of Socrates' maieutics and Jesus' sermons, while Baudrillard is concerned more about nature of women's seduction. He regards seduction as a game which disintegrates the hierarchy of gender, power and production with its superficiality and meaninglessness, from the post-modern perspective. He considers Johannes' seduction as an artificial strategy, which is the mirror image of the …
Tarrying With The Surface: The Screen Theory Of Slavoj Žižek, Guangji Wei
Tarrying With The Surface: The Screen Theory Of Slavoj Žižek, Guangji Wei
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Centered around Lacan's concept "screen-image", this paper, proceeding from Žižek's interpretation of Lacanian psychoanalysis, especially from Žižek's critical theory of ideology, tries to elaborate, on the level of the image, how "the real/the Real" is visually constructed, and to demonstrate that the invisible is not the mystery beneath the appearance, but the manner with which the real "tarries with the surface".
The Bi Xing Poetics In The Late Ming And Early Qing Dynasties: The Cases Of Zhu Heling, Feng Ban, He Shang, And Wu Qiao, Zhuoying Huang
The Bi Xing Poetics In The Late Ming And Early Qing Dynasties: The Cases Of Zhu Heling, Feng Ban, He Shang, And Wu Qiao, Zhuoying Huang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
In the late Ming and early Qing's poetry circle, a new poetics system, Bi Xing poetics, came into being with representatives of Zhu Heling, Feng Ban, He Shang, and Wu Qiao, who were discontented with the popular poetics of the time, for example, Seven-Scholar School's ancient poetics and the Jing-Ling School's natural disposition and soul theory. The Bi Xing poetics had four characteristics: multiplicity of structure, introverted aesthetic affection, the orthodox style, and strained interpretation of history. It became very popular after the advocates' detailed explanation and arguments. Significantly, this new poetics directly led to some remarkable phenomena, such as …
The Illusion Of Emergency And The Future Of Cultural Studies: Thirty Years Of Cultural Studies And Cultural Criticism In Mainland China, Zhiqiang Zhou
The Illusion Of Emergency And The Future Of Cultural Studies: Thirty Years Of Cultural Studies And Cultural Criticism In Mainland China, Zhiqiang Zhou
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Since 30 years ago, cultural studies in mainland China has established its own history, theoretical characteristics and framework of inquiries thanks to the introduction of Western theory, discussions of Chinese issues, and the engagement of active dialogue with international cultural studies. Chinese cultural studies started with a critical consciousness, then activated the drives of anti-authoritarianism, and generated an illusion of emergency. Today, it has outgrown the paradigm of the 1950s, and must establish new theories and thoughts on the basis of a new sense of criticism.
The Tendency Of Restoring Ancient Ideas In Tang Xianzu's Literary Theory Of Love: A Case Study Of The Peony Pavilion, Zhimei Sheng
The Tendency Of Restoring Ancient Ideas In Tang Xianzu's Literary Theory Of Love: A Case Study Of The Peony Pavilion, Zhimei Sheng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
For a long time, in the study of Tang Xianzu, most scholars believe that "countering Confucian ethical codes with emotion" is core to his idea of love, and Du Liniang is his spokesperson. In The Peony Pavilion, before her death, Du Liniang's image is an awakening young person, which is from the original material that Tang Xianzu adapts. From her death to resurrection, she gradually steps towards tradition and returns to the ethical codes. Du Liniang's journey from a human being to a ghost and from a ghost to a human being starts from love and ends in ethical codes, …
Affirmative Action And Identification: A Rethinking Of The "Seventeen Years" Minority Film, Chun Liu
Affirmative Action And Identification: A Rethinking Of The "Seventeen Years" Minority Film, Chun Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The tension between ethnic group and the nation state, as well as the nation state and the international order, is the core conflict of globalization. From the aspect of visual identification, the article reviews the "Seventeen years" minority film (1949-1966) when China was not involved in globalization in a modern sense. Through a comparison with the U. S. affirmative action which has been commonly adopted by ethnic studies, this article creates a new explanation frame, arguing that such policies in the 1950 s as nationality identification, ethnic equality and ethnic autonomy were a part of the Socialist affirmative action. Based …
Zhu Guangqian's Translation Of Hegel's Aesthetics And The Construction Of Modern Chinese Literary Theory, Yongyin Li
Zhu Guangqian's Translation Of Hegel's Aesthetics And The Construction Of Modern Chinese Literary Theory, Yongyin Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
As a classic work, Zhu Guangqian's translation of Hegel's Aesthetics has influenced Chinese literary theory profoundly. Many significant theoretical topics in Chinese literary theory are rooted in either imagination or a critical reconstruction of Zhu's translation. However, to some degree, Zhu's translation misses some thought of Hagel's aesthetics. Therefore, a comparative reading of Zhu's translation and Hagel's German texts is conducive to a better understanding of Hagel's aesthetics and, as a result, to the construction of literary theory in China.
A Return To Gramsci: The Theoretical Origin Of Cultural Politics And The Gramsci Shift Of In Cultural Studies, Yanfeng Li
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Since the 20th century, the Western Marxism underwent an important discourse transformation from the emphasis on economic foundation and the material structure to the superstructure and cultural ideology, from class politics to cultural politics, and ultimately established the discourse paradigm of cultural politics. The theory and practice of cultural politics come from Gramsci, whose dialectical thinking on the economic basis and superstructure, as well as interpretation of culture, politics, ideology and hegemony, directly affected cultural politics of western Marxism and promoted the Gramsci shift of cultural studies in the post-Gramsci era. Based on the analysis of Gramsci's cultural and political …
The Evolution Of The "Poetry As An Expression Of Aspirations" Theory And Its Multi-Layered Significance, Zhixi Qian
The Evolution Of The "Poetry As An Expression Of Aspirations" Theory And Its Multi-Layered Significance, Zhixi Qian
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The statement that poetry is the expression of aspirations is the first ontological definition of poetry in China, and therefore its significance should be understood in its ontological perspective. The paper explores the historical context for the generation of the statement in three respects, namely, the maturing of the artistic trinity of poetry, music and dance, the establishment of the ancient politics-education system, and the establishment of the system of ethics. As a classical theory, this statement is inherited by the gentry scholars' poem writing during the Spring and Autumn period, and promoted by the hundred schools of scholars. "Aspiration" …
The Play-Text Forms Of Early Zaju And Narrative Sanqu In The Jin And Yuan Dynasties, Dajun Xu
The Play-Text Forms Of Early Zaju And Narrative Sanqu In The Jin And Yuan Dynasties, Dajun Xu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The setting of the recitative protagonist is the core of Sanqu's narrative in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, who is a firstperson narrator undertaking responsibility for chanting the progression of story with his vision and position. Similarly, the leading singer (Zhengmo or Zhengdan) of Zaju is also a first-person protagonist who undertakes responsibility for chanting the whole librettos of a play-text, so he should be a recitative protagonist of librettos of Zaju. With a comparison of the librettos of Zaju's text attribute and the play-text forms with those of narrative Sanqu, we find that the play-texts of early Zaju have …
The Semiotical Expansion Of Critical Theory: The Semiotical Methods In Baudrilard's Academic Research, Jian'gang Yang
The Semiotical Expansion Of Critical Theory: The Semiotical Methods In Baudrilard's Academic Research, Jian'gang Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Jean Baudrilard made great contributions to the dialogue between Marxism and Semiotics. Although he changed from a Marxist to a Post-Marxist, semiotics has always been his methodology throughout his academic career. This intrinsic tension between breakage and connection is primarily caused by the usage of semiotics. By introducing semiotics into Marxism, he began to analyze and criticize the object system, fashion, auction of work of arts and the consumer ideology of consumer society, and formulated his unique critical theory of the political economy of the sign. As a result, he enriched and developed the critical theory of classical Marxism and …
The Socializing Function Of Chinese Characters And The Worship Of Character Power Among Intellectuals In Jiangnan In The Qing Dynasty, Shijin Luo
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
During the Qing Dynasty, intellectuals in Jiangnan communicated with each other through literature, which could be analyzed in three aspects: talking about literature while drinking, taking writing as a profession, and achieving great success in writing. These three aspects embody the overall condition that the intellectuals take writing as a channel, a profession and a tool, reflecting their cognition of the social effects and cultural functions of "character-literature" in different levels. Socializing through writing is not a phenomenon in Jiangnan alone during the Qing Dynasty, but a shared practice among all intellectuals in ancient China to some extent. However, the …
The Translation And Writing Of Modern Chinese Poetry: A Case Study Of Xu Zhimo, Liming Chen
The Translation And Writing Of Modern Chinese Poetry: A Case Study Of Xu Zhimo, Liming Chen
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Since the publication of Wellek's "The Crisis of Comparative Literature" (1959), the study of literary influence has been legion, either focusing on (un) intentional misreading or misunderstanding. The perspective of influence is vital to clarifying the mechanism of Chinese new poetry's production. This article aims to illustrate, through a detailed survey of the intrinsic relation between Xu Zhimo's translation and poetic writing, how he creatively transformed modern western poetry, which not only brought vernacular Chinese poetry prosperity, but interrupted the predominant unpoetic trends by giving new poetry aesthetic temperament, though not yet so satisfactorily. The "anxiety of influence" became motivation …
The Invention Of "Japanese" Literature In Colonial Korea, Or How Shameless Literary Engagement Could Be Under Colonial Conditions, Mihara Yoshiaki
The Invention Of "Japanese" Literature In Colonial Korea, Or How Shameless Literary Engagement Could Be Under Colonial Conditions, Mihara Yoshiaki
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
This is the full-paper version of the 338th Si-Mian Lecture delivered at ECNU on March 17, 2017, which focuses on the "shameless" act of intellectual collaboration committed by Ch'oe Chaes ô (崔載瑞), an eminent scholar of English literature and criticism as well as a prominent "pro-Japanese" intellectual in Colonial Korea, who encouraged Korean writers to contribute to Japanese "kokumin bungaku" [national literature] by writing in the Japanese language. Rather than simply denouncing him as a "shameless" traitor, however, the author of this article tries to salvage the potentially postcolonial problematics he has posed in his theoretical struggle as regards possible …
The Literary Concepts Through Novel Titles Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties, Guofu Cheng
The Literary Concepts Through Novel Titles Of The Ming And Qing Dynasties, Guofu Cheng
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
Titles are special insight into the Ming and Qing novel writing. Through an examination of the texts, prefaces and epilogues, the records of book production, guidelines for book use, book reviews, notes etc. the paper explores the literary concepts reflected by the Ming and Qing novels. Specifically, novel titles can be interpreted in four respects, namely, the novel as a supplement to history, the novel as admonishment, the novel as entertainment, and the novel as true feelings. Through these concepts we may have a better understanding of the significance and the evolution of the literary concepts of the Ming and …
The Origin Of The Title "The Four Dreams Of Linchuan" And The Deep Significance Of The Peony Pavilion, Baocheng Kang, Yanfang Chen
The Origin Of The Title "The Four Dreams Of Linchuan" And The Deep Significance Of The Peony Pavilion, Baocheng Kang, Yanfang Chen
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The title "the Four Dream of Linchuan" is not in accordance with the facts of the four Chuanqi plays written by Tang Xianzu, for "The Purple Hairpin", one of the "four dreams" has little to do with "dream" of any kind. Inspired by "the Four Dreams" written by Che Renyuan and the folk song "4 dreams 8 voids" in The Plum in the Golden Vase, Tang Xianzu himself began to use the title of "the Four Dreams of Linchuan". The title was rarely recognized till the late Ming Dynasty, but it became popular during the reign of Emperor Kangxi of …
The Origination Of "Zhong Zhuo Da" From Calligraphy Critique: The Cultural And Literary Historical Background Of The Turn Of Ci-Poetry Criticism In The Late Qing Dynasty, Ronggang Jiang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
"Zhong Zhuo Da" (Strength, Refined Antiquity, and Grandiosity) is an important theory of ci-poetry in the late Qing Dynasty, since its theoretical origin remains unknown, there are so various interpretations of the theory that there is still no consensus on its origin. Through a comprehensive study of the related cultural changes in the late Qing Dynasty, the paper argues that it is almost certain that the aesthetic paradigm should originate from the theory of tablet calligraphy critique. Given the shared problem with the development of ci-poetry and calligraphy in the late Qing Dynasty, critics introduced tablet calligraphy critique into ci-poetry …
The Naming Of Bronze Bells In The Shang Dynasty;The Concept System Of Yuexuan; Bronze Bells' Definition:Three Issues About The Bronze Bell, Fa Zhang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
The bronze bell in the Shang Dynasty had no name, which was why it has been called Rao (铙) by many scholars and Rong (庸) by others. From the viewpoint of the evolution of bronze bells, Rao was related more to Ling (铃) in the Xia Dynasty, and later Rao became Rong in the Shang Dynasty and finally Bianzhong (编钟) in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Thus seen, Rong was more akin to the nature of bronze bells. The concept system of Yuexuan (乐悬) consisted of three aspects: sunju (簨虡), sidu (肆堵) and gong-xuan-pante (宫-轩-判-特). The three groups of concepts were …
Thinking Is Folding: Deleuze's Problematique Of The Baroque, Kailin Yang
Thinking Is Folding: Deleuze's Problematique Of The Baroque, Kailin Yang
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
According to Deleuze, the importance of the Baroque is not the history of art, but what counts is to force us to think about "the possibility of the fold to infinity". The fold, as "point of view", is the distinct expression of the universe, while each fold is inseparable from becoming. The Baroque has no essence. It is just a mannerism pushed to infinity. Through the Monad of Leibniz, Deleuze creates the concept of the fold. Between the Monad and the universe, there is a non-relative who built the "milieu" or "common Limit". Through the conception of the fold, Deleuze …
Pen Names In The "Seventeen Years Period" And The Ecology Of Contemporary Chinese Literary Criticism, Pengcheng Kou
Pen Names In The "Seventeen Years Period" And The Ecology Of Contemporary Chinese Literary Criticism, Pengcheng Kou
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
It is a common phenomenon to use a pen name when a writer publishes his critical works in China's "seventeen years period". There are several causes: 1. the author worries that his work is not mature; 2. the author is not confident of his reputation; 3. the author intends to express particular ideas. Underneath these apparent causes are deeper psychological motivations: 1. to express opposite ideas to someone else’s; 2. to criticize a friend or a teacher; 3. to publish politically alternative works; 4. to reinforce the validity of criticism with another name; 5. to express special aims. Because of …
Tactile Culture Or Auditory Culture: A Different Future Of The Post-Visual Culture, Lianjie Liu
Tactile Culture Or Auditory Culture: A Different Future Of The Post-Visual Culture, Lianjie Liu
Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art
With the continuous expansion of the hegemonic visual culture, post-visual culture has become an academic topic. Represented by Martin Heidegger and Hans-Georg Gadamer, phenomenology and hermeneutics turn to listening and advocate the auditory culture, but some postmodernists like Marshall Mcluhan and Jacques Derrida turn to touching and advocate tactile culture. The replacement of visual culture with auditory culture is still confined by traditional Western mindset, which is in fact a move from one extreme (despotic culture) to another extreme (submissive culture). Compared with visual culture and auditory culture, tactile culture is more self-reflexive, and less likely to become despotic, which …