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almahu_9949568392502882
Format:
1 online resource (317 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9789819929474
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Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 1 Rationale of the Existence of the Chinese Form -- 1.1 Existence of the Chinese Form? -- 1.2 Chinese Form of Marxist Literary Criticism Versus Sinification of Marxist Literary Criticism -- 2 The Path of Constructing the Chinese Form -- 2.1 Questioning Historical Descriptions and Generalizations -- 2.2 The Chinese Form and the Study of Differences -- The Chinese Form and Classical Marxist Literary Criticism -- The Chinese Form and Western Marxist Literary Criticism -- 3 The "Problématique" and Overall Characteristics of the Chinese Form -- 3.1 "Problématique" -- 3.2 The Overall Characteristics of the Chinese Form -- References -- 2 People: The Starting Point and the Destination of Literary Criticism -- 1 Classical Marxist View on People -- 1.1 Marx and Engels on the People -- Marx and Engels' Connotation of the People -- The Scale of the People in Marx and Engels' Literary Criticism -- 1.2 Lenin on the People -- Lenin's Connotation of the People -- Lenin on the Relationship Between Literature and the People -- 2 The Chinese Form's View on People -- 2.1 The Connotations of People -- The People as the Aggregation of Classes -- The People Are the Creators of History -- Adherence to the Centrality of the People -- 2.2 "People First" in Literary Criticism -- The Principle of "Literature and Art for the People" -- Adherence to the Direction of People-Centered Creation -- The People as Recipients of Literature and Art -- 3 The Improvement and Expansion of the Concept of People -- 3.1 A Reflection on the Relationship Between Literature and People -- Looking Down Upon the People as a Result of a Messianic Mentality -- Commodity Fetishism and People Cult -- 3.2 The Complexity of the Concept of People -- The Concreteness of the Concept of People -- The Non-homogeneity of the People.
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3.3 The Interaction and Mutual Shaping of Literature and People -- "The People Need Art, and Art Needs the People Even More" -- Literature and "People to Come" -- References -- 3 Nation: A New Dimension of Literary Criticism in the Context of Globalization -- 1 The Discrimination of the Concept of Nation -- 1.1 Nation and Its Related Concepts -- The Concept of Nation -- Nation Versus Race and Ethnicity -- 1.2 Nation and the Chinese Nation 中华民族 -- The Proposal of a "Chinese Nation" -- The One and the Many of the Chinese Nation -- 2 Marx and Engels on Nation -- 2.1 Nation and Class -- Class Issues Dominate National Issues -- Complex Relationship Between Nation and Class -- 2.2 Nation and Internationalism -- Criticism of National Chauvinism -- Arguments on Colonization -- The Relationship Between Nations and Internationalism -- 3 National View in the Chinese Form -- 3.1 The Restoration of the Reputation of the Concept of Nation -- The Nation Is Not About Self-Seclusion -- The Nation Is Not About Going Back to the Good Old Days -- The Nation Does Not Imply the Collective's Suppression of Its Individual Members -- 3.2 New Interpretations of National View -- Nation Is a Historical Concept -- Nation and Culture -- Nation and the People -- 4 The Nature and Characteristics of the National Dimension -- 4.1 The Research Standpoint of the National Dimension -- Open Nationalism -- The Fundamental Connotation of Open Nationalism -- 4.2 The National Dimension and the National Spirit of Literature -- National Dimension and National Identity in Literature -- National Dimension and the National Characteristics of Literature -- National Dimension and the World -- References -- 4 The Political Dimension of Literary Criticism -- 1 Marx and Engels on Politics and Literature -- 1.1 Classical Marxist View on Politics -- Politics as a Component of the Superstructure.
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Politics as Class Struggle -- Politics as Human Emancipation -- 1.2 Marx and Engels' Political Criticism -- Raising Doubts About the "Eternity" of the Bourgeoisie -- "The Courage of the True Artist" -- "Sings…of the Proud, Threatening, and Revolutionary Proletarian" -- "The Tendency Should Spring from the Situation and Action as Such" -- 2 Literature and Politics in the Chinese Form -- 2.1 Mao Zedong's View on Art and Politics -- Mao on Politics -- Mao on the Unity of Literature and Politics -- "Literature and Art for Politics" -- 2.2 Literature and Politics in the New Period -- Correction and Adherence to Politics -- The Proposal of "Literature and Art for the People and Socialism" -- 3 The Evolution of the Relationship Between Literature and Politics -- 3.1 Literature and "Re-politicization" -- Historical Overview of the Relationship Between Literature and Politics -- Politicization (Over-Politicization), Depoliticization to Repoliticization -- 3.2 The Contemporary Transformation of the Forms of Politics -- From Class Politics to People's Politics -- From Macro-politics to Micro-politics -- From Explicit Politics to Implicit Politics -- 3.3 The Tension Between Aesthetics and Politics -- Aesthetics as Politics -- Aesthetic Antinomy -- 4 A Perspective on the Political Dimension -- 4.1 The Research Objects of the Political Dimension -- Ideological Nature of Literature -- Scope of the Political Dimension -- 4.2 The Political Analysis of Literary Texts -- Politics in Narrative -- Desire and Politics -- References -- 5 The Praxis Dimension of Literary Criticism -- 1 Marx on Praxis -- 1.1 Marx's Concept of Praxis and Western Traditions -- Aristotle's View of Practice -- Kant on Practical Reason -- Sublation of Hegel and Feuerbach in Marx's Concept of Practice -- 1.2 The Connotations of Marx's View on Praxis -- Practice as an "Objective Activity".
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Practice as Material Production and Alienation -- 2 The Chinese Form's View on Praxis -- 2.1 The Nature of Praxis -- Material and Spiritual Activities of Human Beings -- The Initiative of the Subject -- Primacy of Practice -- 2.2 The View on Literature from the Dimension of Praxis -- Literature Arises from the Relationship of Objectification -- Critical Theories Under a Literary View of Practice Theory -- 3 The Dimension of Praxis and Literary Activities -- 3.1 Literary Criticism in the Process of Objectification -- The Dimension of Practice and the Subject of Literary Activity -- Practical Dimension and the Text as a Spiritual Product -- The Dimension of Practice and Ideal Way of Being -- 3.2 An Inquiry into Praxis -- Consciousness and Unconsciousness in Practical Activities -- Finiteness and Infinity of Practice -- References -- 6 Marxist Literary Criticism in the Hi-Tech Era -- 1 Marxist Literary Criticism and Science and Technology -- 1.1 Marx and Engels on Science and Technology -- Science and Technology and Society -- The Capitalist System and the Alienation of Science and Technology -- The Paradox of Science and Technology -- 1.2 Marx and Engels on the Relationship Between Science and Art -- The Influence of Science and Technology on Literature and Art -- Non-Synchronicity Between Science and Technology and Literature -- The Permanent Charm of Art -- 1.3 Western Marxism's View on Technology and Literature -- Technology and Alienation -- Ideological Nature of Science and Technology -- 2 Theoretical Reconstruction in the Hi-Tech Era -- 2.1 View of Science and Technology in the Chinese Form -- Science and Technology and the Dream of a Strong Nation -- Science and Technology as the First Productive Force -- Ideological Construction Function of Science and Technology -- 2.2 Modern Science and Technology and the "Survival" of Literature.
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The Challenge of Digital Technology to Literature -- Symbiotic Relationship of Literature and Science and Technology -- 2.3 The Inner Connection and Mutual Shaping of Literature and Technology -- The Inner Connection Between Literature and Science and Technology -- The Aestheticization of Technology and Technicization of Literature and Art -- 3 Literature Writing in the Hi-Tech Era -- 3.1 The Revolutionary Impacts of High Technology on Literature Writing -- Refreshing the Understanding of the World -- Creating Novel Aesthetic Experiences -- Stimulating Novel Literary Imagination -- Innovative Literary Styles and Structures -- 3.2 The "Thought" and "Poetry" of Literature Writing in the Hi-Tech Era -- Literature's Warning Against Science and Technology -- Poetic Dwelling in an Age of High Technology -- 4 The Study of Reading in the Internet Age -- 4.1 The Characteristics of Internet Reading -- Convenience of Reading -- Multidimensionality of Perception -- Immediacy and Interactivity of Criticism -- 4.2 The Symptoms of Internet Reading -- Labyrinth of Fragmentation -- Reading and Forgetting -- Weakening of Deep Thinking -- 4.3 The Reading Strategies of the Chinese Form -- Emphasis on Reader Autonomy -- The Call for Excellent Texts -- References -- 7 Literature and Capital in a Market Economy -- 1 Marx's View on Capital -- 1.1 Marx's Concept of Capital -- Capital and Money -- Attributes of Capital -- Capital and Its Internal Contradictions -- 1.2 Marx's View on Literature and Art and Capital -- Capital Provides the Material Basis and Conditions for the Progress of Literature and Art -- The Hostility Between Capital and Literature and Art -- The Aesthetic Character of Artistic Production in the Capitalist Mode of Production -- 2 Capital and Contemporary Literary Activities -- 2.1 The Expansion of the Concept of Capital.
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Marx's Theory of Capital Is Not Obsolete.
Additional Edition:
Print version: Hu, Yamin The Contemporary Construction of the Chinese Form of Marxist Literary Criticism Singapore : Palgrave Macmillan,c2023 ISBN 9789819929467
Language:
English
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