Questioning western universality: Sōseki's Theory of Literature and his novel Kusamakura

Focusing on the relation between the literary theory and the novels of modern Japanese writer Natsume Sōseki (1867–1916), this article argues that we need to include more ‘non-Western’ theories in the discussions of world literature. Furthermore, it concludes that a world literature contextualization of Sōseki's theory helps explain how his novels critically negotiate the influences from Western literature in Japan. By comparing Sōseki's theoretical and literary writing, this article shows continuity between his Theory of Literature and his novel Kusamakura, arguing that both question Western universality in defining literature. In other words, the comparison stresses Sōseki's continued preoccupation with understanding the transformation of literatures due to global interaction. During the modern period, such transformation was probably nowhere more conspicuous than in Meiji Japan, where not only society but also its literature was rapidly changing.     

Choctaw Tales: An Interview with LeAnne Howe

LeAnne Howe, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Eidson Distinguished Professor of American Literature in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia, writes poetry, fiction, screenplays, plays, creative non-fiction and critical essays. Her work is primarily concerned with the experiences and the perspectives of American Indian people and communities. Howe’s latest book, Choctalking on Other Realities (2013), which she describes as ‘three parts memoir, one part tragedy, one part absurdist fiction, and one part “marvellous realism”’, received the inaugural Modern Language Association Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures and Languages in 2014. Along with being the recipient of a United States Artists Ford Fellowship and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas, Howe also received the 2015 Western Literature Association Distinguished Achievement Award. Howe’s writing could easily be described as enlivening, eclectic and often hectic, and, more often than not, she brings together a plethora of stories concerning the historical and contemporary experiences of the Choctaw Nation. Various geographical, spiritual, familial and narratological spaces are revealed or plotted during the course of Howe’s narratives, and, as a consequence, images that relate to the act of mapping, the basis of storytelling, and the subject of community and place become recurring motifs throughout her writing. Concerned with the ways in which Choctaw lifeways have been mapped out across time, Howe appears to be especially interested in the representation of travel, exchange, contact and consumption not only in the pre-contact and post-contact United States, but also within the global village.     

文学人类学:中西交流中的兼容与发展

文学人类学,顾名思义就是文学和人类学两个不同学科的交叉与结合.20世纪后半期以来,文学人类学既是西方文学与人类学界一批前沿学者的积极主张,亦是一种逐渐向其他学科领域扩展、渗透的新理论和新方法,同时又是一种影响广泛的重要流派.近半个世纪以来,文学人类学则成为了中国文学和人类学研究领域的一个新的分支,并正对人文研究中的其他学科产生着日益深广的影响.     

韦勒克的文学本体观

韦勒克力图将文艺社会学、形式派美学、结构主义美学、符号论美学、现象学美学融合起来,把文学外在的社会生活、意识观念方面同作品自身内在方面结合为一个符号和意义多层结构的整体,以克服文学内容与形式二元的对立,但是他并没有把它们真正有机地融合起来,骨子里仍然是形式本体的观念支配着.     

否定之否定:中国文学理论发展的历史过程

将中国文学理论放在历史的坐标上加以观察,纵轴是中国文学理论发展的历史过程,横轴则是同时期不同质的文学理论的相互影响。中国文学理论的发展经过了一个不断吸收传统文化与异质文化营养的过程。这是一个否定之否定的历史过程。     

An Ethical Interpretation of Free Will and Game-Playing in Harold Pinter's The Lover

Harold Pinter's The Lover (1963) arouses reflections on the marital ethics. As the main plot of the play, the game-playing between Richard and Sarah in their house demonstrates literally the social and ethical transformation during 1960s—1970s. By using the artistic technique of role-switching, Pinter intends to decode the fact that Man is an existence of Sphinx factor, composing human and animal factors, which causes the extramarital love. During the erotic game, the couple is controlled by the animal factors, and their free will overcomes the moral obligation within the ethical conflicts. There is no doubt that the essence of game-playing is how to make the ethical choice. At the same time, the negative effects from the extramarital love is also emphasized.     

Reflections on the Thoughts that Revolutionized the World

正How to Change the World:Tales of Marx and Marxism Author:Eric Hobsbawm Price:RMB 88(hardback)Published by Central CompilationTranslation Press in March 2014,BeijingBRITISH historian Eric Hobsbawrr has become synonymous with serious historiography.But in 2014,he became a hit in China's literary circles.The scholar's sudden popularity began with the publication of the first Chinese edition of How to Change the World.In less than a month,the first run of 3,000 copies was sold out,and a second run was hastily printed.For an academic book priced at RMB 88,the market was unexpectedly eager.Hobsbawm was born in Egypt in 1917.At two years old,he was brought to Vienna and soon to Berlin.In 1933 when Hitler took     

基于文献计量学的邓小平人才思想研究分析简

从文献计量学角度来分析，1979年至2013年邓小平人才思想研究论文显示了邓小平人才思想研究三十多年的步步传承印记。其中，13篇重点论文的研究主题可以代表邓小平人才思想研究的主流观点，主要涉及战略意义、理论贡献及科技人才思想等内容。同时也可以看出，邓小平人才思想研究存在着散发和随机的现象，研究队伍不太稳定．但一些核心作者研究深入，值得关注。     

Introduction: Kawabata Yasunari in the twenty-first century

Abstract: This introduction argues that there is a need to engage in a fresh re-reading of Kawabata Yasunari. It proposes several possible approaches, including using Kawabata as a model for understanding processes of literary canonization, a rethinking of his reception around the globe during the Cold War period, and a historicization of his work in relation to the various censorship regimes that existed in twentieth-century Japan. It also provides brief summaries of the articles contained in this special issue.     

寻找伦理存在的自我——《培尔·金特》中的理性意志与伦理选择

易卜生的诗剧《培尔·金特》是一则关于斯芬克斯因子的不同组合与变化的寓言,展示了理性意志、自由意志和非理性意志之间的伦理冲突.培尔的“白日梦”是其兽性因子的表达与彰显,培尔的“出行”是对伦理责任的逃逸和规避,是其理性意志处于蒙昧状态、非理性意志肆意膨胀的体现;培尔的“归家”是其理性意识得到提升,克服非理性意志,摆脱兽性因子,向人性因子靠拢的选择,最终成为与兽相区别的、伦理的存在.本文紧扣“白日梦”“出行”“归家”三条伦理主线,通过逐一解构伦理选择、伦理身份、伦理意识等若干伦理结,来试图剖析易卜生蕴含在作品深处的道德旨趣:在受到道德指引、遵守道德准则的情况下,人的理性意志就会增强,人性因子得以彰显,人会成为一种伦理的存在;如果缺乏伦理意识,违背道德准则,缺乏道德指引,人的非理性意志就会占据上风,兽性因子就会失控,人就会误入歧途,实施伦理犯罪,引发伦理混乱.