This paper attempts to focus on Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Gospel according To Mark. Borges, an Argentina short storywriter and translator, whose motherland is under long-term western colonization, identifi e...This paper attempts to focus on Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Gospel according To Mark. Borges, an Argentina short storywriter and translator, whose motherland is under long-term western colonization, identifi es himself unconsciously with the western culture. Hisworks mostly touch upon the themes of religion and philosophy. Along with post-colonialism theory’s springing up, critics began to analyze hisworks from the post-colonial perspective. The author thinks that this short story with religious implication parallels to the cultural invasion in theperiod of colonization, from powerful culture to weaker one. The author, thus, aims to use Michael Foucault’s viewpoints concerning power andknowledge to probe into the western cultural hegemony and ideological invasion refl ected in this story. Besides, the loss and construction of theethnic identity of the colonized will be discussed in details.展开更多
William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century,is famous for his exquisitenarrative technique.The Painted Veil tells a touching story with unique narrative style.This pape...William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century,is famous for his exquisitenarrative technique.The Painted Veil tells a touching story with unique narrative style.This paper takes Edward Said's postcolonial crit-ical theory of orientalism as its theoretical foundation to conduct a study of The Painted Veil in detail with an intention to explore China's image and disclose the cultural hegemony of Maugham.The Painted Veil about demonizing and distorting China's image is based onthe perspective of Orientalism,which is inextricably linked to Maugham's cultural hegemony thought.展开更多
This paper discusses the criteria according to which literature iscategorized as ＂high （-brow） literature＂ or ＂low （-brow） literature＂ in modem China. I suggest that these standards change over time and are in...This paper discusses the criteria according to which literature iscategorized as ＂high （-brow） literature＂ or ＂low （-brow） literature＂ in modem China. I suggest that these standards change over time and are intimately tied to the problematics of canonization, legitimization, and cultural hegemony. In modem China, the criteria are also closely related to class differentiation. Furthermore, I contend that, in the Chinese academic world, there is often a tendency to interpret certain forms of middle-brow literature as belletristic literature that breaks though the boundary between ＂high （-brow） literature＂ and ＂low （-brow） literature.＂ In discussing ＂middle-brow＂ literature in modem China, this paper takes ＂Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly＂ literature as the object of its analysis and proposes that middle-brow literature is essentially the moralization of political and social issues, which serves to displace social-economic and political concerns. This is usually accomplished through the glorification of conservative ethical-moral viewpoints.展开更多
文摘This paper attempts to focus on Jorge Luis Borges’ short story The Gospel according To Mark. Borges, an Argentina short storywriter and translator, whose motherland is under long-term western colonization, identifi es himself unconsciously with the western culture. Hisworks mostly touch upon the themes of religion and philosophy. Along with post-colonialism theory’s springing up, critics began to analyze hisworks from the post-colonial perspective. The author thinks that this short story with religious implication parallels to the cultural invasion in theperiod of colonization, from powerful culture to weaker one. The author, thus, aims to use Michael Foucault’s viewpoints concerning power andknowledge to probe into the western cultural hegemony and ideological invasion refl ected in this story. Besides, the loss and construction of theethnic identity of the colonized will be discussed in details.
文摘William Somerset Maugham(1874-1965),one of the most popular writers of the twentieth century,is famous for his exquisitenarrative technique.The Painted Veil tells a touching story with unique narrative style.This paper takes Edward Said's postcolonial crit-ical theory of orientalism as its theoretical foundation to conduct a study of The Painted Veil in detail with an intention to explore China's image and disclose the cultural hegemony of Maugham.The Painted Veil about demonizing and distorting China's image is based onthe perspective of Orientalism,which is inextricably linked to Maugham's cultural hegemony thought.
文摘This paper discusses the criteria according to which literature iscategorized as ＂high （-brow） literature＂ or ＂low （-brow） literature＂ in modem China. I suggest that these standards change over time and are intimately tied to the problematics of canonization, legitimization, and cultural hegemony. In modem China, the criteria are also closely related to class differentiation. Furthermore, I contend that, in the Chinese academic world, there is often a tendency to interpret certain forms of middle-brow literature as belletristic literature that breaks though the boundary between ＂high （-brow） literature＂ and ＂low （-brow） literature.＂ In discussing ＂middle-brow＂ literature in modem China, this paper takes ＂Mandarin Ducks and Butterfly＂ literature as the object of its analysis and proposes that middle-brow literature is essentially the moralization of political and social issues, which serves to displace social-economic and political concerns. This is usually accomplished through the glorification of conservative ethical-moral viewpoints.
