A controversial concept in reading ＂third-world literature,＂ Fredric Jameson＇s ＂national allegory＂ has more often been refuted or approvingly appropriated than properly understood. Taking the ＂national allegory...A controversial concept in reading ＂third-world literature,＂ Fredric Jameson＇s ＂national allegory＂ has more often been refuted or approvingly appropriated than properly understood. Taking the ＂national allegory＂ as a convenient theoretical category describing the content of ＂third-world literature＂ misses Jameson＇s underlying problematic, i.e. his concern about ＂third-world literature＂ as an immanent deconstructive force leading to the breaking down of chains of signification of capitalist culture. Insofar as the functional concept of the ＂national allegory＂ is concerned, one must read ＂nation＂ not as a term designating a substantial entity, but as an ＂allegory＂ in itself. To read ＂third-world literature＂ through the lens of a ＂national allegory＂ thus means to deterritorialize the third world from its substantial determinants in terms of traditional geo-politics. Rather, ＂third-world literature＂ in its deconstructive force is toward what Jean-Luc Nancy calls the inoperative community.展开更多
In recent years, the ＂China Dream＂ has become a popular topic in China's Mainland. To tell the stories of the ＂Chinese Dream＂ from different aspect in the field of literary and artistic creation have emerged a...In recent years, the ＂China Dream＂ has become a popular topic in China's Mainland. To tell the stories of the ＂Chinese Dream＂ from different aspect in the field of literary and artistic creation have emerged as a significant phenomenon. To some extent, these texts can be regarded as national allegory. This paper will take the film American Dreams in China as a case, to provide some thoughts on the value dimensions for the construction of the ＂Chinese Dreams＂.展开更多
文摘A controversial concept in reading ＂third-world literature,＂ Fredric Jameson＇s ＂national allegory＂ has more often been refuted or approvingly appropriated than properly understood. Taking the ＂national allegory＂ as a convenient theoretical category describing the content of ＂third-world literature＂ misses Jameson＇s underlying problematic, i.e. his concern about ＂third-world literature＂ as an immanent deconstructive force leading to the breaking down of chains of signification of capitalist culture. Insofar as the functional concept of the ＂national allegory＂ is concerned, one must read ＂nation＂ not as a term designating a substantial entity, but as an ＂allegory＂ in itself. To read ＂third-world literature＂ through the lens of a ＂national allegory＂ thus means to deterritorialize the third world from its substantial determinants in terms of traditional geo-politics. Rather, ＂third-world literature＂ in its deconstructive force is toward what Jean-Luc Nancy calls the inoperative community.
文摘In recent years, the ＂China Dream＂ has become a popular topic in China's Mainland. To tell the stories of the ＂Chinese Dream＂ from different aspect in the field of literary and artistic creation have emerged as a significant phenomenon. To some extent, these texts can be regarded as national allegory. This paper will take the film American Dreams in China as a case, to provide some thoughts on the value dimensions for the construction of the ＂Chinese Dreams＂.
