For writers,cultural differences are a constant source of inspiration.As the world becomes more like a global village,Chinese writers are eager to communicate with foreign readers through their works.This communicatio...For writers,cultural differences are a constant source of inspiration.As the world becomes more like a global village,Chinese writers are eager to communicate with foreign readers through their works.This communication,however,is展开更多
The Australian avant-garck raises all the contradictions of avant-garde studies in the present time.Antipodal vanguards in the 20th and 21 st centuries would grapple with various aspects of Australian national history...The Australian avant-garck raises all the contradictions of avant-garde studies in the present time.Antipodal vanguards in the 20th and 21 st centuries would grapple with various aspects of Australian national history,being in various ways and times between East and West,the aligned and non-aligned,the political and geopolitical in poetics.The word"Australia,"from the Latin auster,contains meanings for"East."Most importantly,the Antipodal vanguard exposes the contradictions of Australia’s imperial-colonial past and the struggle to overcome it.In this essay,1 begin with the example of a"Dada"poem that comes from an Aboriginal rain dance,as well as the emergence of Dada poetics from the 1950s to the 1970s.Throughout I keep complexities of history and time at the forefront:what is the worth of a"marginal"national literary history of the avant-garde?What does the avant-garde mean outside Europe or the Euro-US?What can Australian Dadaism tell us about the future of avant-garde studies?Docs the avant-garde always lead to nostalgia,or"Austalgia,"a hearkening after the past,as much as a striving toward the future?展开更多
文摘For writers,cultural differences are a constant source of inspiration.As the world becomes more like a global village,Chinese writers are eager to communicate with foreign readers through their works.This communication,however,is
文摘The Australian avant-garck raises all the contradictions of avant-garde studies in the present time.Antipodal vanguards in the 20th and 21 st centuries would grapple with various aspects of Australian national history,being in various ways and times between East and West,the aligned and non-aligned,the political and geopolitical in poetics.The word"Australia,"from the Latin auster,contains meanings for"East."Most importantly,the Antipodal vanguard exposes the contradictions of Australia’s imperial-colonial past and the struggle to overcome it.In this essay,1 begin with the example of a"Dada"poem that comes from an Aboriginal rain dance,as well as the emergence of Dada poetics from the 1950s to the 1970s.Throughout I keep complexities of history and time at the forefront:what is the worth of a"marginal"national literary history of the avant-garde?What does the avant-garde mean outside Europe or the Euro-US?What can Australian Dadaism tell us about the future of avant-garde studies?Docs the avant-garde always lead to nostalgia,or"Austalgia,"a hearkening after the past,as much as a striving toward the future?
