Traces of criticism

Author: Zhang Xudong
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Contemporary Criticism. This book collects the author's major Chinese articles and some translated English articles over the years. During his student days, the author personally experienced the "Cultural Great Debate" of the 1980s and was dedicated to introducing contemporary Western literary criticism and cultural theory. In the 1990s, he studied in the United States, mentored by the great contemporary literary theorist Jameson, and sought to analyze and study the social and cultural phenomena of contemporary China within the global context of critical theory, comparative literature and cultural studies, modernism and critique of modernity, postmodernism and globalization theory. As a collection, the book demonstrates a systematic nature due to the underlying problem awareness and theoretical interests. While situated in the U.S. academic production mechanism, the author clearly identifies with contemporary Chinese cultural consciousness and intellectual life. The book conducts analysis across four dimensions: the introduction of Western cultural theory, the and elucidation of the history of contemporary Chinese cultural consciousness, the theoretical implications of cultural politics and political philosophy, and the practice of contemporary Chinese literature and criticism. It also lays the groundwork for preliminary theoretical construction. On the other hand, these articles trace the temporal changes and development of contemporary Chinese cultural consciousness through their own trajectory.