Perspective on the Language and Culture of Novels in the Last Two Decades of the 20th Century

Author: Sun Dexi
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book is revised and enriched based on a doctoral dissertation. The research involves multidisciplinary theories such as literature, linguistic philosophy, cultural studies, psychoanalysis, and psychology. However, the starting point of the research is the novel text, the elevation point is linguistic philosophy, and the perspective is cultural studies. The theoretical framework of this dissertation is constructed on these three equally important pillars.
The approaches to literary research are diverse, broadly categorized into textual studies, author studies, and reception studies. In this research, the text is regarded as the foundation of literature, while the study also focuses on the author and their cultural background. As a theoretical resource, linguistic philosophy not only shapes our understanding of the language in novels but also helps deepen our in-depth understanding and analysis of it. Language is both a manifestation and mode of existence of culture, and it operates within a specific cultural context. Therefore, we can both explore the cultural implications of various novel language phenomena and generalize the relationship and patterns between these two aspects through the language functioning within a certain cultural context.