Narrative in "Huilan" -- Edge Criticism Series

Author: Huang Ziping
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Publish Date: 2001-01-01
Features: The "Marginal Criticism Series" primarily collects literary critical writings and cultural research achievements of Chinese scholars abroad. Most of the authors of the series were once renowned critics domestically and have studied overseas in the past two decades. Due to their identity, research subjects, and language, they conduct research on Chinese literature and culture in overseas academic institutions, which essentially falls under "marginal disciplines." However, when they obtain degrees and become intellectuals abroad, they can possess marginality akin to true exiles. But for the authors of the "Marginal Criticism Series," "marginality" is less a conscious pursuit and more an unavoidable academic situation they face. What "marginality" signifies is not a rigidly opposing spatial position to the center, but rather the critics' wandering and navigating the gaps between the center and the center. The marginal authors appropriate various theoretical strategies with mixed origins, adjust and organize their textual experiences, and respond to the historical contexts that confront them.