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Native Soil Imagination Of Modernity Symptomatic

Posted on:2008-08-26Degree:DoctorType:Dissertation
Country:ChinaCandidate:J X YuFull Text:PDF
GTID:1115360215956750Subject:Literature and art
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"Native soil" is an old literary motif. Since 20 century, this literary motif becomes a trend. Because of the prejudice of theory, in the past researches often dig out the implication of native soil in view of subjects, which limits acknowledge towards this literary phenomenon. When "native soil imagination" is put forward, people connect native soil and modernity to research in view of culture research. With a view to historical context and literary runnable mechanism, it shows modernity symptom of native soil imagination and promotes acknowledge towards the literary topics.Through the research towards native soil imagination, people can discover this fact, that is: After westerners with modern civilization invaded poor weak China, Chinese intellects began thinking the question of how to make China be on the road of modernization, and become prosperous. Literature reflects social life. Obviously, thoughts of intellects towards Chinese modernity reflect on literature. In essence, China is a native soil country. So, native soil inevitably becomes the basis and experimental place of Chinese modernity. In this way, since 20 century native soil imagination in literature melts into the thoughts towards modernity of Chinese intellects. Intellects narrate and describe the tortuous and immense changes of native soil in the course of modernity, which reflects their double mentality of appeal and reflection towards modernity. It also tremendously shows the complication and difficulty of modernity."Local-color literature" is used by intellects to think about modernity by literature history is a concept which is a naming method of native soil imagination. However, this method of naming biased on the expression of subjects. It couldn't reveal the fact that literature towards native soil is in essence closely related with modernity. The purpose of using the concept of "native soil imagination" is that literature is a kind of ideology imagination. Native soil is a literature motif which shows the unity between reality and imagination. Hence, the understanding towards native soil can reveal the implicature of ideology and the relationship between native soil and modernity by using the method of "symptomatic reading".The reason why native soil imagination can become the main trend of literature ideology since 20 century is related with the literary runnable mechanism that in 20tg century China is pursuiting modernization constantly. The cultural mechanism of native soil imagination the feeling of attachment and remedy towards native soil under the history of modernity. The growing mechanism of native soil imagination comes from the rise of modernity life, modernity aesthetic psychology and individual subjectivity ideology, which results in the intellects putting viewpoint towards native soil and focusing on the reform of native soil. The utility mechanism of native soil imagination is under the thought tread of "work holy", "populist", practical improvement of native soil and the influence of humanitarianism. Intellects consciously view at native soil to realize the dream of developing county and nation.Since 20th century, in native soil imagination, enlightenment, revolution, and history become important representation. Modernity began with enlightenment. Native soil imagination reveals the appeal and reflection towards modernity in the course of certainty and doubt towards enlightenment, In essence, Chinese revolution is a radical modern realizational way and method. Native soil imagination shows the radical movement of revolution. In the age of post-revolution, the disappearance of revolution also metaphors the implicature that revolution eliminates modernity. The history of modernity is in line, which is supported by native soil imagination. However, in the context of post modernization, concerning worry towards the future of modernity, it comes back to a cycling thought. The antinomy of the historical context and literary runnable mechanism towards enlightenment, revolution and history shows that modernity exists immense tension in Chinese society, which reveals the difficult course of modernity in China.In the development of modernity, it gives birth to nationalism. National country is derivation of modernity. Especially in China, modernity and nationalism are connected with each other. Nationalism is strengthened in the course of modernity. When Chinese intellects thought the problem of Chinese modernity, the problem of national country comes along with it. Hence, national country imagination takes up a large part of native soil imagination, which forms a kind of national fable. The "root-seeking" expression in national fable is the seek towards national spirit. Meanwhile, the slang of native soil is the re-acknowledge towards national culture. Native soil in national fable becomes the last fortification against the west. This national country imagination manifest that Chinese intellects take more responsibilities and worries than western intellects when concerning the problem of Chinese Modernity. Chinese modernity is developing on the base of backward social bases and the development is unbalanced. Until the end of 20th century, pre-modern, modern, post-modern appear at the same age in Chinese society. In this way, faced with native soil, tensional imagination produced. The disenchantment of modernity results in the destroying towards native soil. The reenchantment world is rebuilt which reminds of divinity of native soil. The temptation of modernity makes people escape from native soil. Modernity also makes people come back to native soil. The alienation of native soil makes people escape again.The conflicts between escape and regression become an important theme in the age of native soil imagination. However, in the post-modern runnable mechanism, some new methods of native soil imagination appear, such as explaining immense narration, making up nation soil "little history", molding a kind of ecological nation soil world and so on. This manifests that Chinese modernity is still a promising enterprise. The thought towards modernity is deepening. The pattern and implicature of native soil imagination would become diverse and colorful.
Keywords/Search Tags:native soil imagination, modernity, national fable, modernity appeal, modernity reflection, post-modern, runnable mechanism
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