The Study Of The Spatial Turn Of Literary Theory

This dissertation primarily focuses on the spatial turn in literature theories.In the specific context of spatial turn,exploring the literature how to use the unique spatial narration to participate in the construction of literary text meaning.At the same time,this article is a researching on how the textual space can be seen as a code of contemporary social and cultural problem,to involve in thinking about the complexity and variability in daily life.Significant changes of the western academic circles in the 20th century had regenerated academic paradigm,the space theories had become an important topic of western contemporary humanities fields."Spatial Turn" as a massive and complicated "academic event",covering a wide range of discipline fields.With its sense of depth and liberation,the spatial turn has been bringing a series of paradigm transformation in literature study.Based on the spatial juxtaposition and paid more attention on the spatial thinking mode of simultaneity,the properties of presence and the constructability,the tendency of this research is bound to overcome the limitation of traditional literature theory and provide effective theoretical support for the complicated cultural phenomenon.The goal of this dissertation is based on the contemporary western spatial turn to find out a new direction in contemporary literature theory.In order to activate the splendid tradition and to arise the theoretical tension of the literature theory to face the new problem.Under the influence of spatial turn,literature theory becomes not only a reflection form,but also a practice form.It has successfully combined with the reality experience.This dissertation will be structured in five chapters,in addition to an introduction and a conclusion.The introduction section firstly presents a comprehensive elaborate on the theoretical background,from which the basic research orientation can be extracted.After the huge changes of space experience,academic circles began to re-examine the traditional space cognitive.The second half of the 20th century,the importance of the space has an enormous influence on the humanities and social science fields.Therefore,summed up some relative research achievements are the precondition for this investigation.Secondly,bringing the space awareness into literature theory research and putting forward the research strategies,research methods,research contents and research characteristics.Space theory strategies contain the interdisciplinary theory resources,its combination with literature theory discource can make up for the increasingly serious separation between literature and public space.This research discovers that put spatial awareness into literature theory has a certain academic openness,from which the main topic is extracted to confirm the basic contents and connotation of this paper.Chapter I.The preliminary theoretical preparation for the spatial turn in literature theories.This part mainly analyzes 3 quenstions:firstly,tracing the ideological origin of the concept of space;secondly,exploring the feasibility of research on spatial turn in literature theories;thirdly,elaborating the interactive process of the space theories and literature theories.Because of the amibiguity characteristics,the academic circle does little to highlight the importance of probing the spatial theory.In order to make a proper evaluation on the space,it is necessary to have a historical review of the space conception.As a transformative power,space theories enrich the content and the depth of the humanities.Under the influence of the spatial turn,the research paradigm of aesthetics and sociology has changed.Similarly,the space awareness is doomed to have a new cultural shock on the contemporary literature theories.The interaction of space theories and literature theories are the fundamental significance of the humanities transformation.Space awareness advocates the openness?diversity and heterogeneity.Taking it as the guideline,the literature theory is bound to break through the limitation of traditional mindset,and to make the diversity of literature form and phenomenon to complete transformation and replenish.Chapter II.The condition of the spatial turn in literature theories.The development of capitalism in the late 20th century had made the capitalist mode of production break off its specific historical origin in Europe.The worldwide capitalist experiment enables people to regard the world as a whole spatial landscape.The world unification can be described as the deep development of globalization?urbanization and networking process.The world unification is the external condition of the rising of literature modernity.In the face of the collapse of the traditional space and the reconstruction of the modern space,literature gets away from the sealed space into the diversified worldwide space.Therefore,the literature can pay more attention on the multicultural and heterogeneous phenomenon.Literature theory as a special reflection method must have a closely interactive with the literature situation of the present age.The literature theory can be activated continuously by the reality.Literature theories will be in the perspective of "the Great Literature" to achieve the orgainic combination of scope and depth,dynamic and static,in order to establish an inclusive humanistic quality and innovative spirit.Chapter III.The motivation of the spatial turn in literature theories.The appearance of the spatial issues are not only embodied in the theoretical perspective,but also in the practical perspective.If the humanistic theory makes an abstract summarize on the spatial issues can be considered to the coming of the era of spatial turn,then exploring the textual space can be seen as the dominating motivation of the spatial turn.In Joseph Frank's masterpiece:The Spatial Form in the Modernist Novels.Frank puts forward a technical term called "Spatial Form" to explain the brand new text structure in modernist novel.Most of the novelists in the 20th century have abandoned the skill of time sequence to creat the literary works.Instead,a kind of space structure is injected into creation.The discovery of spatial form can be regarded as the motivation of the spatial turn in literature theories.It is described as the expansion of space was caused by time freeze.Literary and artistic creation paid more attention on the extension and juxtaposition of space,so that led to the continuum of time flow become complicated.Spatial form was used intentionally as an artistic technique and method.The space awareness in text constructing can inspire the scholars of the humanities to attempt to realize the spatial turn in the ideological paradigm of the literary and the culture.Chapter ?.The discourse practice of the spatial turn in literature theories.As the core chapter of this paper,this part takes the spatial criticism and author cultural identity as the key point,to examine the interactive relationships between the textual space and the reality space,so as to highlight the critical function of the literature multiple interpretation.In the literary activities,the author as the starting of it can hold the authority of the discourse narration.From the perspective of the author to get to the identity of spatial criticism can demonstrate the rationality of the link between the literature theory and the space theory.During this interpretation,with the help of the space theory,the literature discourse has completed the involvement of the reality space,and has put its own spatial imagination into the controversy of the postmodern culture.Chapter ?.The reception of the spatial turn in literature theories.As the last step of this research,textual space reading needs readers to interpret or explain the spatial form or spatial imagery of literary works.It was clear that the space theory could be enriched by readers.First of all,discussing the transformation and significance of the reader through the historical perspective.Under the influence of the spatial turn,the identities of readers are no longer being the passive receiver in literature activites.They become the "wreader" who can hold the function of writing and creating.Secondly,this part mainly analyzes that under the influence of spatial turn,how can readers involve in the textual space.Taking Fredric Jameson's theory of "Hyperspace" as the key point to elaborate the reader's reading strategies in textual space.Jameson's theory not only provides a theoretical logic to analyze the postmodern textual space,but also establishes an overall perspective for the development of literature theory and literature criticism.Finally,exploring the reading experience of "the Flaneur".The flaneur as a key metaphorical image to interpret the modernity,who can express the sense of wandering,liberty awareness and rebellion ambition.The flaneur can be seen as the symbol of freedom.In most of modern or postmodern literary works,the text comprehension is calling for the consciousness of flaneurs,especially lies in the literature which constructed by spatial form.The conclusion.With the introduction of spatial resources,Chinese literature theory can through a comprehensive view to introspect the crisis and the reconstruction of the discipline.Chinese literature theory also needs to reconstruct the contemporary literary discourse system through the new literature changes caused by spatial turn.A brand new cultural shock and cultural integration are forming.The development of spatial turn in literature theories as the common topic of both Chinese and western literature theories.To some extent,Chinese and western literature theories live under the same starting point when they are attempting to make use of the spaital awareness to seek for the academic evolution.