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From The West To The Middle East

Posted on:2015-12-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:B H XiaFull Text:PDF
GTID:2175330431499893Subject:Literature and art
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In this paper, We will take the Indian school’s flagship character Partha Charterjee for example. We will take the orient subaltern discourse as a starting point.Through Close Reading and method of Transverse longitudinal comparison,From the theory of resources,literary creation to cultural status. From history of India to China today. Detailed review Chatterjee’s theory of "Subaltern discourse".Then we could come to inspirational thinking. So theory of India subaltern discourse can be used in cultural practice immediately.Academic writing, dialogue interviews and screenplay could all reflect chatterjee’s uniqueness in the field of culture. His goal is not only to break the imagination of "the black hole of Calcutta" in western world, but also find a relatively reasonable system of governancein oriental nations,find the system support for subaltern power of discourse.In the thesis,the first part, we will use three conceptual basis to explain:Two kinds of modernity, the national subaltern level of democracy and political society. Starting from the critique of Kant’s ideas of the enlightenment (Technocracy concept), we want to explore the eastern subaltern persistently struggle in the same Western modernity, continuously adjust strategy, to reflect on their own, try to establish their own modern standards. We reflect deeply on "Imagined community" step by step,analysis three period of the combination of the eastern nationalism and the postcolonial national form: Separation,strategy,completion.we need to think about that Subaltern’s losing of power of discourse, being deceived and the importance of struggle andalliance. Partha Chatterjee architecture the concept of "Political society", which is more suitable for the eastern world, through Inheritance development and derivative from Antonio Gramsci’s theory of "Civil society",as well as underlying power of discourse in Indian national perspective.In the second part, Partha Chatterjee will contact subaltern discourse with Indian culture status, specificing about the subaltern research and subaltern survival status."Railway Village No.1", which Chatterjee squeezed is the paradigm case for struggle of discourse power:the illegal status of subaltern is also a fighting tool, Subaltern could use its own edge position, for their own interest to establish interactive open channels of expression, obtaining some degree of identity from rulers. Chatterjee’s critical of Tagore’s thought is also worth meditative. We should think about the influence of Foucault "discourse power" theory on Chatterjee’s subaltern discourse theory, taking representational forms of art,India film for example, show the subaltern of India have been oppression.The third part,"From India to China". Subaltern in India and China has different fate and similar difficulties.Through India we can reflect Chinese subaltern’s power of discourse. Documentary"Tiexi District",which may be called "Chinese Railway Village1", has grand scenes with a full-length shot, industrial workers have to be faced with material difficulties and obstacles in discourse under the dramatic social transformation. The director, Jia Zhangke,study of subatern and subatern writing in China may let us show solicitude for subaltern as well as be aware of the local have a lot of problems in subatern conception.Comparison of the two subaltern discourse right, we could have a more profound understanding of the eastern world.In the conclusion,through the whole article’s discussion,we can stress the core concept of Chatterjee’s cultural thought, as well as emphasis on mutual reference of subaltern study in India and China."Subaltern discourse",as the theme, need to closely contact with the individual in society. Subaltern should draw lessons from the past in the struggle of colonialism,avoiding unnecessary bloodshed.The subltern power of discourse should be obtained gradually in the dynamic balance of the ruled and governors. Socialist Chinese subaltern need to go out for their own struggle on the road according to Chatterjee’s theory.
Keywords/Search Tags:Culture, Subaltern discourse, Modernity, Democracy, Politicalsociety, China and India
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