On The Literary Theory Of Early Leaders In Birmingham School

Contemporary Western Literary faces turned to cultural studies, cultural studies is becoming a significant contemporary academic study. We call cultural studies, mostly referring to the rise of the 20th century in the United Kingdom to Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies was established as the symbol.Birmingham School can be said to create a precedent for contemporary cultural studies. Hoggard, Williams and Thompson is an important representative of early Birmingham School, and their thoughts on the later of Birmingham School of Culture and even the scholars all have extraordinary influence. They culture from the traditional argument of elitism freed into the culture of ordinary daily life, this is a completely different system of thought in the past, fundamentally broken the barriers of elitism, as the West cultural studies into a fresh wind. At the same time, they transform traditional Marxism, but also for the development of Marxism provides a new model.This article focuses on the introduction to the inevitability of the rise of Cultural Studies, Birmingham School Profile and Hoggard, an overview of the life of Williams and Thompson. Meanwhile, a brief description of the research status of Birmingham School and the idea of this study.The first part is mainly about appearances of Birmingham School of Historical and Cultural Context. Birmingham School of appearance and the social background and personal history traces on the same time, the Frankfurt School and Birmingham School of great impact. Elitist culture of the Birmingham School crisis is an important reason for the stage of history.The second part discusses the Hoggard, Williams and Thompson's cultural values. Hoggard thought that culture is something most people, Williams thought that culture is a whole way of life ", and Hoggard's view is that" culture is the struggle between different lifestyles. "Meanwhile, This chapter also read the Western concept of traditional culture to do a simple sort.The third part discusses the working-class culture. First, the cultural changes of the working class is introduced. After the on Hoggard, Williams and Thompson were three of the working class cultural outlook. Among them, the Hoggard working class culture is a time to cherish the memory of the past, his identity 30 years of the 20th century working-class culture that organic; Williams believes that the ultimate working-class culture to a common culture; Thompson By "moral economics", "experience" analysis of concepts such as cultural characteristics of the working class.The fourth part discusses the culture of materialism. Cultural Materialism and the rise of the British New Left has a great relevance. Williams of "culture, language, literature, ideology" as the basic concepts of cultural materialism, all four are indispensable, not each other out. Structure of feeling, hegemony, intermediary and with the structure of these key words can help us better understand Williams's cultural materialism.The fifth part discusses the theory of mass communication in particular his analysis of television. Williams think that television is a special cultural techniques, processes, flow possession is his theory of an important concept in television. Williams will be divided into business class television programming and public service program, confirmed to U.S. television as the representative of commercial type of program.Epilogue briefly Hoggard, Williams and Thompson, the impact of three of the Birmingham School, and the impact on China after the dissolution of the development trend of the Birmingham school.