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Research On The Characteristics Of Detective In Benjamin' Cultural Studies

Posted on:2018-04-23Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:Z M WangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2335330518982469Subject:Literature and art
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Walter Benjamin is legendary in the 20th Century.in philosophy, literature, film and television,and other fields,he has a lot of achievements. Since 1950s,the research on Walter Benjamin has become,and the cultural research is a hot research field. The research methods of Walter Benjamin are various, and the "label" has been used by researchers. "Labeling" refers to the meaning of the content itself. This way is not giving a mistake to something,but need to hidden the real thing after careful investigation. In this paper, the "label" approach to the study of Walter Benjamin's cultural studies, and revealing the "detective" is the "label", and show the characteristics of the detective in the cultural culture.In Walter Benjamin's cultural studies, literature, daily life and city are the focus of attention. This article is from the three aspects of Walter Benjamin's cultural studies to develop and refine the "detective" characteristics .The culture studies has the nature of inter discipline, paying attention to the external connection with literature, and also to the interpretation of cultural phenomenon. Walter Benjamin's wide range of interests,interdisciplinary vision for the convenience of his cultural studies. Walter Benjamin's study of literature is not confined to the interior of literary texts, but focuses on the extensive connection between text and external social life, especially in culture. As for Walter Benjamin's study of daily life and the city itself, it is the interpretation of the cultural phenomenon.The first chapter makes a survey of the detective features of literary studies in Walter Benjamin's cultural studies. Walter Benjamin's literary research is more concerned with the author's interpretation and research methods of literature. From Baudelaire,Kafka and Proust to look Walter Benjamin's image, it will found Walter Benjamin has the absorption of wander, fable and detective on the body composition, and revealing the detective temperament. There are four research methods with "philosophy", "alchemists","labeling" and the detective all need to show "the truth". As can be seen,In Walter Benjamin's world, the literature is becoming the "truth" state.The second chapter examines the detective features of daily life in Walter Benjamin's cultural studies. Pay more attention to the daily life of Walter Benjamin contains the secret things -- the picture puzzle and the miniature. Things that seem to have no secrets -- reading and games -- Walter Benjamin also gave them the secret nature of their daily lives. Some of the daily activities of travel and collection, which are not of their own nature, can actually be viewed as a process of finding and deciphering secrets.From the above three situations, we can see that Walter Benjamin's daily life research is a study of the daily life in the state of secrecy. The research of this kind of daily life has the nature of decryption, so it also shows the characteristics of detective.The third chapter examines the detective features of the city studies in Walter Benjamin's cultural studies. City is a focus of Walter Benjamin's cultural studies. Berlin,Moscow and Paris are three important cities in the course of Walter Benjamin's life.Under Walter Benjamin's pen, the three city shows the state of Berlin has become the memory maze; Moscow as the maze of love; Paris became disillusioned maze. Walter Benjamin is a detective,in the three cities. From the perspective of "detective" and"maze", it is a feasible strategy to investigate Walter Benjamin and his three great cities,and also an exploration of the city in the culture studies of Walter Benjamin..In short, the detective characteristics of Walter Benjamin culture research reflected in literary truth -- literature will be presented in a state of truth; daily life secret -- daily life in a secret state present; city maze -- in a maze of the city state. This article is take example by "label", and this way need to face other Walter Benjamin's labels.
Keywords/Search Tags:Benjamin, detective, cultural studies, literature, daily life, city
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