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"Retreat In Order To Advance" Study On Cultural Regression Strategy Of Terry Eagleton

Posted on:2021-05-19Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:R X ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2415330602983989Subject:Literature and art
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Terry eagleton is a famous contemporary British literary theorist,critic and scholar,an important contributor to the Cultural Study.He has the inexhaustible vitality of frequent works and fresh ideas in academic circles.Research about him mainly focuses on aesthetic ideology,body aesthetics and literary criticism,and involves many fields such as literature,culture,ethics,politics,sociology,psychology and religion.In the course of eagleton's active research and writing,there is a tone that comes and goes,and there is a significant clue in his long,wide and almost unpredictable thought path,that is"return".Under Eagleton's critical and polemical writing style and theories following the development of society,he shows the pursuit of politics,morality,culture and other "original" concepts,whether in his theory system construction or in his text criticism practice,almost become a consistent"background color".The thesis is mainly divided into four chapters:The first chapter introduces the research status of Eagleton,and analyzes the significance of the topic through the grasp of his academic path and achievements;The second chapter mainly revolves around cultural studies,calling for a return to which represents the "dislocation" had occurred,seeking to return means that culture has been a "beyond",culture shows how the expansion of the phenomenon,the function and influence on what aspects of development and retreat;Then,in connection with Eagleton's cultural theory,how does he understand the causes and the essence of the situation;The third chapter focuses on Eagleton's culture theory in recent years,mainly in his criticisms of others and post-modernism,as well as the thought system of the building to see Eagleton on cultural issues "retreat" with the real heart of "advance",mainly through literature,ideology,and the body aesthetics,analyzes its strategies and paths from modern philosophy to classicism,from culturalism to literary aesthetics,from cultural foundation to natural ecology foundation,from politics to body and sensibility.The fourth chapter mainly analyzes Eagleton's influence on Chinese cultural study,and further analyzes the essence of cultural study,especially its practical significance,and its due role and status in different fields.The thesis is mainly written by reading literature,comparative analysis,inductive research and practical case analysis.
Keywords/Search Tags:Terry Eagleton, Cultural studies, Aesthetic ideology, Retreat for Advance, Cultural regression strategy
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