Literature and power : a critical investigation of literary legitimacy / Zhu Guohua.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhu, Guohua, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Series:

China perspectives series

China perspectives

Standardized Title:

Wen xue yu quan li. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 294 pages).

Place of Publication:

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023.

Biography/History:

Zhu Guohu is Changjiang Scholars Program Distinguished Professor, dean of School of International Chinese Studies, East China Normal University, editor-in-chief of TSLA (Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art), and chair of Chinese Association of Literary Theory, specializing in Eastern and Western literary theories. His books include The Cultural Logic of Power: Bourdieu's Sociological Poetics (2016 expanded edition).

Contents:

Part I. Literary Power: A Sociological Interpretation

Logic of Power: Disenchanting the Aura of Literature

Cultural Capital of Literature (1): Narration of Literature

Cultural Capital of Literature (2): Position in the Discursive Order

Part II. Historical Evolution of Literary Power

Communication Media and Literary Concept

Literary Power in the Era of Oral Communication

Literary Power in the Age of Writing and Printing

Literary Power in the Age of Mass Media

Part III. Literature as the Signifying Strategy of Power

Power's Impact on Literature

Political Power and Literature: Logic of Distinction

Economic Power and Literature: Symbolic Struggle of Literary Field

Appendix 1. Literature and Symbolic Power: Another Interpretation of the Ancient Prose Movement in the Mid-Tang Dynasty

Appendix 2. Genealogy of Popular Literature

Appendix 3. Are Movies Terminating Literature?

Appendix 4. Cognition and Wisdom: The End of Art from a Trans-contextual Perspective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Zhu, Guohua, 1964- Literature and power

ISBN:

9781003391647

1003391648

9781000879445

1000879445

9781000879452

1000879453

Publisher Number:

40032201264

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