Gu Fusion of Critical Horizons in Chinese and Western Language, Poetics, Aesthetics

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-030-73730-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 369 Seiten, eBook

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This book begins with a reflection on dichotomies in comparative studies of Chinese and Western literature and aesthetics. Critiquing an oppositional paradigm, Ming Dong Gu argues that despite linguistic and cultural differences, the two traditions share much common ground in critical theory, aesthetic thought, metaphysical conception, and reasoning. Focusing on issues of language, writing, and linguistics; metaphor, metonymy, and poetics; mimesis and representation; and lyricism, expressionism, creativity, and aesthetics, Gu demonstrates that though ways of conception and modes of expression may differ, the two traditions have cultivated similar aesthetic feelings and critical ideas capable of fusing critical and aesthetic horizons. With a two-way dialogue, this book covers a broad spectrum of critical discourses and uncovers fascinating connections among a wide range of thinkers, theorists, scholars, and aestheticians, thereby making a significant contribution  to bridging the aesthetic divide and envisioning world theory and global aesthetics.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gu, Ming Dong

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Aesthetic Divide and Vision of Global Aesthetics Part I Language and Writing 2. Writing System and Linguistic Controversy 3. Reconceptualizing the Linguistic DividePart II Metaphor and Poetics 4. Chinese and Western Conceptions of Metaphor5. Metaphor as Signs: Bi-Xing and Metaphor/Metonymy Part III Mimesis and Representation6. Is Mimetic Theory Universal? 7. Western Mimeticism and Chinese Mimetic TheoryPart IV Metaphysics and Aesthetics 8. Divine Thinking and Artistic Creation9. Lyricism and Mimeticism in Aesthetic Thought 10. Conclusion: Toward World Criticism and Global Aesthetics

Über Autor(innen)

Ming Dong Gu is Distinguished Professor of Foreign Studies at Shenzhen University, China, and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Texas at Dallas, USA. His recent books include Why Traditional Chinese Philosophy Still Matters (2018) and Sinologism: An Alternative to Orientalism and Postcolonialism (2013).