Jonathan Culler and Feminism

Abstract

Abstract: Jonathan Culler constructs Feminist reading theory from the angle of literary deconstructionism. He elaborates on Feminist reading theory from three facets: reading and interpretation of women's experience, women's reading that identifies with men and that asserts reason. As a male theorist recognized by many women critics, Culler fully affirms Feminism and reflects upon it from a deconstructionist perspective.

Key words: Jonathan Culler, Feminism, reading theory, male theorist

Wu Fang. Jonathan Culler and Feminism[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2017, 37(2): 148-154.

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(1)国内关于这两个理论研究的成果主要有《创伤叙事与“不及物写作”》(林庆新:2008)、《弗洛伊德和荣格对心理创伤的理解》(赵冬梅:2009)、《创伤理论与亚裔美国文学批评》(王建会:2010)、《西方文论关键词:创伤》(陶家俊:2011)、《朱迪斯·巴特勒的后女性主义理论》(李庆本:2008)、《巴特勒与表演性理论》(何成洲:2010)、《西方文论关键词:性别操演理论》(都岚岚:2011)等。
(2)持这一观点的学者主要有Jeffrey C.Alexander,Neil J.Smelser,Elizabeth Butler Breese,Jeffrey Stevenson Murer等。
(3)持这种观点的学者主要有Jeffery C.Alexander,Ron Eyerman,Neil J.Smelser等。
(4)相关论述,参见王建会的论文“‘难以言说'与‘不得不说'的悖论——《特别响,非常近》的创伤叙事分析”,《外国文学》5(2013):147-55。
(5)这里所说的“语言”是指“言语,”即英语的speech或utterance,而“非语言”是指语言之外的表征方式,如图像、图片、意象、画面、雕塑、数字等等。
(6)创伤叙述者既可以指创伤主体本人是叙述者,也可以指叙述者是在讲述他人的创伤经历。
(7)一些学者认为,见证创伤是一种操演行为,例如Patrick Duggan,Shoshana Felman,Bob Plant等。

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