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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2020, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (2): 139-149.

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The Shift from "Thought" to "Spirit" in Lu Xun Studies since 1976: A Case Study of Wang Furen's A Mirror of China's Anti-Feudal Ideological Revolution

Wang Jian, Chen Guoen

the College of Liberal Arts, Hunan Normal University; the College of Liberal Arts, Wuhan University

Online:2020-03-25 Published:2020-04-26
About author:Wang Jian, Ph. D., is a lecturer in the College of Liberal Arts, Hunan Normal University. His area of academic specialty is Marxist literary theory. Chen Guoen, Ph. D., is a professor in the College of Liberal Arts, Wuhan University. His area of academic specialty includes modern and contemporary Chinese literature.

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Abstract: It is commonly accepted that 1976 was a turning point for Lu Xun studies, but what remains obscure is through what ways the shift eventuated. This article, by focusing on Wang Furen's study of Lu Xun, attempts to outline the shift with the two keywords "thought" and "spirit", and highlights his contribution of integrating factors of intellectuals and reality into Lu Xun studies, which is inspired by the epistemological turn. This attempt becomes the origin of a more individualized and enlightenment-oriented approaches to Lu Xun. It is in this latter period that the concept of "spirit" is emphasized, because it depicts a knowledge system different from the politicized "thought". The shift of keywords, in fact, indicates a shift of epistemology.

Key words: thought, materialism, epistemology, intellectuals, spirit

Wang Jian, Chen Guoen. The Shift from "Thought" to "Spirit" in Lu Xun Studies since 1976: A Case Study of Wang Furen's A Mirror of China's Anti-Feudal Ideological Revolution[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2020, 40(2): 139-149.

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