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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (5): 48-57.

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How the Althusserian Critics Inherit and Develop Marx’s Thought of Artistic Production

Duan Jifang   

  1. School of Chinese Language and Literature, South China Normal University
  • Online:2021-09-25 Published:2021-09-26
  • About author:Duan Jifang, Ph.D., is the Dean of the Research Center for Aesthetic Culture and Critical Theory and a professor at the School of Chinese Language and Literature, South China Normal University. His research interests include literary theory and aesthetics.
  • Supported by:

    Major Project of National Social Sciences Foundation(17ZDA269)

Abstract:

How Althusserian critics inherited and developed Marx’s thought of artistic production is an important theoretical issue in the development of Marxist theory on literature and art. Louis Althusser, Pierre Macherey and Terry Eagleton put forward important theoretical concepts such as “symptomatic criticism”, “silence” and “aesthetic ideological criticism” within the framework of Marxist philosophy and ideology, expanding Marx’s thought of artistic production in the light of the relation between ideology and aesthetic discourses, and thus they have enriched the theoretical connotation of Marx’s theory and promoted the thought of artistic production, enabling it to take root in textual criticism and move towards more specific literary research. A delineation of this issue and summarization of its theoretical implications in the development of Marxist literary theory may illuminate contemporary interpretation of classical Marxist literary theory.

Key words:

Althusserian critics; Marxist literary theory, artistic production, problem history