Feminist Perspectives on Gender and the Sublime

Chen Rong

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4) : 98-108.

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Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (4) : 98-108.
Western Literary Theory and Aesthetics Studies

Feminist Perspectives on Gender and the Sublime

  • Chen Rong
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The paper reinterprets the conceptual history of sublime theory from a feminist perspective. Besides exposing the deep imprint of patriarchal discourse in the classical version of the sublime, contemporary feminists make great efforts to remold the aesthetical category to incorporate the female experiences, subjectivity and ethics. Therefore, the concept of the sublime enjoys an expansion to include possibilities of transgressing borders, embracing emotion, upholding heterogeneity and advocating intersubjectivity. This is the new dynamic that feminism brings to the theoretical field of sublime aesthetics.

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the sublime / feminism / feminine ecriture / transgression / intersubjectivity

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Chen Rong. Feminist Perspectives on Gender and the Sublime[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2021, 41(4): 98-108

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This article is supported by the “Double First-Class” Key Project of Beijing Foreign Studies University (2020SYLZDXM044).
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