Dialectics between Politics and Literature: on Overseas Studies in Chinese Literature

Abstract

Abstract: This paper surveys and reflects on the overseas researches on the relationship between Marxism and modern Chinese literature. Through critical analyses of major studies on Left-Wing literature and writers as well as case studies sinicization of Marxist aesthetic ideology, the paper tries to expose the struggle between knowledge and power and reveal the complexity of mutual stimulus between internal and external factors. The paper points out that the study of the sinicization of Marxism should discard the grand historical narrative with one dominant voice and be re-positioned into the multiple voiced historical site. The paper concludes that overseas studies have enriched our understanding of modern Chinese literature with more aspects for further reflection on sinicized Marxism and expanded the scope and pointed to untapped dimension for future studies.

Key words: Marxism, modern Chinese literature, overseas Chinese studies

Ji Jin. Dialectics between Politics and Literature: on Overseas Studies in Chinese Literature[J]. Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art, 2013, 33(1): 39-45.

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