{"product_id":"subjectivity-and-realism-in-modern-chinese-fiction-9781498566193","title":"Subjectivity and Realism in Modern Chinese","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe questions of subjectivity and the literary style of realism, as manifested in Hu Feng''s theoretical writings and Lu Ling''s fictional writings, occupy a unique position in modern China. By looking more closely into the theoretical and fictional texts and the social-historical subtext, and through a re-examination of the issue of subjectivity and individualism, this book argues that individualism should not be treated as an ahistorical value-system, but understood within changing historical contexts; subjectivity should not be treated as an issue of personal choice, but as class-based and derived from collective community. To differentiate different subjectivities and the diversified foci of individualism in differing historical periods, Xiaoping Wang finds we need to explore the intellectuals'' cultural-political strategy by situating them in the particular historical conjuncture and in the particular cultural fields. With this hermeneutical practice, the politics of recognitio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheoretically well-informed and methodologically rigorous, this outstanding study of the works of Hu Feng and Lu Ling incorporates the insights brought out by existing works, and departs from them by offering insightful, new interpretations through delving into the larger issues of cultural politics and ideologies during the radical revolutionary era of the 1930s and 1940s in modern China. This significant contribution substantially develops the present scholarship and will contribute significantly to the scholarship on modern Chinese literature and culture studies.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Liu Kang, Duke University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough analysis of the history and work of Hu Feng and his student Lu Ling, Xiaoping Wang presents a nuanced interpretation of both supportive and oppositional theories bedeviling literary intellectuals and authorities in twentieth century China. Two key concepts, individualism and subjectivity, anchor this rich study, which teases out the fascinating evolution of a modern Chinese literature complicated by a multifaceted history. This is an excellent book for anyone interested in the complex history of the literary and intellectual field in modern China.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Wendy Larson, University of Oregon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I Hu Feng’s Notion of “Subjective Fighting Spirit”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter One \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCultural Capital, Hegemony and the Zeitgeist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Two \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntellectuals’ Politics and a Bourgeois Subjectivity\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart II Subjectivity in Lu Ling’s Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Three\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubjectivity in Loss: Disintegration of Traditional Family and Emergence of Desire \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Four \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubjectivity in Search of: “Bildungsroman” of Modern Chinese Intellectuals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Five \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSubjectivity in Vain: A Fable of the Failure of Bourgeois Social Reforms \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Six\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntellectuals in Predicament: Other Stories\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III The People and the Class Consciousness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Seven\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitics of Recognition and Politics of Style\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Eight\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSelf-Other Relationship and the Other as the People\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Nine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLu Ling’s Theory and His Fiction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040794870103,"sku":"9781498566193","price":76.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781498566193.jpg?v=1750947869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/subjectivity-and-realism-in-modern-chinese-fiction-9781498566193","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}