Literature and Power

A Critical Investigation of Literary Legitimacy
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-03-248961-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 608 g

Reihe: China Perspectives

With reference to the theoretical framework of Michel Foucault and Pierre Bourdieu, this book offers a critical investigation into such epic issues as the end of art and the inherent laws of literature’s evolution, while conflating the two into one major argumentation.

The book proceeds from Hegel’s claim of “the end of art” to tackle the universal yet essential problem of literature: its legitimacy in a sociological sense. It invests Bourdieu’s sociological terms – power, capital, habitus, field, and so forth-into the study of literature and art while taking on other theoretical enquiries, particularly the Marxist exploration into ideology, as well as aspects of economics and communication studies.

This book will be a valuable resource for students and scholars of the sociology of literature, cultural studies, and those with specific interests in Chinese literature, literary and art theory.

Zielgruppe

General, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Guohua, Zhu

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Mediensoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Ost- & Südostasiatische Literatur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften

Über Autor(innen)

Zhu Guohu is Changjiang Scholars Program Distinguished Professor, dean of School of International Chinese Studies, East China Normal University, editor-in-chief of TSLA (Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art), and chair of Chinese Association of Literary Theory, specializing in Eastern and Western literary theories. His books include The Cultural Logic of Power: Bourdieu’s Sociological Poetics (2016 expanded edition).