Cultural Capital and the Tale of Two Lu Xuns

• Main Author: Ke, Yang
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
• Subjects: cultural capital; literary canon; Lu Xun; uses of Lu Xun’s works
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss30/29; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1762/viewcontent/KK_2030_2C_202018_20_26_2031_2C_202018_2029_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Critical_20Crossings_20Hybridity_27s_20Fissures_20and_20Ruptures_20__20Ke.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Historically, Lu Xun’s canonical status in China had been used for purposes other than strictly or specifically “literary,” although the aesthetic merits of his works remain indisputable even from the broader perspective of World Literature today. Nonetheless, such uses, which this study refers to a...