Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism

This essay examines the discursive emergence of ethical literary criticism—a new wave of theory and practice of literary criticism that has developed in the West even as it has also historically thrived in China. It begins with the revival of ethical criticism in the West when American ethical criti...

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Main Authors: Yang, Gexin, Zheng, Hongxia
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Published: Archīum Ateneo 2024
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spelling ph-ateneo-arc.kk-18932024-12-19T03:48:02Z Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism Yang, Gexin Zheng, Hongxia This essay examines the discursive emergence of ethical literary criticism—a new wave of theory and practice of literary criticism that has developed in the West even as it has also historically thrived in China. It begins with the revival of ethical criticism in the West when American ethical criticism blossomed and advanced new conceptions of reading. The paper then turns “eastward” to China and discusses the historical context in which ethical literary criticism emerged in the country. It surveys the history of importation of Western theories and the resulting inundation of the “theoretical complex” since China’s opening up to the outside world. Finally, the essay focuses on the theoretical elaboration of Nie Zhenzhao to whom is owed the current emergence of ethical literary criticism in China as well as the attention of literary critics and scholars in the West. The paper argues that ethical literary criticism which has grown into a critical movement in China follows this trajectory: from its origins in Ancient Greece, it develops into a trend in the West, and finally gives shape to Nie Zhenzhao’s critical theory, China’s most prominent contribution to the scholarship in the field of ethical literary criticism. 2024-12-19T06:06:57Z text application/pdf https://archium.ateneo.edu/kk/vol1/iss37/22 info:doi/10.13185/1656-152x.1893 https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/kk/article/1893/viewcontent/KK_2037_2C_202021_2022_20Forum_20Kritika_20on_20Ethical_20Literary_20Criticism_2C_20Brain_20Text_20and_20New_20Readings_20of_20World_20Literature_20__20Yang_2C_20Zheng.pdf Kritika Kultura Archīum Ateneo brain text; ethical criticism; ethical literary criticism; ethical selection
institution Ateneo De Manila University
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topic brain text; ethical criticism; ethical literary criticism; ethical selection
spellingShingle brain text; ethical criticism; ethical literary criticism; ethical selection
Yang, Gexin
Zheng, Hongxia
Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
description This essay examines the discursive emergence of ethical literary criticism—a new wave of theory and practice of literary criticism that has developed in the West even as it has also historically thrived in China. It begins with the revival of ethical criticism in the West when American ethical criticism blossomed and advanced new conceptions of reading. The paper then turns “eastward” to China and discusses the historical context in which ethical literary criticism emerged in the country. It surveys the history of importation of Western theories and the resulting inundation of the “theoretical complex” since China’s opening up to the outside world. Finally, the essay focuses on the theoretical elaboration of Nie Zhenzhao to whom is owed the current emergence of ethical literary criticism in China as well as the attention of literary critics and scholars in the West. The paper argues that ethical literary criticism which has grown into a critical movement in China follows this trajectory: from its origins in Ancient Greece, it develops into a trend in the West, and finally gives shape to Nie Zhenzhao’s critical theory, China’s most prominent contribution to the scholarship in the field of ethical literary criticism.
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author Yang, Gexin
Zheng, Hongxia
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Zheng, Hongxia
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title Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
title_short Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
title_full Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
title_fullStr Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
title_full_unstemmed Ethical Selection and Brain Text: The Development of Ethical Literary Criticism
title_sort ethical selection and brain text: the development of ethical literary criticism
publisher Archīum Ateneo
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