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SUMMARY:From Mara Poet to Nobel Laureate: On Modern Chinese Literary Cultu
 re - David Der-wei Wang (Professor in Chinese Literature at Harvard Univer
 sity\, Director of CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological 
 Studies\, and Academician\, Academia Senica)
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CONTACT:Reni Eddo-Lodge
DESCRIPTION:This is the first of four public Humanitas events in Chinese S
 tudies by renowned scholar of Chinese Literature\, David Der-wei Wang. \n\
 n"David Der-wei Wang":http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/people/profile/david-der
 -wei-wang (Professor in Chinese Literature at Harvard University\, Directo
 r of CCK Foundation Inter-University Center for Sinological Studies\, and 
 Academician\, Academia Senica) will give a series of three public lectures
  on aspects of The Chinesesness of Chinese Literature\, then participate i
 n a concluding symposium on Wednesday 21 May 2014.\n\nThis talk examines m
 odern Chinese literature not as a corpus of texts but as a constellation o
 f tastes\, discourses\, occasions\, and productions contested by historica
 l dynamics. The talk starts with the year 1908\, when Lu Xun introduced 
 “Mara Poet” as a modern agent to “pluck” one’s heart and thereby
  transform China. This Mara Poet underwent multiple incarnations in the su
 bsequent decades\, from a romantic iconoclast to a modernist rebel and a r
 evolutionary fighter\, finally becoming a Maoist Cadre. Meanwhile\, since 
 the 1920s\, modern Chinese literary culture has been occupied by another f
 igure\, Alfred Nobel\, as the country was striving to catch up with world 
 literature. When Gao Xingjian and Mo Yan were awarded the Nobel Prizes in 
 the new millennium\, however\, that produced more questions than answers a
 s to the meaning and function of Chinese literature.     \n\nFrom Mara to 
 Nobel by way of Mao\, modern Chinese literary culture has been conceived\,
  produced\, circulated\, and consumed in a multitude of ways. The talk wil
 l focus on the following topics: the changing fields of production\, the f
 ashioning of literary subjectivity\, and the negotiation of literary value
 s\, during the pre-May Fourth era\, the eve of 1949\, and the postsocialis
 t era.   \n\nFor further information\, see http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/eve
 nts/25336
LOCATION:Mill Lane\, Lecture Room 1
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