scholarly journals Shanghai and the Chinese utopia in the early 20th century as presented in “The New Story of the Stone”

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yiping Wang ◽  
Ping Zhu
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Western Country ◽  
Mirror Image ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
Late Qing China ◽  
Civilized World

The novel The New Story of the Stone (新石头记, Xinshitouji [1908] 2016), by Wu Jianren, is one of the most representative Chinese utopian works of the late Qing dynasty, or the early 20th-century. The novel is evenly divided into two parts. The first 20 chapters probe into the political and social conditions of late Qing China through the depictions of the protagonist’s travels to cities such as Shanghai, Wuhan and Beijing where the relations with the West had been established. The last 20 chapters, which are antithetical to the first part, depict a utopia – the Civilized World. There is a twisted mirror-image relationship between Shanghai and the Civilized World. The Civilized World alludes to civilized Shanghai with advanced hospitals, factories, museums, schools for women, trading markets and so on. Based on the image of Shanghai, the highly westernized and modernized Chinese metropolis, the author works out this “genuine civilized country” in the hope of competing with the “false civilized Western country”. Therefore, by making the geographic location of “the Civilized World” both fictional and real, the author finds his way to imagining a unique Chinese utopia which might surpass the Western civilization in the late Qing China.

,,Er hätte am liebsten ununterbrochen gespielt“. : Schach in Elias Canettis Roman ,,Die Blendung“

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 649-661
Author(s):  
Carl Philipp Roth
Keyword(s):  
Social Context ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Chess Player ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Strategic Skills

Abstract Der Beitrag untersucht die Bedeutung des Schachspiels in Elias Canettis Roman Die Blendung zum einen auf der Ebene der historischen und sozialen Kontexte, in denen der Schachspieler Siegfried Fischer im Wien des frühen 20. Jahrhunderts steht. Er fokussiert zum anderen die Bedeutung des Schachspiels auf Handlungsebene. Denn Siegfried Fischer – genannt Fischerle – überträgt seine strategischen Fähigkeiten im Schach auf die ihn umgebende Welt und bringt so Peter Kien ,Zug um Zug‘ um dessen Reichtum.The article examines the significance of chess in Elias Canetti’s novel Die Blendung in the historical and social context of early 20th century Vienna. It further focuses on the function of chess within the novel: The actor and chess player Siegfried Fischer – called Fischerle – transfers his strategic skills from chess to his surroundings, thus depriving Peter Kien of his wealth ‘move by move’.

scholarly journals Other People’s Cabins: German Inversions of Onkel Tom’s Hutte

Lateral ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Moriah
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Housing Projects ◽  
Uncle Tom's Cabin ◽  
The Us ◽  
Archival Work

Kristin Moriah’s essay is rooted in extensive archival work in the US and Germany, examining the transatlantic circulation of Uncle Tom’s Cabin through markets of performance and literature in and between Germany and the United States. The essay follows the performative tropes of Uncle Tom’s Cabin from its originary political resonances to the present-day restaurants, train-stops, and housing projects named for the novel. Moriah reveals how the figurations of blackness arising from these texts are foundational to the construction of Germanness and American-German relations in the early 20th century and beyond.

Hamilton, Cicely (1872–1952)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katharine M. Cockin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Women's History ◽  
Retail Trade ◽  
The Political ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Women's Suffrage ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Political Commitments ◽  
Women’S Suffrage ◽  
Women’S History

Cicely Hamilton, lesbian actor, author, and women’s suffrage activist, is best known for her plays Diana of Dobson’s (1908), exposing exploitation in the retail trade, How the Vote Was Won (1909), a suffrage comedy co-authored with Christopher St. John, and A Pageant of Great Women, which raised consciousness about women’s history in productions across Britain from 1909 to 1912. Hamilton also wrote nondramatic works, including the political tract Marriage as a Trade (1909) and the novel William, An Englishman (1919), which was inspired by her experience of wartime France. Hamilton’s prolific writing career reflects her wide-ranging interests, political commitments, and sense of public duty; her plays exemplify the intersection of Feminism and theater in the early 20th century.

scholarly journals Franz Kafka’s Novel der Prozess (The Trial) As A Novel About Creative Endeavor, Choice and Faith

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4.38) ◽  
pp. 1154
Author(s):  
Evgenii Sergeyevich Kunavin ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Principal Part ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Direct Link ◽  
Life Situation ◽  
Real Life Situation ◽  
Creative Endeavor

In this article, the author discusses the topic of adequate interpretation of F. Kafka’s novel The Trial, one of the most well-known works of literature of the early 20th century, this topic being very relevant for contemporary literature studies. The introduction states the purpose of the article, and points out that the theme of creative pursuits, which is touched upon in the writer’s diaries and letters, is one of the main topics that help understand the environment in which the novel was created. The principal part of the paper reveals approaches used to analyze the novel. Additionally, the article discusses records from the writer’s diary and letters; shows the direct link between the works and the biography of the Prague writer. The article presumes that the novel models a real-life situation. It argues S. Kierkegaard had an impact on F. Kafka’s writing, and uncovers a link between works of the Danish philosopher and the emergence of the novel. Moreover, the paper draws a conclusion on the role that F. Kafka’s lover, F. Bauer, played in creating The Trial, proposes a possible plot of the novel and summarizes observations on the work. In conclusion, the article speaks about the results of the “modeling” that F. Kafka obtained, and about the influence of that novel and S. Kierkegaard’s ideas on the latter part of the Prague writer’s career.   

scholarly journals Zakryte Zaryte, czyli zakopiańszczyzna na styku kultur. Dygresje na marginesie lektury Witkacego

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 187-195
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Łoboz
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Critical Distance ◽  
Literary Fiction ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Specific Group ◽  
Cultural Phenomenon ◽  
Creative Capital ◽  
Karol Szymanowski

Zakryte Zaryte, or Zakopane art where cultures met. Digressions following the reading of WitkacyThe article is an attempt to describe the cultural phenomenon of Zakopane in the early 20th century on the basis of Witkacy’s Pożegnanie jesieni [Farewell to Autumn]. In the dynamic and multi-layered plot of his novel Witkacy, emotionally involved but also with his usual sarcastic and critical distance, presents a collection of characters who make up a collective model of a specific group of residents of Zakopane set against the background of a clearly defined mountain space the action of the novel takes place in Zakopane. The key motifs of the novel correspond to the narcotic Zakopane demonism — a style characteristic of the Zakopane culture at the turn of the centuries and using the legend and creative capital of the Young Poland movement in the Tatras. An important pla­ne bringing together the protagonists’ sentimental sublimations in the novel is music as a universal form of art, using the power of sound, i.e. communication tool available to all sensitive recipients. Two protagonists compose and perform it Żelisław Smorki and Prince Azalin Prepudrech, others listen to it. Smorski is a pupil of Karol Szymanowski who lived in Zakopane at the time; the name of the composer recurs several times, which testifies to the author’s intention to make his literary fiction credible. The model of the protagonists’ pianistic interpretation also draws on the virtuoso method of Egon Petri, who in the inter-war period ran his own piano school in Zakopane.

scholarly journals PEMBENTUKAN NOVEL NIEHAI HUA DALAM KONTEKS MASYRAKAT PADA AKHIR DINASTI QING (THE FORMATION OF NOVEL NIEHAI HUA IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIETY AT THE LATE QING DYNASTY)

2019 ◽  
pp. 33-47
Author(s):  
Wong Soon Dee
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Qing Dynasty ◽  
Chinese Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
Late Qing ◽  
The Late Qing Dynasty ◽  
The Creation

Kajian ini bertujuan untuk mengkaji pembentukan novel Niehai Hua dalam konteks masyarakat pada akhir Dinasti Qing. Teori lapangan Bourdieu telah diaplikasikan dalam kajian ini dan novel Niehai Hua diletakkan dalam suatu lapangan yang berunsurkan masyarakat akhir Dinasti Qing untuk membincang secara menyeluruh tentang pengaruhnya terhadap penulisan novel Niehai Hua. Dapatan kajian menunjukkan bahawa pengalaman kehidupan dan latar masyarakat yang dialami oleh Zeng Pu telah mempengaruhi pemikirannya dalam penulisan dan pembentukan tema novel ini. Kandungan yang dihuraikan dalam novel Niehai Hua berkait rapat dengan realiti masyarakat, maka tema-tema novel ini telah merangkumi kritikan mengenai kemerosotan politik akhir Dinasti Qing, pendedahan tentang pencerobohan kuasa-kuasa imperialisme serta pujian terhadap ideologi pembaharuan dan revolusi. Kesimpulan daripada kajian menunjukkan pengaruh latar masyarakat akhir Dinasti Qing dan latar belakang kehidupan Zeng Pu terhadap penulisan Niehai Hua adalah penting untuk memahami pembentukan novel ini secara terperinci. Implikasi kajian ini dapat membantu kita untuk membuat penilaian semula tentang kedudukan novel akhir Dinasti Qing dalam kesusasteraan China. (This study was aimed to review the formation of the novel Niehai Hua in the context of the society during the late Qing Dynasty. Bourdieu’s field theory has been applied in this study and the novel Niehai Hua was placed in a field that characterises the society of the late Qing Dynasty in order to discuss thoroughly its influence over the novel writing. The findings showed that the life and background of the society experienced by Zeng Pu has influenced his thinking in the writing and the creation of the themes of the novel. The content described in the novel Niehai Hua was closely related to the reality of society. Hence, the themes of this novel include criticism of political decline of the late Qing Dynasty, exposure of the aggression of imperialism power and the compliment towards the ideology of reformation and revolution. As a conclusion, the background of the society during the late Qing Dynasty and biobibliography of Zeng Pu have influenced the writing of Niehai Hua which are important for us to understand the formation of this novel. The implications of this study helps us to make a reassessment of the position of the late Qing Dynasty novel in Chinese literature.)

scholarly journals „Auf das Material kommt es an“ – Franz Friedrichs Roman Die Meisen von UUsimaa singen nicht mehr als Reflex auf den Umbruch ins digitale Zeitalter

2017 ◽  
Vol 141 ◽  
pp. 135-149
Author(s):  
Beate Sommerfeld
Keyword(s):  
Digital Media ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Walter Benjamin ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Media Discourse ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Analogue To Digital

Der Artikel behandelt den Roman Die Meisen von UUsimaa singen nicht mehr 2014 des Experimentalfilmers und Autors Franz Friedrich als Reflex auf den Umbruch vom analogen zum digitalen Zeitalter. Stark polarisierend bezieht der Roman zum Medienwandel Stellung und schlägt sich auf die Seite der Analogmedien Fotografie und Film, wobei er auf den Fotografie- und Filmdiskurs des 20. Jahrhunderts von Bela Balazs, Walter Benjamin bis hin zu Roland Barthes und Georges Didi-Huberman zurückgreift. Indem der Roman ein Gewebe aus photoästhetischen Topoi, Metaphern und Diskursen spinnt, modelliert er eine Ästhetik des Abdrucks und der Berührung, die auf Roland Barthes’ Modell des “vokalischen Schreibens” rekurriert. Das Unbehagen an der Repräsentation, das aus Friedrichs Roman spricht, geht mit einer nostalgisch gefärbten Sehnsucht nach dem Authentischen einher.“The material matters” — reflections on the upheaval from analogue to digital media in the novel The Tits of Uusimaa Don’t Sing Any More by Franz Friedrich The purpose of the article is to show how literary texts reflect upon the upheaval from analogue to digital media using the example of the novel The Tits of Uusimaa Don’t Sing Any More by the experimental filmmaker and author Franz Friedrich 2014. Friedrich approaches the technological shift from analogue to digital and the transforming landscape of media from a critical viewpoint by looking back at the early 20th-century scenario of intermedial exchange. Doing so, he refers to the 20th-century media discourse Béla Balázs, Walter Benjamin to Roland Barthes and Georges Didi-Huberman, scrutinizing and redefining analogue media by referring to various topoi, metaphors the analogue as a mental imprint of the real. Friedrich confronts the representation paradigm of literature to the aesthetic of contact and resonances, strongly related to Roland Barthes’ concept of “vocal writing”.

scholarly journals VISI-VISI POSTMODERN DALAM KESUSASTRAAN JERMAN AWAL ABAD KE-20

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dudy Syafrudin
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
German Literature ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Hermann Hesse ◽  
Architecture And Literature ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
Postmodern Spirituality

Abstrak Visi-Visi PostModern dalam Kesusastraan Jerman Awal Abad ke-20. Aliran pemikiran postmodern yang menyeruak di segala bidang kehidupan mulai dirasakan pada paruh kedua abad ke-20. Namun akar pemikiran tersebut sudah mulai tampak pada abad ke-19. Kritik terhadap pemikiran modern itu muncul dalam berbagai ekspresi masyarakat, seperti seni, arsitektur, dan sastra. Dalam kesusastraan Jerman pemikiran yang dapat dikategorikan sebagai visi postmodern dapat kita temukan dalam beberapa karya sastranya yang terbit pada awal abad ke-20. Tulisan ini membahas tentang visi-visi postmodern yang terdapat dalam novel Siddahartha karya Hermann Hesse yang ditulis pada tahun 1919. Pembahasan difokuskan kepada visi spiritualitas postmoden. Visi-visi spiritualitas tersebut muncul dalam gambaran tentang tokoh utamanya dan relasi antar tokoh serta latarnya. Spiritualitas yang bersifat internal, esensial, dan konstitutif serta spiritualitas yang bersifat organis hadir menjadi penawar permasalahan modernism pada masa karya tersebut ditulis.Kata kunci: Postmodern, Siddhartha, spiritualitas Abstract Postmodern Visions In German Literature In The Beginning Of 20th Century. The flow of postmodern thinking in all areas of life began to imerge in the second half of the 20th century However; the roots of these ideas already started to appear in the 19th century. Criticism towards modern thinking occured in various expressions of the society, such as art, architecture, and literature. In German literature, ideas that can be categorized as postmodern vision can be found in several literary works published in the early 20th century. This paper discusses the postmodern visions contained in the novel Siddhartha written by Hermann Hesse in 1919. The discussion in this paper focuses on the vision of postmodern spirituality. The spiritual visions appear in the description of the main character and intercharacter relationships, and background. Spirituality which is internal, essential, and constitutive, and spirituality that is organis comes to netralize the issue of modernism at the time the work was written.Keywords: postmodern, Siddhartha, spirituality

Punkt und Linie zu Masse

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sabine Mainberger
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
The State ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Art Theory ◽  
Point Line ◽  
The City ◽  
Father And Son ◽  
Deep Crisis

In Andrej Belyjs Roman Petersburg (entstanden 1911-1913) kulminiert der Mythos dieser Stadt und wird zugleich ironisiert. Stadt und Roman sind bestimmt von Gegensätzen wie dem von Russland und Europa, Vater und Sohn, Zarismus und Revolution etc. Im Krisenjahr 1905, in dem der Roman spielt, sind diese Gegensätze allenthalben am Werk, aber sie erlauben dennoch keine Orientierung: Denn die Staatsmacht steht nicht nur rebellischen Elementen gegenüber, sondern übt selbst Terror aus, z.B. durch Doppelagenten. In einem Klima gegenseitiger Bespitzelung und Bedrohung sind alle Zuordnungen ungewiss. Welche Funktion haben hier die zahlreichen geometrischen Referenzen: Punkt, Linie, Quadrat, Kubus und die Rede von der ›vierten‹ oder ›n-ten Dimension‹? Der Essay geht diesen Fragen nach und stellt u.a. Beziehungen zur Popularisierung der n-dimensionalen Geometrie und zu avantgardistischer Kunst(-theorie) her, namentlich zu Kandinsky und Malewitsch. In Andrey Bely’s novel »Petersburg« (written between 1911 and 1913), the myth of Petersburg comes to a peak while being simultaneously ironized. The city and the novel are determined by oppositions such as those between Russia and Europe, father and son, tsarism and revolution, and so on. Set in 1905, a year of deep crisis, these oppositions are at work everywhere in the story. Nevertheless, they do not permit any understanding of what is going on: this is because the state is not only challenged by rebellious elements, but also acts as a terrorist itself; for instance, with the help of double agents. In a climate of threat and fear, everything becomes uncertain. What is the function of the numerous geometrical references – point, line, square, cube, and of the ›fourth‹ or the ›nth dimension‹ – in such a context? The essay asks these questions and links the novel to the popularisation of n-dimensional geometry, as well as to the art and art theory of the early 20th century, namely to Kandinsky and Malevic.

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