Abstract
The paper maintains that the slogan of "Literature Revolution" in the May Fourth Era calls actually for a revolution of representation, and at the foremost of the revolution is the transformation of the means and manner of representation. The discursive construction in the content of "new literature" focuses on the discipline and description of the represented objects, the position of the representation and the relationship between representation and the represented objects, but the essential concern is on how to empower the representation. The totalistic anti-tradition in the May Fourth Era can then be understood as the totalistic anti-representation which opposes the representations acknowledged by the society, preserved and communicated by the power network, and effectuated by the powerful. The representations of the powerless, of those ignored by the power network, and of those neglected by the society are researched and preserved by the intellectuals.
First Page
50
Last Page
58
Recommended Citation
Cao, Qinghua. 2013. "Power, Representation and the Advocating of Modern Chinese Literature: with a Study on Totalistic Anti-tradition in the May Fourth Era." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 33, (6): pp.50-58. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol33/iss6/13
