Abstract
Fredric Jameson is undoubtedly one of the most important theorists in the history of the dialogue between Marxism and Formalism, and it may be said that his literary criticism is, to a large extent, a dialectical synthesis of the two, by assimilating with and borrowing from formalism while taking a standpoint in Marxism. This method is adopted in the whole process of his theoretical construction and literary criticism practice. Marxist criticism, which is based on the dialectical thinking, is theoretically formulated as a kind of meta-commentary, and this meta-commentary views history, politics and literary form as a kind of trinity and takes the ideology of form as its object. This method is developed from his reflection, critique and development of the theories concerning the relationship between content and form in the history of Western literary theory. As a result, a unique Marxist textual hermeneutics is constructed to excavate the political unconscious from the deep level of literary text. Jameson's methods in academic research may cast great light on contemporary Chinese literary theory and criticism, and the issue of how Marxists read literature is also an important theoretical question for Chinese Marxist literary theorists.
First Page
196
Last Page
204
Recommended Citation
Yang, Jian'gang. 2015. "Marxism's Assimilation with and Borrowing from Formalism in Fredric Jameson's Literary Criticism." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 35, (1): pp.196-204. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol35/iss1/12
