Abstract
Terry Eagleton criticized different kinds of post theories which were once in fashion in his After Theory, and proposed that literary theory should return to literature itself and reflect on such grand issues as morality and ethics in a constructive way. Based on the "literary ethics" put forward by Terry Eagleton and the concept of "event" highlighted by his theoretical reflection, this paper tries to combine Gilles Deleuze's and Alain Badiou's concepts of "event" in order to carry forward Eagleton's reflection on theory and develop an effective theory of event literature, which focuses on writers who, as the faithful subjects of events, describe life events — different becomings — through language events, and on readers who, also as the faithful subjects of events, make those events subvert the rules, conventions, customs, standards, etc. in their daily life by virtue of their becomings. Therefore, we can say this theory of event literature is the "literary ethics" expected by Eagleton.
First Page
209
Last Page
216
Recommended Citation
Yin, Jing. 2017. "A Probe into the Theory of Event Literature: Reflections on the Reconstruction of Literary Studies "after Theory"." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 37, (3): pp.209-216. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol37/iss3/3
