Abstract
Friedrich Kittler is an important media theorist and a unique critic of media literature. Kittler examines the discourse network constructed by the technical media between 1800s and 1900s, and concludes that "media determine our situation." This conclusion can be understood as a media ontology that emphasizes the materiality and the preexistence of technical media. An analysis of the relationship between Kittler's media theory and Foucault's discourse theory may reveal triple-aspected logic behind the formation of Kittler's media ontology and the logic behind the transition from issues concerning media ontology to issues concerning literature. Through his media ontology, Kittler makes the ontological argument that "literature is a system of writing techniques," And he further expands the arena of literary theory which is centered round "writing," "mediatedness" and "materiality,"and this theoretical vision is suffused with post-hermeneutics and post-historicism in its examination of literature and literary history.
First Page
23
Last Page
32
Recommended Citation
Yang, Guang. 2019. "An Exploration of Literary Ontology from the Perspective of Friedrich Kittler's Media Theory." Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art 39, (4): pp.23-32. https://tsla.researchcommons.org/journal/vol39/iss4/3
