"Literary Anthropology tutorial" sequence

Comparative Literature in the 20th century gave birth to the field of Cultural Anthropology in a group, the development of contemporary humanistic scholarship notable innovation groups. I have been a warm supporter of the discipline and fans, often can not help but want to talk about on various occasions his feelings. This is probably why I dare to discipline the first textbook for graduate students only reason for the strike order. I remember 1988, with the Yangzhou Han, Professor Wang Zuoliang the United States to attend the second China-US bilateral meeting of Comparative Literature, Professor Hsiao's article about soldiers in the world of Chinese mythology the sun god in the Context of the report, in Princeton, Indiana , Los Angeles, the universities have caused quite a stir. I immediately felt this is clearly an important feature of Chinese Comparative Literature and an important prospects for the world.

After 20 years, literary anthropology has made great progress in China. Held in 1996 in Changchun, the fifth of Chinese Comparative Literature Association established the annual meeting of Anthropological Research of Chinese literature. Sichuan University, first recognized in 2004 as a literary anthropology doctoral student enrollment direction, and in training graduate students under the direction of the unit there, Xiamen University, Chinese Academy of Social Literature Research Institute, Hunan University and Lanzhou University; in this subject area selected for the doctoral thesis, master thesis students is even more numerous. After 20 years of temper polished, Professor Ye Shuxian's "literary anthropology tutorial" as the first textbook for graduate students, appeared at this time, it is "good rain knows the time, moisten things silently," showing the development of Chinese literature Anthropology entered a new stage.

"Literary anthropology tutorial" material accumulated in the deep and global reference to a wide range of contemporary theory, from the comparative literature, literary theory and literary criticism of the professional scope of departure, following the "linguistic turn", the outline of the 20th century, "anthropology to ", the humanities, especially literature clues and the changes brought about development trend. On this basis, further from China's actual conditions, based on cross-cultural, interdisciplinary, as the threshold, from the ethnic, folklore, mythology, religion and other multi-angle extends the paradigm of comparative literature and development space, in-depth explanation and reflection of the native literature and cultural phenomenon, not only for their academic and practical literature opened up a new growth point, but also for culture, ethnology, religion, and many other new platform was constructed.

Tutorial very convincingly criticized a century, Western collegiate professional education literature covered and suppressed the development of indigenous knowledge, the formation of the text centered, Han chauvinism, and the Central Plains centered three major drawbacks, made literature should pay more attention to human Living Science's literature, literature and diverse ethnic groups interact oral literature, its full integration of the story, talking and singing, acting, beliefs, rituals, props, Thangka, image, medical, trance, rave, customs and other cultural integration, step by step from the literature and literary limited to internal research paradigm, to the literary and cultural context of the evolution of reductive research paradigm, the local redevelopment Anthropological Literature. Literature update this will greatly expand the diversity of our local heritage, richness and uniqueness of understanding. Materials according to the internal diversity of Chinese culture and the characteristics of the composition of multiple sources, according to the construction of the Central Plains during the Han ethnic minority culture is inseparable from the surrounding migration, communication and integration of movement truth, to break through by the majority and minority, mainstream and tributaries the orthodox and the subsidiary, the leading and complementary binary opposition instead of focusing on anthropological literature for redevelopment of Chinese literature on the concept of interaction between promote and Ethnic Group from the interaction of the construction process starting in the narrative of history outside the Central Plains to find re-entry into the history of history and literature, new ways and new materials.

Finally, mention must be made tutorials from the perspective of ecological anthropology, in-depth to explore the local culture and traditions of each ethnic group living experience, greatly expanding the ecological literature, writing and criticism of the theory of ecological resources and cultural reference; and on this basis Chinese Cultural Studies proposed the four-fold law of evidence: the literature handed down; unearthed documents; Anthropology Oral and Intangible Cultural Heritage; images, objects and rituals of the narrative, so that the range of literary and cultural studies far beyond the text of shadowing and Bound books. This greatly inspired the consciousness of local culture, and guide the further understanding of local cultural resources, and commitment to both academic research and practical spirit, sets out these resources as a rebellious modern literature and intellectual resources, and how has the integrity and security of human nature the power to change individual lives, and fully assessed in the post-modern context of its implication in the cultural values,

In short, this is undoubtedly a very worthy material forward-looking and creative, to the forefront among the academic world without any sense of shame. Particularly because of the university system that, in particular the Institute in the final analysis is to develop knowledge and free thinking people, not just one aspect is to cultivate knowledge and skills of social employment, and they therefore special attention to stimulating materials and induced, which Many other materials are more difficult to match.