TY - JOUR
T1 - Split consciousness : the dialectics of desire in Camel Xiangzi
AU - CHAN, Ching Kiu, Stephen
PY - 1986/10/1
Y1 - 1986/10/1
N2 - This paper attempts to describe the possible operation of a dialectic of desire in the ideological subtext of modern Chinese realism. By tracing the dialectical interaction between subjectivity ("that which is") and objectivity ("other than itself"), I shall try to locate the root of desire——in its various forms as the desire to work, to love, to survive, and to represent——as hidden or manifested in the text of Lao She's most powerful realist novel, Luotuo Xiangzi [Camel Xiangzi].
AB - This paper attempts to describe the possible operation of a dialectic of desire in the ideological subtext of modern Chinese realism. By tracing the dialectical interaction between subjectivity ("that which is") and objectivity ("other than itself"), I shall try to locate the root of desire——in its various forms as the desire to work, to love, to survive, and to represent——as hidden or manifested in the text of Lao She's most powerful realist novel, Luotuo Xiangzi [Camel Xiangzi].
UR - http://www.jstor.org/stable/41490582
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/6018
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 8755-8963
VL - 2
SP - 171
EP - 195
JO - Modern Chinese Literature = 中國現代文學
JF - Modern Chinese Literature = 中國現代文學
IS - 2
ER -