| Titre | On the Margins of Modernity | |
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| Auteur | Sebastian Veg | |
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Revue | China perspectives |
| Numéro | no 2010/2 Gao Xingjian and the Role of Chinese Literature Today | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Special Feature |
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| Résumé anglais |
Gao Xingjian and Ōe Kenzaburō share an interest in margins that was the basis for a conversation between them in 2006. A closer comparison of Gao Xingjian's Soul Mountain ( Lingshan, 1982-1989) and Ōe Kenzaburō's The Silent Cry ( Man'en gannen no futtobōru, 1967) also reveals a shared distrust of modernity, and a more precise preference for the margins of local culture. This cultural critique of modernity can be documented in their essays. However, although their respective doubts about modernity and central culture translate into similar formulations of an individual ethics, Ōe does not share Gao's vision of a detached writer of “cold literature,” but rather continues to explore the political implications of his ethical stance. It is argued that their respective definitions of literature can be viewed as explorations of an alternative form of modernity. Source : Éditeur (via OpenEdition Journals) |
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| Article en ligne | http://chinaperspectives.revues.org/5272 |
