Split consciousness : the dialectics of desire in Camel Xiangzi
Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Modern Chinese Literature = 中國現代文學
Publication Date
Fall 1986
Volume
2
Issue
2
First Page
171
Last Page
195
Publisher
San Francisco State University Center for the Study of Modern Chinese Literature
Abstract
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].
Print ISSN
87558963
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Full-text Version
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Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chan, C.-K. S. (1986). Split consciousness: The dialectics of desire in Camel Xiangzi. Modern Chinese Literature, 2(2), 171-195.