Debates rage over what kind of literature we should read, what is good and bad literature, and whether in the global, digital age, literature even has a future. But what exactly is literature? Why should we read literature? How do we read literature? These are some of the important questions J. Hillis Miller answers in this beautifully written and passionate book. He begins by asking what literature is, arguing that the answer lies in literature's ability to create an imaginary world simply with words. He describes how his early reading of The Swiss Family Robinson and Robinson Crusoe as a child led him to this view. He then discusses several famous writers who have used literature in this way, from Dostoevsky, Trollope, Proust and Henry James to Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida and J. M. Coetzee. On Literature also asks the crucial question of why literature has such authority over us. Returning to Plato, Aristotle and the Bible, J. Hillis Miller argues we should continue to read literature because it is part of our basic human need to create imaginary worlds and to have stories. Above all, On Literature is a plea that we continue to read and care about literature.
J.希利斯·米勒(J.Hillis Miller),1928年生,哈佛大学博士。美国著名文学批评家、欧美文学及比较文学研究的杰出学者、解构主义批评的重要代表人物。曾任教于霍普金斯大学、耶鲁大学,现为厄湾加州大学英语与比较学系及批评理论研究所杰出教授,主要代表作有:《理论今昔》、《小说与重复》、《他者》等。
“多年以后,面对行刑队,奥雷里亚诺·布恩迪亚上校将会回想起父亲带他去见识冰块的那个遥远的下午。”不久,多年以后扑面而来,行刑队瞄准了上校,“那一瞬间晨曦的银白色光芒隐没,他又看见小时候穿着短裤系着领结的自己,看到了父亲在一个阳光明媚的下午带他走进帐篷见到了...
评分1、利用两个休息日,把从同事手中借来的《文学死了吗》读完。前四章读得很细,后两章看得毛糙。 2、原以为,这是一本讲文学常识的书,其实不是。它是站在文学前沿,也就是在新传媒的环境里,文学死了的呼声很高的情况下,重新审视文学最根本的问题,如文学是什么,文学存在的理...
评分1.米勒是绝对的解构主义。 2.看完书有个疑问:为什么在原文标题是《on literature》的情况下,译者要将此翻译成具有噱头感的《文学死了吗》。难道文学理论的发展与成熟真的会带来真正意义上的文学的死亡吗? 3.“文学”的现代概念诞生得很晚,但是“文学”作为文明的衍生品,...
评分本书作者希里斯米勒开篇第一句就说“文学就要终结了。文学的末日就要到了。是时候了。”这句话似乎让所有喜欢文学的人感到失望和伤心,但是他在后面又说道:“文学虽然末日将临,却是永恒的,普世的。它能经受一切历时变革和技术变革。文学是一切时间,一切地点的一切人类文化...
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