newhistoricism12月2日讲.ppt

Reconstructing Historicism ---New Historicism--- -----浅析 “新历史主义” By Yang Weiying Content 1. Introduction 2. The comparison between the old and new historicism 2.1 The different views on the history 2.2 In the aspect of objective and subjective 2.3 The analysis of history relationship 3 . Key concepts and representatives of new historicism 3.1 History as a text to be interpreted ---Hayden White 3.2 Clifford Greertz’s “Thick description”(厚描) 4. Conclusion 1.Introduction New historicism: It is a term applied to a trend in American academic literary studies that emphasized the historical nature of literary texts. It was widespread beginning in the late seventies and into the eighties, primarily through the work of the critic Stephen Greenblatt ,Hayden White,Clifford Geertz,etc, and gained widespread influence in the 1990s. the three fields that have been most influenced by the New Historicism are the eighteenth century, British Romanticism, and Americanist studies from the late colonial through the republican period. 2.Comparation between the old/traditional and the new historicism Old/traditional Historicism 1. The view of history: What happened? 2.Objective They are capable of uncovering the facts about historical events. 3. History is a linear,causal relationship New Historicism 1.The view of history: How has been interpreted. 2.Subjective All historical analysis is unavoidably subjective 3. The relationship of history is complexity. 2.1. The view of history 2.1.A the traditional way : Take the example of an account of a Revolutionary War battle written by an American historian,they would ask: What happened?“ and What does the event tell us about history? They mainly passively focus on the history itself. 2.1. The view of history 2.1.B a new historicist : In contrast, the new historicist would read the same account of that battle and ask