2024June 6th, 9:00 am，Part-time Chair Professor of Shandong University、Foreign Academician of the European Academy of Sciences、Professor Liu Kang of Duke University in the United States gave an academic lecture titled "How to Read Western Literary Theory" in Room 606, Building A, Zhixin Building，Lecture hosted by Professor Han Qingyu，Attracting many teachers and students to come and listen。
The beginning of the lecture，Professor Liu Kang pointed out clearly at the outset，Contemporary Western theories are overgrown、Many clues，How to read Western theories is particularly Bet365 Casino loginimportant。He emphasized three key points in reading Western theory: first，When reading Western theories, you should follow the "big guys" (i.e. the most original thinkers)；Secondly，When reading Western theories, you should pay attention to issues related to China；Finally，The text should be read closely (close reading)。Professor Liu Kang particularly emphasized that “China has the best narratology in the world”，We will use Zhang Zhupo to comment on "The Plum in the Golden Vase"、Jin Shengtan comments on "Water Margin"、Zhi Yanzhai commented on "A Dream of Red Mansions" as a learning model。
On this basis，Professor Liu Kang advocates that careful reading of Western theoretical texts should have a main line of theoretical thinking and a dominant vision of reading。The main line of thinking is the Chinese issue of Western theory，Focus on China’s modernity、Activism and Aesthetics；The dominant Bet365 gamesvision is the historicization and meta-criticism of knowledge archeology/genealogy。Professor Liu Kang further advocated，The text combination of close reading is structured around several issues: First, the "hermeneutics of suspicion" of Marx-Nietzsche-Freud，The second is the "epistemological revolution" of Althusser-Foucault-Deleuze，The third is Bakhtin-Jameson-Said’s “noisy post-school”，The fourth is Gramsci-Qu Qiubai-Mao Zedong’s "China Problem"。
Professor Liu Kang takes Marx's "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" as an example，Leading teachers and students to read the text carefully。Professor Liu Kang believes that "The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte" is Marx's literary theory、Ideological Theory、Semiotic theory，It is talking about reality、Talk about politics，Also talking about literature and art、Talking about drama；Since we are talking bet365 live casino gamesabout France，Also talking about the whole world。Through a symptomatic reading of the text，Professor Liu Kang pointedly pointed out that language differences and unconsciousness are still blind spots in our thinking that are difficult to overcome，And reminds us to avoid falling into the thinking trap of Hegelian essentialism-Darwinian evolution。
Professor Han Qingyu expressed his gratitude to Professor Liu Kang for his wonderful speech on behalf of teachers and students。Professor Han Qingyu pointed out that Professor Liu Kang’s speech is very inspiring for us to study the history of Western academic thought: we should adhere to a problem orientation，Discover problems during careful reading，Question and transcend mountain-like authority，Absorb the essence of great theorists，To obtain the powerful power of theoretical research。
In the question session，Professor Liu Kang talks about the influence of bet365 online betting app“hermeneutics of suspicion” on the study of literature and literary theory、A comprehensive and profound response to the question of why the works of Althusser and Foucault rarely mentioned Horheimer and Adorno in the same space and time field。
The lecture ended successfully with warm applause.
