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1、LITERARYINTOCULTURALSTUDIESAntonyEasthopeForfiftyyearstheparadigmofliterarystudieshasreliedonanoppositionbetweenthecanonanditsother,popularculture.Thetheorywarsofthe1980schangedallthat.Withtheadventofpost-structuralismandthe‘deathofliterature’theoppositionbetweenhighandpopularculturebecameuntena
2、ble,transformingthefieldofinquiryfromliteraryintoculturalstudies.AntonyEasthopearguesthatthenewdisciplineofculturalstudiesmusthaveanew,decentredparadigmforthecommonstudyofcanonicalandpopulartextstogether.Throughadetailedcriticismofcompetingtheory,includingBritishculturalstudies,NewHistoricismand
3、culturalmaterialism,heshowshowthisnewstudyshould—andshouldnot—bedone.Easthope’sexplorationoftheproblems,possibilitiesandpoliticsofculturalstudiestakesontheoftenevadedquestionofliteraryvalue;alsoinareadingofConrad’sHeartofDarknessalongsideBurroughs’TarzanoftheApeshedemonstrateshowtheoppositionbet
4、weenhighandpopularculturecanbedeconstructed.AntonyEasthopeisProfessorinEnglishandCulturalStudiesatManchesterMetropolitanUniversity.HehasheldvisitingfellowshipsatWolfsonCollege,Oxford,theUniversityofAdelaideandattheCommonwealthCenterfortheStudyofLiteraryandCulturalChangeattheUniversityofVirginia.
5、HispublicationsincludePoetryasDiscourse(1983),TheMasculineMythinPopularCulture(1986)andBritishPost-Structuralism(1988).ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSIwouldliketothankallthosewhowereattheCommonwealthCenterfortheStudyofLiteraryandCulturalChangein1990fortheirsupportandconstructivecriticismwhenIwasworkingonthisbo
6、ok,CarlosBetancourth,AliceGambrell,RavindraKhare,MartinKreiswirthandRolandSimon,aswellasvisitorstotheCenter,StephenBann,MaudEllmann,TorilMoi,ConstancePenley,JaniceRadway,StephenRailton,AndrewRoss,BrianStockandHaydenWhite.MylargestdebtisofcoursetoRalphCohen,whosebenignandenablingauthoritymakesthe
7、workoftheCenterpossible.Iamalsodeeplygratefultopeoplewhofoundtimetoreadthemanuscript:KateBelsey,StewartCrehan,NancyLoevingerandRaySelden.KateMcGowan,StephenPriest,HughSilvermanandJanetWolffmadevaluablecommentsonparticularsec