Univerzita Karlova Filozofická Fakulta Ústav Dálného východu Teorie a dějiny literatur zemí Asie a Afriky Disertační Práce Mgr. František Reismüller Vedoucí práce: Prof. PhDr. Olga Lomová, CSc. 2019 Multilayered Subversion and Double-edged Subjectivity: Chinese Avant-garde Literature of the Second Half of the 1980s Abstract This thesis analyzes Chinese avant-garde literature of the second half of the 1980s in order to identify the main literary features that are common for the otherwise very diverse works of this literary current. First part of the thesis describes literary-political conditions, discursive changes and literary-theoretical discussions between 1978 and 1989 related to the rapid development of Chinese literature of that period and relevant for the following analysis. Second part then analyzes works of selected authors of the Chinese avant-garde literature and using Western literary theory in combination with the theoretical background described in the first part of the thesis it identifies the most important characteristics of the given literary current. The thesis then reaches the conclusion that the works of the Chinese avant-garde literature of the second half of the 1980s show a critical amount of common features, such as subversion, metafictional elements or questioning of the...

The thesis deals with early short stories and novellas by Chinese woman writer Can Xue. The first part of the thesis presents the work of Can Xue in the context of author's life and focuses on finding motifs associated with her life experiences. The second part outlines historical development of Chinese literature in the 80s of the 20th century, observes position of Can Xue in the "avant-garde literature", and describes the writers literary sources of inspiration and authors own view on literary-historical context of her works. The third part is based on the analysis of specific stories. In the context of what other critics have discussed the thesis determines two main approaches to the interpretation of Can Xues work - the political and the psychological. The thesis concludes that there is a significant element of personal experience in Can Xues works. It should not, however, be considered a dominant element, as it mainly serves as means of examining general aspects of human psyche. The introspective nature of Can Xues works is also the key reason why this thesis puts the psychological interpretation of her works above the political interpretation.

Esta dissertação procurou lançar diferentes interpretações sobre a forma como a cidade foi re-presentada nas revistas Klaxon (1922), Martín Fierro (1924), Revista de Antropofagia (1928) e Sur (1931), publicadas em São Paulo e em Buenos Aires por grupos considerados parte das vanguardas literárias na América Latina. Partindo-se das leituras decorrentes da Escola da De-pendência, perpassando os Estudos Culturais Urbanos e chegando às teorias Pós-Coloniais (sempre dentro da relação entre a crítica literária e a história urbana), buscou-se questionar a ideia de modernidade à qual se habituou associar a conformação das cidades latino-americanas no início do século XX. Com isso, pretende-se demonstrar como a multiplicidade de olhares existente nas diferentes abordagens historiográficas adotadas, mais do que se contraporem ou se substituírem, se complementam, gerando uma riqueza de análise que permite uma constante reinterpretação dos episódios históricos; análise que, feita sobre o conteúdo da fonte primária, pode ser projetada no presente contribuindo para uma melhor compreensão da nossa condição atual. Assim, se em um primeiro momento a leitura das representações urbanas pode apresentar cidades aparentemente homogeneízadas, aos poucos elas são destituídas das interpretações esta-belecidas pela história moderna, apontando para matizes culturais próprios; paralelamente, a identificação das suas semelhanças deixam de corresponder a um ideal de modernidade univer-sal para sugerir a existência de uma estrutura narrativa construída para ocultar as ferramentas de dominação cultural próprias da sociedade moderna burguesa herdeira do sistema colonialista. / This work intends to do different interpretations of how the city was represented in magazines Klaxon (1922), Martín Fierro (1924), Revista de Antropofagia (1928) e Sur (1931), published in São Paulo and Buenos Aires by groups considered part of the Avant-garde Literature in Latin America. Starting from the Dependence School readings, passing through the Urban Cultural Studies and reaching the Post-colonial theories (always within the relationship between literary criticism and urban history), we sought to question the idea of modernity, often associated with the formation of Latin American cities in the early twentieth century. As a result, it was possible to demonstrate how the multiplicity of perspectives in the different historiographical approach-es, rather than contradict or replace, they complement each other, generating a wealth of analy-sis that allows a constant reinterpretation of historical events. This analysis, done on the content of selected texts, can be projected into the present contributing to a better understanding of our present condition. So, if the first impression upon the urban representations is that they may have apparently homogenized cities, they are gradually devoid of all the established interpreta-tions by modern history, pointing to cultural nuances. At the same time, the similarities between them suggest the existence of a narrative structure built to hide the tools of cultural domination belonging to the modern bourgeois society, heiress of the colonial system.

Esta dissertação procurou lançar diferentes interpretações sobre a forma como a cidade foi re-presentada nas revistas Klaxon (1922), Martín Fierro (1924), Revista de Antropofagia (1928) e Sur (1931), publicadas em São Paulo e em Buenos Aires por grupos considerados parte das vanguardas literárias na América Latina. Partindo-se das leituras decorrentes da Escola da De-pendência, perpassando os Estudos Culturais Urbanos e chegando às teorias Pós-Coloniais (sempre dentro da relação entre a crítica literária e a história urbana), buscou-se questionar a ideia de modernidade à qual se habituou associar a conformação das cidades latino-americanas no início do século XX. Com isso, pretende-se demonstrar como a multiplicidade de olhares existente nas diferentes abordagens historiográficas adotadas, mais do que se contraporem ou se substituírem, se complementam, gerando uma riqueza de análise que permite uma constante reinterpretação dos episódios históricos; análise que, feita sobre o conteúdo da fonte primária, pode ser projetada no presente contribuindo para uma melhor compreensão da nossa condição atual. Assim, se em um primeiro momento a leitura das representações urbanas pode apresentar cidades aparentemente homogeneízadas, aos poucos elas são destituídas das interpretações esta-belecidas pela história moderna, apontando para matizes culturais próprios; paralelamente, a identificação das suas semelhanças deixam de corresponder a um ideal de modernidade univer-sal para sugerir a existência de uma estrutura narrativa construída para ocultar as ferramentas de dominação cultural próprias da sociedade moderna burguesa herdeira do sistema colonialista. / This work intends to do different interpretations of how the city was represented in magazines Klaxon (1922), Martín Fierro (1924), Revista de Antropofagia (1928) e Sur (1931), published in São Paulo and Buenos Aires by groups considered part of the Avant-garde Literature in Latin America. Starting from the Dependence School readings, passing through the Urban Cultural Studies and reaching the Post-colonial theories (always within the relationship between literary criticism and urban history), we sought to question the idea of modernity, often associated with the formation of Latin American cities in the early twentieth century. As a result, it was possible to demonstrate how the multiplicity of perspectives in the different historiographical approach-es, rather than contradict or replace, they complement each other, generating a wealth of analy-sis that allows a constant reinterpretation of historical events. This analysis, done on the content of selected texts, can be projected into the present contributing to a better understanding of our present condition. So, if the first impression upon the urban representations is that they may have apparently homogenized cities, they are gradually devoid of all the established interpreta-tions by modern history, pointing to cultural nuances. At the same time, the similarities between them suggest the existence of a narrative structure built to hide the tools of cultural domination belonging to the modern bourgeois society, heiress of the colonial system.

Ecrivaine bolivienne des années 30 - oubliée jusqu'aux années 90- Hilda Mundy s'est fait connaître notamment à la fin de la guerre du Chaco (1932-1935) et dans l'immédiat après-Guerre comme chroniqueuse humoristique à Oruro, sa ville natale. Ses chroniques sont autant d'exemples d'une écriture des moeurs, critique et satirique de la bonne société de son temps et notamment à l'égard d'une morale hypocrite et bigote. Satire des puissants, les écrits d'Hilda Mundy viseront également les travers et les scandales de la vie politique de l'époque ainsi que la montée du militarisme qui se profilait à la fin de la guerre ; ceci marquera le destin de l'écrivaine sous le signe de la censure. Son seul livre Pirotecnia, ensayo miedoso de literatura ultraista, publié à La Paz en 1936, est la suite de cette écriture des formes brèves, centrée sur la désacralisation des symboles du pouvoir. Les thèmes de la ville moderne, de la technique, du jeu et de l'attaque contre la tradition, présents aussi dans ses écrits parus dans la presse, constituent l'univers avant-Gardiste de Pirotecnia. Mouvement et méfiance sont au coeur de cette littérature moderne qui dit moi. Le moi de l'écriture mundyenne, riche de son hétéronymie, est porteur d'un projet poétique propre à une esthétique des arts scéniques où le masque dont on parle le plus est celui de la parole. / A Bolivian writer in the thirty's - forgotten until the 90's - Hilda Mundy became known especially at the end of the Chaco War (1932-1935) and in the immediate post-War period as a humouristic columnist in Oruro, the town where she was born. All her columns are instances of a literature of manners, on which she turns a critical and satirical eye. Her remarks on hypocritical and sanctimonious moral standards of her time are particularly scathing. Hilda Mundy's texts satirize the powerful and target the faults and scandals of political life, and the rise of militarism which was looming at the end of the war. This marked the destiny of the writer under the sign of censure. Her only book, Pirotecnia, ensayo miedoso de literatura ultraista, published in La Paz in 1936 remains loyal to this type of writing, favouring short texts and focused on deconsecration of power symbols. The themes of the modern city, of technology, games and gambling and the attack on tradition, which are also present in her press articles, made up the avant-Garde universe of Pirotecnia. Movement and mistrust are at the heart of this modern literature, which is written in the first person. The self of Hilda Mundy's writing is enriched by its heteronymy and continues a poetic project related to an aesthetics of scenic arts, where the most important mask is that of language.