Directions in the Study of Richard Wright

作     者：Jerry W.Ward Jerry W.Ward,Jr.(Dillard University,2601 Gentilly Blvd.,New Orleans,LA 70122,U.S.A.)

作者机构：Dillard University2601 Gentilly Blvd. 

出 版 物：《山东外语教学》 (Shandong Foreign Language Teaching)

年 卷 期：2011年第32卷第6期

页      面：79-83页

学科分类：0501[文学-中国语言文学] 050108[文学-比较文学与世界文学] 05[文学] 

主　　题：Richard Wright globalization historical consciousness directions productive relevance reflective relevance rhetoric of carelessness rhetoric of genuine concern 

摘      要：The increasing attention that contemporary scholars and students give to the concept of globalization and to new technologies should not lead them to minimize the importance of historical consciousness in the study of literature and *** the study of Richard Wright(1908-1960),it is historical consciousness that enables us to distinguish between those of his works that have productive relevance(the potential to provoke synchronic thinking about contemporary human issues) and those which possess reflective relevance(the potential to invite diachronic thinking about change).This essay argues that new interdisciplinary directions in the study of Wright can help us to balance a threatening rhetoric of carelessness with a desirable rhetoric of genuine concern.