The Other and the Tragic Subject in Chinese Martial Arts Fiction, Viewed Through Lacan's Schema L.
This paper looks at the tragedy of Qiao Feng in Jin Yong's The Demi-Gods and the Semi-Devils. While it is common practice for Žižekean scholars to examine genre writing and popular culture with Lacanian theory, the martial arts genre has received little attention. In Demi-Gods, Qiao Feng experiences...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Žižek Studies Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 1 - 21 |
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International Journal of Zizek Studies
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=127724776&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 127724776 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 17518229 7834 jtl: International Journal of Žižek Studies issn: 17518229 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2018 vid: 12 iid: 1 pid: 59861 pub: International Journal of Zizek Studies artinfo: ui: 127724776 ppf: 1 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.7MB tig: atl: The Other and the Tragic Subject in Chinese Martial Arts Fiction, Viewed Through Lacan's Schema L. aug: au: Yen-Yin Lai affil: University of Queensland, QLD, Australia su: Chinese martial arts Chinese fiction Jin, Yong, 1924- sug: subj: Chinese martial arts Chinese fiction Jin, Yong, 1924- keyword: Žižek Jin Yong Lacan martial arts genre Psychoanalysis ab: This paper looks at the tragedy of Qiao Feng in Jin Yong's The Demi-Gods and the Semi-Devils. While it is common practice for Žižekean scholars to examine genre writing and popular culture with Lacanian theory, the martial arts genre has received little attention. In Demi-Gods, Qiao Feng experiences an 'identity crisis' at the peak of his career: rumour has it that though he was raised and trained in China, he was born a Khitan. Qiao Feng at first believes it is a just conspiracy, and henceforth is blind-sided by the imaginary relation between his ego and small others. He mis-recognises others' scheming as 'the Other of the Other,' while his supposedly deceased Khitan father occupies the corner of the Other in the schema L to orchestra the manipulation game. However, what Qiao Feng is really under prey is the desire of the father, and of the two fatherlands, one Han-Chinese, one Khitan: his tragedy lies in the split of the national Other, in the impossibility of the ethical imperative Your duty is to be loyal to your country. And yet, it is exactly because of the emptiness in the ethical call that Qiao Feng can start to act as a subject, a subject that is by definition already always split. This paper thus interprets the actions of Jin Yong's hero according to Lacan's schema L, and also provides variations of the schema based on the twists and turns of this martial arts tragedy. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of International Journal of Žižek Studies is the property of International Journal of Zizek Studies and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: International Journal of Žižek Studies holder: International Journal of Zizek Studies dt: @attributes: year: 2018 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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