The Construction of the Image/Myth of a Martyr in the Cultural Revolution
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8910140 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xian Wang (0000-0003-1023-636X, University of Oregon), Wang Xian (0000-0002-2313-5309, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 145-159 |
| Publication date | 2015-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Literature Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4132 • E-ISSN: 1528-4212 |
| Publisher | The Pennsylvania State University Press (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5325/complitstudies.52.1.0145 |
| OpenAlex | W1972641801 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Jin Jingmai's novel The Song of Ouyang Hai was published in 1965 and became extremely popular in 1966 right before the launch of the Cultural Revolution. It can be regarded as a prelude to Cultural Revolution literature. The novel epitomizes the transition from the politically inclined “seventeen-year literature” (1949–66) to the highly politicalized “Cultural Revolution literature” (1966–76). It is also the perfect embodiment of the creation of the myth of a socialist martyr. In this article, I attempt to examine the features of socialist martyrs and decode the construction of the myth of such martyrs by exploring motifs such as diaries, letters, and the performative bodies in The Song of Ouyang Hai as well as related works and posters that feature revolutionary and socialist martyrs from the 1960s. The article also examines how the constant revisions of the novel driven by the political power struggles during and after the Cultural Revolution complicate and adumbrate the myth of the socialist martyr
Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cultural revolution · Literature · Martyr · Mythology · Performative utterance · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2025 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |