Journal of Literary Writing and Evaluation

JLWE, Vol. 1, No. 2, 2025, pp.334-344.

Print ISSN: 3078-8129; Online ISSN: 3104-5073

Journal homepage: https://www.lwejournal.com

DOI: Https://doi.org/10.64058/JLWE.25.2.15

The Global Vision and Chinese Position in Cultural Studies: A Review of Tao Dongfeng’s Traumatic Memories and Literature as Testimony

Yan Chengxun, Xiao Jianhua

Abstract: Professor Tao Dongfeng has recently released a new work entitled Traumatic Memory and Literature as Testimony, which compiles several papers he published after 2010. Centering around the core themes of memory and testimony, these papers closely examine the intricate relationships that emerge between them and literature. They further give rise to several intertwined academic inquiries. On this basis, make innovative interpretations and extensions. Among these, the academic dialogues in the book, where Tao Dongfeng engages with Western theories from a Chinese standpoint, merit particular attention. This approach not only broadens the academic perspective, making the analysis of issues more multi-perspective and self-subjective, but also, the questions raised based on the scholar’s own existential circumstances can better highlight their critical spirit and the power of thought. Characterized by its extensive theoretical scope and imbued with a spirit of criticism and introspection, this book not only deepens the academic community’s comprehension of memory and testimony issues but also furnishes cultural studies with a research methodology that integrates a global vision and a Chinese position.

Keywords：Cultural Studies; Traumatic memories; Theory of memory; Literature as testimony

Author Biography: Yan Chengxun, PhD candidate at the School of Humanities, Guangzhou University. Research interests: Aesthetics and Literary Theory. Email: zzydd701@126.com. Xiao Jianhua (Corresponding author), Professor at the School of Humanities, Guangzhou University. Research interests: Aesthetics and Literary Theory. Email: jianhuaxiao@gzhu.edu.cn.

题目：文化研究的世界视野和中国立场——评陶东风《创伤记忆与见证文学》

摘要：陶东风教授的新著《创伤记忆与见证文学》收入了陶东风教授2010年后发表的若干论文。这些论文以记忆与见证为核心主题，聚焦了它们与文艺之间所产生的复杂关系，并向外衍生出数个相互交织的学术问题，在此基础上再加以创新性解读与延伸。其中，陶东风在著作中基于中国立场与西方理论发生的学术对话尤其值得关注，这不仅拓宽了学术视野，使对问题的分析变得更加具有多元视角和自我的主体性，而且，以学者自身生存境遇为基本立场所产生的发问，也更加能突显其批判的精神与思想的力量。该书的理论视野广阔，不仅深化了学界对记忆与见证问题的理解，还为文化研究提供了一种兼具世界视野与中国立场的研究方法。

关键词：文化研究；创伤记忆；记忆理论；见证文学

作者简介：颜成汛，广州大学人文学院博士研究生，研究方向：美学与文艺学。电邮：zzydd701@126.com。肖建华（通信作者），广州大学人文学院教授，研究方向：美学与文艺学。电邮：jianhuaxiao@gzhu.edu.cn。

    Received: 30 Aug 2025 / Revised: 1 Nov 2025 / Accepted: 8 Nov 2025 / Published online: 30 Nov 2025 / Print published: 30 Dec 2025.