Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2021, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (4): 113-119.DOI: 10.15936/j.cnki.1008-3758.2021.04.015

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Post-deconstructive Representation in the Contemporary Western Radical Left Dramas: An Interpretation of Negri's Trilogy of Resistance

LI Yan1,2   

  1. (1. Foreign Studies College, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; 2. College of Arts, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China)
  • Published:2021-07-30
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Abstract: Faced with the fact that the current global digital capitalism is no longer entirely logocentric, in Trilogy of Resistance, Negri adopts a deconstruction-construction model of post-deconstructive strategy, touches on many core issues of “counter-empire” in the form of epic theater and presents sensuously the radical left communist manifesto of the contemporary West. Negri regards the dramatic practice as a powerful form against the “empire”. By showing the violent resistance of the multitude on the stage, he intends to create a new revolutionary subject for the realization of communism in the post-modern context of the empire, which eventually leads to a cosmopolitan community. Trilogy of Resistance embodies the pioneering experimentation, political practicality and the power of aesthetic Utopia of Western radical left dramas. It enriches and expands the writing of contemporary radical left dramas and the study of literary concepts, which enlightens the sinicization of Marxist literary criticism.

Key words: Antonio Negri; Trilogy of Resistance; left drama; post-deconstructive representation; multitude

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