LUO Peng. Immunity and Community: Literature Explanation on Double Meanings of "Cannibalism" in Lu Xun's Writings[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2017,27(6):19-30.
LUO Peng. Immunity and Community: Literature Explanation on Double Meanings of "Cannibalism" in Lu Xun's Writings[J]. JOURNAL OF UNIVERSITY OF JINAN (Social Science Edition), 2017,27(6):19-30.DOI:
Cannibalism in Lu Xun's short story "Diary of a Madman" is conventionally interpreted as a straightforward metaphor for feudal society. Drawing on a combination of immunological and psychoanalytical models
the current article attempts to challenge this canonized interpretations and argues that the work develops a complicated and nuanced understanding of the relationship between conservatism and reform
the individual and the community. At the same time
by juxtaposing the short story with another three articles published in the journal New Youth at about the same time
the article proposes that the thematics of cannibalism and community in "Diary of a Madman" are in dialogue with the immediate New Youth discursive environment within which the story was composed
and their significance can only be appreciated if they are approached collectively