An Analysis of Essentialism and Anti-essentialism in Literature

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10.2991/icelaic-16.2017.81How to use a DOI?

Keywords

essentialism; anti-essentialism; today's society; impact

Abstract

Today, more and more experts and scholars think that the concept essentialism and anti-essentialism are very complex and difficult to understand. In the second half of the 20th century, anti-essentialist post-modernism arose. And the impact of its cultural studies there still can't be ignored today. Contemporary western scholars take a non-essentialist, historical and inclusive attitude on literature and the nature of literature. And they emphasize the specific socio-cultural context of the various definitions of literary nature rather than seek its universality. Therefore, in view of the present situation, this article through the analysis of domestic and foreign experts and scholars of essentialism and anti-essentialism research overview, sorted out, summed up the relevant literature.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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