Sacred and Profane: From Mortification to Masochism in Modernist Writing

神圣与世俗：现代主义写作中从屈辱到受虐狂

• 批准号: 2751389
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Queen Mary University of London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2751389
• 关键词: Sacred; Profane; Mortification; Masochism; Modernist

This project proposes to research the representation of spiritual mortification in modernist (early twentieth century) literature. Acts of mortification, involving the self-infliction of pain or the abstinence from pleasure, are performed in multiple religions and aim to deny the worldly body. Addressing mortification in a range of spiritual traditions (Christian, Buddhist, Hindu, Islamic), this project considers global systems of influence. The cross-religious interests of modernist authors make this global approach to religious influence necessary.This thesis focuses particularly on a trend whereby authors and psychological theorists of the early twentieth century accused mortifying practices of being masochistic (of generating sexual pleasure through pain and restraint). Modernist authors were the first to explore the psychological and sensory mechanics of this conflation and experimented with new forms of writing to fully explicate (and often parody) its manifestation. Through its focus on mortification and masochism, this thesis aims to consider changing attitudes to sexuality, the sacred, and the sensory in modernist literature and culture.

该项目旨在研究现代主义（二十世纪初）文学中精神禁欲的表现。多种宗教都有禁欲行为，包括自我施加痛苦或禁欲快乐，其目的是否认世俗的身体。该项目针对一系列精神传统（基督教、佛教、印度教、伊斯兰教）中的禁欲问题，考虑了全球影响力系统。现代主义作家的跨宗教兴趣使得这种全球性的宗教影响方法成为必要。本文特别关注二十世纪初的作家和心理学理论家指责屈辱实践是受虐行为（通过痛苦和克制产生性快感）的趋势。现代主义作家是第一个探索这种融合的心理和感觉机制的人，并尝试使用新的写作形式来充分解释（并且经常模仿）其表现形式。通过关注禁欲和受虐狂，本论文旨在考虑现代主义文学和文化中对性、神圣和感官的态度的改变。