The Research On Assmanns’ Thoughts Of Media In The Theory Of Cultural Memory

During these years,the research on memory has just been unfolding,and the discussion on this issue in the domestic and foreign academic circles has being further.At the end of last century,Mr.And Ms.Assmann established the theory of cultural memory on the basis of previous studies,and this theory has widely aroused attention in the international academic world,which has caused controversy at home since it was introduced into China at the beginning of this century.In view of above,this study takes the Assmanns’ thoughts of media in the theory―the cultural memory―as the research object with theoretical context,carries out qualitative analysis with the help of the Assmanns’ works and a large number of relevant research literatures both at home and abroad,and comprehensively selects multiple qualitative research methods to elucidate and explain the thoughts of media from this theory.Firstly,the study briefly introduces author’s lifetime and defines the basic concepts,then traces back to the origin of this theory and its internal thoughts,Assmanns’ early perception of media history is also presented.The main part is the Assmanns’ opinion on media,this part starts with the orientation of media in the theory,and explains its function to the memory system,besides,the relationship between these two.Then,the paper elucidates the Assmanns’ time-space view of media,explores its encoding activity and structuring behavior in memory space.Finally,based on the means such as memory performance proposed by Aleida Assmann,this paper makes a horizontal comparison of various means,and interprets their critical thinking with cases.The last chapter of the paper puts forward opinions on its theoretical values and practical values.On the whole,their thoughts think the memory phenomenon of human society from the perspective of media,and enrich the cognition of media in the dimension of time and space from the perspective of memory research.In the meantime,the media has long been seen as the "social school" that to cultivate qualified citizens,social members need the foundation of thought,which could collect us together as a "community",people recognize that "we" have a historical origin―the formation itself,and last creatively,the social mission―shaping national historical memory―is on the media ‘s hand.In today’s technology-dominated media environment,memory communication should regain its cultural value,balance the discourse power between culture and technology,and make good use of media technology to tell "historical stories”.