In this article,O'Corner's "My Oedipus Complex" will be deconstructed in order to prove that this short story is an artistic creation rather than a scientific experiment.
Edgar Allan Poe is a writer who establishes a new school in the American history of literature.He firstly and consciously takes the short story as an independent literature style,advances his own composing theory of s...Edgar Allan Poe is a writer who establishes a new school in the American history of literature.He firstly and consciously takes the short story as an independent literature style,advances his own composing theory of short stories and applies it to his composition of Gothic novels.He plays a great role in the contribution of the internal development of Gothic novels for he organically unified the moral exploration and psychological exploration,thoroughly displayed the conflict between the good and the evil as well as advanced the composing technique of Gothic novels to the extremely high artistic state.This paper holds that the Gothic technique is successfully applied in one of Edgar Allan Poe's famous short stories A Cask of Amontillado in three aspects: theme and plot,characterization and atmosphere,and its author reveals people's most deep-hidden inner world and exposes the ugliness of human's nature by way of the Gothic technique and the special effects of terror.展开更多
John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne's poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking acti...John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne's poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking activities are lively and strong passions-love passion and the passion of religious integration,which created a new harmony.Reading Donne's poetry is like participating in a mental game,only use our brains in order to catch up with speeding on the poet's imagination,his exquisite taste of the speculation.The Flea is one of representative works by John Donne.A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning is the most famous works of Donne's works.Both "The Flea" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" are famous love poems by John Donne.The two poems have something in common and something different.Although the two poems are similar and also different to each other,they both set their own situation properly and impressively.展开更多
English-language schooling has become a focal point for the Chinese education sector,since English has become the communicative means for global political,cultural and economic exchanges.This new reality means that mo...English-language schooling has become a focal point for the Chinese education sector,since English has become the communicative means for global political,cultural and economic exchanges.This new reality means that more is expected from tertiary-level English majors who become increasingly crucial as cross-cultural communicators.Considering the importance and popularity of English major programs,efforts relating to improvements in the existing 2000 Curriculum for English Major Chinese tertiary students Studies for Chinese universities are constantly being discussed.The Curriculum,in turn,attracts the attention of educators,as it is closely connected to teaching context,teaching method,evaluation of language programs,and so on.As such programs are never perfect and always require change and adaptation to changing contexts,what is needed is critique and innovation.This paper aims at analysing the existing 2000 Curriculum and putting forward some innovations and extrapolating the educative values of these reforms.The structure of the paper consists of four major sections.It begins with an evaluation of the existing 2000 Curriculum,both the positive and the problematic aspects of the program.The second section maps out three proposed innovations: Problem-Based Learning(PBL),Task-Based Language Teaching(TBLT) and the inclusion of Chinese cultural material.I then elaborate the advantages of the reform in contrast to the existing system.The final part of the paper extrapolates the various educative values of these reforms.展开更多
文摘In this article,O'Corner's "My Oedipus Complex" will be deconstructed in order to prove that this short story is an artistic creation rather than a scientific experiment.
文摘Edgar Allan Poe is a writer who establishes a new school in the American history of literature.He firstly and consciously takes the short story as an independent literature style,advances his own composing theory of short stories and applies it to his composition of Gothic novels.He plays a great role in the contribution of the internal development of Gothic novels for he organically unified the moral exploration and psychological exploration,thoroughly displayed the conflict between the good and the evil as well as advanced the composing technique of Gothic novels to the extremely high artistic state.This paper holds that the Gothic technique is successfully applied in one of Edgar Allan Poe's famous short stories A Cask of Amontillado in three aspects: theme and plot,characterization and atmosphere,and its author reveals people's most deep-hidden inner world and exposes the ugliness of human's nature by way of the Gothic technique and the special effects of terror.
文摘John Donne is a representative of 17th century English metaphysical poets.Donne's poetry embraces a wide range of secular and religious subjects.His poetry is full of philosophical metaphor,and quick thinking activities are lively and strong passions-love passion and the passion of religious integration,which created a new harmony.Reading Donne's poetry is like participating in a mental game,only use our brains in order to catch up with speeding on the poet's imagination,his exquisite taste of the speculation.The Flea is one of representative works by John Donne.A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning is the most famous works of Donne's works.Both "The Flea" and "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning" are famous love poems by John Donne.The two poems have something in common and something different.Although the two poems are similar and also different to each other,they both set their own situation properly and impressively.
文摘English-language schooling has become a focal point for the Chinese education sector,since English has become the communicative means for global political,cultural and economic exchanges.This new reality means that more is expected from tertiary-level English majors who become increasingly crucial as cross-cultural communicators.Considering the importance and popularity of English major programs,efforts relating to improvements in the existing 2000 Curriculum for English Major Chinese tertiary students Studies for Chinese universities are constantly being discussed.The Curriculum,in turn,attracts the attention of educators,as it is closely connected to teaching context,teaching method,evaluation of language programs,and so on.As such programs are never perfect and always require change and adaptation to changing contexts,what is needed is critique and innovation.This paper aims at analysing the existing 2000 Curriculum and putting forward some innovations and extrapolating the educative values of these reforms.The structure of the paper consists of four major sections.It begins with an evaluation of the existing 2000 Curriculum,both the positive and the problematic aspects of the program.The second section maps out three proposed innovations: Problem-Based Learning(PBL),Task-Based Language Teaching(TBLT) and the inclusion of Chinese cultural material.I then elaborate the advantages of the reform in contrast to the existing system.The final part of the paper extrapolates the various educative values of these reforms.
