"Byronic hero"is first created by Byron as a proud, cynical and rebellious man, or villain-hero. Fascinated by Byron, Emily Bronte also created a Byronic hero -Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, exemplified by..."Byronic hero"is first created by Byron as a proud, cynical and rebellious man, or villain-hero. Fascinated by Byron, Emily Bronte also created a Byronic hero -Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, exemplified by his darkness, rebellion, individualism, frustration in love, merciless revenge, tragic death, and duality of being both villain-like and hero-like.展开更多
Li Bai and George Gordon Byron can be regarded as the most outstanding romantic poets of China and Britain respectively. By making a comparative study, both the similarities and differences between their literary work...Li Bai and George Gordon Byron can be regarded as the most outstanding romantic poets of China and Britain respectively. By making a comparative study, both the similarities and differences between their literary works are to be figured out. For one thing, despite the different times and cultural background they lived in, there exists similarities between their works in pursuit of freedom and writing techniques, such as the portrait of sublime and the use of mythological imageries. For another, besides these similarities, there still remains subtle differences between their works in political ideal, tone and themes.展开更多
By focusing on two texts by Kitamura Tokoku and Su Man-shu, this article aims to explore an alternative mode of comparative literature and whether it is a valid disciphne to examine the evolution of world literature. ...By focusing on two texts by Kitamura Tokoku and Su Man-shu, this article aims to explore an alternative mode of comparative literature and whether it is a valid disciphne to examine the evolution of world literature. The usual practice of influence study tends to deprive comparative literary studies of its multiple dimensions and rich substance and produces stereotyped impressions. This article distills Byronic moments from two texts by early modern East Asian writers and historicizes them against the overall backdrop of modern nation-making ideology. In this way, a shared cosmos of exiled self emerges, which indicates that the Byronic link highlights a hterary moment of individual metamorphosis in the mapping of modernity.展开更多
文摘"Byronic hero"is first created by Byron as a proud, cynical and rebellious man, or villain-hero. Fascinated by Byron, Emily Bronte also created a Byronic hero -Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights, exemplified by his darkness, rebellion, individualism, frustration in love, merciless revenge, tragic death, and duality of being both villain-like and hero-like.
文摘Li Bai and George Gordon Byron can be regarded as the most outstanding romantic poets of China and Britain respectively. By making a comparative study, both the similarities and differences between their literary works are to be figured out. For one thing, despite the different times and cultural background they lived in, there exists similarities between their works in pursuit of freedom and writing techniques, such as the portrait of sublime and the use of mythological imageries. For another, besides these similarities, there still remains subtle differences between their works in political ideal, tone and themes.
文摘By focusing on two texts by Kitamura Tokoku and Su Man-shu, this article aims to explore an alternative mode of comparative literature and whether it is a valid disciphne to examine the evolution of world literature. The usual practice of influence study tends to deprive comparative literary studies of its multiple dimensions and rich substance and produces stereotyped impressions. This article distills Byronic moments from two texts by early modern East Asian writers and historicizes them against the overall backdrop of modern nation-making ideology. In this way, a shared cosmos of exiled self emerges, which indicates that the Byronic link highlights a hterary moment of individual metamorphosis in the mapping of modernity.