As one of Mark Twain＇ s most classic short story, ＂ Is He Living or Is He Dead＂ does not reflect the major problems and the serious drawbacks of society fi＇om the surface significance of novel, however, the events...As one of Mark Twain＇ s most classic short story, ＂ Is He Living or Is He Dead＂ does not reflect the major problems and the serious drawbacks of society fi＇om the surface significance of novel, however, the events described in the novel can actually touch sensitive topic as well as the shortcomings of the era where, pointedly disclose the nature of society at that time. Mark Twain＇s short story tries to use this caged bird imagery to criticize the camouflage events occur and makes irony of this tragic story behind the social problems. Little caged bird in the novel contains profound social implications and is worthy of scrutiny and research.展开更多
The Eye in the Door is one of the masterpieces of Pat Barker,a famous contemporary British female writer.In this novel the image of the Panopticon stands out because ofits high frequency and detailed descriptions,and ...The Eye in the Door is one of the masterpieces of Pat Barker,a famous contemporary British female writer.In this novel the image of the Panopticon stands out because ofits high frequency and detailed descriptions,and it also becomes the key to the interpretation of the novel because of its relation to the fates of many characters and its metaphorical meanings.From the perspective of semiotics,this paper makes a progressive interpretation of this imagery symbol from three aspects:the features of the Panopticon in the surface sense,the surveillance function and power mechanism of the Panopticon in the deeper sense,and the Panopticon as the metaphor of the British society during the First World War in the social and cultural sense,then points out that the imagery symbol of the Panopticon is the encoding and embodiment of the writer's ideas.Through this imagery symbol,the writer criticizes the disciplinary characteristics and totalitarian tendency of the British society during the First World War and expresses her reflection on the First World War and its causes.展开更多
文摘As one of Mark Twain＇ s most classic short story, ＂ Is He Living or Is He Dead＂ does not reflect the major problems and the serious drawbacks of society fi＇om the surface significance of novel, however, the events described in the novel can actually touch sensitive topic as well as the shortcomings of the era where, pointedly disclose the nature of society at that time. Mark Twain＇s short story tries to use this caged bird imagery to criticize the camouflage events occur and makes irony of this tragic story behind the social problems. Little caged bird in the novel contains profound social implications and is worthy of scrutiny and research.
基金This paper received support from Jiangsu Province Social Sciences Fund by Jiangsu Planning Office of Philosophy and Social Science.The project funded is"A Study of the Postmemory Writing in Pat Barker's Novels"(project number:19WWB002).
文摘The Eye in the Door is one of the masterpieces of Pat Barker,a famous contemporary British female writer.In this novel the image of the Panopticon stands out because ofits high frequency and detailed descriptions,and it also becomes the key to the interpretation of the novel because of its relation to the fates of many characters and its metaphorical meanings.From the perspective of semiotics,this paper makes a progressive interpretation of this imagery symbol from three aspects:the features of the Panopticon in the surface sense,the surveillance function and power mechanism of the Panopticon in the deeper sense,and the Panopticon as the metaphor of the British society during the First World War in the social and cultural sense,then points out that the imagery symbol of the Panopticon is the encoding and embodiment of the writer's ideas.Through this imagery symbol,the writer criticizes the disciplinary characteristics and totalitarian tendency of the British society during the First World War and expresses her reflection on the First World War and its causes.
