An Analysis of John Denver's Songs

John Denver is one of the most famous singers who are fond of country music. His songs have surpassed time and space successfully. Nowadays the style of his songs still influences people of the world, which has a bearing on the connotation and extension of the style of his songs. It is worthwhile to analyse his songs from which people can comprehense his style further and seek out more about the culture and the ideology of Americans since 1970s.

Song of Solomon——A Journey of Milkman Dead

American Scholar Joseph Campbell puts forward a more detailed model of heroes in which a successful journey usually contains three major phases:"separation""initiation"and"return".In Song of Solomon written by Toni Morrison,the hero,Milkman Dead leaves his family to the south to find his family’s lost tradition and memory and the journey of Milkman Dead turns out to be a journey of understanding himself,his ancestry and African heritage.The journey also fits into the legendary model of hero’s journey"Separation—Initiation—Return"model.

A Stylistic Appreciation of Song for the Wandering Jew

As an important romantic poet,William Wordsworth produced large numbers of poems known for refined rhymes,images and thoughts,which are exemplified by Song for the Wandering Jew.This paper analyzes this poem by a stylistic approach which shows how sounds,images and syntax artistically made contribution to the poetic quality.

Measurement of transient thickness between the body and graze layers of ancient porcelains using microprobe EDXRF technique

The oxide contents of TiO2, MnO, SrO and Fe2O3 in the body and graze layers of the Jiao-Tan-Xia (JTX) and Lao-Hu-Dong (LHD) porcelains in Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 A.D.) have been determined using an In- ternational Eagle-II μ-probe EDXRF spectrometer. The results show that the contents in the body are much different from those in the graze one. Therefore, the transient thickness (TT) between the body and graze layers can be meas- ured through determination of a distance of the drift change in the chemical contents. The TT average for the JTX porcelains is 161μm, while that for the LHD porcelains is 258μm, which are consistent with a range of 0.15-0.3mm in the Ru-Yao porcelains. The different TT is related to the variances in firing temperature and raw material for manu- facturing the respective porcelains.

A Feasible Approach for Automatic Detection and Recognition of the Bengalese Finch Songnotes and Their Sequences

The Bengalese finch song has been widely studied for its unique features and similarity to human language. For com-putational analysis the songs must be represented in songnote sequences. An automated approach for this purpose is highly desired since manual processing makes human annotation cumbersome, and human annotation is very heu-ristic and easily lacks objectivity. In this paper, we propose a new approach for automatic detection and recognition of the songnote sequences via image processing. The proposed method is based on human recognition process to visually identify the patterns in a sonogram image. The songnotes of the Bengalese finch are dependent on the birds and similar pattern does not exist in two different birds. Considering this constraint, our experiments on real birdsong data of different Bengalese finch show high accuracy rates for automatic detection and recognition of the songnotes. These results indicate that the proposed approach is feasible and generalized for any Bengalese finch songs.

The Influence of Miao Nationality’s Culture in Yuan Xiang Region on the Later Poetry Creation of Qu Yuan

Miao culture is one of the minority cultures in China.It also has a certain impact on the development of Chinese literature and poetry.Chu ci is a new poetic style created by Qu Yuan,an ancient poet in China.It is the first collection of romantic poetry in the history of Chinese literature.Qu Yuan’s poetry creation is related to his life experience.Qu Yuan was exiled to Yuan Xiang region,and he had been in contact with the Miao ancestors in Yuan Xiang area during the exile.Therefore,the Miao land culture in Yuan Xiang area has a profound influence on Qu Yuan’s later poetry creation.This paper,taking Qu Yuan’s later poetry as an example,analyzes the influence of Miao culture on Chu ci in Yuan Xiang area,introduces Qu Yuan’s life and how to contact Miao culture,and probes into the influence of Miao nationality’s religious thought,customs,language and culture,oral folk song and pan song on the later poetry creation of Qu Yuan.

Aspect Level Songs Rating Based Upon Reviews in English

With the advancements in internet facilities,people are more inclined towards the use of online services.The service providers shelve their items for e-users.These users post their feedbacks,reviews,ratings,etc.after the use of the item.The enormous increase in these reviews has raised the need for an automated system to analyze these reviews to rate these items.Sentiment Analysis(SA)is a technique that performs such decision analysis.This research targets the ranking and rating through sentiment analysis of these reviews,on different aspects.As a case study,Songs are opted to design and test the decision model.Different aspects of songs namely music,lyrics,song,voice and video are picked.For the reason,reviews of 20 songs are scraped from YouTube,pre-processed and formed a dataset.Different machine learning algorithms—Naïve Bayes(NB),Gradient Boost Tree,Logistic Regression LR,K-Nearest Neighbors(KNN)and Artificial Neural Network(ANN)are applied.ANN performed the best with 74.99%accuracy.Results are validated using K-Fold.

楚简诗类文献与孔子删《诗》

孔子删《诗》与否一直是《诗》学史上的一大难题,结合楚简中越来越多的诗类文献,并从古本《诗》的编集流传、孔子时《诗》的形态、主张删《诗》者的论据等角度看,孔子可能并未删《诗》。首先,古本《诗》的编集是一个渐进的过程,乐官最初对诗歌进入《诗》文本进行了一定的整理甚至删削,清华简《耆夜》中的《蟋蟀》和《周公之琴舞》等都启示这一点。其次,《诗》传到孔子时,整体框架等与今本《诗》差别应该不是很大。最后,《史记·孔子世家》所言“及至孔子,去其重,取可施于礼义”的说法有不合事实之处;“诗三百”不是专指孔子所删之《诗》而言,它与《诗》的含义不是对立的,而是大体一致的。总之,孔子并未删《诗》,只是进行了正乐、调整篇次等工作。

印支造山带:Song Chay构造带

印支运动是二十世纪初法国地质学家根据越南北部晚三叠世大规模角度不整合所提出。越南北部的Song Chay构造带作为印支造山带概念的提出地,记录了大量经典的印支造山相关的信息,是理解印支造山带构造演化的关键地区。本文在课题组对Song Chay地区十多年研究基础上,结合前人研究成果,系统厘定了Song Chay构造带的几何空间格架、运动学特征及其演化过程。详细的野外地质考察表明,Song Chay构造带从SW向NE依次可以划分成:新生代的大象山单元、代表缝合带的Song Chay蛇绿混杂岩单元,以及越南东北部褶皱冲断系统。其中蛇绿混杂岩单元和褶皱冲断系统中发育NE-SW向矿物拉伸线理,并具有顶部向NE方向的剪切变形特征,指示了Song Chay洋壳向SW的俯冲以及向NE的逆冲过程。精确的年代学工作表明,Song Chay蛇绿混杂岩中斜长花岗岩的结晶年龄为356.4±2.9Ma,表明至少在早石炭世Song Chay洋就已经形成了成熟的大洋地壳。褶皱冲断带内部的低温年代学数据约束了顶部向NE的剪切变形年龄在250~245Ma之间,表明为华南和印支板块碰撞时间。另外,Song Chay蛇绿混杂岩基质中碎屑锆石物源研究表明,Song Chay蛇绿混杂岩基质中碎屑锆石主要是来自于俯冲的华南板块,只有很少一部分来自印支板块,因此推测Song Chay洋可能为一个十分有限的小洋盆。构造几何学、运动学以及碎屑锆石物源研究表明,在Song Chay构造带内的“滇-琼缝合带”两侧构造特征可对比,并未因“滇琼洋”的闭合而造成差异。因此,我们认为“滇-琼缝合带”并不能代表一个大洋。根据我们及前人的构造学、岩石学、年代学工作,建立了一个初步的Song Chay洋从晚石炭世至中三叠世的构造演化模型:(1)310~270Ma,Song Chay洋开始向SW俯冲到印支板块之下,此时岩浆弧并不发育,蛇绿混杂岩物源主要为华南板块;(2)270~250Ma,Song Chay洋继续俯冲,此时弧岩浆岩大量发育,蛇绿混杂岩同时接受弧岩浆岩及华南板块碎屑物质;(3)250~245Ma,Song Chay洋闭合,华南板块与印支板块碰撞;(4)245~230Ma,印支造山带进入碰撞后伸展阶段。

经验意义系统下《葬花吟》及其英译本的生态话语分析

《葬花吟》作为林黛玉诗词的代表作,出现在《红楼梦》第二十七回。这首诗并非因伤春而无病呻吟,也并非因爱情而烦心苦闷,而是作为封建贵族阶级的叛逆者林黛玉与贾府封建正统势力斗争冲突的结果。文章基于韩礼德的系统功能语言学,以生态场所观为理论指导,对《葬花吟》原诗及杨-霍英译本进行生态话语分析。研究发现:诗中运用了生态场所观中的多个施事,表明人对于场所之间的紧密依附关系;通过及物性过程分析,尤其是心理过程方面,表明诗中主人公及原诗作者对美好生活及良好的社会环境的渴望与向往。原诗及其英译本在生态话语的深层涵义上具有积极的生态立场,属于生态保护型语篇。

The Weight of a Backpack:A Phenomenological Analysis of Typical Chinese Children’s Songs

Purpose-The purpose of this paper is to explore the experience of the weight of a backpack as represented in typical Chinese children’s songs through a kind of phenomenological approach.Design/Approach/Methods-The core issue pertaining to Chinese children’s songs about backpacks is how the weight sense of backpacks is generated and developed in the field of song phenomenology.Findings-The“whatness”of a backpack in typical songs has varied over the past six decades,meanwhile,the backpack and its songs conceal not only the secrets of childhood but also those of China’s educational system.Originality/Value-The originality of this paper embodies the unique perspective to provide a new insight into the current scholarship of the micro-politics of song-singing and the weight sense of backpack.

论信阳民歌蕴含的楚韵吴调的精神气韵

信阳民歌作为中国民歌的重要组成部分,有着悠久的历史传统。信阳特殊的地理位置与历史文化传统使信阳民歌兼容吸纳了南北文化的精髓及多地民歌的特点,形成了独具特色的风格。人们通常把“豫风楚韵”作为信阳地域文化最显著的特征,然而通过仔细分析信阳原生态民歌形成历史以及唱腔、调式、风格等,发现“楚韵吴调”更具信阳民歌的底色和精神气韵。

新中国古籍出版与文化普及——以1956年版《楚辞选》为例

新中国成立初期,国家对传统文化传承与普及给予了高度重视,一系列古籍整理出版项目相继启动。1956年版《楚辞选》作为新中国成立之初楚辞编注的代表性选本,凭借优良且高效的策划组稿、编辑审稿、装帧版面设计、读者反馈与修订,拓展大众学术出版市场。本文通过对出版档案资料及新中国出版环境的调研,发掘《楚辞选》专业编辑团队的形成历史,分析编注者成员的组织分工与专业合作方式,探讨新中国初期古籍出版大众传播的学术品格及其实践意义。

20世纪宋史领域里苏轼研究论著的量化分析

20世纪宋史研究论著总计41319项,有1471位宋史人物进入宋史研究的视野,其中苏轼研究的成果量最多,达3263项,独占鳌头。研究热度之高,无出其右。数据表明,被研究的成果量与历史人物的贡献力、影响力、知名度和美誉度高度正相关。苏轼三千多项研究成果,分布在文学、学术思想、文化艺术等二十个方面。历史人物研究成果量的主题分布,反映出当代学者对历史人物的身份认同。20世纪宋史领域里苏轼研究的序幕,揭开于1918年,此后经历三个时段的变化,至1981年,始形成热潮。20世纪共有1989人发表过苏轼研究成果,大量是低产作者,拥有6项以上成果量的活跃作者仅66人。10位高产的活跃作者,投注度都很高。活跃作者,只说明其成果数量多,其成果的学术质量,并不能等量齐观。如何评估学术成果的质量、如何评价学者的贡献,还需要不断完善量化分析的指标和权重,建立科学的量化评价体系。

汉人“评屈”中的自我价值体认及对屈原“去国”问题的观照

汉代人之评价屈原及其作品,不仅仅是带来了相关史学和辞赋创作的发展而已,以贾谊、司马迁、班固为代表的诸学者、辞赋家还在吸纳儒家和道家部分思想的基础上,重塑了一种哲学理论——“智”学,并启发了新的审美方向——山水之域。“智”学的本质是强调士人“自我”的价值,表现为在“臣——君”关系中为“臣”这一群体争取生存和发展的权利。“智”学理论中的“出走”思想为后来不得志的士群体退隐山水之域提供了哲学支撑,而其所追求的“自乐”“逍遥”精神则使退隐者开始留心于山水之美,从而形成了“自我——自然山水”这一新的人生关系。此关系在古典哲学、美学与文学中的影响都非常重要。

写本学视域下安大简《诗经》的几个问题

安大简《诗经》作为战国楚国写本具有明显的写本学特征。安大简《诗经》写本的国风次序、个别国风命名、个别国风篇目及写本分篇等方面均与孔子编定的《诗经》存在明显差异,体现出写本的流动性及个性化特征。安大简《诗经》的国风次序及个别国风的命名是战国时局在诗学上的投影与反映,体现了诗学与政治的统一性。战国时局的变化,是抄写者产生再加工《诗经》的动因,抄写者通过重新编排国风次序表达了某种政治意图。也许这种表达是完全被动的,如将秦排在第三位,也许是来自强秦的政治压力。而将矦、魏两国国风位置前移,则可能是出自抄写者自我意愿,因为这个抄写者很可能就是魏国人。矦风附记为魏国人所作,其性质为后世“跋语”类文字。安大简《诗经》又把今本唐风称为魏风,这是因为今本毛诗唐风实际上是晋诗的缘故。

沈祖棻诠释唐宋词的思想渊源和理论方法

沈祖棻是现代著名词人和学者,她的《宋词赏析》在当代得到广泛赞誉。词人身份使其宋词赏析偏于艺术分析,学者身份使其赏析宋词不是停留在感悟的层面,而是处处显示出学者的功力和精审。《宋词赏析》调动了她的各种知识储备,既有自己的创作经验,也有前人的理论总结,更有关于古代文化知识的丰富积累,为我们赏析古代诗词作品开启了多面窗口,让我们看到了古典诗词展现出来的丰富多彩的审美姿态。

宋韵造物特征下的圆椅参数化复原与数字重构

本文基于宋代文人圆椅的造物文化特征,利用参数化技术对其造型样式进行推测性数字化复原和重构实践,探索其传统活化的数字化表现,以期应用于杭州上城区宋韵城市文化建设。通过运用比较分析法和图像分析法,揭示了宋代文人圆椅和明式黄花梨圈椅二者在书写性表达共性下的差异,并据此分析了宋代文人圆椅造型的数理几何特征,使其同参数化设计之间建立了量化关系,并在grasshopper参数化软件中搭建了可实时逆向调节参数的数字化复原模型,在城市家具领域进行了参数化重构尝试。结果表明,通过参数化的方式对宋代文人圆椅复原和重构,能够在提高效率的同时满足多样化的设计需求,从而为杭州宋韵文化城市建设提供支持,推动宋韵文化传世工程的传统活化与创新传承。

口传艺术“楚调唐音”歌吟词的音声意韵研究

江西省非物质文化遗产“楚调唐音”歌吟是我国传统吟诵流派中的一个重要分支。“诗歌同体”“诗以歌传”是中国文学一个独特而又漫长的文化景观。歌吟的古雅音韵在世代传薪中建构了其特有的声音景观和审美意趣,通过以词为载体的歌吟音乐形态的分析,探寻歌吟中词的吟唱规律及其音声意韵的艺术观念,以丰富传统吟诵音乐形态的地域研究。