The Department of Education of east China’s Shandong Province recently issued a document, requiring middle and primary schools to "screen and filter" traditional classics carefully. The document says some c...The Department of Education of east China’s Shandong Province recently issued a document, requiring middle and primary schools to "screen and filter" traditional classics carefully. The document says some content of traditional masterpieces,展开更多
"Carved silk" originated during the Five Dynasties (907-960) period and gained great popularity during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This particular style of weave, which features the same design on both side..."Carved silk" originated during the Five Dynasties (907-960) period and gained great popularity during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This particular style of weave, which features the same design on both sides, is clearly defined as if engraved with a knife. The distinct quality of the work led to the moniker "Carved Silk." The two most outstanding pieces of carved silk—展开更多
From the beginning of the American history, the settling of the far westernfrontier has habitually been viewed in almost mystical political terms as a hea-vensent opportunity to "go West and grow up with the coun...From the beginning of the American history, the settling of the far westernfrontier has habitually been viewed in almost mystical political terms as a hea-vensent opportunity to "go West and grow up with the country." This assumptionof the West as a kind of Eden is also a major theme in Western American Liter-ature although it has been challenged by such pioneering, observant and realisticwriters as Hamlin Garland and Willar Cather. Viewed against this background,John Steinbeck’s masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath constitutes another展开更多
Novelist Julian Howthorne was fequently mistaken for his father,the cel-ebrated author Nathaniel Hawthorne(霍桑,1804—1864 ),美国作家).Once,when Julian was introduced to a woman,she gushed,“Mr.Hawthorne,I justfinishe...Novelist Julian Howthorne was fequently mistaken for his father,the cel-ebrated author Nathaniel Hawthorne(霍桑,1804—1864 ),美国作家).Once,when Julian was introduced to a woman,she gushed,“Mr.Hawthorne,I justfinished reading The Scarlet Letter,and I think it’s a masterpiece.I had noidea you were so gifted.”展开更多
Arguments can be made in favor of,and against external approaches to literary ctiticism.Almost certainly,a writer will be influenced by his personal background as well as bythe historical and regional backgrounds agan...Arguments can be made in favor of,and against external approaches to literary ctiticism.Almost certainly,a writer will be influenced by his personal background as well as bythe historical and regional backgrounds aganst which he has grown up and developed hiswriting skill.A writer’s education and the course he has studied may also have theirinfluence on his works in specific ways.In other words,a writer may often draw uponoutside literary sources to lend extra dimenion to a work of his own.展开更多
In Beloved,Toni Morrison takes her responsibility to excavate the relationship between man and nature.In the novel,we can find white man’s strong instrumentalism and strong desire to control nature and the blacks’di...In Beloved,Toni Morrison takes her responsibility to excavate the relationship between man and nature.In the novel,we can find white man’s strong instrumentalism and strong desire to control nature and the blacks’dim love for nature.Through this comparison,we can feel Toni Morrison’s desire to return to nature.展开更多
In Forster's masterpiece A Passage to India, the novelist deals in large parts with the contemporary Indian society under British rule and the complicated relations between the English and the native population. I...In Forster's masterpiece A Passage to India, the novelist deals in large parts with the contemporary Indian society under British rule and the complicated relations between the English and the native population. In this novel, Forster explores the difficulty to unify human relations,and exposes the eternal gaps between two nations. This paper will center on the eternal gaps of a Passage to India, which are represented by the misunderstandings between"India"and"British". By exploring and analyzing those gaps, the paper reaches the conclusion that those gaps can not be eliminated and the long-existing communication proposed by Forster is still a long way to go.展开更多
Nathaniel Hawthorn is the greatest American romantic novelist during the nineteenth century.He is skillful at the using of symbolism in his works,especially in his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter.Hawthorn is a writer w...Nathaniel Hawthorn is the greatest American romantic novelist during the nineteenth century.He is skillful at the using of symbolism in his works,especially in his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter.Hawthorn is a writer with art talent,who uses different colors to enhance the artistic effects of The scarlet Letter.Colors emerging on the most occasions are used as a mayor form of symbolism to reflect the character’s feelings,personalities and fates.This paper aims to elaborate the usage of colors as a form of symbolism in three parts:the symbolic meaning of red,the symbolic meaning of black,and the symbolic meaning of grey.展开更多
文摘The Department of Education of east China’s Shandong Province recently issued a document, requiring middle and primary schools to "screen and filter" traditional classics carefully. The document says some content of traditional masterpieces,
文摘"Carved silk" originated during the Five Dynasties (907-960) period and gained great popularity during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). This particular style of weave, which features the same design on both sides, is clearly defined as if engraved with a knife. The distinct quality of the work led to the moniker "Carved Silk." The two most outstanding pieces of carved silk—
文摘From the beginning of the American history, the settling of the far westernfrontier has habitually been viewed in almost mystical political terms as a hea-vensent opportunity to "go West and grow up with the country." This assumptionof the West as a kind of Eden is also a major theme in Western American Liter-ature although it has been challenged by such pioneering, observant and realisticwriters as Hamlin Garland and Willar Cather. Viewed against this background,John Steinbeck’s masterpiece The Grapes of Wrath constitutes another
文摘Novelist Julian Howthorne was fequently mistaken for his father,the cel-ebrated author Nathaniel Hawthorne(霍桑,1804—1864 ),美国作家).Once,when Julian was introduced to a woman,she gushed,“Mr.Hawthorne,I justfinished reading The Scarlet Letter,and I think it’s a masterpiece.I had noidea you were so gifted.”
文摘Arguments can be made in favor of,and against external approaches to literary ctiticism.Almost certainly,a writer will be influenced by his personal background as well as bythe historical and regional backgrounds aganst which he has grown up and developed hiswriting skill.A writer’s education and the course he has studied may also have theirinfluence on his works in specific ways.In other words,a writer may often draw uponoutside literary sources to lend extra dimenion to a work of his own.
文摘In Beloved,Toni Morrison takes her responsibility to excavate the relationship between man and nature.In the novel,we can find white man’s strong instrumentalism and strong desire to control nature and the blacks’dim love for nature.Through this comparison,we can feel Toni Morrison’s desire to return to nature.
文摘In Forster's masterpiece A Passage to India, the novelist deals in large parts with the contemporary Indian society under British rule and the complicated relations between the English and the native population. In this novel, Forster explores the difficulty to unify human relations,and exposes the eternal gaps between two nations. This paper will center on the eternal gaps of a Passage to India, which are represented by the misunderstandings between"India"and"British". By exploring and analyzing those gaps, the paper reaches the conclusion that those gaps can not be eliminated and the long-existing communication proposed by Forster is still a long way to go.
文摘Nathaniel Hawthorn is the greatest American romantic novelist during the nineteenth century.He is skillful at the using of symbolism in his works,especially in his masterpiece The Scarlet Letter.Hawthorn is a writer with art talent,who uses different colors to enhance the artistic effects of The scarlet Letter.Colors emerging on the most occasions are used as a mayor form of symbolism to reflect the character’s feelings,personalities and fates.This paper aims to elaborate the usage of colors as a form of symbolism in three parts:the symbolic meaning of red,the symbolic meaning of black,and the symbolic meaning of grey.
