The Virginian： A Horseman of the Plains （1902） has been considered as one of the masterpieces of American western novels for its successful depiction of cowboys and local customs, which earns Owen Wister the Father...The Virginian： A Horseman of the Plains （1902） has been considered as one of the masterpieces of American western novels for its successful depiction of cowboys and local customs, which earns Owen Wister the Father of Western fiction. The paper aims to reveal the relationship between The Virginian and its historical context by applying the doctrines of New Historicism： historicity of texts and textuality of history. By historicity of texts, it points out that the work is the emblem of disappearance of western frontier, and it symbolizes the union of the Wild West and the civilized east. By textuality of history, it detects the change of social class, the development of livestock industry and railway, and their influence on the work at the later part of 19th century.展开更多
Sara Jeannette Duncan(1861-1922)is a prominent Canadian female writer in her time.Her novel The Imperialist(1904),dealing primarily with Canadian nationality,is a sophisticated epitome of Canadian society that is most...Sara Jeannette Duncan(1861-1922)is a prominent Canadian female writer in her time.Her novel The Imperialist(1904),dealing primarily with Canadian nationality,is a sophisticated epitome of Canadian society that is most authentic to Canadian social and political life at the turn of the twentieth century.The Imperialist,as a product of a historical context in Canadian literature,incorporates historical reality and fictional imagination,and presents an uncertainty and perplexity in the ideology of Canadians at the turn of the twentieth century.Positioning The Imperialist in the context of New Historicism,this essay explores the intertextuality of the“historicity of texts”and the“textuality of history”.Furthermore,the essay investigates the circulation between literary text of The Imperialist and non-literary texts that surrounded it,revealing how literary text and historical-cultural context negotiate,circulate,and construct each other.展开更多
March 28 of this year is the second Tibetan Serfs Emancipation Day. People of all nationalities in Tibet marked the day by hoisting the national flag and by singing and dancing. Smiles were on every face and a festive...March 28 of this year is the second Tibetan Serfs Emancipation Day. People of all nationalities in Tibet marked the day by hoisting the national flag and by singing and dancing. Smiles were on every face and a festive atmosphere pervaded the snowcovered plateau region.展开更多
Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me,published in 2019,depicts the parallel world of London in 1982,when artificial intelligence field was well beyond our current level of development.After Britain’s defeat in the Falkland...Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me,published in 2019,depicts the parallel world of London in 1982,when artificial intelligence field was well beyond our current level of development.After Britain’s defeat in the Falklands War,Tony Benn was elected Prime Minister.And Alan Turing,the father of artificial intelligence,did not commit suicide.The storyline is full of intertextual expressions,with the setting beyond the British Isles and the narrative structure abandoning the coherence in the traditional novel in favour of a fragmented feature that closely integrates the individual with the society and the history.The paper analyses McEwan’s textual presentation of Britain’s post-World War II history from three perspectives:textual truth,historical fiction,and historical reflection,in the context of the New Historicism,and explores how McEwan approaches the deconstruction of power discourses and ideologies.This paper aims to achieve reflection on the past,concern for the present and early warning for the future under textuality of histories and historicity of text.展开更多
文摘The Virginian： A Horseman of the Plains （1902） has been considered as one of the masterpieces of American western novels for its successful depiction of cowboys and local customs, which earns Owen Wister the Father of Western fiction. The paper aims to reveal the relationship between The Virginian and its historical context by applying the doctrines of New Historicism： historicity of texts and textuality of history. By historicity of texts, it points out that the work is the emblem of disappearance of western frontier, and it symbolizes the union of the Wild West and the civilized east. By textuality of history, it detects the change of social class, the development of livestock industry and railway, and their influence on the work at the later part of 19th century.
文摘Sara Jeannette Duncan(1861-1922)is a prominent Canadian female writer in her time.Her novel The Imperialist(1904),dealing primarily with Canadian nationality,is a sophisticated epitome of Canadian society that is most authentic to Canadian social and political life at the turn of the twentieth century.The Imperialist,as a product of a historical context in Canadian literature,incorporates historical reality and fictional imagination,and presents an uncertainty and perplexity in the ideology of Canadians at the turn of the twentieth century.Positioning The Imperialist in the context of New Historicism,this essay explores the intertextuality of the“historicity of texts”and the“textuality of history”.Furthermore,the essay investigates the circulation between literary text of The Imperialist and non-literary texts that surrounded it,revealing how literary text and historical-cultural context negotiate,circulate,and construct each other.
文摘March 28 of this year is the second Tibetan Serfs Emancipation Day. People of all nationalities in Tibet marked the day by hoisting the national flag and by singing and dancing. Smiles were on every face and a festive atmosphere pervaded the snowcovered plateau region.
文摘Ian McEwan’s Machines Like Me,published in 2019,depicts the parallel world of London in 1982,when artificial intelligence field was well beyond our current level of development.After Britain’s defeat in the Falklands War,Tony Benn was elected Prime Minister.And Alan Turing,the father of artificial intelligence,did not commit suicide.The storyline is full of intertextual expressions,with the setting beyond the British Isles and the narrative structure abandoning the coherence in the traditional novel in favour of a fragmented feature that closely integrates the individual with the society and the history.The paper analyses McEwan’s textual presentation of Britain’s post-World War II history from three perspectives:textual truth,historical fiction,and historical reflection,in the context of the New Historicism,and explores how McEwan approaches the deconstruction of power discourses and ideologies.This paper aims to achieve reflection on the past,concern for the present and early warning for the future under textuality of histories and historicity of text.
