Poets often express their ideas and attitudes through their poems,like American poet Robert Frost,British poet A.E Housman and Chinese Cao xueqin.The paper compares pessimism towards life of the three poets by analyzi...Poets often express their ideas and attitudes through their poems,like American poet Robert Frost,British poet A.E Housman and Chinese Cao xueqin.The paper compares pessimism towards life of the three poets by analyzing their poems.展开更多
This study analyzes the misperceptions of the Chinese public about air pollution levels and other potential predictors of participation in pro-environmental behaviors based on the 2013 Chinese General Social Survey(CG...This study analyzes the misperceptions of the Chinese public about air pollution levels and other potential predictors of participation in pro-environmental behaviors based on the 2013 Chinese General Social Survey(CGSS).In this paper,misperception is defined as the difference between subjective perceptions of air pollution and measurements through objective monitoring.We find that pessimistic respondents are more likely to participate in pro-environmental behaviors.The media use and evaluation of the environmental performance of the local government significantly stimulate pro-environmental participation.The results reveal that knowledge and concern about the environment can mitigate the negative effect of optimistic bias on pro-environmental behaviors.In regions where environmental information is widely available,environmental pessimists are especially more likely to participate in such activities.This finding suggests that the government should provide not only accurate information about environmental pollution but also relevant education to enhance the environmental awareness of the public and stimulate pro-environmental participation.展开更多
Tess of the D'Urbervilles was written by Thomas Hardy who was a famous critical realistic writer at the turn of the 19 thcentury in England.Tess of the D'Urbervilles is the most influential one of all his work...Tess of the D'Urbervilles was written by Thomas Hardy who was a famous critical realistic writer at the turn of the 19 thcentury in England.Tess of the D'Urbervilles is the most influential one of all his works.The novel describes a tragic life about abeautiful girl after disgrace.This paper analyses what cause Tess' s tragic life.The first part is an introduction of Tess of the D'Urb-ervilles and its writer Thomas Hardy.And then is the analysis on the causes of her tragic life —characters of Tess,Society Influ-ence and influence of Pessimism & Fatalism of Hardy.Though Tess fought with the society,as a common person she is helpless atthat time.In the end,she turned out to be the sacrificial victim of society like all other things which disobey the morality and ethic.展开更多
Colonialism is an ideological system that was not only contrary to traditional African law(family law,popular law,etc.),but was also incompatible with the dignity of man.Colonial tyranny in Africa began with the polit...Colonialism is an ideological system that was not only contrary to traditional African law(family law,popular law,etc.),but was also incompatible with the dignity of man.Colonial tyranny in Africa began with the political implementation of the decisions adopted at the Berlin Conference of 1884/85,its essential principles of international law being the inviolability and the purity of colonial borders.Thus the European colonial powers managed to avoid wars of aggression and prevent uprisings by African people.Since the dominant theories of colonialism were Eurocentric,they could scarcely contribute to adequately investigating the nature of colonialism,let alone adequately describing its dimension in Africa.Instead of examining the shades of the colonial system from different cultural perspectives to inform people objectively,Eurocentric theories prevented any attempt at truth about colonial injustice.Unfortunately,some Europeans still tend to endorse the colonial injustice system in Africa with cheap and cynical Downplaying terms.The fact that colonial policy has a long history,however,in no way indicates that it should necessarily be accepted or legitimized.On the contrary,since its inception colonialism met with violent and intellectual opposition until African countries attained national sovereignty and territorial integrity.This article demonstrates the significance colonialism has in Africans’intellectual discourse and shows how the colonial question is discussed in Germany.展开更多
The poetry is not merely a bundle of "poetic" objects or a box with tinsel ribbon decoration.Poetry is an expression of the emotion,an experience of the objective,bustling world.To have a penetrating and com...The poetry is not merely a bundle of "poetic" objects or a box with tinsel ribbon decoration.Poetry is an expression of the emotion,an experience of the objective,bustling world.To have a penetrating and comprehensive understanding of the poems by Sylvia Plath and Ge Mai,firstly,comparing in the description:images,moods and attitudes;then,analyzing the inner meaning related to the metaphor and symbol;finally,emphasizing that it is courage makes the beauty spring from the poetry.展开更多
文摘Poets often express their ideas and attitudes through their poems,like American poet Robert Frost,British poet A.E Housman and Chinese Cao xueqin.The paper compares pessimism towards life of the three poets by analyzing their poems.
文摘This study analyzes the misperceptions of the Chinese public about air pollution levels and other potential predictors of participation in pro-environmental behaviors based on the 2013 Chinese General Social Survey(CGSS).In this paper,misperception is defined as the difference between subjective perceptions of air pollution and measurements through objective monitoring.We find that pessimistic respondents are more likely to participate in pro-environmental behaviors.The media use and evaluation of the environmental performance of the local government significantly stimulate pro-environmental participation.The results reveal that knowledge and concern about the environment can mitigate the negative effect of optimistic bias on pro-environmental behaviors.In regions where environmental information is widely available,environmental pessimists are especially more likely to participate in such activities.This finding suggests that the government should provide not only accurate information about environmental pollution but also relevant education to enhance the environmental awareness of the public and stimulate pro-environmental participation.
文摘Tess of the D'Urbervilles was written by Thomas Hardy who was a famous critical realistic writer at the turn of the 19 thcentury in England.Tess of the D'Urbervilles is the most influential one of all his works.The novel describes a tragic life about abeautiful girl after disgrace.This paper analyses what cause Tess' s tragic life.The first part is an introduction of Tess of the D'Urb-ervilles and its writer Thomas Hardy.And then is the analysis on the causes of her tragic life —characters of Tess,Society Influ-ence and influence of Pessimism & Fatalism of Hardy.Though Tess fought with the society,as a common person she is helpless atthat time.In the end,she turned out to be the sacrificial victim of society like all other things which disobey the morality and ethic.
文摘Colonialism is an ideological system that was not only contrary to traditional African law(family law,popular law,etc.),but was also incompatible with the dignity of man.Colonial tyranny in Africa began with the political implementation of the decisions adopted at the Berlin Conference of 1884/85,its essential principles of international law being the inviolability and the purity of colonial borders.Thus the European colonial powers managed to avoid wars of aggression and prevent uprisings by African people.Since the dominant theories of colonialism were Eurocentric,they could scarcely contribute to adequately investigating the nature of colonialism,let alone adequately describing its dimension in Africa.Instead of examining the shades of the colonial system from different cultural perspectives to inform people objectively,Eurocentric theories prevented any attempt at truth about colonial injustice.Unfortunately,some Europeans still tend to endorse the colonial injustice system in Africa with cheap and cynical Downplaying terms.The fact that colonial policy has a long history,however,in no way indicates that it should necessarily be accepted or legitimized.On the contrary,since its inception colonialism met with violent and intellectual opposition until African countries attained national sovereignty and territorial integrity.This article demonstrates the significance colonialism has in Africans’intellectual discourse and shows how the colonial question is discussed in Germany.
文摘The poetry is not merely a bundle of "poetic" objects or a box with tinsel ribbon decoration.Poetry is an expression of the emotion,an experience of the objective,bustling world.To have a penetrating and comprehensive understanding of the poems by Sylvia Plath and Ge Mai,firstly,comparing in the description:images,moods and attitudes;then,analyzing the inner meaning related to the metaphor and symbol;finally,emphasizing that it is courage makes the beauty spring from the poetry.