Post-structuralist theories of language have become increasingly attractive to language learning researchers both domes-tic and abroad in recent years. As one of the primary conceptual frameworks informing language re...Post-structuralist theories of language have become increasingly attractive to language learning researchers both domes-tic and abroad in recent years. As one of the primary conceptual frameworks informing language research, post-structuralism pro-vides new perspectives that expand the scope and relevant elements of language study far beyond other views. Then, what exactly isa post-structuralism perspective of language? What are its advantages and significance and how did language researchers apply itto language study? For an in-depth discussion of these questions, the paper first reviews the proposal of post-structuralist theoriesof language on the basis of a systematic comparison with structuralism, and explains its core ideas. Then, connecting theory withpractice, we discuss the application of this theory to diverse language researches, identity issues in particular. Finally, attempts aremade to put forward future research directions according to domestic research status, with the aim of offering some humble sugges-tions to future research on language learning in China.展开更多
This paper explores how the body discourses constructed by patriarchal culture influence individual＇s body viewpoint and form teachers＇ body image in educational fields in gender perspectives of feminisms and the co...This paper explores how the body discourses constructed by patriarchal culture influence individual＇s body viewpoint and form teachers＇ body image in educational fields in gender perspectives of feminisms and the concepts of power and discourse from Foucanlt. At the same time I will also demonstrate that the body politics of women teachers in secondary education do not represent the stable and rigid hierarchy of traditional teacher-student relationship but shape the subjectivity which are deployed and suffused as a capillary action by the disciplines and power relations interwoven by gender, sexuality, class and age throughout the individual＇s cognition and behavior, thus produce self-monitoring in the meantime monitoring others for social function. Finally, I will argue that how the subjectivity under the social structure and cultural norms generates an individual＇s agency of resistance and subversion to existing gender structures through reflectivity in the cracks produced by the collision, fragmentation, consultation within different discourses, and then finds the temporary strategic and political positioning and identity.展开更多
Among the challenges of poststructuralist thought has been the demand that we acknowledge a kind of philosophical emptiness which many feel accompanies the perceived decline in foundationalist thought. By looking more...Among the challenges of poststructuralist thought has been the demand that we acknowledge a kind of philosophical emptiness which many feel accompanies the perceived decline in foundationalist thought. By looking more closely at Barthes and Baudrillard＇s writing on meaning, writing, language, truth, and the real, we can come to a better understanding of the emergence and implications of the poststructural challenge. The paper argues that Barthes＇ and Baudrillard＇s writing on these five key concepts can lead us to a more liberating conception of thought and contribute to our individual effort to become more challenging thinkers. This paper also （unavoidably） points to several points of convergence and divergence between Barthes and Baudrillard.展开更多
文摘Post-structuralist theories of language have become increasingly attractive to language learning researchers both domes-tic and abroad in recent years. As one of the primary conceptual frameworks informing language research, post-structuralism pro-vides new perspectives that expand the scope and relevant elements of language study far beyond other views. Then, what exactly isa post-structuralism perspective of language? What are its advantages and significance and how did language researchers apply itto language study? For an in-depth discussion of these questions, the paper first reviews the proposal of post-structuralist theoriesof language on the basis of a systematic comparison with structuralism, and explains its core ideas. Then, connecting theory withpractice, we discuss the application of this theory to diverse language researches, identity issues in particular. Finally, attempts aremade to put forward future research directions according to domestic research status, with the aim of offering some humble sugges-tions to future research on language learning in China.
文摘This paper explores how the body discourses constructed by patriarchal culture influence individual＇s body viewpoint and form teachers＇ body image in educational fields in gender perspectives of feminisms and the concepts of power and discourse from Foucanlt. At the same time I will also demonstrate that the body politics of women teachers in secondary education do not represent the stable and rigid hierarchy of traditional teacher-student relationship but shape the subjectivity which are deployed and suffused as a capillary action by the disciplines and power relations interwoven by gender, sexuality, class and age throughout the individual＇s cognition and behavior, thus produce self-monitoring in the meantime monitoring others for social function. Finally, I will argue that how the subjectivity under the social structure and cultural norms generates an individual＇s agency of resistance and subversion to existing gender structures through reflectivity in the cracks produced by the collision, fragmentation, consultation within different discourses, and then finds the temporary strategic and political positioning and identity.
文摘Among the challenges of poststructuralist thought has been the demand that we acknowledge a kind of philosophical emptiness which many feel accompanies the perceived decline in foundationalist thought. By looking more closely at Barthes and Baudrillard＇s writing on meaning, writing, language, truth, and the real, we can come to a better understanding of the emergence and implications of the poststructural challenge. The paper argues that Barthes＇ and Baudrillard＇s writing on these five key concepts can lead us to a more liberating conception of thought and contribute to our individual effort to become more challenging thinkers. This paper also （unavoidably） points to several points of convergence and divergence between Barthes and Baudrillard.
