From Binary Opposition to Identity in Everyday Use

Everyday Use is the best of essays written by Alice Walker,a very famous African American woman novelist.In this essay,two sisters from Africa-American family give us a deep impression.Although they are sisters,Maggie and Dee are different.With a concept of structuralism:binary opposition,this article shows the two sisters:Maggie and Dee have different natures,appearances and the views for the quilt.However,with their attitudes to the quilt analyzed by deconstructionism:breaking the binary opposition,the two sisters are identical:both of them regard the quilt as the rare material.Finally,this thesis points out an insufficiency of the essay.

Binary Opposition of the Characterization of David in Bible

Characters in Bible are like the coin possessing two sides. David, the most complicated figure in Bible, is just a case in point. From this perspective, this paper tries to use the principle of binary opposition to analyze the characterization of David in Bible, that is, David's tolerance vs. vengeance, piety vs. impiety, and iron heart vs. sentiment.

Beyond Binary Opposition： Reinterpretation of Mr. Pontellier in the Awakening

The American writer Kate Chopin＇s masterpiece, The Awakening published in the late 19th century is one of the classics in female literature. The heroine Edna having the courage to pursue self-reliance and express her self-awareness, is regarded as a ＂new woman＂, while the comments on her husband, Mr. Pontellier are quite negative--He regards Edna as a private property and a sexual tool, leading to her awakening and suicide. In this paper, the author reinterprets Mr. Pontellier with the method of close reading in new criticism, deeming that it is the binary opposition in thinking that leads to the misreading. Mr. Pontellier was just a follower of the tradition and custom. The objective evaluation and reinterpretation to him can help students to develop the habit of critical thinking and the courage to pursue truth is case they form a simple thinking mode of the binary opposition.

On Deconstruction of the Binary Opposition in Guests of the Nation

Guests of the N ation w ritten by the Irish w riter Frank O 'C onnor is the most magnificent short story,in w hich a tragedy about the killing betw een friends is depicted.In this story,many different pairs of binary opposition are used to present the theme and the characters vividly,w hich makes the plot more attractive.T his study attempts to analyze the phenomena of the binary opposition in the story based on the theory of deconstruction to deconstruct the individuals'feelings of the absurdity and void of the meaningless w orld.

An Analysis of Binary Oppositions in The Garden Party

The Garden Party is one of the major short fictions of famous female writer Katherine Mansfield. In this work,the writer makes a profound reflection on the inequality in differentsocial classes and the truth of life. This paperwill focus on the research method of binary opposition. Through the study of binary oppositions in the text, thedeep themes and meanings will be clearly revealed.

On Binary Oppositions in The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg

The Man that Corrupted Hadleyburg is a classic middle-length novel written by Mark Twain. The story revolves around a sack of gold that every one of the 19 principal citizens in the"most honest and upright town"Hadleyburg desires to claim by any means, fair or foul. The vivid description reveals the bourgeois hypocrisy of the capitalist society. This article intends to study the story from the perspective of binary opposition and finds out three pairs of opposition, they are honesty vs. hypocrisy; trust vs. trap; fancy vs. fact, which makes the story more sarcastic and full of sight and wisdom.

On Binary Opposition in Guests of the Nation

Guests of the Nation is a short story written by Frank O’Connor,a driven and prodigious writer,who was arguably one of Ireland’s most complete man of letters in the 20th century.Despite the fact that he lived a life of many facets,he was best known for his short stories.In a life span of 63 years,he produced 11 volumes of short stories,among which the title story of Frank O’Con⁃nor’s landmark collection Guests of the Nation was always widely reviewed,generally in positive terms.As a story set against the background of the Irish War of Independence,Guests of the Nation depicts an extraordinary situation where Irish soldiers and Eng⁃lish hostages become friends.To perform their duty,the Irish guards executed the two English hostages although camaraderie was created among them.This short story has attracted numerous critics to analyze it from different perspectives,each of whom has their own notion on the theme of the story.However,most of the scholars focus on analyzing the characters,few of them have noticed bi⁃nary oppositions in the story.There are several pair of binary oppositions in the story,for instance,enemy and friends,friendship and duty,comedy and tragedy,life and death,etc.Therefore,the present paper will examine it from the perspective of binary oppo⁃sition,in an attempt to tap deep into the conflict between humanity and the national interest,as well as the absurdity of war.

On Binary Opposition in The Yellow Wallpaper

The Yellow Wallpaper is the masterpiece of the prominent American female writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman(1860-1935). Trying to illustrate the ideology and women status in the 19 th century from the perspective of binary opposition, this paper is going to explore how the narrator escapes from the patriarchal confinement and finally achieves independence by employing the artistic technique of binary opposition. The three sets of binary opposition reveals the confrontation between madness and sense, anarchy and order, silence and discourse and how the narrator finds her way out from the oppressive patriarchal culture.

Study on The Light of the World from the Perspective of Binary Oppositions

Structuralism is employed to analyze language, culture and society in 1900 s. It's an effective theory to anatomize literary works. The light of the world is a short story composed by Ernest Hemingway, the most important and outstanding author since the death of Shakespeare. The story is dissected from binary oppositions, a key element in Structuralism. Two binary oppositions of the Light of the World have been clarified: the lies and true heart of two whores, and the light of the world and the world without light.

二元对立框架下的俄罗斯媒体政治话语构建

在当代俄罗斯,大众媒体实际上是政治的一种存在和运行形式。媒体政治话语为社会提供重要信息,在社会意识中重构现实。二元对立构成媒体政治话语的符号空间,同时决定着政治传播的基本方向。这种符号对立不仅在概念内容上具有可延伸性、表现出不同的类型,而且有助于媒体政治话语根据自身需要实施定位、联合或攻击功能。基于二元对立框架构建的媒体政治话语拥有高度权威性和影响力,在很大程度上形成并操纵着俄罗斯社会舆论。

走出“启蒙与救亡”:从一场关于鲁迅是否为民族主义者的争论说起

新世纪初学界发生了一场关于鲁迅是否为民族主义者的争论。虽然争论双方在这一问题上持有截然相反的观点,但他们却具有同样的思想基础,即民族主义/个性主义、中国/西方、传统/现代等二元对立框架。无论肯定还是否定鲁迅是一个民族主义者,这种框架导致双方貌似合理的论证中都频繁出现了对“西方”“西方文化”“现代性”“民族主义”等概念绝对化、简单化的理解与使用。1980年代以来“启蒙与救亡”的二元对立思想所带来的盲点在这场争论中暴露无遗。国内外思想史研究界早已超越了这种二元对立的思维模式,鲁迅研究界的最重要成果也都是建立在这种超越之上的,但这场争论及后来的回响说明它的影响依然强大,现代文学研究界需要继续对“启蒙与救亡”二元对立的基础思维框架进行深入总结与反思。

《人鼠之间》中二元对立性别化空间的解读

从性别空间的视角对作品《人鼠之间》进行分析发现,在男权思想主导下,男性空间占据着社会空间的中心位置,而女性空间则被不断挤压,处于社会边缘,展现女性附属品的地位。作者展现了一种打破二元对立性别空间的可能性,将男女双方置于平等、独立的位置。尽管为空间的越界付出了生命的代价,但为两性之间的和谐相处给出了合理的解救路径。

二元对立下的主旋律电影——《八佰》

主旋律电影作为一种新的电影题材体系在1987年全国故事片会议上被首次提出,逐渐成为传播正能量、弘扬时代精神、讴歌人性人生的影片。文章运用二元对立理论,对主旋律电影《八佰》中的剧情、人物及色彩环境等元素进行详细分析,探讨不同元素间的矛盾对立对电影创作及主题表达的作用。

批判二元对立思维——对马克思主义实践观、自然观、审美观过往研究的反思

辩证的话语承诺与隐蔽的二元对立思维长期共存于20世纪20年代以来的马克思主义哲学研究工作当中。其中关于马克思主义实践观、自然观、审美观的研究表现得比较有代表性。在辩证的话语承诺掩盖着的隐蔽二元对立思维影响下,马克思主义实践观的“主体视角”与“客体视角”以及马克思主义的“自在自然”与“人化自然”、“自在之美”与“为我之美”等范畴经常被直观化、纯粹化、绝对化理解,由此导致在学理上形成一系列长期难以疏通的理论堵点。逐一反思与批判这类理论堵点及其背后隐藏的思维方式,不但有助于终结一些长期无法弥合的无效争论,而且有助于促进马克思主义哲学的当代理论体系在学理上真正完成上下贯通。

超越二元——读弗兰姆普敦《批判的地域主义》

本文是一篇阅读笔记,其中逐一解读了弗兰姆普敦文中的一些关键理念,试图厘清弗氏的抵抗建筑学是如何建构的。过程中,我意识到弗氏最一致的一个努力是超越二元对立。

污染控制行政法律关系结构的变迁:从二元对立到三元互动

以“谁污染、谁治理”原则为指导,我国将排污单位确立为行政相对人,构建了由环境行政机关和排污单位构成的二元对立的污染控制行政法律关系结构。在第三方环境服务兴起的背景下,应当确立第三方环境服务机构的行政相对人地位,实现污染控制行政法律关系结构从二元对立到三元互动的变迁。基于第三方环境服务机构的双重身份,复合型污染者监管和环境服务监管构成了三元互动污染控制行政法律关系的核心内容。污染者监管与环境服务监管在监管目标、监管方式及强度上均存在差别,需要借助环境法典编纂的契机,为污染控制行政法律关系的三元构造提供充分的立法保障。

绘画如何“回到事物本身”:从印象派到塞尚绘画的演进逻辑与哲学动力

罗杰·弗莱、克莱夫·贝尔、贡布里希、赫伯特·里德、梅洛-庞蒂等从形式主义、知觉图式、经验主义以及知觉现象学等角度论述了印象派与塞尚绘画的联系与区别,体现了20世纪绘画理论和美学的不同面向。这些观点形成了相互抵消、支撑和溢出的状态,多维度呈现了从印象派到塞尚绘画的转变如何发生,何以塞尚是“现代绘画之父”,但也都存在预设立场影响对艺术作品的判断,以二元对立思维模式框定研究对象等不足。

符号矩阵视阈下《去灯塔》中双性共体的解读

以叙事学中的符号矩阵为理论基础,以《去灯塔》中四个代表不同性别特征的角色及其相互关系为研究对象,解读伍尔夫的双性共体。从中可以发现双性共体已不仅仅是一种之前研究中所称的创作理论或者女性主义思想,更是一种哲学思想,一种对世界的态度,一种对二元对立模式的解构与重构。

中性审美——女性审美解放的新道路?

中性审美作为超越传统二元性别对立的审美模式,突破了传统的男权秩序和社会规训的审美规则,是平权意识觉醒和资本助推的结果。两性个体在中性审美的推动下重塑着个体性别表达的自由性、性别认同张弛关系与权力规训机制的变革,是现代社会中女性审美解放的新道路。但中性审美并不意味着女性审美的真正解放,审美作为人的自由和本质的创造指向人类解放,并与实现人的自由全面发展有着不可分割的联系,只有以第三条道路凸显女性解放之新路,崇尚科学理性与智力价值引领人的社会性发展趋势,才能在人工智能时代中将由中性审美获得的精神性解放成果有效转化为物质性解放成果。

山姆·谢泼德“家庭三部曲”的二元对立解读——以结构主义为视角

山姆·谢泼德的“家庭三部曲”主要以家庭为舞台背景,强调布景、服饰、音响的逼真性,把人物置于逼真的空间位置,主要冲突都在特定的地点和场景内发生。运用结构主义的二元对立分析法对山姆·谢泼德“家庭三部曲”中的人与环境、人物性格、人物形象塑造和主题中的二元对立项进行分析,可以唤起人们对人生价值和人存在本质问题的思考。