The term“狂欢”(kuanghuan)was initially a composite phrase in the Chinese language.Subsequent to its introduction,the Western concept of“carnival”allowed it to evolve into a complete vocabulary item.Nonetheless,the...The term“狂欢”(kuanghuan)was initially a composite phrase in the Chinese language.Subsequent to its introduction,the Western concept of“carnival”allowed it to evolve into a complete vocabulary item.Nonetheless,the term“狂欢”(kuanghuan)has undergone shifts in its part of speech,denotation,and cultural significance as used by the speakers.This paper delves into the origin and evolution of“狂欢”(kuanghuan),aiming to elucidate the ongoing interplay and transformation between language and culture.展开更多
Introduction: The Health Enhancement Module (HEM) is taught as a core curriculum for all medical students at Monash University since 2002. In 2012 we moved the year three content of the program into a community settin...Introduction: The Health Enhancement Module (HEM) is taught as a core curriculum for all medical students at Monash University since 2002. In 2012 we moved the year three content of the program into a community setting, calling it the Health Enhancement Carnival (HEC). At the carnival, our undergraduates interacted with school students, their teachers, and their parents, involving them in a mix of discussions, poster presentations, and video presentations. In this paper we present our experience with the HEC. Specifically, we looked at the following two measures: how did the HEC influence the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy living among medical students? And, what were the learning experiences of the students during the HEC? Methods: Five themes (exercise, food, healthy sleep, workplace stress and ageing) were divided among students. They were asked to develop those themes with the help of posters, power point presentations, community talks as well as video presentations. The carnival was held in the setting of two nearby children’s schools. Students were evaluated by a panel of examiners with regards to learning objectives as well as preparation and presentation. As part of evaluation, we developed 2 questionnaires. The HEP Healthy Living Questionnaire provided feedback on how the program had improved students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice of healthy living. The HEP Learning Style Questionnaire covered twelve areas, including collegiality, environment, leadership, community interaction and other facets of learning style. Analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 software in the Clinical School Johor Bahru. Results: 1) Influence of HEC on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy living among medical students. From the interviews, the judges gave the students mean ratings of 4.0/5. We also received 77 out of 127 feedback questionnaires (response rate: 60.6%) from the students. Most students (range: 49.35% to 55.84%) were “satisfied/totally satisfied”, “achieved/totally achieved”, or “improved/totally improved” to 5 questions of the Healthy Living Questionnaire. Correlation coefficients between knowledge of healthy living, attitude towards healthy living, and practice of healthy living were large (exceeding 0.8) suggesting that these three measures were highly and positively inter-correlated. Most students (range: 60.28% to 71.43%) scored “a lot/almost all”, to 5 questions regarding achievement of learning objectives. 2) Learning experiences of the students during the HEC. Responding to the HEP Learning Style Questionnaire, most students (range: 66.24% to 85.72%) agreed or strongly agreed that the program provided an optimal environment for learning, encouraging students to assume leadership responsibilities and promoting self-directed learning. A correlation matrix of the 12 items showed medium to large correlations between all twelve variables. Conclusions: The Health Enhancement Program (HEP) is an innovative approach that has enabled students to learn about healthy living within the context of the local community.展开更多
The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it de...The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it developsfrom the traditional ritual performed by fishermen, who intended to pray for blessing and safety from the God ofthe Sea into a huge carnival attending by thousands of people to express their aspiration for a wonderful life andbright future. This day, the sea sacrifice festival has the new social values and cultural connotations due to thechange of life style, the rise of intangible cultural heritage protection activities, and the integration of many otherculture elements, such as Yanko, drum, and Peking opera performance.展开更多
Russian language and literature theorist Mikhail Bakhtin （1895-1975） is an expert of carnivalized literature. In Rabelais and His Worm （1984） and Problems of Dostoevsky＇s Poetics （1987）, Bakhtin has shown how R...Russian language and literature theorist Mikhail Bakhtin （1895-1975） is an expert of carnivalized literature. In Rabelais and His Worm （1984） and Problems of Dostoevsky＇s Poetics （1987）, Bakhtin has shown how Rabelais＇ and Dostoevsky＇s vision of the world is turned to the artistic way of seeing. The author of this paper has studied a novel and its connection to a writer＇s world view by using the theory of Bakhtin. The purpose of this paper is to show how the author has used Bakhtin＇s ideas and perspectives in her study. The subject of the author＇s doctoral dissertation is Finnish author Algot Untola （1868-1918）, who published whole his ambiguous production by using pen names. Main research data are Untola＇s early works which include novels and newspaper articles that are written in the years 1906-1909. The research problem has been whether Untola＇s first novel Harhama （1909） carnivalized literature or not. The study has revealed that Untola＇s carnivalesque writings opposed the Finnish nationalist official culture. In previous study it has not been seen, because has not been taken into account his world view and its close relationship with the folk＇s unofficial laughing culture.展开更多
THE Bai people are China’s 15th largest ethnic minority.They live mainly in Yunnan Province,specifically in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,and some in Guizhou and Hunan provinces.Dali is where the Bai people’s ethni...THE Bai people are China’s 15th largest ethnic minority.They live mainly in Yunnan Province,specifically in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,and some in Guizhou and Hunan provinces.Dali is where the Bai people’s ethnic roots are.From the 23rd to 25th day of the fourth lunar month every year,Bai people in Dali pray for展开更多
In Seraph on the Suwanee, Zora Neale Hurston shows concern on race and gender as in her previous fictions. Misread by some critics as a soap opera pandering to white readers, Seraph is in fact a masterpiece worthy of ...In Seraph on the Suwanee, Zora Neale Hurston shows concern on race and gender as in her previous fictions. Misread by some critics as a soap opera pandering to white readers, Seraph is in fact a masterpiece worthy of in-depth study, which continues Hurston's tradition of resolving conflicts with humor and demonstrates her cultural stance. Through analyzing the irony,humor and carnivalization in this fiction, it argues that Seraph on the Suwanee is a joke on racism, which blurs the lines between races and questions the notions of cultural and racial purity.展开更多
As a genius Irish poet and dramatist,Oscar Wilde is one of the most disputable playwrights in the history of English lit erature.Among all his comedies,The Importance of Being Earnest fully shows Wilde's artistic ...As a genius Irish poet and dramatist,Oscar Wilde is one of the most disputable playwrights in the history of English lit erature.Among all his comedies,The Importance of Being Earnest fully shows Wilde's artistic style and comic capability.In the play,Wilde made use of all the comic factors to combine the abnormal plots,funny characters and witty language as a whole,sati rizing the severe ethics and social ills at the late Victorian age.Based on Bakhtin's carnival theory,this thesis trys to illustrate the carnival factors embodied in the importance of being earnest.展开更多
Byron's works are often considered as being cynical and tragic due to their famous Byronic heroes—often defiant, melan-choly young men as well as Byron's rebellious life experience. However, Don Juan has alre...Byron's works are often considered as being cynical and tragic due to their famous Byronic heroes—often defiant, melan-choly young men as well as Byron's rebellious life experience. However, Don Juan has already grown out of such tragic mood andself-pitying pride. In Don Juan, contrary to the serious and complete negation, the satire is ambivalent just like the medieval carni-val laughter which is deriding and downgrading as well as positive and regenerating. With the help of the Bakhtin's theory aboutthe medieval carnival, Don Juan proved to be an affirmative poem with positive sense. Byron in this poem gives a true revelation ofpassionate mutual love, shows the importance of personal and national liberty, and expands people's perception of morality as hesatires and laughs at the vices of the society.展开更多
As online shopping carnivals held by giant e-commerce platforms have achieved huge commercial success in tenns of both,profit scales and brand building,the marketing strategies that the companies have adopted to promo...As online shopping carnivals held by giant e-commerce platforms have achieved huge commercial success in tenns of both,profit scales and brand building,the marketing strategies that the companies have adopted to promote their ideas and so swiftly influence consumer behavior have attracted wide attention.This article will first begin with the introduction on the phenomenon of online shopping carnival in China especially,the largest one which is the"Double Eleven"Global Online Shopping Carnival where there will be a brief discussion on its nature,history,scale,and huge influence on the Chinese society.Then,the discussion will be focused on the marketing secrets of its contagiousness and the reasons why everyone talks about it from three dimensions whereby it provides social currency,it is of practical value,and it evokes emotions.An analysis will then be done on the marketing contributors to its high sales volume of"Why people are participating?"with purchase motivation theory,social influence theory(SIT),and conformity theory.Finally,the passage will explore the definition of impulse buying as well as its impacting factors in online shopping experiences,and then explain the high incidence of this phenomenon during carnivals from two dimensions which include the low-price strategy and the stimulation from shopping environment.This article aims to help people understand online shopping and shopping carnivals better while the tips of promotion strategies and analysis on consumer behavior would provide a referential value for companies that are interested to raise certain brands5 publicity in addition to attract more consumers.展开更多
19,000 visitors,500 exhibitor brands and 61% of participants traveling from abroad,a wave of enthusiasm swept away any pastdoubts!Intense networking and increased order-placement offered the intimate profession abreat...19,000 visitors,500 exhibitor brands and 61% of participants traveling from abroad,a wave of enthusiasm swept away any pastdoubts!Intense networking and increased order-placement offered the intimate profession abreath of fresh air.More than everbefore,the 47th session of Salon International de la Lingerie,hosted by EUROVET,played its role inuniting and driving the sectoras a whole with a coherent and harmonious platform.China Textile Magazine this time,as one of officially invited professional media,witnessed the whole dynamic and successful event during January 23rd to 25th 2010 at Paris-Expo,Porte de Versailles,in France.展开更多
if Africans take an interest in knowing China＇s culture, in which food plays an integral part, the Chinese will be very flattered.[This] will definitely bring the two peoples together.
Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week 2018 S/S Collection ended successfullynz China Fashion Week 2018 S/S Collec The ten-day Mercedes-Betion presented 89 runway shows and 3 professional contests.Meanwhile,there were also ...Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week 2018 S/S Collection ended successfullynz China Fashion Week 2018 S/S Collec The ten-day Mercedes-Betion presented 89 runway shows and 3 professional contests.Meanwhile,there were also DHUB,China Fashion Award Ceremony,as well as fash-展开更多
In Bakhtin, dialogism and intercorporeity are closely interconnected by a relation of reciprocal implication: there cannot be dialogue among disembodied minds, nor can dialogism be understood separately from a biosemi...In Bakhtin, dialogism and intercorporeity are closely interconnected by a relation of reciprocal implication: there cannot be dialogue among disembodied minds, nor can dialogism be understood separately from a biosemiotic conception of the sign. Bakhtin's monograph on Rabelais forms an organic part of his writings, including those produced by his collaborators and friends Voloshinov and Medvedev. According to Bakhtin, dialogue concerns literature and life. He evidences the ideological character of the contemporary conception of the individual body described as separate from other bodies and self-sufficient. And, in fact, through his readings of Rabelais' s works he evidences the validity of the carnival vision of the grotesque body.展开更多
The first Beijing International Film Festival will kick off in April Beijing will finally realize a dream that’s been brewing for years-to hold an international film festival.The event,
The cosmopolitan cultural behaviors employed by war films and teleplays in the reconstruction of national traumatic memories are worthy of understanding and respect. However, in present-day China, the quantity of Anti...The cosmopolitan cultural behaviors employed by war films and teleplays in the reconstruction of national traumatic memories are worthy of understanding and respect. However, in present-day China, the quantity of Anti-Japanese War films and teleplays is abnormally high, and their values deeply enmeshed in a radical nationalism. The result is a general trend towards a ＂carnival of vengeful images.＂ Given the potential harms implicit in this situation, the question of just what kind of war narratives are appropriate for the contemporary circumstances of globalization should receive serious attention and reconsideration from society at large.展开更多
On July3,the Yanjing Beer 2009 Beijing Happy Valley Mayan Carnival was grandly opened.The carnival will last for almost two months until August 30.With support from Yanjing Beer,Happy Valley is able to provide an auth...On July3,the Yanjing Beer 2009 Beijing Happy Valley Mayan Carnival was grandly opened.The carnival will last for almost two months until August 30.With support from Yanjing Beer,Happy Valley is able to provide an authentic Brazilian festival including hot music and dancing,展开更多
文摘The term“狂欢”(kuanghuan)was initially a composite phrase in the Chinese language.Subsequent to its introduction,the Western concept of“carnival”allowed it to evolve into a complete vocabulary item.Nonetheless,the term“狂欢”(kuanghuan)has undergone shifts in its part of speech,denotation,and cultural significance as used by the speakers.This paper delves into the origin and evolution of“狂欢”(kuanghuan),aiming to elucidate the ongoing interplay and transformation between language and culture.
文摘Introduction: The Health Enhancement Module (HEM) is taught as a core curriculum for all medical students at Monash University since 2002. In 2012 we moved the year three content of the program into a community setting, calling it the Health Enhancement Carnival (HEC). At the carnival, our undergraduates interacted with school students, their teachers, and their parents, involving them in a mix of discussions, poster presentations, and video presentations. In this paper we present our experience with the HEC. Specifically, we looked at the following two measures: how did the HEC influence the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy living among medical students? And, what were the learning experiences of the students during the HEC? Methods: Five themes (exercise, food, healthy sleep, workplace stress and ageing) were divided among students. They were asked to develop those themes with the help of posters, power point presentations, community talks as well as video presentations. The carnival was held in the setting of two nearby children’s schools. Students were evaluated by a panel of examiners with regards to learning objectives as well as preparation and presentation. As part of evaluation, we developed 2 questionnaires. The HEP Healthy Living Questionnaire provided feedback on how the program had improved students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice of healthy living. The HEP Learning Style Questionnaire covered twelve areas, including collegiality, environment, leadership, community interaction and other facets of learning style. Analyses were performed using the IBM SPSS Statistics version 20 software in the Clinical School Johor Bahru. Results: 1) Influence of HEC on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy living among medical students. From the interviews, the judges gave the students mean ratings of 4.0/5. We also received 77 out of 127 feedback questionnaires (response rate: 60.6%) from the students. Most students (range: 49.35% to 55.84%) were “satisfied/totally satisfied”, “achieved/totally achieved”, or “improved/totally improved” to 5 questions of the Healthy Living Questionnaire. Correlation coefficients between knowledge of healthy living, attitude towards healthy living, and practice of healthy living were large (exceeding 0.8) suggesting that these three measures were highly and positively inter-correlated. Most students (range: 60.28% to 71.43%) scored “a lot/almost all”, to 5 questions regarding achievement of learning objectives. 2) Learning experiences of the students during the HEC. Responding to the HEP Learning Style Questionnaire, most students (range: 66.24% to 85.72%) agreed or strongly agreed that the program provided an optimal environment for learning, encouraging students to assume leadership responsibilities and promoting self-directed learning. A correlation matrix of the 12 items showed medium to large correlations between all twelve variables. Conclusions: The Health Enhancement Program (HEP) is an innovative approach that has enabled students to learn about healthy living within the context of the local community.
文摘The Sea Sacrifice Festival in Tianheng town, Qingdao, China starts from Ming dynasty and enjoys a history ofmore than 500 years. As the largest and most famous festival of offering sacrifice to the sea in China, it developsfrom the traditional ritual performed by fishermen, who intended to pray for blessing and safety from the God ofthe Sea into a huge carnival attending by thousands of people to express their aspiration for a wonderful life andbright future. This day, the sea sacrifice festival has the new social values and cultural connotations due to thechange of life style, the rise of intangible cultural heritage protection activities, and the integration of many otherculture elements, such as Yanko, drum, and Peking opera performance.
文摘Russian language and literature theorist Mikhail Bakhtin （1895-1975） is an expert of carnivalized literature. In Rabelais and His Worm （1984） and Problems of Dostoevsky＇s Poetics （1987）, Bakhtin has shown how Rabelais＇ and Dostoevsky＇s vision of the world is turned to the artistic way of seeing. The author of this paper has studied a novel and its connection to a writer＇s world view by using the theory of Bakhtin. The purpose of this paper is to show how the author has used Bakhtin＇s ideas and perspectives in her study. The subject of the author＇s doctoral dissertation is Finnish author Algot Untola （1868-1918）, who published whole his ambiguous production by using pen names. Main research data are Untola＇s early works which include novels and newspaper articles that are written in the years 1906-1909. The research problem has been whether Untola＇s first novel Harhama （1909） carnivalized literature or not. The study has revealed that Untola＇s carnivalesque writings opposed the Finnish nationalist official culture. In previous study it has not been seen, because has not been taken into account his world view and its close relationship with the folk＇s unofficial laughing culture.
文摘THE Bai people are China’s 15th largest ethnic minority.They live mainly in Yunnan Province,specifically in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture,and some in Guizhou and Hunan provinces.Dali is where the Bai people’s ethnic roots are.From the 23rd to 25th day of the fourth lunar month every year,Bai people in Dali pray for
文摘In Seraph on the Suwanee, Zora Neale Hurston shows concern on race and gender as in her previous fictions. Misread by some critics as a soap opera pandering to white readers, Seraph is in fact a masterpiece worthy of in-depth study, which continues Hurston's tradition of resolving conflicts with humor and demonstrates her cultural stance. Through analyzing the irony,humor and carnivalization in this fiction, it argues that Seraph on the Suwanee is a joke on racism, which blurs the lines between races and questions the notions of cultural and racial purity.
文摘As a genius Irish poet and dramatist,Oscar Wilde is one of the most disputable playwrights in the history of English lit erature.Among all his comedies,The Importance of Being Earnest fully shows Wilde's artistic style and comic capability.In the play,Wilde made use of all the comic factors to combine the abnormal plots,funny characters and witty language as a whole,sati rizing the severe ethics and social ills at the late Victorian age.Based on Bakhtin's carnival theory,this thesis trys to illustrate the carnival factors embodied in the importance of being earnest.
文摘Byron's works are often considered as being cynical and tragic due to their famous Byronic heroes—often defiant, melan-choly young men as well as Byron's rebellious life experience. However, Don Juan has already grown out of such tragic mood andself-pitying pride. In Don Juan, contrary to the serious and complete negation, the satire is ambivalent just like the medieval carni-val laughter which is deriding and downgrading as well as positive and regenerating. With the help of the Bakhtin's theory aboutthe medieval carnival, Don Juan proved to be an affirmative poem with positive sense. Byron in this poem gives a true revelation ofpassionate mutual love, shows the importance of personal and national liberty, and expands people's perception of morality as hesatires and laughs at the vices of the society.
文摘As online shopping carnivals held by giant e-commerce platforms have achieved huge commercial success in tenns of both,profit scales and brand building,the marketing strategies that the companies have adopted to promote their ideas and so swiftly influence consumer behavior have attracted wide attention.This article will first begin with the introduction on the phenomenon of online shopping carnival in China especially,the largest one which is the"Double Eleven"Global Online Shopping Carnival where there will be a brief discussion on its nature,history,scale,and huge influence on the Chinese society.Then,the discussion will be focused on the marketing secrets of its contagiousness and the reasons why everyone talks about it from three dimensions whereby it provides social currency,it is of practical value,and it evokes emotions.An analysis will then be done on the marketing contributors to its high sales volume of"Why people are participating?"with purchase motivation theory,social influence theory(SIT),and conformity theory.Finally,the passage will explore the definition of impulse buying as well as its impacting factors in online shopping experiences,and then explain the high incidence of this phenomenon during carnivals from two dimensions which include the low-price strategy and the stimulation from shopping environment.This article aims to help people understand online shopping and shopping carnivals better while the tips of promotion strategies and analysis on consumer behavior would provide a referential value for companies that are interested to raise certain brands5 publicity in addition to attract more consumers.
文摘19,000 visitors,500 exhibitor brands and 61% of participants traveling from abroad,a wave of enthusiasm swept away any pastdoubts!Intense networking and increased order-placement offered the intimate profession abreath of fresh air.More than everbefore,the 47th session of Salon International de la Lingerie,hosted by EUROVET,played its role inuniting and driving the sectoras a whole with a coherent and harmonious platform.China Textile Magazine this time,as one of officially invited professional media,witnessed the whole dynamic and successful event during January 23rd to 25th 2010 at Paris-Expo,Porte de Versailles,in France.
文摘if Africans take an interest in knowing China＇s culture, in which food plays an integral part, the Chinese will be very flattered.[This] will definitely bring the two peoples together.
文摘Mercedes-Benz China Fashion Week 2018 S/S Collection ended successfullynz China Fashion Week 2018 S/S Collec The ten-day Mercedes-Betion presented 89 runway shows and 3 professional contests.Meanwhile,there were also DHUB,China Fashion Award Ceremony,as well as fash-
文摘In Bakhtin, dialogism and intercorporeity are closely interconnected by a relation of reciprocal implication: there cannot be dialogue among disembodied minds, nor can dialogism be understood separately from a biosemiotic conception of the sign. Bakhtin's monograph on Rabelais forms an organic part of his writings, including those produced by his collaborators and friends Voloshinov and Medvedev. According to Bakhtin, dialogue concerns literature and life. He evidences the ideological character of the contemporary conception of the individual body described as separate from other bodies and self-sufficient. And, in fact, through his readings of Rabelais' s works he evidences the validity of the carnival vision of the grotesque body.
文摘The first Beijing International Film Festival will kick off in April Beijing will finally realize a dream that’s been brewing for years-to hold an international film festival.The event,
文摘The cosmopolitan cultural behaviors employed by war films and teleplays in the reconstruction of national traumatic memories are worthy of understanding and respect. However, in present-day China, the quantity of Anti-Japanese War films and teleplays is abnormally high, and their values deeply enmeshed in a radical nationalism. The result is a general trend towards a ＂carnival of vengeful images.＂ Given the potential harms implicit in this situation, the question of just what kind of war narratives are appropriate for the contemporary circumstances of globalization should receive serious attention and reconsideration from society at large.
文摘On July3,the Yanjing Beer 2009 Beijing Happy Valley Mayan Carnival was grandly opened.The carnival will last for almost two months until August 30.With support from Yanjing Beer,Happy Valley is able to provide an authentic Brazilian festival including hot music and dancing,
