In the post-Columbian era from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,modernity emerges as travel becomes an increasingly common activity.Most of Shakespeare’s late romances involve magical elements and traditional ...In the post-Columbian era from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,modernity emerges as travel becomes an increasingly common activity.Most of Shakespeare’s late romances involve magical elements and traditional moral concepts.Most of the studies focus on the divinity,redemption,moral influence,narrative structure and moral functions,which belongs to a mode of established discussions.This paper argues that in early modern England as the key period of social transformation,Shakespeare’s romances works through the liminality of the space,both presenting growing rituals on the fringe of the noble class,showing character’s political concern in spatial change.The outline of an early modern British cultural landscape arises from it.For Shakespeare,the characters’travels are inevitable,and there is a sense of national spirituality in it.Shakespeare’s romances take those travelling characters as the carrier through the growing rituals in the spatial change.As the solid construction of the identity of the characters is presented,and the reliability of the social change can be interpreted.This paper aims to explore the charm of Shakespeare’s romance and the manifestation of early modern culture of mobility.展开更多
Visual media have dominated sensory communications for decades,and the resulting“visual hegemony”leads to the call for the“auditory return”in order to achieve a holistic balance in cultural acceptance.Romance of t...Visual media have dominated sensory communications for decades,and the resulting“visual hegemony”leads to the call for the“auditory return”in order to achieve a holistic balance in cultural acceptance.Romance of the Three Kingdoms,a classic literary work in China,has received significant attention and promotion from leading audio platforms.However,the commercialization of digital audio publishing faces unprecedented challenges due to the mismatch between the dissemination of long-form content on digital audio platforms and the current trend of short and fast information reception.Drawing on the Business Model Canvas Theory and taking Romance of the Three Kingdoms as the main focus of analysis,this paper argues that the construction of a business model for the audio publishing of classical books should start from three aspects:the user evaluation of digital audio platforms,the establishment of value propositions based on the“creative transformation and innovative development”principle,and the improvement of the audio publishing infrastructure to ensure the healthy operation and development of the digital audio platforms and consequently improve their current state of development and expand the boundaries of cultural heritage.展开更多
As one of the Four Great Masterpieces of China,The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has become a landmark of ancient Chinese literature with vivid and profound character images,ups and downs of politics and war descripti...As one of the Four Great Masterpieces of China,The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has become a landmark of ancient Chinese literature with vivid and profound character images,ups and downs of politics and war descriptions,and appealing historical plots.After being introduced to Japan in the second half of the 17th century,it was spread in Japanese society and was accepted for literary value,social needs and other reasons,then a series of evolutions were produced by combining with local culture,eventually becoming a national culture in Japan.This paper selects the most popular text of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms with 24 chapters and 120 verses in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty,and the Japanese translation of The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms published by Hunan Wenshan in 1689 as the objects,guided by Ralph Linton’s“Manifestation,Selection,Integration”cultural communication research method,to analyze the dissemination,acceptance and evolution of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in 17-20 centuries’Japan,which started from the field of literature,then combined with various cultural forms and spread to the civic class,and finally entered politics area and produced a series of evolutions under the influence of Japanese values to become the representative culture of Japan.This paper suggests that in today’s world of frequent cultural exchanges,China should,based on strengthening cultural self-confidence,actively and appropriately select and accept foreign cultures with the attitude of prioritizing our own culture and utilizing foreign culture for our own purposes.The research outcome can provide experience for the current Chinese culture to go to the world with high quality.展开更多
The dawn of the new millennium witnessed the rise of Internet literature in China. Time-travel historical romances （chuanyue lishi xiaoshuo） became one of the most prominent genres produced and circulated online. At...The dawn of the new millennium witnessed the rise of Internet literature in China. Time-travel historical romances （chuanyue lishi xiaoshuo） became one of the most prominent genres produced and circulated online. At the heart of each story lies a fictitious hero who goes back in time to witness, facilitate, delay or alter a particular historical incident or series of historical events. Focusing on temporal poetics, politics and ethics in Tong Hua＇s Startling by Each Step （Bubu ]ingxin） and its TV and film adaptations, whilst also drawing upon a number of other well-acclaimed time-travel historical romances, this paper builds a threefold argument. Firstly, I argue that the aesthetic fascination of this genre mainly consists in its dramatization of the temporal clash between imperial and modern zeitgeists, interweaving the traditional device of dreams to deal with the Lacanian Real; secondly, although the immense popularity of the time-travel motif evinces a fascination with the fast pace of the digital age, Startling by Each Step tempers that trend by slowing things down and suggesting a yearning for the individual＇s temporal sovereignty; finally, the causal loop innate in this genre necessitates a transgression of historical linearity which often leads to unintended catastrophes and results in a prevailing sense of historical determinism. However, in Startling by Each Step a Heidegger-like resolute struggle for finite freedom within time delivers from the recognition of one＇s fateful destiny.展开更多
Paperless reading has become a prevalent trend among global readers,leading to the accumulation of vast amounts of reading data on numerous book websites.This offers new perspectives for studying translated works.This...Paperless reading has become a prevalent trend among global readers,leading to the accumulation of vast amounts of reading data on numerous book websites.This offers new perspectives for studying translated works.This paper utilizes Python-based data processing technology to collect and analyze reader reviews of Romance of the Three Kingdoms on Amazon and Goodreads,presenting trends in review volume,word cloud maps,and readers’emotional attitudes in a quantitative manner.The findings indicate that overseas readers generally exhibit a positive emotional tendency towards Romance of the Three Kingdoms and recognize its cultural value.However,negative opinions do exist,focusing on aspects of the book’s quality,such as printing quality and proofreading.These results provide valuable insights for the foreign translation of canonical texts.展开更多
Rebecca is Daphne du Maurier's representative work which combines Victorian romance with Gothic horror.Its diction skills contribute tremendously to its unfailing appeal as an exquisite literary work.A survey of R...Rebecca is Daphne du Maurier's representative work which combines Victorian romance with Gothic horror.Its diction skills contribute tremendously to its unfailing appeal as an exquisite literary work.A survey of Rebecca's stage,motif and mood is indispensable to a full understanding of its stylistic diction choice.In addition,to better appreciate the work,one needs to probe into certain specific linguistic measures or approaches.展开更多
In 1066,the Duke of Normandy William in France held the Norman army to invade England.As a result of the Conquest,French culture was introduced into England,romance as a part of French culture soon became the prevaili...In 1066,the Duke of Normandy William in France held the Norman army to invade England.As a result of the Conquest,French culture was introduced into England,romance as a part of French culture soon became the prevailing literary form at that time.Romance chiefly deals with two subjects,naming,adventures and the courtly love,and adventures are often discussed by a number of writers,however,the courtly love has often been ignored by them.This paper tries to analysis the courtly love,focusing on revealing the value of love in the courtly love.展开更多
Being the first American native novel, a great number of researches have been made on The Scarlet Letter. This paper collects some popular researches that have been made on this novel and classifies them into five per...Being the first American native novel, a great number of researches have been made on The Scarlet Letter. This paper collects some popular researches that have been made on this novel and classifies them into five perspectives --- romance, symbolism, Puritanism,feminism and psychoanalysis.展开更多
ASIA Weekly once nominated the “Top 100 Chinese Novels in the 20th Century.” A collection of short stories Call to Arms by Lu Xun ranked No.1, with Shen Congwen’s Border Town on its heels. Shen Congwen (1902-1988) ...ASIA Weekly once nominated the “Top 100 Chinese Novels in the 20th Century.” A collection of short stories Call to Arms by Lu Xun ranked No.1, with Shen Congwen’s Border Town on its heels. Shen Congwen (1902-1988) is considered to be one of the most influential writers in China’s modern history. Throughout his lifetime, Shen wrote a great number of novels and proses, among which Border Town occupies a unique place.展开更多
Romance is the most lucrative genre of fiction in America.According to the Romance Writers of America,romance fiction is a billion-dollar industry with an estimated annual total sales value of$1.8 billion in 2013.Othe...Romance is the most lucrative genre of fiction in America.According to the Romance Writers of America,romance fiction is a billion-dollar industry with an estimated annual total sales value of$1.8 billion in 2013.Other genres do not come anywhere close to the sales of romantic fiction.This astonishing figure may well point to the undeniable fact that even in difficult times the formula of love,sex,and happily ever after still appeals to romance book buyers,most of whom are women.However,over a period of time there have also been changes to the conventions of the romance genre,as its writers(again,mostly women)get more attuned not only to the changing gender roles and the realities of women’s lives,but also to the pressing socio-economic and cultural issues of the time that often serve as backdrops to the love stories.This paper looks at a recent romance novel,Yours to Keep by Serena Bell whose protagonist,Ana Travares,is a woman of color and an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic.Borrowing insights from Janice Radway’s Reading the Romance,this paper will undertake a cultural and literary analysis of Yours to Keep,focusing particularly on its narrative potential and its limitations,and the way its author,Serena Bell,attempts to reconcile the grim realities faced by undocumented immigrants in America with a more traditional romantic set-up.展开更多
According to the research of Wen Jun and Li Peijia, this paper examins the articles and treatises regarding the English translations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in China in the past five years. It is divided into...According to the research of Wen Jun and Li Peijia, this paper examins the articles and treatises regarding the English translations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in China in the past five years. It is divided into four sections: Summary, Language, Literature and Culture. We point out the existing problems of the current studies;limited in traditional linguistic levels, leaning to the translation of Moss Roberts, neglecting the study of non-cover-to-cover translations, revelry at home and coldness abroad. Besides, we put forward the translation studies of Romance of the Three Kingdoms based on comparative literature to fill the gaps in the current research. The translation study of comparative literature pays attention to four aspects;literary translations and translated literature, cover-to-cover translations and non-cover-to-cover translations, C.H. Brewitt-Taylor and Moss Roberts, domestic and overseas.展开更多
The Great Gatsby tells a romantic tragedy between Gatsby and Daisy. Throughout the novel romance and mediocrity are closely mingled together. The paper tries to explore the mixture of the both that lies in Gatsby and ...The Great Gatsby tells a romantic tragedy between Gatsby and Daisy. Throughout the novel romance and mediocrity are closely mingled together. The paper tries to explore the mixture of the both that lies in Gatsby and Daisy as well.展开更多
Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyze...Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyzes their habit of reading romantic fiction in order to reveal that those romantic stories play a key role in shaping reader’s self-identity during college time.展开更多
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(SGGK)is an Arthurian story and belongs to alliterative revival. It is also one of the most famous Romance poems in English, likely accomplished in the mid to late fourteenth century, ex...Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(SGGK)is an Arthurian story and belongs to alliterative revival. It is also one of the most famous Romance poems in English, likely accomplished in the mid to late fourteenth century, existing nowadays. It has a singular ending which is thought to be a transgression of Romance.展开更多
By comparing Love Actually and Pretty Woman,the two representatives of romance comedy,it is not difficult to arrive at the conclusion that UK romance comedy is more realism while the other is more idealism.It more or ...By comparing Love Actually and Pretty Woman,the two representatives of romance comedy,it is not difficult to arrive at the conclusion that UK romance comedy is more realism while the other is more idealism.It more or less has something related to the different cultures and national characters between the US and the UK.展开更多
NOT long ago, the American Newsweek magazine selected Beijing as one of the top 12 cities in the world, and the humanity and spirit reflected by 798 Art Zone with all the innovative potential it
The Romance of the Forest,first published in 1791,was Ann Radcliffe’s first and major success,establishing her reputa⁃tion as one of the masters of Gothic novels in the eighteenth century.Given that Gothic novel is s...The Romance of the Forest,first published in 1791,was Ann Radcliffe’s first and major success,establishing her reputa⁃tion as one of the masters of Gothic novels in the eighteenth century.Given that Gothic novel is socially conservative,its construc⁃tion of female character has long been in line with the deep-rooted notion of the“proper women”,under which circumstance Ann’s treatment of feminism through Adeline is utterly confusing to many.Thus,based on Edmund Burke’s aesthetics concept of picturesque and sublime,this paper conducts a detailed analysis of the landscape in the novel,in an effort to argue that Ann con⁃structs a mixed female identity,an identity stressing on both feminine sensibility and masculine rationality.展开更多
基金the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(SWU1909514)。
文摘In the post-Columbian era from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries,modernity emerges as travel becomes an increasingly common activity.Most of Shakespeare’s late romances involve magical elements and traditional moral concepts.Most of the studies focus on the divinity,redemption,moral influence,narrative structure and moral functions,which belongs to a mode of established discussions.This paper argues that in early modern England as the key period of social transformation,Shakespeare’s romances works through the liminality of the space,both presenting growing rituals on the fringe of the noble class,showing character’s political concern in spatial change.The outline of an early modern British cultural landscape arises from it.For Shakespeare,the characters’travels are inevitable,and there is a sense of national spirituality in it.Shakespeare’s romances take those travelling characters as the carrier through the growing rituals in the spatial change.As the solid construction of the identity of the characters is presented,and the reliability of the social change can be interpreted.This paper aims to explore the charm of Shakespeare’s romance and the manifestation of early modern culture of mobility.
基金This study is a phased achievement of the“Research on Innovative Communication of Romance of the Three Kingdoms under Audio Empowerment”project(No.23ZGL16)funded by Zhuge Liang Research Center,a key research base of social sciences in Sichuan Province.
文摘Visual media have dominated sensory communications for decades,and the resulting“visual hegemony”leads to the call for the“auditory return”in order to achieve a holistic balance in cultural acceptance.Romance of the Three Kingdoms,a classic literary work in China,has received significant attention and promotion from leading audio platforms.However,the commercialization of digital audio publishing faces unprecedented challenges due to the mismatch between the dissemination of long-form content on digital audio platforms and the current trend of short and fast information reception.Drawing on the Business Model Canvas Theory and taking Romance of the Three Kingdoms as the main focus of analysis,this paper argues that the construction of a business model for the audio publishing of classical books should start from three aspects:the user evaluation of digital audio platforms,the establishment of value propositions based on the“creative transformation and innovative development”principle,and the improvement of the audio publishing infrastructure to ensure the healthy operation and development of the digital audio platforms and consequently improve their current state of development and expand the boundaries of cultural heritage.
文摘As one of the Four Great Masterpieces of China,The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has become a landmark of ancient Chinese literature with vivid and profound character images,ups and downs of politics and war descriptions,and appealing historical plots.After being introduced to Japan in the second half of the 17th century,it was spread in Japanese society and was accepted for literary value,social needs and other reasons,then a series of evolutions were produced by combining with local culture,eventually becoming a national culture in Japan.This paper selects the most popular text of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms with 24 chapters and 120 verses in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty,and the Japanese translation of The Popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms published by Hunan Wenshan in 1689 as the objects,guided by Ralph Linton’s“Manifestation,Selection,Integration”cultural communication research method,to analyze the dissemination,acceptance and evolution of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms in 17-20 centuries’Japan,which started from the field of literature,then combined with various cultural forms and spread to the civic class,and finally entered politics area and produced a series of evolutions under the influence of Japanese values to become the representative culture of Japan.This paper suggests that in today’s world of frequent cultural exchanges,China should,based on strengthening cultural self-confidence,actively and appropriately select and accept foreign cultures with the attitude of prioritizing our own culture and utilizing foreign culture for our own purposes.The research outcome can provide experience for the current Chinese culture to go to the world with high quality.
文摘The dawn of the new millennium witnessed the rise of Internet literature in China. Time-travel historical romances （chuanyue lishi xiaoshuo） became one of the most prominent genres produced and circulated online. At the heart of each story lies a fictitious hero who goes back in time to witness, facilitate, delay or alter a particular historical incident or series of historical events. Focusing on temporal poetics, politics and ethics in Tong Hua＇s Startling by Each Step （Bubu ]ingxin） and its TV and film adaptations, whilst also drawing upon a number of other well-acclaimed time-travel historical romances, this paper builds a threefold argument. Firstly, I argue that the aesthetic fascination of this genre mainly consists in its dramatization of the temporal clash between imperial and modern zeitgeists, interweaving the traditional device of dreams to deal with the Lacanian Real; secondly, although the immense popularity of the time-travel motif evinces a fascination with the fast pace of the digital age, Startling by Each Step tempers that trend by slowing things down and suggesting a yearning for the individual＇s temporal sovereignty; finally, the causal loop innate in this genre necessitates a transgression of historical linearity which often leads to unintended catastrophes and results in a prevailing sense of historical determinism. However, in Startling by Each Step a Heidegger-like resolute struggle for finite freedom within time delivers from the recognition of one＇s fateful destiny.
基金funded by the Teacher Development Research Project of USST(Project Fund No.:CFTD2023YB21).
文摘Paperless reading has become a prevalent trend among global readers,leading to the accumulation of vast amounts of reading data on numerous book websites.This offers new perspectives for studying translated works.This paper utilizes Python-based data processing technology to collect and analyze reader reviews of Romance of the Three Kingdoms on Amazon and Goodreads,presenting trends in review volume,word cloud maps,and readers’emotional attitudes in a quantitative manner.The findings indicate that overseas readers generally exhibit a positive emotional tendency towards Romance of the Three Kingdoms and recognize its cultural value.However,negative opinions do exist,focusing on aspects of the book’s quality,such as printing quality and proofreading.These results provide valuable insights for the foreign translation of canonical texts.
文摘Rebecca is Daphne du Maurier's representative work which combines Victorian romance with Gothic horror.Its diction skills contribute tremendously to its unfailing appeal as an exquisite literary work.A survey of Rebecca's stage,motif and mood is indispensable to a full understanding of its stylistic diction choice.In addition,to better appreciate the work,one needs to probe into certain specific linguistic measures or approaches.
文摘In 1066,the Duke of Normandy William in France held the Norman army to invade England.As a result of the Conquest,French culture was introduced into England,romance as a part of French culture soon became the prevailing literary form at that time.Romance chiefly deals with two subjects,naming,adventures and the courtly love,and adventures are often discussed by a number of writers,however,the courtly love has often been ignored by them.This paper tries to analysis the courtly love,focusing on revealing the value of love in the courtly love.
文摘Being the first American native novel, a great number of researches have been made on The Scarlet Letter. This paper collects some popular researches that have been made on this novel and classifies them into five perspectives --- romance, symbolism, Puritanism,feminism and psychoanalysis.
文摘ASIA Weekly once nominated the “Top 100 Chinese Novels in the 20th Century.” A collection of short stories Call to Arms by Lu Xun ranked No.1, with Shen Congwen’s Border Town on its heels. Shen Congwen (1902-1988) is considered to be one of the most influential writers in China’s modern history. Throughout his lifetime, Shen wrote a great number of novels and proses, among which Border Town occupies a unique place.
文摘Romance is the most lucrative genre of fiction in America.According to the Romance Writers of America,romance fiction is a billion-dollar industry with an estimated annual total sales value of$1.8 billion in 2013.Other genres do not come anywhere close to the sales of romantic fiction.This astonishing figure may well point to the undeniable fact that even in difficult times the formula of love,sex,and happily ever after still appeals to romance book buyers,most of whom are women.However,over a period of time there have also been changes to the conventions of the romance genre,as its writers(again,mostly women)get more attuned not only to the changing gender roles and the realities of women’s lives,but also to the pressing socio-economic and cultural issues of the time that often serve as backdrops to the love stories.This paper looks at a recent romance novel,Yours to Keep by Serena Bell whose protagonist,Ana Travares,is a woman of color and an undocumented immigrant from the Dominican Republic.Borrowing insights from Janice Radway’s Reading the Romance,this paper will undertake a cultural and literary analysis of Yours to Keep,focusing particularly on its narrative potential and its limitations,and the way its author,Serena Bell,attempts to reconcile the grim realities faced by undocumented immigrants in America with a more traditional romantic set-up.
文摘According to the research of Wen Jun and Li Peijia, this paper examins the articles and treatises regarding the English translations of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in China in the past five years. It is divided into four sections: Summary, Language, Literature and Culture. We point out the existing problems of the current studies;limited in traditional linguistic levels, leaning to the translation of Moss Roberts, neglecting the study of non-cover-to-cover translations, revelry at home and coldness abroad. Besides, we put forward the translation studies of Romance of the Three Kingdoms based on comparative literature to fill the gaps in the current research. The translation study of comparative literature pays attention to four aspects;literary translations and translated literature, cover-to-cover translations and non-cover-to-cover translations, C.H. Brewitt-Taylor and Moss Roberts, domestic and overseas.
文摘The Great Gatsby tells a romantic tragedy between Gatsby and Daisy. Throughout the novel romance and mediocrity are closely mingled together. The paper tries to explore the mixture of the both that lies in Gatsby and Daisy as well.
文摘Borrowing the methods and findings of Janice Radway’s study in the relationship between audience and texts,this thesis takes a group of English majors(all female)in Guangdong Ocean University(GDOU)as a sample,analyzes their habit of reading romantic fiction in order to reveal that those romantic stories play a key role in shaping reader’s self-identity during college time.
文摘Sir Gawain and the Green Knight(SGGK)is an Arthurian story and belongs to alliterative revival. It is also one of the most famous Romance poems in English, likely accomplished in the mid to late fourteenth century, existing nowadays. It has a singular ending which is thought to be a transgression of Romance.
文摘By comparing Love Actually and Pretty Woman,the two representatives of romance comedy,it is not difficult to arrive at the conclusion that UK romance comedy is more realism while the other is more idealism.It more or less has something related to the different cultures and national characters between the US and the UK.
文摘NOT long ago, the American Newsweek magazine selected Beijing as one of the top 12 cities in the world, and the humanity and spirit reflected by 798 Art Zone with all the innovative potential it
文摘The Romance of the Forest,first published in 1791,was Ann Radcliffe’s first and major success,establishing her reputa⁃tion as one of the masters of Gothic novels in the eighteenth century.Given that Gothic novel is socially conservative,its construc⁃tion of female character has long been in line with the deep-rooted notion of the“proper women”,under which circumstance Ann’s treatment of feminism through Adeline is utterly confusing to many.Thus,based on Edmund Burke’s aesthetics concept of picturesque and sublime,this paper conducts a detailed analysis of the landscape in the novel,in an effort to argue that Ann con⁃structs a mixed female identity,an identity stressing on both feminine sensibility and masculine rationality.
