Research on Culture Goods and the Image of Mixed-blood in The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye is Toni Morrison’s maiden work,through which Morrison carried out independent thinking on the question of“What is beauty?”In The Bluest Eye,the image of mixed-blood is characterized as a self-satisfied beautiful girl or lady due to light skin color.However,Morrison shatters their proud aesthetic edifice through satirical techniques.Firstly,this paper starts with the analysis of Shirley Temple on the blue-and-white cup and Mary Jane on candy wrapper as culture goods,in order to reveal the aesthetic standards of the mainstream.Next,through close reading,this paper,taking the example of a high-yellow child Maureen Peal,and the graceful sugar-brown lady Geraldine,makes deep analysis on their sense of superiority and artistic characteristics,and aims to better understand Morrison’s satirical techniques and interpretation of beauty.

论英语中的幽默

在改革开放的今天 ,中国文化与西方文化交流频繁 ,中国人也越来越具有幽默感 ,但是修辞写作中的幽默在汉语里是不活跃的。而幽默在英文中是一种活跃的语文修辞风格 ,根据其表现形式———修辞格的不同 ,可分为 :反语、讽刺、嘲弄。

Sprightly Humor but Penetrating Introspection:on the Satiric Art of Mark Twain's Is He living or Is He dead?

Mark Twain's humorous writing style and thought-provoking satire has great influence on world literature.This paper attempts to explore the satirical art of his short story Is He living or Is He dead?,aiming at showing the immortal artistic charm of Mark Twain's works.

A Brief Analysis of Figures of Speech in Vanity Fair

In the West,the rhetoric is an old and young science,which has a history of 2,300 years.With the emergence of rheto ric,the expression of our language became richer and more various.Meanwhile,the expressing capacity of language became more powerful and dynamic.Therefore,readers can understand what the author wants to express as if they were on the scenes.In the nineteenth-century,critical realism was quite prevalent in Britain.William Makepeace Thackeray was one of the most bril liant stars in this school at that time.His masterpiece Vanity Fair presents us the characteristics of a variety of people in different conditions in detail.The most common figures of speech employed in this novel are irony,satire and humor through which the Vanity Fair can make us laugh,and at the same time,it is thought-provoking.

The Language Styles in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

This article mainly discuss the language styles in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Colloquial and satire are important language styles in this book. Vanity unquestioning acceptance of violence coward and slave all satire the great national problems; Besides, combination of the colloquial language and satire is also very successful in this novel, which vividly reveal the American society at that time .

《格列佛游记》的批判性分析(英文)

Based on Gulliver's four voyages in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels this paper analyzes the author's satirical view of the state of European government and religions,and inquiry into the corruption of men,and his desire to establish a harmonious and democratic Houyhnhm-like society.

Surviving by Dying:A Paradox of Life On Mark Twain' s Is He Living,or is He Dead

Is He Living,or Is He Dead is a splendid sample of Twain' s bitter satire.By focusing on textual analysis of the story,this thesis is trying to illustrate "surviving by dying",such a paradox of life implied by Mark Twain,and to reveal the tragic nature masked by the humorous satire in the story.

Writing as Shamanic Consciousness in DainaChaviano＇s Fables of an Extraterrestrial Grandmother

Chaviano＇s Fables of an Extraterrestrial Grandmother is a pioneering Cuban science fiction novel with four interconnected plots that manifest their separate worlds--the Havana of Ana, the protagonist writer, the Neolithic Celtic world of Merlin and Stonehenge, Faidir, the planet of Ijj e and the winged psyches with three eyes, and Rybel, the world of Ana＇s character Arlena, the ＂jumen＂ on the run in an alien planet after being wrecked in a space ship---through Ana＇s writing. Ana uses mental exercises and automatic writing to temporarily regress to a pre-rational state of consciousness where these parallel universes interpenetrate and cross in the locus of her subconscious. Writing for her is a form of possession that withdraws her fi＇om her immediate reality into a visionary state resembling that of a shaman. She is a writer being invented and written by her own characters. Her stories are not fictions, but already existing realities, and she is a channel by which they are able to manifest their existence through her writing. This science fiction vision of worlds within worlds suggests another origin of science fiction in the ancient literary genre of Menippean satire, a type of fiction that appeals to highly cosmopolitan, alienated readers who seek to renew contact with the sources of consciousness from which technological and social change have alienated them.

Mark Twain's Humorous Satire in Running for Governor

Mark Twain, a mastermind of humor and realism, is seen as a giant in world literature. His humorous satire had great impact on the following men of letters; critics also attached significant importance to it and put forward various interpretations. Noticeably, his humor ous satire finds full expression in his famous short story, Running for Governor. In it, with humor and satire, he exposed the true features and hypocrisy of American democracy. The paper tries to analyze the basic elements which affected Mark Twain's humorous satire, aiming at offering rational analysis of this humorous satire in Running for Governor as well as making Twain's works readily understood.

Analysis of Satire in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels

As one of Jonathan Swift masterpieces, Gulliver's Travels chronicles Lemuel Gulliver's four odd voyages in the form of a travel log. With sharp satire, Swift ridicules vices of England and the whole Europe in the early 18th century. The article ana lyzes the art and specific usage of satiric techniques in Gulliver's Travels.

Comic Relief, Telling Unwanted Truth to Power and Ethical Journalism: Satire Writing in Print Media in Lesotho

Satire writing in news comes in with a lot of humour yet and a lot of truth telling.In Lesotho newspapers,Lesotho Times has the Scrutator column and The Post has Muckracker.These are the columns that play the role of providing commentary on any issue trending in the news,more like the editorial but go further to tell the truth but in a manner that lacks seriousness due to the name calling and banter.This study sought to establish the real reason behind satire writing from the point of view of the journalists,newspaper editors,journalism scholars,and consumers of news in Lesotho.The study also sought to explore satire writing in newspaper news in relation to journalism ethics as name calling and labeling is one of the characteristics of satire writing in newspapers.Information was gathered,presented,and analysed qualitatively.Face to face and telephone interviews were carried out with print journalists and their editors as well as with journalism lecturers,journalism students,and newspaper reading citizens.The findings reflect that satire writing is understood differently by society with others regarding it as controversial and others liking it for truth telling.News producers and scholars appreciate it for the license it provides to tell truth outside the straight jacket strictures of political correctness guiding news production.

小说叙事的规定性与随机性再议

人类创造了语言，以语言来进行思维和交流。语言是人区别于其他动物的标志。在生命的诞生和终结这一点上，人同其他动物没有区别。然而，人却因其精神的存在可以不死，精神的不死在于语言符号。人的肉体消失了，但其精神却被语言符号锁定并流传下来。我们说那些早已作古的...

From Swift to Mr. Ed： Comedic Representations of the Noble Horse in High and Low Culture

Few would deny the nobility of an animal which has played a significant role, historically, in the lives of humankind： the fabled unicorn, the Trojan Horse, and Pegasus, together with the Houyhnhnms of Jonathan Swift are testaments to the nobility of horses. In a modern context, Seabiscuit, Black Beauty, Silver, steed of the iconic Lone Ranger, and Tir na nog, from Irish folk tale history, have maintained the tradition of nobility. High comedic elements such as TV＇s Mr. Ed, Aspercel, from The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit （1968）, Ollie, of Laurel and Hardy fame, reincarnated as a horse, and Tir na nog, hiding in an elevator to avoid being apprehended by the law, help to complete the comedic portrait of equine nobility

Resistance and Representation in Amharic Folk Poetry （1889-1974）

Amharic folk literature is a time-honoured tradition dating back to the imperial songs of the 14th and 15th centuries. One of these subgenres is Amharic folk poetry which is permeated with the political, social, economic, and cultural legacies of successive Ethiopian governments that rise and demise. The image of these governments was determined by their integrity, vision, and responsiveness to the aspirations of the populace. This study was designed to determine the popular image of the imperial governments of Menelik II and Haile Selasse I as reflected in Amharic folk poetry. Without prejudice to some odes which invariably idealise the vision of these monarchs, the politically-inspired Amharic folk poetry is found to be critical of the feudal status quo thus perpetuating its negative images. This underpins the partial unpopularity of Menilik and Haile Selasse. However, these critical gestures would by no means undermine their monumental contributions to the reunification, modernization, and survival of Ethiopia. Thus, the contemporary Amharic folk-poetry is neither iconoclastic nor idealistic but an impassioned allegory of the nation-state.

Lazarillo de Tormes and Rhetorical Paradox

Picaresque novel as a genre is usually traced back to the anonymous Lazarillo de Tormes, but mystery surrounds the origin of this paradoxical narrative that appeared in 1554. In particular, the techniques of irony and paradox employed in Lazarillo as vehicles for moral and social satire are influenced by an extremely widespread classical tradition, the rhetorical paradox, recently revived and made popular by Erasmus in his Praise of Folly. Lazarillo＇s ties with a humanist revival of literary genres suited to social satire and self-inquiry extends to other forms of Menippean satire of which the rhetorical paradox and mock oration are only specialized forms. The Golden Ass by Apuleius, a 2nd Century A.D. prose Menippean satire, alluded to in Cervantes＇ Don Quixote, and Lazarillo both employ a frame-story motif, ＂the servant of many masters,＂ as a vehicle for social and moral commentary. A fundamental conflict between how people appear and what in fact they are runs through the narrative, first exemplified by Lazaro＇s clever exposure of others, then extended to Lazaro himself. Paradox extends from Lazaro himself and his actions to the very form and style of the narrative itself. In Paradoxia Epidemica： The Renaissance Tradition of Paradox, Rosalie Colie traces the influence of rhetorical paradox through the literatures of the 16th and 17th century. Rhetorical paradox is a formal defense of an unexpected, unworthy, or indefensible subject, as in Erasmus＇ mock encomium of folly. Rhetorical paradox criticizes and calls into question traditionally received opinion by appearing to assert one position while in fact asserting another by implication. By placing his praise in the mouth of the subject itself of that praise, the praise of folly in the mouth of Folly in Erasmus, or the praise of Lazaro the self-made man in the mouth of Lazaro, the satirist ironically undercuts the reliability of the speaker and removes all objective standards by which the discourse can be measured, Lazaro＇s self-justification is as duplicitous and unreliable as Folly＇s self-praise of folly or the ancient paradox of the Liar： ＂Epimenides the Cretan said, ＇All Cretans are liars.＇＂ The ultimate function of irony and paradox in rhetorical paradox is to stimulate in the reader a process of self-examination and reflection. Lazarillo appears to have been written by a trained humanist, and, further, a humanist familiar with Menippean satire, whether the dialogues of Lucian, the prose satire of Apuleius, or rhetorical paradox as a vehicle of moral and social satire.

Political Satire in the Chinese Blogosphere： The Case of Wang Xiaofeng

This paper is built on the study of one key blog-Wang Xiaofeng＇s No Guess （2006-2011） to explore how a Chinese intellectual uses his satirical skills in the blogosphere, how his blog reshapes the form of political culture, and how the blogosphere through such interventions proceeds in the development of political communications in China. Two key issues are addressed in the paper. Firstly, drawing on the concept of ＂blogging culture＂, the author argues that blogging has potentially reconfigured political information around people＇s everyday lives, offering alternative modes of ＂public talk＂. The case of Wang Xiaofeng shows that satire can be used to make fun of the state, policies, and established ideologies, improving a previously restricted communicative environment toward more open. Secondly, the rise in the value placed on individualism in China, and the rise of peer-to-peer media mean that bloggers who pursue self-expression simultaneously through such self-expression. In other words, Wang Xiaofeng＇s No Guess blog demonstrates that individual opinions across the blogosphere have implicitly challenged political discourse; however, they always have to struggle with an ongoing censorship, negotiate an unstable discursive space and thus, can only enjoy a limited success.

汉英双语修辞格比较、鉴赏与翻译(四)——Satire与讽刺:善良天性酿制的酸奶(兼论innuendo,sarcasm和ridicule)

英国哲学家怀特黑德（A.Norrth Whitehead）曾说过,Satire is the soured mild of humankindness.（讽刺是人类善良天性酿制的酸奶）。他讲得十分形象。Satire一词源于拉丁语。由于它的涵盖面实在太广,人们对它所下的定义差别很大。作为一种修辞格,satire真的象酸奶,用人类善良天性酿造的酸奶,既有营养又有酸味。它揭露邪恶,嘲笑愚蠢。其表达方式是揶揄或嘲弄;其语言或幽默滑稽,或辛辣尖刻;其目的或是引人发笑、令人反省,或是轻蔑斥责,或是嘲笑攻击。satire是一个通用词。根据其尖刻、激烈程度,可将之依次分为innuendo（影射）,satire（讽刺）,sarcasm（讥讽）和idicule（嘲弄）。

Study on Satire in Northanger Abbey

Referring to the English literature, nobody can escape the name of Jane Austen, the greatest female writer in the nine teenth century, whose world-famous works have become a household name, such as Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma. The everlasting charm, which has penetrated through her classics, fascinates readers from generation to generation. In this paper, I mainly focus on her Northanger Abbey, analyzing the use of satire in it, hoping to reveal some of her wits.

Birdman: The Devil from the Past

The film Birdman was a great success for its writing, direction, performances and cinematography. It tells the story of a former-famous actor's struggle to cope with his current life. One continuous take is used to illustrate the actor's self-search in the setting of a Broadway theater. The experimental style of the film highlights great performances and strengthens emotional tension, which makes it a great production.

Comparative Analysis of Satire Between Running for Governor and The Scholars

As representatives of Chinese and Western satirical literature,Mark Twain’s Running for Governor and Wu Jing-zi’s The Scholars are very prominent in satirical art.With comparative analysis between these great works,this paper makes a contrastive analysis of the differences in the expression of satire between the two,to find deep understanding of satirical literature and the differences in literary satire expression between China and the West.