By juxtaposing two of Robert Frost's poems—"The Road Not Taken"and"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"and using stylistic analysis method,this essay tries to make a comparative study on the ...By juxtaposing two of Robert Frost's poems—"The Road Not Taken"and"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"and using stylistic analysis method,this essay tries to make a comparative study on the poems from the perspective of intertextuality,so as to find out a trajectory of Robert Frost's meditations on life and the consistency and connectivity in the crafts and style of his poems,and thus acquire a deeper and multi-angle interpretation on the poems.展开更多
Thoreau's Walden and Chinese Tang Poems both attach great importance to nature,devoting large paragraphs to the depiction of it.The significance of this phenomenon is discussed in this paper.Based on the method of...Thoreau's Walden and Chinese Tang Poems both attach great importance to nature,devoting large paragraphs to the depiction of it.The significance of this phenomenon is discussed in this paper.Based on the method of close reading and comparative study,it is found that nature,portrayed by Thoreau and Tang poets share one important character,that is,nature assumes subjectivity as an individual being.展开更多
First started in 1901, the Nobel Prized, considered as the most prestigious honor of each field in the world, is awarded by Scandinavian committees in recognition of a number of advances in various aspects. By convent...First started in 1901, the Nobel Prized, considered as the most prestigious honor of each field in the world, is awarded by Scandinavian committees in recognition of a number of advances in various aspects. By convention, winners of each prize would give the speech in the Nobel banquet. Mo yan, the first Chinese who won the Nobel Prize for literature, has encouraged much people in the rest of china. This assignment specially compares the two speeches scripts (impromptu speech script and prepared speech script) of Mo yan in Nobel banquet to make a discourse analysis, trying to reveals their features and comprends their implications.展开更多
Banquet poems have achieved great success in the development of Chinese literature,in which people usually express their observations and feelings at banquets through poetic forms.The social behaviours reflected in ba...Banquet poems have achieved great success in the development of Chinese literature,in which people usually express their observations and feelings at banquets through poetic forms.The social behaviours reflected in banquet poems have different characteristics in different times.In the Pre-Qin period,banquets were aimed at promoting“rituals”as social purposes,emphasising moral education.During the Wei and Jin dynasties,banquets were divided into two types:public banquets and private banquets.Public banquets were important social occasions but had a tendency towards extravagance and waste,while private banquets were more casual and had rich and interesting content.In the Tang Dynasty,with the development of the imperial examination system,the Jinshi banquet gradually became popular,and the themes of banquet poems further expanded.Banquet poems from different periods can indirectly reflect the changes and development of traditional Chinese social behaviours.展开更多
Poetic language is distinguished from other roles of language by its creativity in linguistic uses,among which register deviation and register mixing are the most conspicuous.A register study of poetic works is theref...Poetic language is distinguished from other roles of language by its creativity in linguistic uses,among which register deviation and register mixing are the most conspicuous.A register study of poetic works is therefore beneficial to our understanding of the works in case.The present thesis adopts a Hallidayian Functional approach to analyze two short poems,illustrating this feature of poetic language and demonstrating a register study in a poetic context.展开更多
文摘By juxtaposing two of Robert Frost's poems—"The Road Not Taken"and"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"and using stylistic analysis method,this essay tries to make a comparative study on the poems from the perspective of intertextuality,so as to find out a trajectory of Robert Frost's meditations on life and the consistency and connectivity in the crafts and style of his poems,and thus acquire a deeper and multi-angle interpretation on the poems.
文摘Thoreau's Walden and Chinese Tang Poems both attach great importance to nature,devoting large paragraphs to the depiction of it.The significance of this phenomenon is discussed in this paper.Based on the method of close reading and comparative study,it is found that nature,portrayed by Thoreau and Tang poets share one important character,that is,nature assumes subjectivity as an individual being.
文摘First started in 1901, the Nobel Prized, considered as the most prestigious honor of each field in the world, is awarded by Scandinavian committees in recognition of a number of advances in various aspects. By convention, winners of each prize would give the speech in the Nobel banquet. Mo yan, the first Chinese who won the Nobel Prize for literature, has encouraged much people in the rest of china. This assignment specially compares the two speeches scripts (impromptu speech script and prepared speech script) of Mo yan in Nobel banquet to make a discourse analysis, trying to reveals their features and comprends their implications.
文摘Banquet poems have achieved great success in the development of Chinese literature,in which people usually express their observations and feelings at banquets through poetic forms.The social behaviours reflected in banquet poems have different characteristics in different times.In the Pre-Qin period,banquets were aimed at promoting“rituals”as social purposes,emphasising moral education.During the Wei and Jin dynasties,banquets were divided into two types:public banquets and private banquets.Public banquets were important social occasions but had a tendency towards extravagance and waste,while private banquets were more casual and had rich and interesting content.In the Tang Dynasty,with the development of the imperial examination system,the Jinshi banquet gradually became popular,and the themes of banquet poems further expanded.Banquet poems from different periods can indirectly reflect the changes and development of traditional Chinese social behaviours.
文摘Poetic language is distinguished from other roles of language by its creativity in linguistic uses,among which register deviation and register mixing are the most conspicuous.A register study of poetic works is therefore beneficial to our understanding of the works in case.The present thesis adopts a Hallidayian Functional approach to analyze two short poems,illustrating this feature of poetic language and demonstrating a register study in a poetic context.
