The period from 1680 to 1730 witnessed the creation of a wealth of women＇s fiction that has long been ignored or dismissed by historians and literary critics. Although the women writers in question were best sellers ...The period from 1680 to 1730 witnessed the creation of a wealth of women＇s fiction that has long been ignored or dismissed by historians and literary critics. Although the women writers in question were best sellers at the time, they were still not accepted within the traditional literary categories. This paper intends to doubt the appropriateness of the term ＂amatory＂ as a description of women＇s writing at the time as it is not proper to entitle them as ＂amatory＂ fiction only for the reason that they adopt similar amatory plot and write fictions about love.展开更多
＂The Great Gatzby＂ is a novel written by American writer Fitzgerald, which was selected as one of the top hunderd excellent novels by American academic authority at the end of 20th Century. Since the birth of the no...＂The Great Gatzby＂ is a novel written by American writer Fitzgerald, which was selected as one of the top hunderd excellent novels by American academic authority at the end of 20th Century. Since the birth of the novel, Fitzgerald has become one of the most important American writers. In this novel, the author has used many symbolic techniques, which makes the novel theme extend to the American Dream failure from the surface love tragic love story. This paper interpretes the symbolic meaning of novel from the three aspects of specific things, color symbol and character symbol.展开更多
In their article ＂Love Is As Ethical Love Does＂, CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison＇s Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical litera...In their article ＂Love Is As Ethical Love Does＂, CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison＇s Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical literary criticism, they analyze the dislocated ethical identity of the two main heroines and alignment of their ethical choices to illustrate that other than race and gender, Heed＇s and Christine＇s tragedies originate from their uncontrollable irrational willJ Moreover, this novel lays stress on love regarded from an ethical perspective, illuminating ＂we choose to love＂, that is, to love while bearing in mind the importance of ethical order and moral norms. Thus, this novel offers moral enlightenment for black women in the process of pursuing love, equality and of reconstructing their ethical identity.展开更多
文摘The period from 1680 to 1730 witnessed the creation of a wealth of women＇s fiction that has long been ignored or dismissed by historians and literary critics. Although the women writers in question were best sellers at the time, they were still not accepted within the traditional literary categories. This paper intends to doubt the appropriateness of the term ＂amatory＂ as a description of women＇s writing at the time as it is not proper to entitle them as ＂amatory＂ fiction only for the reason that they adopt similar amatory plot and write fictions about love.
文摘＂The Great Gatzby＂ is a novel written by American writer Fitzgerald, which was selected as one of the top hunderd excellent novels by American academic authority at the end of 20th Century. Since the birth of the novel, Fitzgerald has become one of the most important American writers. In this novel, the author has used many symbolic techniques, which makes the novel theme extend to the American Dream failure from the surface love tragic love story. This paper interpretes the symbolic meaning of novel from the three aspects of specific things, color symbol and character symbol.
文摘In their article ＂Love Is As Ethical Love Does＂, CHEN Xi and SH1 Xuan discuss Toni Morrison＇s Love and assert that this novel is essentially an ethical tragedy of black women. From the perspective of ethical literary criticism, they analyze the dislocated ethical identity of the two main heroines and alignment of their ethical choices to illustrate that other than race and gender, Heed＇s and Christine＇s tragedies originate from their uncontrollable irrational willJ Moreover, this novel lays stress on love regarded from an ethical perspective, illuminating ＂we choose to love＂, that is, to love while bearing in mind the importance of ethical order and moral norms. Thus, this novel offers moral enlightenment for black women in the process of pursuing love, equality and of reconstructing their ethical identity.
