构建当代中国文学阅读学——龙协涛教授新著《文学阅读学》述评及其他

尽管现今我国的文学阅读学还不是很完善,但龙协涛教授的新著《文学阅读学》的出版却向人们透露出一种信息:文学阅读学正以全新的面貌、系统的理论和多方面的实践努力在往新的发展阶段迈进。龙协涛教授多年以来一直从事文学阅读学研究,而其新著则更是立足于学术前沿,在经济全球化、文化多元化的背景下,探赜索隐,钩深致远,努力把中国传统的命题、范畴激活、更新,与西方的理论实现有效的汇通和转换,引证丰富翔实,辨析透彻精到,文笔清秀朴实、清通优美,熔中西文论于一炉,见解独到。

An interpretation of alienation theme in J. D. Salinger＇s The catcher in the rye and Nine stories

J. D. Salinger is an alienated writer, who alienates himself from the dominant society. He is unsocial in character and unconventional in behavior. His reclusion can be regarded as the behavioral presentation of his alienation. Salinger also portrays many alienated characters in his The catcher in the rye and Nine stories. These alienated characters include children, adolescents and adults. They alienate themselves from dominant social culture, groups and even themselves. According to the analysis of these alienated protagonists from autobiographical and historical perspectives, the root of their alienation lies in the conflict between their searching for the ideal love and the absence of such love in the dominant society. So comparing with enjoying substantial life, Salinger＇s works can arouse people＇s interest and give more concern to their spiritual life.

To sex in Ragtime

＂More than a book, it＇s an experience--startling, viscerally satisfying, and as joyous as a happy love affair--Cosmopolitan＂ （Doctorow, 19751）. E.L. Doctorow＇s masterpiece Ragtime has intrigued quite a great deal of critics＇ attention worldwide. However, ironically, hardly any attention was paid to the sex and lovemaking scenes in Ragtime which have been overshadowed by Doctorow＇s splendid and original post-modernist approaches. The author wants to take up this challenge and commit herself to the appearance and role of sex and lovemaking scenes in Ragtime and more importantly, the deeper meanings behind them. Hopefully, this paper will give new perspectives to the understanding of this novel.

Eveline＇s awakening of woman consciousness—— The analysis of Eveline by James Joyce from the perspective of feminism

Eveline is one of the stories in Dubliners by James Joyce, a story about moral paralysis and a quest for vitality in vain. This paper attempts to analyze the protagonist of the story, Eveline＇s awakening of woman consciousness and make a tentative probe into the factors that lead to her final subservience to the patriarchal society.

Ottoman Mathematicians and Astronomers

The article deals with the scientists in the Ottoman Empire. The readers will get interesting information about the life and practices of those who dedicated their whole life to the development of science, such as Ottoman mathematicians and astronomer Rumi Kadizade from Bursa, Ali Kushchu, Mirim Chalabi, Takiyuddin Bin Maruf-i, Gelenbevi Ismail Efendi, Hoca Ishak Efendi, and Huseyin Tevfik Pasha.

Review on Chern＇s article Chinese students＇ word-solving strategies in reading in English

In this essay, the author has endeavored to present a detailed review on Chern＇s article Chinese students＇ word-solving strategies in reading in English from the aspects of research methods, findings and arguments. We generally agree on the results she drew, which were as follows： （1） Chinese EFL learners were similar to learners from other L I language backgrounds in strategies use in reading; （2） Both high proficient learners and low proficient learners made more use of sentence-bound strategies and backward cues; （3） The use of forward cues differentiated the good learners from the poor learners; （4） The use of global cues correlated with subjects＇ proficiency level. However, there are some deficiencies as well. Chern over-emphasized the importance of guessing in reading, forbidding the use of dictionary or skipping. Therefore, she could not show the readers a full picture of how Chinese EFL learners discover meanings of unknown words in reading. Thus the author proposes that a further research should be conducted to see if other strategies will be employed in a real-life reading.

Afracentrism in By the light of my father＇s smile

The novel, By the light of my father＇s smile, is the book which comprehensively embodies Alice Walker＇s womanist thoughts. In the novel, she describes a mixed tribe with both African and Indian ancestry. Through the mundo tribe with African features, she expresses her thoughts of Afracentrism. First of all, Alice Walker holds that African Americans should cherish the traditional African indigenous religion-animism, for it promotes equality and interrelateness among things. Furthermore, through Mundo people＇s cultural activities of making pots and their initiation songs, she intends to express such a womanist idea that survival and wholeness of entire race derives from that of each race, so those indigenous people who have been overrun by the powerful and wealthy western world are supposed to forgive the westerners＇ wrong doings, for only love can guide the entire race to achieve survival and wholeness.

Cooperative Learning Makes Extensive Reading More Enjoyable

In the field of L2 （second language） reading, scholars generally agree that ER （extensive reading） improves L2 learners＇ reading speed and comprehension and enriches their L2 vocabulary （Grabe ＆ Stoller, 1997）. This teacher-inquiry type of paper presents a practical suggestion for supplementing ER activity with the element of CL （cooperative learning）. ER, theoretically speaking, focuses on the solitary task of silent reading. The CL technique used in this study was a book-talk activity. Forty-five freshmen from a course of children and young adult literatures were required to read at least 20 English books throughout a semester. CL was added to facilitate students＇ ER in young adult literature. After a semester, short-answer questions were asked regarding students＇ comments on ER as well as CL. Students overall agreed that when ER is supplemented with CL, reading in an L2 seems to be less intimidating.

Research on the Literary Reading and Teaching Form under the Perspective of Medical Humanities Permeation

In this paper, we conduct research on the literary reading and teaching form under the perspective of medical humanitiespermeation. The complex of human nature is that it not only has natural property, including social and general spiritual attribute. Therefore,medical humanities connotation fi rstly embodies in the fear of life, love life and maintains the inherent in the human life and health. Literaryclassics is naturally formed in the process of human civilization and social development, it is carrying the human understanding of nature andsociety in history. This paper integrates the principles of the related issues to propose the new idea of the issue that will be the core meaning ofthe research.

A DISSOLVED-POINT STUDY ON LOCALIZATION & GLOBALIZATION OF ENGLISH TEACHING

The paper regards young adult literature (YAL) as a dissolved-point between localization and globalization of English teaching, and discusses (1) whether the western YAL teaching theories, methods and teaching materials accord with Chinese actual situation well or not, (2) if YAL reading is an effective way for creating life-long readers, and (3) why and how to teach YAL. Based on YAL learning and teaching practice, the author uses Soter's YAL theories and alternative approaches, try to clarify three relationships: YA-YAL; adult literature-YAL-children's literature; classics-YAL balance. And put forward three ways for books selection and three reading patterns to YAL teaching.

On anti-pluricanonical systems of Q-Fano 3-folds

We investigate birationality of the anti-pluricanonical map Φ-m,the rational map defined by the anti-pluricanonical system |-mKX|,on weak Q-Fano 3-folds.