华盛顿.欧文创作的短篇小说RipVan Winkle曾被誉为美国早期文学的精品。作者在刻画与主人公Rip相对的女性人物Dame Van Winkle的形象时,则使用消极的、侮辱性的、极端偏见的言辞,把她列入不足挂齿的"妇道人家",甚至贬低为&qu...华盛顿.欧文创作的短篇小说RipVan Winkle曾被誉为美国早期文学的精品。作者在刻画与主人公Rip相对的女性人物Dame Van Winkle的形象时,则使用消极的、侮辱性的、极端偏见的言辞,把她列入不足挂齿的"妇道人家",甚至贬低为"泼妇"、"悍妇"、"妖妇"。如今重读这篇经典我们发现:小说的男主人公Rip是个十足的懒汉懦夫、现实生活的逃避者和时代的落伍者,而他的妻子Dame Van Winkle则是一个含辛茹苦的善良母亲、一个兢兢业业的持家能手、一个敢于向男权社会怒吼和呐喊的伟大女性,同时也是父权社会的牺牲品和受害者。她的唠叨和抱怨,实际上是对女性艰难生活和不公命运的合理申诉,也是对性别歧视的严正宣战,更是对妇女自由、平等、尊严、幸福的正义呐喊,应该引起男人的理解、女人的同情以及社会的重视和关注。展开更多
通过结合父权社会强加于女性的天使或妖魔形象的传统,解读济慈的诗"La Belle Dame Sans Mercy"中的女性形象,从而发现这一形象成了折射男性思想,丧失了身份,缺失了话语的边缘化了的“他者”。这种特殊的,处于“他者”地位的...通过结合父权社会强加于女性的天使或妖魔形象的传统,解读济慈的诗"La Belle Dame Sans Mercy"中的女性形象,从而发现这一形象成了折射男性思想,丧失了身份,缺失了话语的边缘化了的“他者”。这种特殊的,处于“他者”地位的女性形象进一步彰显了父权社会中的性别歧视。展开更多
Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics...Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics,numbers and geometry were indispensable tools to symbolically manifest cosmological and theological concepts,is suggested as a good example for testing this approach in the field of architecture.In this paper,a semiotic reading for one of the most distinguished works of this era;i.e.,the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris,is introduced as a model for this methodology.Among many message included in the building,such as the functional or the technical messages,this is a trial to introduce a reading,i.e.,an interpretation,of what could be called rta hidden spiritual messase,The paper comes to a conclusion that the Gothic cathedral,as represented in Notre Dame de Paris,might be perceived as an extemalization of a standing hymn that was meant to send continuous appeals of protection to Heaven.展开更多
文摘华盛顿.欧文创作的短篇小说RipVan Winkle曾被誉为美国早期文学的精品。作者在刻画与主人公Rip相对的女性人物Dame Van Winkle的形象时,则使用消极的、侮辱性的、极端偏见的言辞,把她列入不足挂齿的"妇道人家",甚至贬低为"泼妇"、"悍妇"、"妖妇"。如今重读这篇经典我们发现:小说的男主人公Rip是个十足的懒汉懦夫、现实生活的逃避者和时代的落伍者,而他的妻子Dame Van Winkle则是一个含辛茹苦的善良母亲、一个兢兢业业的持家能手、一个敢于向男权社会怒吼和呐喊的伟大女性,同时也是父权社会的牺牲品和受害者。她的唠叨和抱怨,实际上是对女性艰难生活和不公命运的合理申诉,也是对性别歧视的严正宣战,更是对妇女自由、平等、尊严、幸福的正义呐喊,应该引起男人的理解、女人的同情以及社会的重视和关注。
基金The author expresses thankfulness to Mr.Emad Ramsey for his valuable assistance with proof reading the article.
文摘Semiotics is used in the sphere of visual arts as a tool that helps reading the message included in a certain work.Gothic architecture,as an outcome of the rich cultural context of medieval tradition,where metaphysics,numbers and geometry were indispensable tools to symbolically manifest cosmological and theological concepts,is suggested as a good example for testing this approach in the field of architecture.In this paper,a semiotic reading for one of the most distinguished works of this era;i.e.,the cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris,is introduced as a model for this methodology.Among many message included in the building,such as the functional or the technical messages,this is a trial to introduce a reading,i.e.,an interpretation,of what could be called rta hidden spiritual messase,The paper comes to a conclusion that the Gothic cathedral,as represented in Notre Dame de Paris,might be perceived as an extemalization of a standing hymn that was meant to send continuous appeals of protection to Heaven.
