The Joumey of the Magi： A Lyric Monologue for First and Second Voices and Three-in-One Character（s）

Although T. S. Eliot＇s ＂The Journey of the Magi＂ is a religious poem in the profoundest sense, the title of my paper is intended to give only a sly wink at Trinitarianism. My real object is to explain how Eliot contrived to manufacture a poem which, at fu＇st glance, resembles a dramatic monologue （generally understood as a poem for one voice----that of a historical/fictional/mythological character addressing a silent listener, group of listeners or reader）, yet which is slowly revealed as a lyrical monologue （for the poet＇s own voice） which yet--and this quite intentionally----contains considerably more than mere echoes of another two speakers： namely a Magus and the biblical translator and, most famously, sermon writer Archbishop Launcelot Andrewes （1555-1626） court preacher to James 1 and Charles 1 of England. I wish to show how Eliot, in writing what is ultimately confessional verse, goes out of his way to hoodwink the reader by allowing the first two of his ＂{The} Three Voices of Poetry＂ （1957） to overlap with and then incorporate the third. His own descriptions of these voices are （i） lyric, defined as ＂the poet talking to himself＂, （ii） that of the single speakerwho gives a （dramatic） monologuel ＂addressing an {imaginary} audience in an assumed voice＂ and （iii） that of the verse dramatist ＂who attempts to create a dramatic character speaking in verse when he {i.e. the author} is saying.., only what he can say within the limits of one imaginary character addressing another imaginary character＂ yet adding ＂some bit of himself that the author gives to a character may be the germ from which that character starts＂ （Eliot, 1957, pp. 38, 40）. The basis of my argument is that such an act of＂giving of the self＇ as the raw material for the creation of a dramatic monologue persona as well as a character designed for the stage had been part and parcel of Eliot＇s modus operandi up to and including ＂Prufrock＂ and The Waste Land; further, that in ＂The Journey of the Magi＂ and his later commentary upon it he fmally comes out and admits the fact, and in far clearer a manner than he does when defining the Objective Correlative in his essays on Hamlet. Far from attempting to erase the sense of selfhood from his poetry, I believe that Eliot, consciously or not, ended up by demonstrating to those who worshipped the Romantics and their cult of personality just how difficult it was to express the purely subjective self in poetry.

Identification of Question and Non-Question Segments in Arabic Monologues Using Prosodic Features: Novel Type-2 Fuzzy Logic and Sensitivity-Based Linear Learning Approaches

In this paper, we extend our previous study of addressing the important problem of automatically identifying question and non-question segments in Arabic monologues using prosodic features. We propose here two novel classification approaches to this problem: one based on the use of the powerful type-2 fuzzy logic systems (type-2 FLS) and the other on the use of the discriminative sensitivity-based linear learning method (SBLLM). The use of prosodic features has been used in a plethora of practical applications, including speech-related applications, such as speaker and word recognition, emotion and accent identification, topic and sentence segmentation, and text-to-speech applications. In this paper, we continue to specifically focus on the Arabic language, as other languages have received a lot of attention in this regard. Moreover, we aim to improve the performance of our previously-used techniques, of which the support vector machine (SVM) method was the best performing, by applying the two above-mentioned powerful classification approaches. The recorded continuous speech is first segmented into sentences using both energy and time duration parameters. The prosodic features are then extracted from each sentence and fed into each of the two proposed classifiers so as to classify each sentence as a Question or a Non-Question sentence. Our extensive simulation work, based on a moderately-sized database, showed the two proposed classifiers outperform SVM in all of the experiments carried out, with the type-2 FLS classifier consistently exhibiting the best performance, because of its ability to handle all forms of uncertainties.

On the Application of Dramatic Monologue in English Poetry

The diachronic method is applied to analyze the works of the representative writers of the corresponding period.By comparing the features of poems,a conclusion can be drawn that the authors tried to reveal the social truth.It attempts to carry forward the characteristics of dramatic monologue and also hopes it will enrich the expressions of English poetry so that poetry presents a qualitative leap.

Interior Monologue in Katherine Mansfield's Two Short Stories

Katherine Mansfield is a central figure in the development of the modern short story.Among modernist techniques of novels in the 20^(th) century, interior monologue plays a significant role.Katherine Mansfield was the first writer to use it consciously as a literary device.Her frequent and skillful use of interior monologue not only makes her works more unique and more attractive but also leaves a deep influence upon many writers.This paper mainly introduces interior monologue in her two famous short stories——The Daughters of the Late Colonel and Life of Ma Parker,in order to make readers have a better appreciation of Mansfield’s flexible use of interior monologue and comprehend her love and hatred towards society and her contemporaries.

On the Useof Interior Monologueand Narrated M onologue in The Jilting of Gr anny Weather all

The Jilting of Granny Weatherall is one of Katherine Anne Porter’s most famous and successful short stories which shows her use of the stream-of-consciousness techniques substantially.This thesis tries to focus on the use of interior monologue and narrated monologue in this story especially.

In-depth Interpretation of Listening in on English Monologues

There exists some difficulties among high school students in understanding English monologues because some words are unfamiliar to them while some sentences are long and complex.Just by listening,reading,and translating from English into Mandarin,the students are unable to fully grasp the conveyed messages in these monologues.In the General Senior High School Curriculum Standards(2017 Edition),it clearly required candidates to be able to understand familiar short dialogues and monologues about daily life topics.Candidates should be able to understand the gist,obtain specific factual information,make simple inferences about what they are listening to,and understand the speaker^intention,views,as well as attitude.This article mainly discusses specific implementation strategies of in-depth interpretation when listening in on monologues.

Hesitation is the Deepest Misery——A Brief Analysis on the Love Song of J.Alfred Prufrock

T.S Elliot's the Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is just Prufrock's inner monologue revealing that he was ripped apart by the struggle within him between his sense and his sensibility. According the analysis of the whole song, we can find that the speaker is a vacillating person, his character leads to his tragedy. His hesitation brings him the deepest misery and suffering.

An Interpretation of the Spontaneous Narration in "On the Road"

Jack Kerouac's"On the Road"breaks the unity and rigor in structural narration,and adopts a spontaneous writing.Based on the former interpretation and literary reviews on the narrative theory,spontaneous narration is interpreted from structure arrangement,dis playing plots and monologues.

A Brief Introduction of Stream of Consciousness as a Writing Technique

As a writing technique, stream of consciousness has exerted a tremendous influence upon literature. In a stream-of-consciousness novel or short story, the authors usually use the following techniques to portray the "stream of consciousness" of the character(s): interior monologue; free association; inversion of time and space. When the structure of thinking is considered, the portrayal of the stream of consciousness of the character(s) may fall into two types: the portrayal of individual conscious- ness and that of group consciousness.

Non-traditional Dialogues between Thoughts

The article considers a new and non-traditional form of dialogue. Calling it a ＂spiritual dialogue＂ or the intersection of thoughts, the author comments on this type of dialogue as a basis for interreligious, intercultural and intercivilizational dialogues, seeing it as their main motive force. In this study, firstly, traditional and non-traditional dialogues are compared and indicate their specific features on the basis of the work of the Eastern and the West thinkers. Then, the nontraditional dialogue has been considered in the context of modern information chaos. The last section of the article is devoted to the analysis of the basic principles of non-traditional dialogue, emphasizing the role of language. The conclusion of the article once again highlights the importance of non-traditional dialogue that starts in the inner world of the human being, which gives him a possibility to observe an object from two viewpoints and merge and these different views in the mind.

Understanding Stream of Consciousness in To the Lighthouse

The paper aims to make the abstract and even profound writing techniques of stream -of -consciousness concrete and easy -understanding as well as to demonstrate its functions in novel writing with illustration of the famous work To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf who successfully employs this writing technique. The writing techniques involved are indirect interior monologue montage, free association and multiple -point -of view. The application of these approaches attributes greatly to better exposing t...

The dramatic characterization in ＂My Last Duchess＂

This paper is to analyze the authentic and vivid characterization in Browning＇s poem ＂My Last Duchess＂, which resembles dramatic representation on stage, and thus to reveal the unspoken authorial intention and the societal reality of the Victorian Age. The exquisite sketch of characters in the poem reestablishes Robert Browning as a master of poetry for his application of dramatic monologue and repays every credit he deserves.

Deconstructing the Duke and the Duchess in“My Last Duchess”

Usually people will see a cruel,autocratic duke and a silent,mild-mannered late duchess in " My Last Duchess".However,after deconstructing Browning' s contradictory use of binary oppositions in this poem,it will unfold the ambiguous beauty of the poem and give us a brand new interpretation of the Duke and the Duchess.

Artistic Conceptions in Virginia Woolf’s Novels

Virginia Woolf,one of the founders of the movement known as Modernism,is one of the most important woman writers in Britain.Her“stream-of-consciousness”essays and novels provide an invaluable insight into both her own life experiences and those of women at the beginning of the twentieth century.She has,in the words of one critic,pushed the English language a a little further against the darkr,,and her literary achievements and creativity are influential even today.Especially her artistic conceptions in her works are obvious and worthy of exploration and study.

TASK TYPES AND ATTENTION ALLOCATION IN OUTPUT PROCESSING—A STUDY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SELF-REPAIRS

任务型教学研究认为不同的言语输出任务能为二语习得者提供不同的机会来训练不同的语言层面。这类研究的一个重点是注意力与任务要求之间的关系。本文对中国学生学英语最常见的三种输出任务进行研究,根据话语修正类型的分布情况来了解不同任务中学习者的注意力分配。结果显示,复述任务最能促使习得者注意语言的准确性;习得者在即席讲话任务中没有意识到的语法错误最多;而他们在会话任务中更倾向于把注意力放到词汇的使用上。