Abstract:Stephen Crane was an outstanding American novelist,poet,and journalist.He achieved great success in his literary works during his brief career.Crane’s most well-known work,The Red Badge of Courage,is commonl...Abstract:Stephen Crane was an outstanding American novelist,poet,and journalist.He achieved great success in his literary works during his brief career.Crane’s most well-known work,The Red Badge of Courage,is commonly believed to be the first great novel of the American Civil War,largely because of its vivid and detailed description of the experience of warfare.This paper analyzes the images of color,animal and machine,which convey Crane’s thoughts of war:war is full of chaos,brutality,and confusion,without any romantic elements or heroism.展开更多
The Bible has a profound impact on Western culture,especially on Western literature.The Bible is the source of Western literature,and Writers often incite characters,legends,etc.from The Bible in their works to descri...The Bible has a profound impact on Western culture,especially on Western literature.The Bible is the source of Western literature,and Writers often incite characters,legends,etc.from The Bible in their works to describe or clarify the theme.By analyzing the 19th century American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter,this article deeply analyzes the influence of The Bible from the aspects of character archetype,symbolic intention,and redemption theme.展开更多
The Awakening was Kate Chopin＇s masterpiece, describing a wealthy businessman＇s wife--Edna＇s confusion, awakening, pursuit, and suffocation of self-awareness in the South of America in the late 19th century. With t...The Awakening was Kate Chopin＇s masterpiece, describing a wealthy businessman＇s wife--Edna＇s confusion, awakening, pursuit, and suffocation of self-awareness in the South of America in the late 19th century. With the method of close reading in new criticism, this paper reinterprets Edna＇s awakening process. Her awakening process is accompanied by the symbolic image of ＂bird＂, representing women＇s situation in the patriarchal society and carrying Edna＇s hope for freedom, love, and self-realization. The application of bird＇s symbolic image reflects Kate Chopin＇s compassion for women in the patriarchal society, making the novel more appealing with its profound humanitarian connotations.展开更多
People around the world have shaped societies and urban spaces around water for millennia.They have transformed natural water structures and patterns to serve their diverse needs.The ways in which historical decisions...People around the world have shaped societies and urban spaces around water for millennia.They have transformed natural water structures and patterns to serve their diverse needs.The ways in which historical decisions affect contemporary water systems and influence future planning of urban systems still need to be fully recognized.This paper explores the multiple roles of water systems in Chang’an during the Western Han Dynasty.Chang’an,one of the ancient names for the city of Xi’an,was a typical capital city of China and East Asia in early ancient times.This study explores everyday practices pertaining to water as well as its role in defense,gardening,politics and culture.Drawing upon three historical theories,this study presents findings that water was embedded in the design of traditional Chinese capitals.The siting and construction of capital cities was first based on the Theory of Choosing the Center(3rd century BCE)and the Theory of Conforming to Nature(5th-3rd century BCE).However,the final maturation of this urban morphology,including the water system,was closely related to the Theory of Symbolizing and Modeling Heaven and Earth(4th-3rd century BCE),in a way that manifested the imperial power’s organization and control of space and time.Through close analysis of historical documents,archaeological reports and modem investigations,the paper aims to clarify,analyze and summarize the historical context and evolution,functional and structural characteristics,as well as the economic,political,cultural and military connotations of water systems in Chang’an.It argues that the coordination of urban construction and the water environment was a key foundation for capital city development.It proposes that people shaped urban water supply in many ways,including daily life,waterway transportation,agricultural irrigation,aquaculture promotion,military defense and fire prevention.The water system in Chang’an also provided an important place for royalty and nobility to go fishing,to hunt and to engage in leisure and naval training.The landscape with this water system as the core,including Taiye Lake and Kunming Lake,had also inspired Chinese gardening history,and had a profound impact on future generations.More importantly,the capital's urban morphology design was a miniature of the world recognized by the monarch,as well as the symbolic image of the supreme rulers'political and cultural desire to control and possess Tianxia,which essentially means the whole world.In conclusion,the paper calls for a closer study of water-based design as a foundation for urban planning.展开更多
文摘Abstract:Stephen Crane was an outstanding American novelist,poet,and journalist.He achieved great success in his literary works during his brief career.Crane’s most well-known work,The Red Badge of Courage,is commonly believed to be the first great novel of the American Civil War,largely because of its vivid and detailed description of the experience of warfare.This paper analyzes the images of color,animal and machine,which convey Crane’s thoughts of war:war is full of chaos,brutality,and confusion,without any romantic elements or heroism.
文摘The Bible has a profound impact on Western culture,especially on Western literature.The Bible is the source of Western literature,and Writers often incite characters,legends,etc.from The Bible in their works to describe or clarify the theme.By analyzing the 19th century American novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter,this article deeply analyzes the influence of The Bible from the aspects of character archetype,symbolic intention,and redemption theme.
文摘The Awakening was Kate Chopin＇s masterpiece, describing a wealthy businessman＇s wife--Edna＇s confusion, awakening, pursuit, and suffocation of self-awareness in the South of America in the late 19th century. With the method of close reading in new criticism, this paper reinterprets Edna＇s awakening process. Her awakening process is accompanied by the symbolic image of ＂bird＂, representing women＇s situation in the patriarchal society and carrying Edna＇s hope for freedom, love, and self-realization. The application of bird＇s symbolic image reflects Kate Chopin＇s compassion for women in the patriarchal society, making the novel more appealing with its profound humanitarian connotations.
基金This paper was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51738008,51678415).
文摘People around the world have shaped societies and urban spaces around water for millennia.They have transformed natural water structures and patterns to serve their diverse needs.The ways in which historical decisions affect contemporary water systems and influence future planning of urban systems still need to be fully recognized.This paper explores the multiple roles of water systems in Chang’an during the Western Han Dynasty.Chang’an,one of the ancient names for the city of Xi’an,was a typical capital city of China and East Asia in early ancient times.This study explores everyday practices pertaining to water as well as its role in defense,gardening,politics and culture.Drawing upon three historical theories,this study presents findings that water was embedded in the design of traditional Chinese capitals.The siting and construction of capital cities was first based on the Theory of Choosing the Center(3rd century BCE)and the Theory of Conforming to Nature(5th-3rd century BCE).However,the final maturation of this urban morphology,including the water system,was closely related to the Theory of Symbolizing and Modeling Heaven and Earth(4th-3rd century BCE),in a way that manifested the imperial power’s organization and control of space and time.Through close analysis of historical documents,archaeological reports and modem investigations,the paper aims to clarify,analyze and summarize the historical context and evolution,functional and structural characteristics,as well as the economic,political,cultural and military connotations of water systems in Chang’an.It argues that the coordination of urban construction and the water environment was a key foundation for capital city development.It proposes that people shaped urban water supply in many ways,including daily life,waterway transportation,agricultural irrigation,aquaculture promotion,military defense and fire prevention.The water system in Chang’an also provided an important place for royalty and nobility to go fishing,to hunt and to engage in leisure and naval training.The landscape with this water system as the core,including Taiye Lake and Kunming Lake,had also inspired Chinese gardening history,and had a profound impact on future generations.More importantly,the capital's urban morphology design was a miniature of the world recognized by the monarch,as well as the symbolic image of the supreme rulers'political and cultural desire to control and possess Tianxia,which essentially means the whole world.In conclusion,the paper calls for a closer study of water-based design as a foundation for urban planning.
