This article examines the problem of individual and collective attempts at forgetting the traumatic past in Toni Morrison’s sixth novel Jazz(1992).More specifically,it emphasizes by selected examples psychological an...This article examines the problem of individual and collective attempts at forgetting the traumatic past in Toni Morrison’s sixth novel Jazz(1992).More specifically,it emphasizes by selected examples psychological and social aspects of willful amnesia which can lend itself useful in helping traumatized(country)individuals to repress painful remembrances,heal mental wounds and build a new identity in a memory-free modern city.Analyzing Jazz’s narrative featuring Joe and Violet Trace,with a particular focus put on the expectations and experiences connected with their migration to and life in the City,the article explores via Paul Connerton’s ruminations on cultural forgetting in modern times-delineated in his book How Modernity Forgets(2009)-the mechanisms of intentional amnesia used in the process of recovering from personal and social traumas resulting from more recent(migration and urban life)and more time-distant(slavery and racism)ordeals.展开更多
On May 31,the 2023 Taihu Jazz Music Festival ended.Since its opening on May 26,12 well-.known jazz bands and more than 100 domestic and foreign musicians have taken turns to play the most representative jazz works fro...On May 31,the 2023 Taihu Jazz Music Festival ended.Since its opening on May 26,12 well-.known jazz bands and more than 100 domestic and foreign musicians have taken turns to play the most representative jazz works from the United States,France,Australia,Japan and other countries.Using music as a common language,they carry out dialogue between difterent cultures.展开更多
New Jazz以其独特的魅力赢得了包括中学生在内的大多数青年一代的喜爱,这种舞蹈形式在课外活动中的实施增强了舞蹈艺术教育在素质教育中的重要性。它提升了中学生情感,丰富他们的审美体验,愉悦身心,促进社会其交往能力的发展,同时还是...New Jazz以其独特的魅力赢得了包括中学生在内的大多数青年一代的喜爱,这种舞蹈形式在课外活动中的实施增强了舞蹈艺术教育在素质教育中的重要性。它提升了中学生情感,丰富他们的审美体验,愉悦身心,促进社会其交往能力的发展,同时还是培养想象力和提高创作力的重要方法和手段。展开更多
文摘This article examines the problem of individual and collective attempts at forgetting the traumatic past in Toni Morrison’s sixth novel Jazz(1992).More specifically,it emphasizes by selected examples psychological and social aspects of willful amnesia which can lend itself useful in helping traumatized(country)individuals to repress painful remembrances,heal mental wounds and build a new identity in a memory-free modern city.Analyzing Jazz’s narrative featuring Joe and Violet Trace,with a particular focus put on the expectations and experiences connected with their migration to and life in the City,the article explores via Paul Connerton’s ruminations on cultural forgetting in modern times-delineated in his book How Modernity Forgets(2009)-the mechanisms of intentional amnesia used in the process of recovering from personal and social traumas resulting from more recent(migration and urban life)and more time-distant(slavery and racism)ordeals.
文摘On May 31,the 2023 Taihu Jazz Music Festival ended.Since its opening on May 26,12 well-.known jazz bands and more than 100 domestic and foreign musicians have taken turns to play the most representative jazz works from the United States,France,Australia,Japan and other countries.Using music as a common language,they carry out dialogue between difterent cultures.
