An operatic work is a complex assemblage of different arts.Space-time in an operatic work is organized as a set of scores of all participating arts and is based on the conventions of their chronotopes.Each score is pa...An operatic work is a complex assemblage of different arts.Space-time in an operatic work is organized as a set of scores of all participating arts and is based on the conventions of their chronotopes.Each score is part of the system.At the same time,it is also relatively independent and flexible and can become a leading component for building the structure of the work.The chronotope of an operatic piece has several levels:(1)A dramaturgical source(a musical score with a libretto)that creates the spatial-time system of the work.This is a musical and poetical text whose chronotope transfers it into a stage text,placing it as the chronotope of the performance.(2)A spatial-time-stage director system.A stage work is a material object and is also the original idea of its creator,their spiritual perception.Being so,we discover the dual reality-a physical space-time of the work and a metaphysical space-time of its idea.A spatial-time system is the stage language of the work,the coordination between its external and internal art form.The external form is a set of expressive representations and the internal form is a logical structure,the space-time of the director’s perception.(3)Spatial-time-singer system.The singer integrates into this system partially in a way that is conditioned by the parameters of the chronotope in the spatial-time system.(4)A time-spatial system-an observer.Here a synergistic situation is created in which the show at the time of its ending(disintegration)moves into the space-time of the viewer and changes their inner world.In the ever-growing mosaic of contemporary art,in a rich variety of different currents,there is a need to look for universal values-the fundamental things that produce a sense of uniformity and completeness of the artistic work.A temporal analysis,that is,the analysis of the chronotopes of an operatic work can become a starting point for different approaches that investigate the contemporary processes taking place in an operatic work,and can also show new directions in the development of the operatic genre itself.展开更多
In Death of a Traveling Salesman,Eudora Welty's idyllic view on life in the countryside,her nostalgic feelings for the loss of the American Southern tradition,and her protest against the industrialization of the c...In Death of a Traveling Salesman,Eudora Welty's idyllic view on life in the countryside,her nostalgic feelings for the loss of the American Southern tradition,and her protest against the industrialization of the city life are demonstrated by compar ing the"alone"of the couple in the countryside and the"lonely"of R. J. Bowman as a traveling salesman in the city.展开更多
The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape.Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings,rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in loca...The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape.Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings,rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil.It is local soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll.For a rural society,rural idyll also seems to be associated with “primitive.” There are significant cognitive differences in this regard between China and the West.Traditional Chinese rural society,full of soil fragrance and vitality,interacts with life and seasons to compose a harmonious man-earth symphony.展开更多
Alfred Tennyson has long been acclaimed for his poetic art in English literature.His Idylls of the King has been recognized as a masterpiece in terms of Arthurian literature,narrative poetry and romantic writing.The p...Alfred Tennyson has long been acclaimed for his poetic art in English literature.His Idylls of the King has been recognized as a masterpiece in terms of Arthurian literature,narrative poetry and romantic writing.The present study intends to analyze Tennyson’s peculiar characterization of two female figures from Idylls and interpret the Victorian poet’s intention to address the issue of feminism.Breaking away from the angel/whore dichotomy of women popular in Victorian literary works,Tennyson managed to recognize and praise the complexity of authentic femininity.Though social and cultural factors prevented him from a complete subversion of the gender ideology of his time,the strong sense of agency in figures such as Elaine and Guineverehas given his medieval-setpoetry as much human reality as possible.展开更多
文摘An operatic work is a complex assemblage of different arts.Space-time in an operatic work is organized as a set of scores of all participating arts and is based on the conventions of their chronotopes.Each score is part of the system.At the same time,it is also relatively independent and flexible and can become a leading component for building the structure of the work.The chronotope of an operatic piece has several levels:(1)A dramaturgical source(a musical score with a libretto)that creates the spatial-time system of the work.This is a musical and poetical text whose chronotope transfers it into a stage text,placing it as the chronotope of the performance.(2)A spatial-time-stage director system.A stage work is a material object and is also the original idea of its creator,their spiritual perception.Being so,we discover the dual reality-a physical space-time of the work and a metaphysical space-time of its idea.A spatial-time system is the stage language of the work,the coordination between its external and internal art form.The external form is a set of expressive representations and the internal form is a logical structure,the space-time of the director’s perception.(3)Spatial-time-singer system.The singer integrates into this system partially in a way that is conditioned by the parameters of the chronotope in the spatial-time system.(4)A time-spatial system-an observer.Here a synergistic situation is created in which the show at the time of its ending(disintegration)moves into the space-time of the viewer and changes their inner world.In the ever-growing mosaic of contemporary art,in a rich variety of different currents,there is a need to look for universal values-the fundamental things that produce a sense of uniformity and completeness of the artistic work.A temporal analysis,that is,the analysis of the chronotopes of an operatic work can become a starting point for different approaches that investigate the contemporary processes taking place in an operatic work,and can also show new directions in the development of the operatic genre itself.
文摘In Death of a Traveling Salesman,Eudora Welty's idyllic view on life in the countryside,her nostalgic feelings for the loss of the American Southern tradition,and her protest against the industrialization of the city life are demonstrated by compar ing the"alone"of the couple in the countryside and the"lonely"of R. J. Bowman as a traveling salesman in the city.
文摘The so-called “rural idyll” is considered the most poetic part of the traditional vernacular landscape.Although mostly appreciated by men of letters in their writings,rural idyll is a love song deeply rooted in local soil.It is local soil that is the ultimate producer of rural idyll.For a rural society,rural idyll also seems to be associated with “primitive.” There are significant cognitive differences in this regard between China and the West.Traditional Chinese rural society,full of soil fragrance and vitality,interacts with life and seasons to compose a harmonious man-earth symphony.
文摘Alfred Tennyson has long been acclaimed for his poetic art in English literature.His Idylls of the King has been recognized as a masterpiece in terms of Arthurian literature,narrative poetry and romantic writing.The present study intends to analyze Tennyson’s peculiar characterization of two female figures from Idylls and interpret the Victorian poet’s intention to address the issue of feminism.Breaking away from the angel/whore dichotomy of women popular in Victorian literary works,Tennyson managed to recognize and praise the complexity of authentic femininity.Though social and cultural factors prevented him from a complete subversion of the gender ideology of his time,the strong sense of agency in figures such as Elaine and Guineverehas given his medieval-setpoetry as much human reality as possible.
