The movie Dead Poets Society is a blockbuster and attracts different researches from different perspective, such as the image and personality of characters, or the linguistic features. However, few of the researchers ...The movie Dead Poets Society is a blockbuster and attracts different researches from different perspective, such as the image and personality of characters, or the linguistic features. However, few of the researchers conduct this study by using rhetorics. Thus, this study analyze the movie based on the theories of rhetorics, hoping to give some implications to those who are interested in rhetorical analysis.展开更多
The article focuses on the brief study of the metaphysical poets,who were men of learning,and to show learning was their whole endeavor. The chief metaphysical poets include John Donne,Richard Crashaw,Andrew Marvell,G...The article focuses on the brief study of the metaphysical poets,who were men of learning,and to show learning was their whole endeavor. The chief metaphysical poets include John Donne,Richard Crashaw,Andrew Marvell,George Herbert,and Henry Vaughan. They preferred wildly original images,puns,similes,and metaphors,which collectively are called metaphysical conceits. The term metaphysical implies the poetry is abstract and highly complicated. The group shares certain traits,but their themes,structures,and assorted tones in their poetry vary widely.展开更多
Right from the beginning to the end of the 18th-century,a large number of British women poets stepped out as outright and eloquent patriots.Through celebration,persuasion,and protest with their poems,18th-century Brit...Right from the beginning to the end of the 18th-century,a large number of British women poets stepped out as outright and eloquent patriots.Through celebration,persuasion,and protest with their poems,18th-century British women poets voiced out their patriotism,especially in their promotion of the British national identity by building up national confidence,constructing national ideals,and bringing the national ideals closer together with the actual practices during national crises in the War of American Independence,anti-slavery activism,and the French Revolution.The majority of their patriotic poems got published in the 18th-century.Their patriotic voices,especially those of their vigorous construction of the British national identity,have been largely neglected and therefore should be fully acknowledged since that identity they helped to promote remains a key issue for the British even today.展开更多
Based on the “Ming-Qing Women’s Writings （MQWW）, a digital archive and database” project and the “China Biographical Database （CBDB）” project, which have been collaborating since 2008, this paper uses dif...Based on the “Ming-Qing Women’s Writings （MQWW）, a digital archive and database” project and the “China Biographical Database （CBDB）” project, which have been collaborating since 2008, this paper uses different digital methods to analyse the Ming-Qing women poets’ lives, such as the themes of their poems, their geographical distribution, and their social networks. The aim of this paper is to show researchers various prospects for the integration of digital humanities projects.展开更多
This research aims to check the assumption that the cultural icons of Jewish communities in Islamic countries,in the Mediterranean Basin during the early Middle-Ages,were Jewish poets,or at least rhyming experts and p...This research aims to check the assumption that the cultural icons of Jewish communities in Islamic countries,in the Mediterranean Basin during the early Middle-Ages,were Jewish poets,or at least rhyming experts and poetry“technicians”.Through vast study of Genizah documents,in the purpose of outlining the shape of the leadership of Jewish communities in these Islamic countries,I realized that all leaders whose portraits I have studied,out of hundreds of letters and documents—were poem writers.Some of them were real poets,who created poems and liturgics of rare poetic qualities,and some were mere“technicians”who joined rhymes according to accepted rules of their time.By looking at those“technicians”poems,it seems that the writing has cost them a considerable mental effort,and yet they continued with the poem writing.The assumption is that in order to become a role model or a cultural hero,as we call it today,the leaders had to write poems and use them as a means for political and social advancement.展开更多
Although living in different times and places, some ancient British and Chinese poets both found it hard to achieve theirpolitical ambitions. This thesis aims to summarize these poets' different attitudes towards ...Although living in different times and places, some ancient British and Chinese poets both found it hard to achieve theirpolitical ambitions. This thesis aims to summarize these poets' different attitudes towards unrecognized talents; and in the mean-while, tries to find out the reasons from the point of culture and religious belief.展开更多
Romanticism is an essential part in English literature. In this new trend, the group of poets, also called the Lake Poets,used their finest poems to show respect to nature and life, to advocate human instincts and emo...Romanticism is an essential part in English literature. In this new trend, the group of poets, also called the Lake Poets,used their finest poems to show respect to nature and life, to advocate human instincts and emotions and to look forward to new world.展开更多
In China,the growing number of EFL(English as a Foreign Language)learners are faced with different public examina⁃tions,in order to improve the passing rates,most English teachers choose traditional teaching method,wh...In China,the growing number of EFL(English as a Foreign Language)learners are faced with different public examina⁃tions,in order to improve the passing rates,most English teachers choose traditional teaching method,which leads to the reduction of some students’interest of learning English.Dead Poets Society is a remarkable film that shows education as a way to enlighten children,which inspires people to think about the appropriate English grammar teaching method for EFL students.展开更多
Plato and Aristotle are both great philosophers in Greek,and Plato is the teacher of Aristotle.But their attitudes to the philosophy and art are quite different from each other.In Plato's point of view,all poets s...Plato and Aristotle are both great philosophers in Greek,and Plato is the teacher of Aristotle.But their attitudes to the philosophy and art are quite different from each other.In Plato's point of view,all poets should be rebelled out of his republic as they will lead the ordinary people to a wrong way;but to Aristotle,poets and the poetry they write should be admired because they will make good effects on the people and the society.This paper is going to discuss about their different attitudes to the so cial function of the poetry in three aspects:the content and the effect of the poetry;the nature of poetry.展开更多
Since modern Singapore was founded in 1819,different generations of Chinese immigrants have come to live there.The intellectuals among them established literary societies and composed classical Chinese poetry.Differen...Since modern Singapore was founded in 1819,different generations of Chinese immigrants have come to live there.The intellectuals among them established literary societies and composed classical Chinese poetry.Different generations of poets wrote about Singapore in different ways.Sojourner poets wrote about Nanyang(a Chinese word referring to Southeast Asia in general,and Malaya and Singapore in particular)as a foreign land;their poetry reflected a strong sense of homesickness.In contrast,the naturalized first-generation and localized poets considered Nanyang their native land;their poetry focused more on Singaporean stories and experiences.Classical Chinese poetry by Chinese immigrants in Singapore,thus,has its own characteristics even as it draws on the essence of Chinese cultural tradition.展开更多
＂The Sun Rising＂ is one of the most outstanding metaphysical poems of John Donne. After a general introduction about the metaphysical poetry and the author, this paper mainly aims to analyze the arresting and origin...＂The Sun Rising＂ is one of the most outstanding metaphysical poems of John Donne. After a general introduction about the metaphysical poetry and the author, this paper mainly aims to analyze the arresting and original conceits and images used in ＂The Sun Rising＂ and comment on their effect on expressing the author＇s feeling and reflecting his emotions.展开更多
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 has been awarded to BobDylan, an American rock singer and folk poet. It comes as a big surprise, even thoughthe winner has been nominated repeatedly. The main reason for the surp...The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 has been awarded to BobDylan, an American rock singer and folk poet. It comes as a big surprise, even thoughthe winner has been nominated repeatedly. The main reason for the surprise is becauseof Dylan's identity as a popular artist, since the Nobel Prize in Literature has longbeen closely associated with the so-called mainstream serious literature. As a matterof fact, Bob Dylan deserves the prize in every way in terms of his contribution to thecontemporary culture, his great achievement and powerful influence. Regarding thisphenomenon, this paper illustrates the positive significance of Dylan’s award fromseveral aspects, including the origin and original features of poetry, the historicalchanges of literary concept, the close relationship between literature and art, thevitality of popular culture, etc. A discussion is also given to the world’s reflectionon literature, or the attributes, function and mode of transmission of literature in theacademic field triggered by Dylan’s award.展开更多
e.e. Cummings'Poetry's theme is the cycle of life, and"black against white"could be indicating life death versus life. It shows that even though a leaf falling may be an indication of death, falling ...e.e. Cummings'Poetry's theme is the cycle of life, and"black against white"could be indicating life death versus life. It shows that even though a leaf falling may be an indication of death, falling of leaves is an integral part of the whole life cycle of the tree. !blac may seem like a simple mess of words, but in reality is much more complex than that.展开更多
This paper addresses the role Robert Frost has played in world nature and pastoral poetry with comparison between nature poet and pastoral poet and between Frost’s and Wordsworth’s nature poems.Through some analysis...This paper addresses the role Robert Frost has played in world nature and pastoral poetry with comparison between nature poet and pastoral poet and between Frost’s and Wordsworth’s nature poems.Through some analysis of Robert Frost’s "The Wood-Pile" and other poems,the author concluded some features of his nature poetry,that is,the contrast between human and nature,ambiguities of feelings and bittersweet qualities.Finally,the author reached a conclusion which still needs further study.展开更多
文摘The movie Dead Poets Society is a blockbuster and attracts different researches from different perspective, such as the image and personality of characters, or the linguistic features. However, few of the researchers conduct this study by using rhetorics. Thus, this study analyze the movie based on the theories of rhetorics, hoping to give some implications to those who are interested in rhetorical analysis.
文摘The article focuses on the brief study of the metaphysical poets,who were men of learning,and to show learning was their whole endeavor. The chief metaphysical poets include John Donne,Richard Crashaw,Andrew Marvell,George Herbert,and Henry Vaughan. They preferred wildly original images,puns,similes,and metaphors,which collectively are called metaphysical conceits. The term metaphysical implies the poetry is abstract and highly complicated. The group shares certain traits,but their themes,structures,and assorted tones in their poetry vary widely.
文摘Right from the beginning to the end of the 18th-century,a large number of British women poets stepped out as outright and eloquent patriots.Through celebration,persuasion,and protest with their poems,18th-century British women poets voiced out their patriotism,especially in their promotion of the British national identity by building up national confidence,constructing national ideals,and bringing the national ideals closer together with the actual practices during national crises in the War of American Independence,anti-slavery activism,and the French Revolution.The majority of their patriotic poems got published in the 18th-century.Their patriotic voices,especially those of their vigorous construction of the British national identity,have been largely neglected and therefore should be fully acknowledged since that identity they helped to promote remains a key issue for the British even today.
文摘Based on the “Ming-Qing Women’s Writings （MQWW）, a digital archive and database” project and the “China Biographical Database （CBDB）” project, which have been collaborating since 2008, this paper uses different digital methods to analyse the Ming-Qing women poets’ lives, such as the themes of their poems, their geographical distribution, and their social networks. The aim of this paper is to show researchers various prospects for the integration of digital humanities projects.
文摘This research aims to check the assumption that the cultural icons of Jewish communities in Islamic countries,in the Mediterranean Basin during the early Middle-Ages,were Jewish poets,or at least rhyming experts and poetry“technicians”.Through vast study of Genizah documents,in the purpose of outlining the shape of the leadership of Jewish communities in these Islamic countries,I realized that all leaders whose portraits I have studied,out of hundreds of letters and documents—were poem writers.Some of them were real poets,who created poems and liturgics of rare poetic qualities,and some were mere“technicians”who joined rhymes according to accepted rules of their time.By looking at those“technicians”poems,it seems that the writing has cost them a considerable mental effort,and yet they continued with the poem writing.The assumption is that in order to become a role model or a cultural hero,as we call it today,the leaders had to write poems and use them as a means for political and social advancement.
文摘Although living in different times and places, some ancient British and Chinese poets both found it hard to achieve theirpolitical ambitions. This thesis aims to summarize these poets' different attitudes towards unrecognized talents; and in the mean-while, tries to find out the reasons from the point of culture and religious belief.
文摘Romanticism is an essential part in English literature. In this new trend, the group of poets, also called the Lake Poets,used their finest poems to show respect to nature and life, to advocate human instincts and emotions and to look forward to new world.
文摘In China,the growing number of EFL(English as a Foreign Language)learners are faced with different public examina⁃tions,in order to improve the passing rates,most English teachers choose traditional teaching method,which leads to the reduction of some students’interest of learning English.Dead Poets Society is a remarkable film that shows education as a way to enlighten children,which inspires people to think about the appropriate English grammar teaching method for EFL students.
文摘Plato and Aristotle are both great philosophers in Greek,and Plato is the teacher of Aristotle.But their attitudes to the philosophy and art are quite different from each other.In Plato's point of view,all poets should be rebelled out of his republic as they will lead the ordinary people to a wrong way;but to Aristotle,poets and the poetry they write should be admired because they will make good effects on the people and the society.This paper is going to discuss about their different attitudes to the so cial function of the poetry in three aspects:the content and the effect of the poetry;the nature of poetry.
文摘Since modern Singapore was founded in 1819,different generations of Chinese immigrants have come to live there.The intellectuals among them established literary societies and composed classical Chinese poetry.Different generations of poets wrote about Singapore in different ways.Sojourner poets wrote about Nanyang(a Chinese word referring to Southeast Asia in general,and Malaya and Singapore in particular)as a foreign land;their poetry reflected a strong sense of homesickness.In contrast,the naturalized first-generation and localized poets considered Nanyang their native land;their poetry focused more on Singaporean stories and experiences.Classical Chinese poetry by Chinese immigrants in Singapore,thus,has its own characteristics even as it draws on the essence of Chinese cultural tradition.
文摘＂The Sun Rising＂ is one of the most outstanding metaphysical poems of John Donne. After a general introduction about the metaphysical poetry and the author, this paper mainly aims to analyze the arresting and original conceits and images used in ＂The Sun Rising＂ and comment on their effect on expressing the author＇s feeling and reflecting his emotions.
文摘The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 has been awarded to BobDylan, an American rock singer and folk poet. It comes as a big surprise, even thoughthe winner has been nominated repeatedly. The main reason for the surprise is becauseof Dylan's identity as a popular artist, since the Nobel Prize in Literature has longbeen closely associated with the so-called mainstream serious literature. As a matterof fact, Bob Dylan deserves the prize in every way in terms of his contribution to thecontemporary culture, his great achievement and powerful influence. Regarding thisphenomenon, this paper illustrates the positive significance of Dylan’s award fromseveral aspects, including the origin and original features of poetry, the historicalchanges of literary concept, the close relationship between literature and art, thevitality of popular culture, etc. A discussion is also given to the world’s reflectionon literature, or the attributes, function and mode of transmission of literature in theacademic field triggered by Dylan’s award.
文摘e.e. Cummings'Poetry's theme is the cycle of life, and"black against white"could be indicating life death versus life. It shows that even though a leaf falling may be an indication of death, falling of leaves is an integral part of the whole life cycle of the tree. !blac may seem like a simple mess of words, but in reality is much more complex than that.
文摘This paper addresses the role Robert Frost has played in world nature and pastoral poetry with comparison between nature poet and pastoral poet and between Frost’s and Wordsworth’s nature poems.Through some analysis of Robert Frost’s "The Wood-Pile" and other poems,the author concluded some features of his nature poetry,that is,the contrast between human and nature,ambiguities of feelings and bittersweet qualities.Finally,the author reached a conclusion which still needs further study.
