Writing AIDS,Deconstructing Politicized Discourses on the Body:AIDS in Post-apartheid South African Novels by Mpe and Mhlongo

HIV/AIDS has been one of the most serious health concerns in South Africa over the past 30 years.Novels such as Welcome to Our Hillbrow,Dog Eat Dog,and After Tears are literary responses to the profound shame and fear inflicted by the epidemic on individuals and society.These AIDS narratives serve as a means to deconstruct politicized discourses about the disease.They scrutinize the stereotype that the voracious sexuality of black men is the primary cause of AIDS and challenges the xenophobic notion of contagious foreigners prevalent in post-apartheid South Africa.Additionally,the novels critically examine and satirize the denialist discourse propagated by incompetent politicians who have failed to contain the virus in post-apartheid South Africa.By representing the conflicting voices surrounding HIV/AIDS,these writings vividly depict the social and political landscape of the era.

The Deconstruction Approach to the City Shore

The essay uses the methods of deconstruction to demonstrate the reversing strength of the poem itself, and to invert the binary oppositions of rationality and sensibility, the hierarchy of which is conventionally accepted.

A Brave New World:Feminism under the Influence of Deconstruction

"Deconstruction",coined by French philosopher Jacques Derrida in the 1960s,attempts to subvert the tradition of Western philosophy with "logo centrism" as its primary target.Deconstruction's concern on binary oppositions inspires the feminists and provides them with the philosophical ground to understand gender inequality and rebel against the classic dualities of Western "phallocentrism".However,the noticeable political orientation of feminism and its firm humanitarian position compose a fundamental disagreement with the negativism and nihilism of deconstructive philosophy.This essay aims to trace the development of Western feminism at the same time identify some of the agreements and conflicts between the two theoretical trends in postmodernism;moreover,it intends to propose an idealistic attitude in the reconstruction of a harmonious society with gender equality and understanding.

Deconstructing the Deconstruction Theory in Translation Study

Deconstruction is a philosophical or literary theory gradually formed and developed in 1960s.It is viewed as a philosophical trend against structuralism's logocentrism.Although deconstruction theory brings us a new way of thinking toward translation,there exists some "fragments" of deconstruction theories which have caused an enormous amount of controversy.The author will list these "fragments" as to deconstruct deconstruction theory.

A Deconstruction Perspective of The Minister's Black Veil

Deconstruction, advocated by Jacques Derrida, is a critic outlook that indicates the pitfall of the philosophical dichotomy in Western convention, revealing the unreliability of human language and conception. Hawthorne's The Minister's Black Veil,with the obscurity and uncertainty in its disclosure, offers the feasibility for a deconstruction study. The binary oppositions and its deconstruction of the "black veil" in perspective of persona, idea and existence contribute to the void perception and activities of Mr.Hooper, the protagonist as well as the author's literary practice.

An analysis of The Last Emperor from the perspective of Post-colonialism

The Italian film The Last Emperor has strong color of post-colonialism,therefore,my paper will analyze the film from the perspective of post-colonialism.The two important terms in post-colonialism theory closely related to the film are "Orientalism",and "the other".My paper focus on analyzing the China's image in European films from the angles of "Oriental ism" and "the other".My paper reveals that the China's image in European films can't break away from Orientalism,and the western world describe the oriental world according to its own imagination and think itself as a savior to the oriental world.Therefore,what we Chinese should do is being initiative to describe ourselves to shape a new image of real China.

Development of Eco-Friendly Deconstruction Technologies for Recycling Construction Waste

Recently, the intended use and required performance of buildings are rapidly changing with advances in scientific technology and globalization. Furthermore, given the population growth in semi-developed and developing countries, economic growth, increasing waste, and increasing amounts of energy consumption, the industry requires the development of efficient methods to deconstruct old buildings by reducing waste and saving as much energy as possible during periods of urban redevelopment and maintenance. In general, either an ordinary breaker or a hydraulic breaker is used to deconstruct reinforced concrete buildings. This deconstruction method has the ability to shorten the construction period compared to the other methods, but it is difficult to separate the debris that gets mixed when the deconstruction is completed, as it is a rough construction method that uses large equipment. This study develops a technology that can be used to selectively heat, separate, and deconstruct the steel reinforcement inside reinforced concrete, treating the reinforcement as a conductive resistor and applying high-frequency induction heating to the reinforced concrete structure. Specifically, this study verifies the temperature characteristics of deformed bars inside reinforced concrete, the occurrence of cracks due to thermal fracture of the deformed bars, and chemical and physical weakening of concrete by thermal conduction on the surface of steel reinforcement using the high-frequency induction heating technology. Furthermore, this study considers the extent of concrete weakening in the heating range of appropriate energy and carries out a technical review of the stages that would be actually applied. This technology involves low noise and low pollution levels, and it increases the collection rate of steel reinforcement inside separated reinforced concrete members and the recycling rate of construction wastes;thus, its use is expected to reduce the energy consumption by minimizing secondary processing.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Blackbird: Deconstruction of Binary Opposition Between Imagination and Reality

Wallace Stevens is one of five greatest poets in America in 20th century. The relation between imagination and reality is a major theme of his poems. He holds the view that the mission of poets is to build a bridge linking the world of imagination and of reality with the result of deconstructing the logic of binary opposition since the time of Plato. Thirteen Ways of Looking at A Blackbird is a representative poem that expresses Wallace’s thoughts of deconstruction. This article is to probe into how the poet establishes the reality dominated by imagination and then how he deconstructs the binary opposition between imagination and reality since the time of Plato.

A Study on Piquette in The Loons from The Perspective of Spivak’s Post-colonialism

The Loons is one of the famous short stories of Canadian female writer Margaret Lawrence. In this story, the authorportrays an Indian woman—Piquette, who is a tragic figure and lives as a marginalized group. This article willanalyze Piquette in The Loons from the perspective of Spivak’s Post-colonialism, revealing the fate of colonialwomen under the imperialist and patriarchal discourse and deepen the reader’s understanding of this work.

The Influence of Deconstruction on Modern Architecture

Deconstruction originated from structuralismand was first developed in philosophy, butnow, deconstruction has got a broader developmentin architecture It can be said that architects todayare seeking inspiration in deconstruction. This paperanalyzes the far-reaching influence of contemporarydeconstruction from the origin of deconstructionarchitects.

The Deconstruction of American Myth in Thomas Pynchon＇s Fiction

Living and creating in the tumultuous decades from the 1960s through 1980s, Thomas Pynchon unfalteringly chooses the countercultural and civil rights movements in the United States of that age as the permanent topic of his fiction. It can be seen from Pynchon＇s dramatic, sometimes fantastic narratives about these movements that the failure of the countercultural movements lies in their illusive nature in contrast with the hypocrisy and disproportionate power of the government to destruct these movements, and that the presence of American racial problems results to a great degree from the sloth prevailing over various institutions in American society when dealing with racial inequality and from American white racists＇ desire to eliminate an imagined threat in the face of the minorities. This paper tries to provide a different understanding that Pynchon＇s writing of the marginalized or surrealistic issues in these countercultural and civil rights movements is his strategy to expose the falsehood of American myth of democracy.

To the Problem of the Deconstruction of Images of Socialist Ideals in Russian Sots Art： Psychoanalytic Aspect

The article is devoted to the psychoanalytic issues of the deconstruction of images of socialist ideals in Russian Sots Art--an ironic title of the artistic trend in which used a mixture signs of visual semiotics of ＂social realism＂ and ＂pop art＂ of the 1990-2000s. By comparing the idealization of the image of Lenin in Soviet art of the 1930-1950s with its grotesque interpretation in Sots Art works of the 1990s, it appears to be interesting to trace the functions of grotesque and caricature in the deconstruction of the canons of socialist realism. Thereupon, special interest is the role of the regression mechanism in the transformation of the ideals of socialist realism into laughable images.

Practicing Deconstruction:Treachery in Little Red Flowers

Little Red Flowers is a movie directed by a renowned young director in China,Zhang Yuan,according to the

Deconstruction of Derrida＇ s Language Philosophy from the Analysis of ＂Différance＂

"Différance"is Derrida made a word,the meaning of words for delay and spacing."Différance"from Derrida on Saussure's linguistics and deconstruction of traditional metaphysics.Saussure rules on the symbol of the arbitrary and differential principle,points out that the essence of language is different,Derrida thinks that Saussure's principle of incomplete,"différance"before"difference",and"difference"is"Différance"effect,"differences"must be on the premise of"différance"to play a role,become the source of the symbol."Différance"deconstructs the traditional metaphysical dualism not only,also reflects the deconstruction of traditional ontology Derrida language philosophy,"différance"- "imprinting"theoretical model to illustrate the essence of the traditional mark is constantly to daub off itself,it is not present or absent.

The Actualization of Post-colonialism in Movies

The post-colonialism is a theory proposed by the eastern colonial academist Edward W. Said. With the understanding and the definition of post-colonialism, the paper is to analyze phenomena of the movie 2012 and Avatar from several aspects. Firstly, the ＂other＂ is the first angle to be talked about. In the Westerners＇ perspective, they are the center of the world, and they dominate the world. Their rules are the accepted rules, and people of different origin or different cultures are all called ＂other＂. Secondly, it is the degeneration of eastern culture. In the complex of the degeneration of the culture, the demonization of the under-developed nations, the dominant language of English in the communication with the people around, feminization of the characters in the movies, and the updated colonialism of the colonized countries are to be mentioned.

A Post-colonialism Approach to Intentional Mistranslation-Comparative Study of Two English Versions of Shuo Ren

Mistranslation has always been received with negative reactions among the translation community for a long time.Post-colonial translation theory forms an intersection with translatology and brings translation studies from linguistics to the hidden factors such as politics,cultures and aesthetics that influence the formation of translations.From the perspective of post-colonial translation theory,this article makes comparisons with intentional mistranslation among the two English versions of Shuo Ren,and analyzes the causes that affect the intentional mistranslation of different translators.In conclusion,translators in strong cultures may misuse intentional mistranslation to“dump”their own culture,political views,or religious beliefs,so as to promote cultural aggression against the colonized or former colonial countries.In addition,domestic translators should adopt appropriate intentional mistranslation to ensure more acceptance and spreading of Chinese culture in the world.

On Deconstruction of the Binary Opposition in Guests of the Nation

Guests of the N ation w ritten by the Irish w riter Frank O 'C onnor is the most magnificent short story,in w hich a tragedy about the killing betw een friends is depicted.In this story,many different pairs of binary opposition are used to present the theme and the characters vividly,w hich makes the plot more attractive.T his study attempts to analyze the phenomena of the binary opposition in the story based on the theory of deconstruction to deconstruct the individuals'feelings of the absurdity and void of the meaningless w orld.