基于叙述符号学的叙事文本的文化意义分析

当下的文学批评倾向于将叙事文本的自律意义分析深入到文本赖以生产的文化语境中来进行。A.J.格雷马斯的叙述符号学为叙事文本文化意义分析提供了理论导引和分析范式,其符号矩阵在文本意义动态分析的各个层次都发挥了算子的作用。基于叙述符号学,文章将着重阐释叙事文本文化意义的分析方法。     

肖江虹小说的民俗叙事

民俗是青年作家肖江虹一直以来最为偏爱的书写主题.肖江虹以充满善意、怜悯的文心与精致、细腻的匠心将故土民俗作为叙事主体,或将民俗植入具体的社会生活事件,予以精细打磨,一步步雕琢出民俗的独特纹理,逼近了个体生命、社会生活与精神世界的真实镜像,并由此而上通过仪式的消解与坚持,演绎出民俗在城乡对峙和文化焦虑中的异化与陷落,亦让小说文本形成悲怆性、反思性的召唤本质.面对现代文明的种种困境,肖江虹在绵密的书写中通过复原、复魅让民俗回归生活的细流,亦藉此塑造了一系列坚挺的乡间人物,同时借助民俗与死亡的叙事勾连,辟出了一条蕴含了行为复归、精神回乡的救赎之路,实现了民俗叙事的重构与突围.     

Mental health practitioners’ strategies in equine-assisted psychotherapy: implications for social work

Equine-assisted psychotherapy (EAP), in this study, which included a mental health practitioner, an equine specialist, at least one horse, and a client in therapy sessions, is emerging in social work practice, education, and research. The purpose of this paper was to explore experienced EAP mental health practitioners’ cognitive activities and strategies to inform the social work profession.

Utilizing a constructive narrative approach, eight experienced EAP mental health practitioners participated. Two semi-structured, face-to face, individual interviews were used to gain their perspectives. Qualitative software assisted thematic analysis. The findings included a main theme identified as participants’ concrete strategies used in EAP with two subthemes. The second main theme identified abstract strategies with six subthemes.

EAP provides a holistic framework as social workers incorporate horses and natural environments in practice, which is consistent with systems theory. The findings inform experienced mental health practitioners to be effective therapists and educators, as well as to instill confidence in novices. Recommendations for the application of the findings in social work practice, education, and research are explained.     

Narrating Genocide: Time,Memory, and Blame

More than 20 years have passed since the Rwandan genocide, yet we know little about how Rwandans remember the violence. This article draws upon more than 100 interviews with genocide survivors to assess collective memories of the atrocity. We find that survivors organize their narratives by conceptualizing the genocide as a watershed event that divides time into two distinct eras. When discussing the pregenocide period, survivors focus on macrolevel events and structures, locating blame for the genocide in institutions rather than on Rwandan citizens. By contrast, narratives of life after the genocide focus on perceived progress since 1994. We interpret these findings in light of the state's memory projects, the potential functionality of the memories, and the time needed for collective memories to resonate.     

Intermezzo: play trajectories in mixed reality worlds

Abstract

Drawing on the work of Steve Benford, Gabriella Giannachi, Oliver Grau and Mark Hansen, this article explores the paradigms of mixed reality worlds in order to try to establish how aesthetic illusion is negotiated in the shift from a culture of representation in which art is formed by a fixed gaze and perspective which audiences interpret privately, to a culture of participation that offers audiences multiple opportunities for interaction with the work and each other. This analysis is important because it investigates the interfaces between real and virtual through an analysis of convergence culture and play. It will be argued that the work of Blast Theory and 1927 demonstrate how the development of digital and mobile technology has revived contemporary cultural interest in play as a dynamic that allows societies and communities to communicate and connect, evaluating their realities and imagining new ones, especially through a re-imagined positioning of the body. In this sense, play has become a practice strongly related to processes of social and cultural innovation.     

《恶棍来访》中的后现代媒介元素

美国当代女作家珍妮弗·伊根的作品《恶棍来访》斩获2011年普利策文学奖,该小说融入丰富的媒介元素,以细腻的笔锋和锐意的形式创新折射出后现代社会文化的变迁。从超文本、多声部和电子媒体叙事三个层面来阐释文本建构的策略,体现出数字化时代下,媒介元素对文学创作的影响,彰显出作者对渐趋逝去的"X一代"的人道主义关怀。     

“微时代”高校思想政治教育叙事话语创新——基于消费主义视角的分析

随着互联网技术的深入发展,中国社会正向便捷、高效、扁平化为特征的“微时代”迈进.西方消费主义思潮借助互联网广泛渗透到大学生的头脑中,发挥意识形态功能,消解高校思想政治教育效果.应对消费主义的冲击,叙事话语所具有的价值传递功能为高校思想政治教育带来了新思路.叙述话语创新是破解“微时代”高校思想政治教育难题的关键所在,也是维护主流意识形态安全、避免思想危机的有力杠杆.高校思想政治教育必须实现叙事语话内容创新、叙事话语表达创新、叙事话语载体创新.进行叙事话语创新,引导大学生正确认识消费主义的本真意义,维护主流意识形态的“一元化”主导地位是大学思想政治教育义不容辞的责任,也是亟需全社会共同努力解决的重要课题.     

《极花》乡村叙事的空间向度

贾平凹作品《极花》是一个具有空间向度的叙事文本.作家在妇女被拐的表层叙事下面绘制了当下农村生态破坏、民生凋敝、文化失范等现实图景,构建起经济结构和政治文化相互交织的乡村社会空间形态.《极花》以胡蝶身体作为叙事话语,将其身心的摧残、撕裂、修复叙述成传统权力和现代法则对女性身体的深入干预和深度观照,以此实现精神哲学的理性反思.同时通过交织、分割、反复等方式,将极花、血葱、石头、星象等叙事意象与故事演绎混合推进,营构出“水墨”与“现实”兼具的“水墨空间”,扩大了传统意象的内涵和容量,将小说推向了形而上层面,也让《极花》的空间建构成为作家艺术探索的新标识.