生态视阈下的《怀河河畔》赏析

《怀河河畔》(The Banks of Wye)由著名的“鞋匠诗人”“农民诗人”罗伯特·布卢姆菲尔德撰写,记录了诗人1807年于怀河河畔为期十日的旅程。通过描绘诗化的美景展现出怀河附近的风土人情,以及依怀河而居的农民在圈地运动前后的日常生活变化,表达诗人对资产阶级侵占农民土地这一暴行的批判和对农民阶层的同情。从作品内容出发,结合威廉·华兹华斯的著作《丁登寺》,在生态批评角度下,寻找圈地运动对怀河河畔居民的生活环境等方面的影响。     

The impact of anti-Vietnam demonstrations upon national public opinion and military indicators

In an attempt to assess the national impact of anti-war protest, 15 major anti-Vietnam demonstrations occurring in the United States from 1965 through 1971 were analyzed for their effects upon Gallup public opinion survey data, American troop strength, and American munitions expenditures. While weak and short-term counterproductive effects appeared for two opinion indicators, an equally likely conclusion is that the demonstrations had little or no lasting impact whatsoever. The possible reasons for this finding, and its social implications, are discussed.     

浪漫派诗歌关乎图征,还是象征——华兹华斯与柯尔律治的诗学思想比较

试图剖析华兹华斯与柯尔律治诗学理念格格不入的原因,提出浪漫派诗歌内部在图征和象征上的巨大差别,以及考察这两种古老的艺术手段对浪漫派诗歌在内容和形式上的创新和贡献。     

论福克纳小说《熊》的生态伦理观念

《去吧,摩西》中的短篇小说《熊》在看似简单明晰的文本背后,蕴含着丰富的生态伦理观念。尤其是带有强烈议论性质的第四部分,其叙事不仅暗示了小说审美风格的转变,而且体现了福克纳小说人学救赎观念与生态伦理思想的交汇融合。强调自然生态环境是人存在的重要组成部分,表达对自然生态环境宗教般虔诚的敬畏情怀构成了小说《熊》的生态伦理观念的第一层内涵。强烈批判人类中心主义思想和现代工业文明对荒野和自然的破坏,深化宗教人学意义上的罪恶与救赎的观念构成了《熊》生态伦理观念的第二层内涵。此外,《熊》还传达出了福克纳强烈的拯救与重建人的本质的愿望。     

Feminism and science in Masters of Sex

This article examines the fictional characterization of the real-life sex researchers and scientists William H. Masters and Virginia E. Johnson in the Showtime television program Masters of Sex (2013–2016). The historical Johnson had a complicated relationship with second-wave feminism: she disdained the movement and was interested primarily in improving heterosexual marriages and the sex lives of married couples. The Johnson character speaks in a language of postfeminism with minimal interest in collective action and broader social change. However, second-wave feminists later used her and Masters’ research in order to support their own beliefs about sexual autonomy and freedom, within and beyond marriage and heterosexuality. The television program demonstrates Johnson’s importance to both phases of her and Masters’ research—in the first phase, when they are based in a hospital and university environment, and in the second, when they establish their own research institute and raise funds directly from the clients that they serve. Johnson exemplifies postfeminist depictions of ambitious women in prestige television, her aim to have a successful career and marriage conflict, and while she is willing to compromise scientific values to serve her own goals, her male colleagues temper that ambition in service of “objective” science.     

《喧哗与骚动》中的时间妙用

《喧哗与骚动》是美国作家威廉·福克纳的代表作。书中打破了传统以钟表时间为顺序的情节构思。通过对时间的巧妙处理展示人物形象和故事情节。本文从小说的叙述时间、心理时间以及叙述者对时钟时间的情感倾向三个方面展现了福克纳对时间的非凡的驾驭能力和艺术才华。福克纳对时间的处理成为其表现内容、展示主题的主要手段。它使作品具有更深刻的内涵和强烈的艺术效果     

"罪恶"的现代诠释:作为现代悲剧叙事的核心——威廉·福克纳作品对"罪恶"的审美呈现

威廉·福克纳作品中表现的多种罪恶,已成为他创作的重要特征,也使其常常遭到误解。将悲剧理论与叙事学方法相结合,把作家对罪恶的表现视为其现代悲剧叙事的重要组成部分。他既借此与悠久的文学传统相衔接,又赋予其鲜明的现代特征。＂罪恶＂在多部作品的文本构成中被赋予多种艺术功能和复杂的意义指向,并借此为作家完成现代悲剧的创造奠定了基础。     

Determinants of fertility levels and change among developed countries: 1958–1978

This article provides a multivariate cross-national test of the hypothesis that national population/family planning policies have effected levels, and changes in fertility in developed nations over the past two decades. Variation is assessed in the total fertility rates (TFR) in 1978, and in the change in these rates between 1958 and 1978, among thirty developed countries. Measures include socioeconomic development, divorce, percent in consensual unions, female labor force participation, abortion policy, and level of contraceptive use by married couples and, government population/family planning policy. Seventy percent of the variation in 1978 TFR is related to the percent contracepting, female labor force, and the population/family planning policy measures. These are the only measures with significant direct effects. A longitudinal analysis of 1958 to 1978 change in TFRs is also conducted. This model increases R² to 75%, and the three independent variables remain significant. Implications of these findings for policy makers interested in increasing or decreasing fertility rates are noted.     

“中国画屏”上的景象——论毛姆眼里的中国形象

在英国作家中,毛姆的作品最具异国情调。他凭借丰富想像力所构设的艺术世界,显现着浓郁的域外风情,同时也呈示着那种以欧人心态观照异国的文化视角。他来中国追寻的是古代的荣光,昔日的绚烂,因为他心目中的中国是在汉唐盛世甚至是在庄子的《秋水篇》里。透过他那画屏上的古典中国形象,我们也看到了西方文化优越感心理作用下的傲慢与偏见。     

平易之中见奇崛——评威廉·布莱克诗歌的音画艺术手法

威廉·布莱克是英国诗歌史上最重要的诗人之一.他的诗歌中充满了用近似孩童般的简单语言表达的复杂思想.文章主要从威廉·布莱克作品中的声音系统和视觉系统两方面着手,试图找出他对英语中已有的表达可能性的创新,以便使人们更好地理解他的诗歌艺术特征.