Review of Research on Chinese Fiction in the Twentieth Century

ItmightbedifficulttoimaginetodaythatinancientChinasomepeopleincludedshihua(notesonpoetsandpoetry)andcihua(notesoncipoetry)inthecategoryofxiaoshuo(fiction;lit.,"smalltalk").Thisclassification,howeverabsurd,neverthelessappropriatelyrevealedthetraditionalculturalconceptthatfictionhadnoplaceinthehallofliterature;itwasregardedaslightreadingoflittleimportance,andservedatmostasadependencyoforsupplementtohistorybooksandbiographies.Insuchasituation,traditionalresearchonfictionmainlyassumedtwoforms,frag…     

The Changing Structure of American Gambling in the Twentieth Century

The author examines some of the factors that altered the economics and control of policy and numbers gambling, bookmaking, and casino gambling from 1900 to 1950. The factors include the emergence of black ghettoes after World War I and the consequent rise of blacks to controlling positions in numbers and policy banks; the changing ownership and activities of the national race and sports information service; the increasing use of the telephone for making sports bets; and the sudden wealth of bootleggers in the 1920's along with their growing involvement in gambling enterprises. The author concludes that these factors exercised a diverse and interrelated influence on the history of American gambling.     

试论20世纪前期的中国戏剧研究

中国传统戏剧的研究在20世纪前期已取得相当可观的成绩,这对20世纪后半叶乃至今日的研究而言都具有奠基性的意义。1908年当王国维率先开始其中国戏剧的研究时,可谓是孤家寡人;后来的新文化运动、整理国故等事件的发生,均有助于研究风气的形成。1930年梅兰芳访美的成功,则直接促成了30年代的研究繁荣。相继涌现的自然禀赋与学术背景各异的学术大家们,为中国戏剧的研究提供了各各不同的研究方法与路径,从而使得20世纪前期的中国戏剧学规模初具。     

A Brief History of Greek Mythology Research in the Twentieth Century

The emergence of various schools is the most prominent feature of the Western mythological research in the 20th century, which helps to lead the disciplinary integration and construct a new academic paradigm. In the research of civilization origins, Nanno Marinatos＇ view that there is a symbiotic interaction between the Minoan civilization and the Mediterranean civilization （given in his book, Minoan Kingship and the Solar Goddess： A Near Eastern Koine）, solves in some way the long debates on the origin of the Greek civilization. And the interpreting mode of the interdisciplinary comparison between iconographic patterns initiated by him, undoubtedly plays an essential role in guiding the interdisciplinary interaction.     

The Science of Marriage and Family Law in China in the Twentieth Century

The science of marriage and family law (i. e., the science of the lawof domestic relations) is a science that focuses on marriage and familylaw and the legal phenomena related to marriage and families. Thescience of marriage and family law in modern China came into being atthe beginning of this century as a result of the legislation of the late Qingdynasty. At this time, the systems and theories of kindred law in thecontinental legal system were introduced into China from Japan andGermany. A…     

A Summary of the Modernization Process of Research on Chinese Classical Literature in the Twentieth Century

ResearchonChineseclassicalliteraturethiscenturyhas,ingeneral,followedacoursecharacterizedbycontinualevolutionfromtheclassicaltothemodern.Themainfocushasbeenonthemodernizationofacademicstudies,aprocessthathasencompassedallaspectsofthediscipline,includingacademicideasandmethodologiesandtheirresultsordisciplinaryachievements,andthenurturingofacademicideasandmethodsandtalentedindividualswithinthediscipline.Classicalliteratureresearchthiscenturycanbedividedroughlyintofourperiodsonthebasisoftheresea…