流动的“乡土”——1990年代以降台湾乡土小说管窥

针对台湾学界晚近提出的＂新乡土小说＂、＂后乡土小说＂概念,文章尝试通过考察女性的乡土书写与新世代的乡土书写,以＂乡土＂的流动性窥测1990年代以降台湾乡土小说的发展样貌。     

浅论《人间词》的"有我之境"及词人之死

王国维在<人间词话>中,将"有我之境"和"无我之境"列为同一层次,同属他最推崇的境界,并在其<人间词>的创作实践中,倾向于"有我之境".与冯友兰将"天地境界"鲜明地确定为人所可能有的四种境界中最高境界相比,可见出王氏词学理论上的朦胧也是他哲学思想、人生观上的朦胧.     

弗洛伊德眼中的游戏与艺术

弗洛伊德的游戏观可以概括为"虚拟"论,即游戏是人借助想象来满足自身愿望的虚拟活动;其艺术观可以概括为"梦幻"论,即艺术是经过改装并符号化了的可供社会成员共享的梦幻.在弗洛伊德看来,艺术是一种符号性、社会性的精神游戏.这就是弗洛伊德眼中的艺术与游戏的关系.由于弗洛伊德考察游戏和艺术现象的视野不够宽广,他的游戏理论和艺术理论的普适性与合理性都是有限的.     

女体世界的生死辗转与自我拯救——《生死场》再解读

在<生死场>中,萧红的可贵之处在于她的"叛逆",她以"越轨的笔致"触及了女性独有的"女性经验"、"作母亲的经历"、"性别奴役"以及由疾病、自尽、意外伤亡等所导致的生命体验和身体经验.透过这些浸透了女性之血的生命体验,诉说了女性"成长的故事",将女性残酷的受压迫的地位和身体被男权社会所操控的生存真相昭示于天下.同时通过王婆形象的塑造,肯定其女性主体意识的觉醒和为寻求女性解放所作的努力.     

Dying for charisma: Leaders' inspirational appeal increases post-mortem

In the present research, we shed light on the nature and origins of charisma by examining changes in a person's perceived charisma that follow their death. We propose that death is an event that will strengthen the connection between the leader and the group they belong to, which in turn will increase perceptions of leaders' charisma. In Study 1, results from an experimental study show that a scientist who is believed to be dead is regarded as more charismatic than the same scientist believed to be alive. Moreover, this effect was accounted for by people's perceptions that the dead scientist's fate is more strongly connected with the fate of the groups that they represent. In Study 2, a large-scale archival analysis of Heads of States who died in office in the 21st century shows that the proportion of published news items about Heads of State that include references to charisma increases significantly after their death. These results suggest that charisma is, at least in part, a social inference that increases after death. Moreover, they suggest that social influence and inspiration can be understood as products of people's capacity to embody valued social groups.     

《生死疲劳》小说中的词语变异修辞

作为一位出色的语言大师，莫言小说的语言具有其独特的艺术魅力。以莫言的长篇小说《生死疲劳》为研究对象，从词语在词形、词义以及搭配上的变异创新来看《生死疲劳》小说的词语变异修辞，进而体会小说语言的独特之美。     

从分化到整合——重申人文社会科学研究中的总体性方法

随着现代社会分工的发展,学术研究中的专业化也日益突出。学科分化有助于对具体问题的认识,但实证化的研究方法难以达到对社会生活的总体结构和人类存在的多样性的理解,更难以实现对当下生活的总体性反思,导致理论想象力的退化。正是在这一语境中,本文重申了总体性研究方法,并认为在现代学术分工的情境中,要做到这一点,学术共同体起着重要的中介作用。只有这样,才能真正地促进人文社会科学的发展。     

阿瑟·密勒《推销员之死》的存在主义解读

运用存在主义哲学观点分析《推销员之死》中主人公威利面临的生存困境,可以揭示他如何实现选择的自由。从存在主义哲学视角看,威利的自杀是其个人悲剧,但却给现代人以启示,具有普遍意义：尽管现代人面临生存困境,人仍有选择的自由,人依旧可以通过选择赋予生活以意义和价值。     

Senility,illness and death in Açvaghosa's ‘Buddhacări˘ta’The Feats of Buddha

Background An age-related decline in growth hormone (GH) level has been established, and this decline is associated with changes in body composition as well as a general increase in susceptibility to illness and a reduced sense of well-being. The current study, a first in Asia, sought to examine the effects of GH therapy on body composition and other endocrine and metabolic functions in a group of healthy elderly Chinese men.

Methods A total of 23 healthy elderly Chinese men, aged between 60 and 69 years, were injected subcutaneously, three times weekly, with 0.08 U/kg of recombinant GH for 6 months. Various hormones and biochemical parameters, together with percentage lean body mass and body fat, were measured before, 3 and 6 months after the start and 3 months after the cessation of GH therapy.

Results A significant increase in lean body mass, up to 9.1% over baseline values at 3 months post-therapy, and a significant decrease in body fat, up to 3.1%, were noted. GH therapy also induced variable and significant increases in levels of insulin growth factor (IGF-I), dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), insulin, triiodothyronine (T3), thyroxine (T4), thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) and triglyceride and significant reductions in glucose and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels. No changes in testosterone, free androgen index and cholesterol were noted. A significant and independent correlation was noted between IGF-I and insulin, TSH, DHEAS, glucose and triglyceride levels.

Conclusions GH augmentation therapy was effective in improving the body composition of a group of elderly Chinese men. GH-induced positive changes in body composition in the elderly were probably a result of the direct effect of the GH. It is also possible that some of the changes were mediated through GH-induced changes in thyroid hormones, insulin, glucose, triglyceride and DHEAS. However, the mechanism of GH- induced changes in body composition remains to be defined.     

狂言流言，巫言莫言——《生死疲劳》与《巫言》所引起的反思

莫言的《生死疲劳》与朱天文的《巫言》在2008年“红楼梦奖：世界华文长篇小说奖”终审时对决。《生死疲劳》从人畜六道轮回的观点,写半个世纪中共政权下的农村变化;《巫言》则由一位深情却孤意的女性娓娓诉说生活与创作经验。决选的结果由《生死疲劳》胜出,《巫言》的成就其实可以等量齐观。若以1949年标志中国“当代”文学的开端,至2008年适为一甲子的结束,60年来的中文小说精彩纷呈,以朱天文和莫言各自所占的位置为探索的起点,可以探讨他们各自所承袭的写作渊源和所延伸的谱系,并且进一步借着这两位作家的创作,反思当代中文小说的来龙去脉。