简论老舍短篇小说中的市民形象

老舍对中国现代文学最重要的贡献是他对市民生活、市民性格的艺术表现 ,对老舍的研究多以他的长篇小说和戏剧为主。而在老舍短篇小说中也塑造了多种多样的小市民形象 ,他们构成了老舍作品中“市民阶层”独特的人物画廊 ,从而大大丰富了我国现代文学作品的艺术世界。     

On ‘telling better stories’*

Over the course of his forty-year career, Lawrence Grossberg has modelled a form of rigorous, politically-engaged, radically contextual social research. Writing about Cultural Studies in the abstract, he has often characterized this work as, principally, about ‘telling better stories,’ and he attempts to tell them in his work on the contemporary conjuncture through analyses of political struggles in the United States. However, in a moment where calls for and claims of ‘better’ cultural stories abound on both the Left and the Right, what exactly does it mean for Cultural Studies to tell them better? I suggest we can locate attempts to grapple with Cultural Studies’ ‘better stories’ problem in the space between Grossberg’s conjunctural work and his work on the identity and future of Cultural Studies. Highlighting these efforts, I clarify what it means for Cultural Studies to assume the responsibility of telling better stories given the specific contours of the present context.     

论中国古代公案小说与古代判词的文体融合及其美学品格

判词是一种司法文体,经过漫长时期的发育演进,在唐代发展完备并完成其文学化的转型过程,形成了自身特有的文学品格,成为一种新的文学体裁。到宋元时期,它开始与此时发展成熟的中国古代公案小说联姻,并在明代孕育出一种形式独特的书判体公案小说。判词在公案小说中有如下独特的美学品格和表现功能：一是有卒章显志、强化主题的功能;二是小说情节发展的一个重要环节;三是在作品中起着结构上的组织作用。     

从社会反腐形势看反腐题材电视剧的发展

腐败是当今转型期中国所不可回避的社会问题,反腐题材电视剧因其敢于正面揭露社会发展中的腐败问题并通过反腐败斗争展示社会正义与情感关照而受到社会各界广泛的关注。面对当前社会的新形势,特别是十八大以来反腐工作面临新的起点,反腐题材电视剧必将再次迎来自身发展的春天。     

西方古代自然法学说与《韩非子》思想之比较

《韩非子》中法令因循道理自然的主张,与西方古代自然法学说设立高于人定法的自然正义(NaturalJustice)有显著差异。西方古代自然法学说的自然正义能够评判现行法可否具备法律效力,含有永恒不变的确切内容及伦理道德上固定的价值倾向。《韩非子》的道理自然无力评判现行法效力。其学说亦不含永恒不变的确切内容与伦理道德上固定的价值倾向。这一定程度上反映了中国传统思维与西方逻辑思维的差别。     

Researching family practices in everyday life: methodological reflections from two studies

The study of the everyday is recognised as central to the understanding of identities, agency and social life. Yet, attempts to research everyday life often fail to capture the complexity of the mundane. This paper draws on findings from two studies: fatherhood across three generations and adult narratives of childhood language brokering to illuminate that complexity. The purpose of bringing these studies together is methodological; in particular, it is to examine how the storied material generated by narrative approaches can contribute to understanding of the everyday practices of family life, practices that are often unacknowledged, hidden or assumed. One study adopted a narrative form of interviewing while the second combined narrative photo-elicitation techniques with narrative accounts. Methodologically, the two studies illustrate that no one method produces ‘objective’, comprehensive knowledge of family practices. Together, however, they produce new insights into family practices around fatherhood, migration and language brokering and how participants ‘do’, ‘display’ and commemorate family. The paper argues that narrative approaches, sometimes alongside visual methods, can assist holistic analyses of family practices from sociocultural, intergenerational and life course perspectives.     

Protagonists' and Adoptive Process Representations in Italian Children's Books About International Adoption: A Qualitative Study

This qualitative study aims at identifying the main representations of the international adoption process through a comparative analysis of 62 Italian stories about international adoption. Content analysis involves the use of thematic analysis as well as computer-assisted text analysis. Results show that adoption is represented varying from a polarization in which “the positive” is situated in the “adoptive world” while “the negative” pertains to the world of the origins, to a more integrated representation in which both the adoptive context and the origins entail positive aspects.     

Working with Stories: Street-Level Bureaucrats and Their Work with Individuals with Psychiatric Disability Exposed to Interpersonal Violence

ABSTRACT

The focus of our attention is the meeting between street-level bureaucrats and individuals with psychiatric disability exposed to interpersonal violence. Based on 11 interviews, we illustrate how stories are understood, used, and made meaningful to the street-level bureaucrat. The contribution of this article is first of all that of being a framework, from a storytelling point of view, for the work and organizational experiences of street-level bureaucrats. Second, by paying attention to the story part of these relationships, we can better understand the situation of individuals with psychiatric disability exposed to interpersonal violence given their interaction with different street-level bureaucrats.     

论老舍短篇小说中的传奇色彩

老舍短篇小说中的传奇色彩最早是由郑振铎指出的。主要表现在它的故事性强、故事情节复杂多变、情节的不同寻常等。究其原因是受到了外国文学尤其是英国作家康拉德以及中国传统小说的影响。小说中的传奇色彩对老舍的小说和戏剧创作都有着重要意义。