舶来与本土化:澳大利亚殖民主义时期哥特式小说研究

在英美文学界,自从20世纪80年代以来,随着文化研究的发展,哥特式文学得到了热烈的讨论和研究。然而,由于白人历史不够悠久,澳大利亚长期以来被认为缺乏哥特式小说滋生的古堡文化,因而,哥特式小说在澳大利亚的新发展也未引起学术界的广泛重视。考察哥特式小说在澳大利亚殖民主义时期进行移植的可能性并且梳理哥特式小说在澳大利亚的本土化新发展,既可以拓宽澳大利亚文学研究的视野,也可以丰富哥特式文学研究。     

美国恐怖小说大师斯蒂芬·金《手机》的创作手法探析

斯蒂芬·金的小说《手机》是一部提高惊悚"段位"的艺术作品,他风格独到的创造促使惊悚小说全面升值,同时也涵盖了一些现代式创作的含量。在情景的设置中作者通过人们日常所用的手机,将科技和文学进行巧妙的结合,利用独到的创新手法塑造出一个熟悉而又陌生的科幻艺术空间。小说将重点放在了对那些再也不能平常的幸存者的刻画上,最终,随着整个故事情节慢慢落下,那些在死亡中挣扎过来的人一定能在最后寻到问题的答案。     

麦尔维尔创作中的通俗小说手法

随着后现代文艺思潮的盛行,严肃小说和通俗小说界限的消失,对麦尔维尔的研究也不再囿于传统的束缚.从麦尔维尔作品中采用的通俗小说手法入手,尤其是对其在具体作品中采用的讽刺冒险、哥特、城市暴露和言情等通俗小说模式逐一论述.麦尔维尔在创作中吸纳诸多的通俗手法,不只是为了取悦读者,更多的是为了实现自己的创作理念、形成自己独特的创作风格,从而在更深、更高的层次上实现与读者的心灵沟通.     

《厄舍屋的倒塌》之魅力所在

美国作家埃德加·艾伦·坡的短篇小说以其独特的恐怖色彩闻名于世,他的《厄舍屋的倒塌》更是成为倍受读者青睐的经典。对这个故事进行细致的文本分析就可以发现,故事中不但有天才的恐怖氛围的营造,还潜藏着人物对生命的渴望和对善与美的追求。正是这种崇高的道德诉求,使得作品拥有了持久的生命力,令读者百看不厌。品味作品中娴熟的艺术技巧和温暖的人性味道,我们将还原经典更全面的价值。     

Patriarchy and the Horror of the Monstrous Feminine

This paper compares the gender politics expressed in Ringu and The Ring, paying particular attention to specific and noteworthy distinctions and crucial underlying cultural differences that structure and shape the gender politics articulated in the two films. While highlighting the divergences in the films' narratives and examining how their depictions of female characters reveal the fundamental historical, cultural, social and ideological forces that structure Eastern and Western views of femininity, women, and their roles in society, this paper argues that although both films reflect a misogynist patriarchal perspective in their depiction of evil, violent, destructive females, it is the American remake that is ultimately more conservative and reactionary in its simplistic alignment of women, the feminine and maternity with evil and monstrosity. In comparison, the Japanese original offers a more ambiguous treatment of a key female character, the mysterious and deadly Sadako, allowing her to emerge as a potential figure of resistance against conservative patriarchy, an element that is distinctly absent in the American remake.     

Gender Monstrosity

Deadgirl (2008) is based around a group of male teens discovering and claiming ownership of a bound female zombie, using her as a sex slave. This narrative premise raises numerous tensions that are particularly amplified by using a zombie as the film's central victim. The Deadgirl is sexually passive yet monstrous, reifying the horrors associated with the female body in patriarchal discourses. She is objectified on the basis of her gender, and this has led many reviewers to dismiss the film as misogynistic torture porn. However, the conditions under which masculinity is formed here—where adolescent males become “men” by enacting sexual violence—are as problematic as the specter of the female zombie. Deadgirl is clearly horrific and provocative: in this article I seek to probe implications arising from the film's gender conflicts.     

爱伦?坡短篇小说的恐怖魅力

由于中国文化与英国文化分属两种截然不同的文化。因此,二者之间存在着很大的文化差异。而词汇作为语言的基本单位,是最明显的承载文化信息,反映人类社会文化生活的工具。因此,本文作者从词汇理性意义和文化意义的差异两大方面对词汇的跨文化差异做了一些探讨。目的在于能够从点到面,进一步探讨外语教学中文化导入的问题,并根据教学经验,采用直接解说法、融合法、交际实践法,对比分析法和测试法五种方法来进行文化教学。     

怪诞形态论纲

怪诞作为一种审美形态有三个特征一、由丑恶和滑稽两种成分融合而成,丑恶是融合的内容,滑稽是融合的形式,两者具有同体共时性.二、以极端反常化为结构方式,即用最熟悉的构成最陌生的,最美善的构成最丑恶的,最现实的构成最超现实的,最非人的构成最人体的.三、接受反应是既恐怖又好笑.     

From humor to horror: genre and narrative purpose in abortion stories on American television

A recent increase in the number of comedic films and television programs that include abortion stories has prompted a cultural conversation about whether this is an appropriate treatment for such a topic: Can abortions be funny? Are there any genres that should not include plotlines about abortion? Indeed, most prior examinations of abortion on television have focused on dramas and their impact, without explicitly exploring the ways different genres offer a range of types of stories and creative opportunities. Using a comprehensive data-set of abortion plotlines on American television, this analysis provides a historical overview of how varying genres have addressed abortion in the past, as well as closer case studies within each of five genres: drama, soap opera, horror, science fiction, and comedy. This paper provides insight into the different narrative functions of abortion stories, with consideration of how such narratives support (in)accurate and (de)stigmatizing cultural ideas about abortion.     

Jill Meagher CCTV

“Jill Meagher CCTV,” the security camera recording of Melbourne woman Jill Meagher's last minutes alive, registered more than 677,000 views on YouTube by early 2014. Little happens for most of its 232 seconds and, as would be expected with surveillance footage, there is no sound. In Australia, “Jill Meagher CCTV” forms part of a haunting iconography of a rape and murder victim that not only resonates with fictional narratives in other places, but also influences the way the Jill Meagher story, as a whole, is read. As Melissa Jane Hardie (2010) suggests of the “true crime” story (citing Bronski 2005, 29), the public reaction to high profile stories of violent crime “is often an emblematic cultural citation that represents a social problem or fixation.” This article considers “Jill Meagher CCTV” as such a cultural citation and goes further by highlighting its gothic tendencies. Highlighting the gothic aspects of “Jill Meagher CCTV” resonates with surrounding narratives of violence and gender justice, which have material consequences for women in the way that the most prevalent forms of violence against women continue to be downplayed in those narratives.