To study the tone pattern of Nantong dialect, this study adopts objective acoustic and statistical methods to analyze the production of tones from 16 Nantong speakers, so as to further explore the acoustic realizations of the citation tones in Nantong dialect. The results show that, compared with the previous studies. The f0 onset of Yinping, Yinqu and Yinru tones are slightly higher, and the f0 onset of Yangping is slightly lower. Shang, Yangqu and Yangru are basically unchanged. In terms of du...

Linguistics  Literature 

John Maxwell Coetzee, recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature, stands as the first author to win the Booker Prize twice. One of his representative works, Life and Times of Michael K, narrates the journey of a solitary gardener struggling to survive in a South African town ravaged by war and apartheid. With assistance of existential theory, this thesis aims to examine the Michael K’s survival predicaments and pursuit of freedom in terms of absurdity, alienation, and freedom of choice in ...

Literature 

The book Life & Time of Michael K is Coetzee’s great work, and won the Booker Prize. Life & Time of Michael K describes Michael K’s miserable fate in South Africa amid a civil war, but he faces suffering bravely through his silent defiance. Most studies, however, have focused on K’s silent defiance from postcolonial theory, Sartre’s existentialism, and Foucault’s theories of discipline and punishment, which overlooks the philosophical value of K’s silent defiance. To ad...

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This thesis delves into the intricate dynamics of binary character relationships in Samuel Beckett’s seminal play Waiting for Godot through two central lenses: the master-servant dynamic and the acquaintance-stranger dichotomy. The first lens examines how Pozzo and Lucky’s relationship inverts Plato’s ideal of reason ruling over desire, presenting a world where unbridled desire (Pozzo) dominates and subjugates reason (Lucky). The second lens analyzes the relationship between Vladimir, E...

Literature 

As one of the four major folk legends in China, the Legend of the White Snake has undergone a long period of development and evolution. The culture of the spirit snake is deeply rooted in the soil of Chinese culture, with its image constantly changing and its form constantly enriching. This article will review the relevant discussions on the Legend of the White Snake by different scholars in the last century and this century. By sorting out the relevant research results, it strives to comprehens...

Literature 

This paper selects the lane houses, an important carrier in the novel Blossoms Shanghai, to explore the origin and development of citizen culture in Shanghai. The narrative of the novel starts from the 1950s, and the various forms of lives of ordinary people in the lane houses show us that this regional architecture and the living space provided by the lane houses give birth to a relatively conservative and introverted citizen culture (Shikumen Culture), which affects the citizens’ diet and livi...

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Waiting for Godot is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett. There is a remarkable use of biblical material in Waiting for Godot by Beckett. A significant portion of the play is rooted in scriptural allusions. It should be noted that these biblical allusions are not intended to support religion, but rather to mock and challenge the validity of biblical doctrines. As some critics argue, references to biblical texts “may be ironic or even sarcastic”. Therefore, the article exp...

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In the journey of the new era, China’s intangible cultural heritage stands as a significant component of the fine traditional Chinese culture, serving as a prominent symbol that showcases the historical and cultural achievements of the nation. President Xi Jinping emphasized at the National Conference on Publicity and Ideological Work that it is necessary to vigorously promote the construction of international communication capacity, tell China’s stories well, make China’s voice heard so as to a...

Culture  Journalism and Communication  Literature 

English newspaper reading is effective, feasible and sustainable and is an indispensable carrier to improve students’ language literacy. English newspapers not only conform to the laws of language teaching, learning and acquisition, but also can cultivate learners’ interests and introduce them to a wonderful world beyond books and textbooks. Therefore, in the process of second language acquisition, it is particularly important to introduce newspaper reading into the classroom and cultivate stude...

Linguistics  Literature 

Regarding the arrangement of Anna’s fate in “Anna Karenina”, the author Tolstoy foreshadowed in the opening citation of the volume with the Bible: “I will seek justice, and I will seek retribution.” However, many critics and readers still express sympathy and confusion for Anna’s tragic fate. To explore the rationality of Tolstoy’s arrangement of Anna Karenina’s fate, this article will combine Tolstoy’s own religious thoughts and creative background to analyze the reasons for her tragic ending f...

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