Formalist Literary Theory is an important link in the development process of the research focus of western literary theory from the author to the reader. Formalist Literary Theory advocates the independence and self-sufficiency of literature, trying to cut off the connection between works and external society, including authors and readers, and establishes an independent and systematic literary science in centripetal criticism centered on the language form of works. However, it is only a theoret...

Literature 

John Donne, a great poet in English Renaissance, created a relatively fixed poetry pattern and was the founder of English metaphysical poetry. There are many negative descriptions of women in his early works, which reveal men’s dominant position and show his deep-rooted patriarchal ideology. However, it is worth noting that Donne’s later poetry works also show the thought that is inconsistent with patriarchy, that is, the pursuit of gender equality and harmonious relationship between man and wom...

Literature 

By employing CiteSpace, a metrological tool and traditional statistical methods, this paper analyzes the research literature related to the C-E translation of Lu Xun’s works published on CNKI between 2001 and 2018. This paper focuses on the statistics of the time distribution of the number of articles published, the main publication carriers, the main domestic researchers engaged in the English translation of Lu Xun’s works, research units, and high-frequency keywords. This paper reviews the cur...

Literature 

Atonement is McEwan’s classic which hybrids truth and fiction. The space of reality distinct from history embodies truth; the reconstruction of fact, and an unexpected ending of metafiction reflects its fiction. Based on the semiotic rectangle theory of A. J. Greimas, this paper analyzes the binary opposition between Briony and Robbie to reveal the moral dilemma faced by Briony, explain the subversion of reality and fiction and the contradictory relationship between self and the Other, an...

Literature 

Runaway, a representative masterpiece written by Alice Munro, is a perfect exemplification of interdisciplinary studies involved with literature and psychology in contemporary Canadian literature. In this book, Munro ingeniously breaks through traditional narrative methods, disclosing miserable survival predicaments of females along with the descriptions of female living conditions and their innermost secret and complex feelings which are often overlooked among community groups. This pape...

Psychology  Literature 

The main focus of this study is on the translations of biographical works in the period of the democratic revolution (1919~1949), with classification and statistics of the Chinese translations. Taking into account the socio-historical background, cultural context, and the main translation theories of the time, examples are given to demonstrate the characteristics of translators’ choice of biographers and their choice of translations into the original texts. Through quantitative and qualitative s...

Linguistics  Literature 

Analysis of a film text warrants a thorough understanding of the genre, and the codes and conventions used in the film to gauge the effectiveness of the film. The stages of production and postproduction measure the success of films. The coming-of-age genre is analysed with a focus on codes and conventions in films. First, a theoretical review of film terminology, codes and conventions is shown. Second, the application of codes and conventions to coming-of-age genre films is discussed with refere...

Literature 

In Beloved, Morrison characterizes an “infanticide” tragedy that a black mother Sethe kills her daughter “Beloved” in the American slavery society. It displays Morrison’s reflections on ethical relationships and describes ethical choices of Sethe and other black groups. Taking Sethe’s infanticide behavior as the research object, the paper mainly interprets the maternal ethical identity under patriarchy, the black ethical environment under slavery, and the ethical consciousness of a...

Literature 

As Evelyn Waugh’s first highly successful work, Vile Bodies was seen as “a fiction that summarizes and defines an era”. This paper analyzes the characters, their endings, and the writing techniques of combining tragedy with comedy. It is believed that the youth from the upper social class between the two World Wars as main characters depicted in the novel can lead the contemporary youth to moral reflections.

Literature 

Chinese traditional literary works are usually filled with sadness and melancholy, and in the view of Chinese literati, autumn signifies separation and remoteness; however, in the context of western literature, autumn symbolizes harvest, romance and delight. This paper takes Sunny Sand: Autumn Thoughts from Ma Zhiyuan and To Autumn from John Keats as examples to analyze the different feelings of “autumn” by eastern and western poets. Then, it explores the reasons for the difference...

Culture  Literature