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論<嫦娥>神話 : 月亮神話的不死性, Kok Cheung

Dissertations from all years

在中國，人人對嫦娥神話故事都耳熟能詳，而每每提起嫦娥，都總會聯想到中秋佳節。然而，嫦娥的故事在先秦古籍中的記載，卻是十分短小，只有寥寥十數字，簡單交代嫦娥服下不死藥奔月的情節。朝代變化，世代遷移，嫦娥神話也有著自己的更新，故事情節在加入不同角色後得以豐富、完整，如其夫君羿、奔月後化為蟾蜍，既有後人為他們的悲劇故事改寫成一個大團圓結局，亦有小說視嫦娥為譏舌女子甚至妓女。換而言之，在時代變遷，和文人雅士在文學作品屢加修改的多番變化以後，嫦娥神話的原始內涵已經被淡化，後世也因此而對她評價不一。

論余懷《板橋雜記》的「有為而作」, Stella Siu

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晚明時筆記小品興盛，大量筆記、隨筆小品出現。筆記小品包括的體裁不限於文或詩，內容更包羅萬有，有像呂坤《呻吟語》、洪應明《菜根譚》等記載處世之道和人生哲理的作品，也有像袁宏道就曾寫《瓶史》講述插花藝術的作品，這些筆記小品的內容大可按篇目內容分類。

而明末清初易代之際，筆記小品的內容和思想有所變化。一些明朝遺民創作了不少追憶故國的回憶錄。值得注意的是，這些回憶錄內容追憶過去的美好生活，內容上除了大量書寫繁華、熱鬧城市的生活風景外，對青樓和妓女的記錄和描寫更是特別豐富。這樣豐富的記載除了來自書生才子與她們相處的生活經驗，更有意藉描寫這些妓女來表達一些個人感受。然而當時文字獄極盛，文人不敢隨意抒發個人心聲，很容易被捕風捉影招致殺身之禍。這些心聲往往顯得隱晦不明。

余懷在《板橋雜記》的〈序〉提到這本書是「有為而作」，更指書中所記的金陵佳麗和勝地均繫「一代之興衰，千秋之感慨」，並不是為艷冶而記。本文旨在結合歷史語境，透過分析余懷在《板橋雜記》中對妓院和妓女的記錄和描寫，了解他收錄妓女事跡的原因，並藉此探討「有為而作」所指的寫作目的。

常, Sin Hang Tai

Dissertations from all years

一直想寫一篇關於人與城市的故事，構思時恰是雨傘運動爆發之始。我走到三個佔領區的街頭，觀察那裡的環境和群眾。我發現各式各樣、獨一無二的人，這些人大多本不相識，甚或一生都應緣慳一面，但他們因著同一件事在同一段日子走到街上，遇上彼此。這些人有怎樣的性格、身分、人生？外在的環境和過去的生活如何影響他們？

故事涉及的時間長度只從雨運醞釀期間直到爆發前的一瞬，即二零一四年八月三十一日到九月二十八日之間，從政改決定直至第一顆催淚彈之前。我選擇這一段時間而不是雨運的期間，是因為我想探討人的變化，而不是決定。這是一切彷彿還在「常態」中的日子，大部份人仍然照常生活，期間有關政改、罷課、重奪公民廣場等等的輿論愈來愈多。我想發掘的是這些後來出現、或者不出現在佔領區的人，在這段時間的心路歷程。面對城市的變化，人物的角色定位與價值取態會有怎樣的改變？人與城市之間的連結，在世界被「扭轉」的時候，又變成了什麼樣的存在？若常規逐漸被挑戰，城市環境面臨抽空，在「烏托邦」下，城市人原來的角色身份會有怎樣的變化？我想通過探討不同身份背景的人物的平凡日常、行為與思想，窺探出他們的生活態度及價值觀，描述他們面對社會從正常到異常的轉化過程時的心理轉變，並讓讀者自行推斷人物的「結局」。

蕭紅在香港的生活與《呼蘭河傳》, Yuen Yee Wong

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女性、愛情、自由、革命、叛逆、逃亡、寂寞……每一個詞放在蕭紅身上都別有意味。2014年，許鞍華電影《黃金時代》再一次掀起了蕭紅熱。蕭紅是中國現代文學史上一個獨特的女作家，也是逐漸受學界重視的作家之一。隨著近年來蕭紅研究的不斷深入，這個具有傳奇和悲劇色彩的女作家，她絕世的文學才華也逐漸展露眼前。

香港，作為她重要作品的孕育之地，某程度上也成就了蕭紅的寫作及文學地位。《呼蘭河傳》是蕭紅的重要代表作之一，也是在香港寫畢的作品之一。許子東教授認為：「中日戰爭期間，作為租界的香港受英國人管治，成為可讓懷抱不同政治立場的人與當下處境拉開距離的避風港，給予作家逃離專制政府的機會，蕭紅也就是在這個環境下完成《呼蘭河傳》。

雖然蕭紅在來香港前已經成名，但在香港時期的創作才真正地讓她名聲大噪起來。因著對蕭紅研究的深入，長篇小說《呼蘭河傳》也被研究者們從各個角度、各個層面進行了挖掘和闡釋，揭示出這部經典作品的現實性。故本論文的重心意在探討「蕭紅是在如何的寫作環境中創作了《呼蘭河傳》」的核心主題之上。換句話說，研究背後究竟是什麼原動力或原因促使蕭紅創作《呼蘭河傳》正是本論文的寫作目標。

蕭紅與她其後的丈夫端木蕻良一起來到香港不久，正好碰上日軍侵襲、香港淪陷之時。她死於香港，使論者總禁不住藉此想像著她與香港的浪漫關係。這也是吸引論者研究蕭紅的最大原因。香港對蕭紅來說也許意義並不大，但許多偶然的因素導致她在這裡成就了她的文學人生。故本論文將會集中細看蕭紅在香港時期的經歷，並結合其遭遇探討《呼蘭河傳》得以問世的原因。在香港這麼南、呼蘭河這麼北的地方，家鄉和避難之地相隔如此遙遠，《呼蘭河傳》可謂是蕭紅一次精神返鄉的旅程。

The Power Of Creativity: How Web-Based Parody Encourages Chinese Civil Participation, Amber Boczar

International ResearchScape Journal

This article investigates that relationship between e’gao (parody using web-based media) and Chinese civil participation. E’gao (恶搞 EUH-gow) uses videos, images, and text based campaigns that use humor to remove fear of political commentary and action. By detailing the development of China’s internet use, and the creation of the e’gao movement, I argue that e’gao removes the fear of participating in campaigns and movements, which criticize government policy and actions on both local and state levels, by using humor and anonymity of large online numbers. E’gao can provide a way for the common citizens to mold policy, and hold authority …

Regulating Urban Belonging: China's Hukou System As Intra-National Bordering Process, Leif Johnson

Theses and Dissertations--Geography

In China's urban metropoles, the hukou system of household registration regulates one of the largest movements of people in human history. While rural-urban migrations are reshaping societies worldwide, the migrants who make up a great portion of urban China's low-wage labor force and burgeoning population face unique legal and social challenges. Although the trajectories of their migration do not cross international boundaries, most are legally prevented from ever gaining the within China's hukou system of household registration. The functions of this system parallel those of national citizenship policies, and are difficult to explain through standard conceptions of sovereignty and national …

Collaboration In Delivering The Adventist Health Message In China: A Single Case Study, James Wu

Journal of Applied Christian Leadership

"the Adventist health message has been shared in many different ways by various institutions of the church. However, rarely is there collaboration across multiple organizations. This article describes how hospitals, universities and church entities worked together to reach the community with healthy lifestyle options. Basically the collaboration worked through four foundational activities: sharing of resources, training of health workers, operating lifestyle centers, and using the existing union governance structure. the collaboration provided outreach services in the following ways: lifestyle programs, wellness expo, health and gospel evangelism, mass media, and cooperation with NGOs."

阮大鋮的形象建構, Hoi Man Pang

Dissertations from all years

阮大鋮是明代著名的戲曲作家，著有《春燈謎》、《燕子箋》、《雙金榜》、《牟尼合》等傳奇戲曲，極富才華。然而，明朝和明季的史書裏，阮大鋮品格卑劣；除此之外，一些文學家亦大力渲染阮大鋮負面形象。因此本文欲分析史書與文學如何建構阮大鋮的形象。

本論文分作五部份︰第一為引言。第二則以《明史》、《石匱書后集》、《小腆紀傳》及《所知錄》四部史書的作者生平、筆法分析阮大鋮的歷史原型。第三部份則細讀《樵史通俗演義》、《桃花扇》、《姑妄言》、〈阮大鋮祭文〉四部文學作品，並從作者生平、寫作意圖方式探究阮大鋮的文學形象。第四部份會比較歷史原型與文學形象之異同，及研究其關係，並了解兩者之間如何互相影響，建構出阮大鋮於社會形象。第五部份為結語。

依達小說及電影中的性別, Nga Lok Chan

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香港「戰後嬰兒」經歷1966年天星小輪加價示威、1967年暴動，眼見當時市民生活質素追不上發展速度，開始對殖民地政府提出不滿，成為「躁動的一代」。六十年代的反叛在七十年代則發展為「對抗的一代」。當六十年代的年青人逐漸成為主導的消費者，他們的本土意識隨之走進主流，為他們服務的流行文化產品亦愈多回應社會狀況，延續「對抗性」的自覺。

於六十至七十年代紅極一時的依達，其作品多次被改編為電影，反映當時香港流行文學與電影之緊密互動。他亦是香港都市言情小說的先驅，作品風格陰柔細膩，善寫都市男女的愛情，後期更以另一筆名「韋韋」專寫奇情小說，進一步探索香港六十至七十年代日漸開放的社會裡的情與慾，意識大膽。然而，由於依達作品乃是流行文學，雖極富參考價值，學界仍少有對其作深入探討。

有見及此，本文將以性別及性向為切入點，剖析依達（及韋韋）在六十至七十年代出版及改編的三部小說與電影──《藍色酒店》（1966年出版，1968年改編）、《舞衣》（1971年出版，1974年改編）和《面具》（1972年出版，1974年改編），思考依達當時作品中的性別問題。本文第一章導論介紹依達及其小說的時代意義，第二章簡介依達，第三章則討論六十至七十年代改編依達小說的影壇狀況，釐清當時文本外之因素。由第四章開始，本文將緊扣上文，轉入作品內分析原著與電影中「相同的男女、不同的命運」，連同第五章「凝視男女的不同方式」，歸納出電影因受業界環境所限而「修正」的性別觀。第六章則探討依達原著與電影中被受同情的「同性情愫」，了解當時作者及香港對同性關係愈見開明的態度。

本文用作家專題之方法，以「六十至七十年代的香港」為橫，以「性別」為縱，借助依達三部小說與改編電影所呈現之不同性別觀，旨在發掘六十至七十年代依達對性別前衛的態度，折射一面香港風景。

Mandarin Chinese As A Second Language: A Review Of Literature, Wesley A. Spencer

Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects

Mandarin Chinese has become increasing prevalent in the modern world. Accordingly, research of Chinese as a second language has developed greatly over the past few decades. This paper reviews research on the difficulties of acquiring a second language in general and research that specifically details the difficulty of acquiring Chinese as a second language. Based on this research, the author also reveals some areas that should be researched further in order to advance the field.

Heterogeneous Time And Space: Han Shaogong’S Rethinking Of Chinese Modernity, Yanjie Wang

Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works

This article is set against the post-Mao official discourse on modernity, in which the conceptualization of a homogeneous, progressive time dominates the public consciousness. The focus is on Han Shaogong, one of the most important writers and cultural theorists in contemporary China, and on how he imagines a heterogeneous spatiotemporality away from the centralized and teleological paradigm. Han’s emphasis on the heterogeneity of time and space puts the homogenized, Hegelian-Marxist, developmentalist logic at the core of China’s modernization project into question. The article begins by examining how the linear and evolutionary concept of time has determined the perception of history …

Violence, Wuxia, Migrants: Jia Zhangke’S Cinematic Discontent In A Touch Of Sin, Yanjie Wang

Asian and Asian American Studies Faculty Works

This article examines the representation of violence in Jia Zhangke's film A Touch of Sin (2013) in light of Žižek's theory of ‘objective violence’ and the wuxia tradition. Jia attempts to understand the rise of individual violent incidents during China's post-socialist transformations by laying out the social, historical and political milieus in which they take place. He unveils the Žižekian objective violence hidden in the realm of social normality, pinpointing the country's sins of collusion with the global capital to impose injustice on the poor and disadvantaged. Invoking the wuxia genre, Jia portrays the protagonists not so much as perpetrators …

Reviving Project:A Chinese-American Culture Exchange Project, Yushan Cassie Sun

UROP Posters

Through art exhibitions in Beijing, China and Richmond, Virginia, Reviving project 01 aims to help promote/ revive a craft technique in Qinghai, China that is disappearing due to the urbanized surroundings.

American artist were invited to collaborate with people from Qinghai to make new pieces incorporating original crafted pieces.

The Choice Of Technology And Equilibrium Wage Rigidity, Haiwen Zhou

Economics Faculty Publications

In this general equilibrium model, firms engage in oligopolistic competition and choose increasing returns technologies to maximize profits. Capital and labor are the two factors of production. The existence of efficiency wages leads to unemployment. The model is able to explain some interesting observations of the labor market. First, even though there is neither long-term labor contract nor costs of wage adjustment, wage rigidity is an equilibrium phenomenon: an increase in the exogenous job separation rate, the size of the population, the cost of exerting effort, and the probability that shirking is detected will not change the equilibrium wage rate. …

Commentary On Translating Tao Yuanming And Li Shangyin, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Notes by Andrew Gudgel on the translation of three Chinese poems into English.

Frost Moon And Autumn Arrives By Li Shangyin, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

Cloudy Skies By Tao Yuanming, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

The Banyan Tree, Untitled, To --, A Dried Flower--For Someone, Palace-Cave Mountain, And Nanmu Forest By Cai Qijiao, Edward A. Morin

Transference

Translated from the Chinese with commentary by Edward Morin, Dennis Ding, and Fang Dai.

Science, Culture, And Modernity In Chengdu China June 4 - June 18, 2014, Sarah Bouchard, Paul Eisenstein, Jane Wu, Anna M. Young

Otterbein China Librarians Exchange Program Documentations and Publications

The trip taken by Sarah Bouchard, Paul Eisenstein, Jane Wu, and Anna Young to China was meant to increase ties between various Chinese universities and Otterbein University as well as taking a look at modern and traditional cultures within regions. Faculty members presented to members of the Southwest Jiaotong University and met with faculty members at the University of Shanghai Science & Technology, Shanghai Jiatong University, and Southwest Jiaotong University. The Otterbein faculty also visited Giant Panda research bases to establish relationships and potential internships for exchange students wanting to work with the Giant Pandas.

Also included is the budget …

Needs Analysis And Curriculum Development Of Vocational Chinese For Ncs Students, Xiao Yan Qiu, Danping Wang, Hau Yee, Doris Lo, Ming Tak, Jackie Tsang

Practical Social and Industrial Research Symposium

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