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Immigration And Naturalization: A Possible Solution To The Japan Crisis, Samuel Dehaan

Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado

This study examines the current demographic crisis in Japan, namely the lack of eligible adults in the workforce, a lack of relationships and marriages, and an aging population, which has led to a declining population. This study suggests that a possible solution to the crisis would be to include foreigners in the Japanese workforce through immigration and naturalization. This thesis first examines the historical relations that Japan has had with the West and its Asian neighbors and then places that within a cultural context. It further examines how the modernization of Japan under the Meiji Restoration led to a cultural …

The Eitc’S Fall And The Opium Wars, Charles Barrett

Student Works

The East India Trading Company (EITC) was one of the first companies to establish a monopoly over goods traded around the world. The EITC spread goods that were typically only found where they originated, such as tea, spices, and opium.

The Chinese had access to poppy before the EITC began importing it, and when China levied a ban on opium being imported China, the EITC ignored it and continued to profit off China’s opium addiction. The EITC, and Britain, saw the ban, and the actions taken by China to enforce the ban, as an act of war and reacted as …

Interactional Competence In Japanese As An Additional Language: An Overview, Tim Greer, Midori Ishida, Yumiko Tateyama

Faculty Publications

Speaking a language involves more than just knowledge of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation: It also requires the abilities to interpret what your interlocutor is saying, to formulate a relevant response, and to deliver it in a timely manner. In addition, it entails skills such as dealing with trouble in talk when it arises and being able to identify an appropriate moment to start speaking. In short, it requires interactional competence (IC). As this applies to speaking a language other than one's first, this volume of Pragmatics & Interaction examines specific interactional competences {ICs) that speakers of Japanese as an additional …

Developing Recipient Competence During Study Abroad, Midori Ishida

Faculty Publications

Partly as a response to Kinginger's (2009) call for studies that examine the interaction in which L2 speakers participate during study abroad and its relationship with long-term development, this chapter explores what features of social interaction might afford L2 speakers opportunities to "form new practices" (Pallotti & Wagner, 2011, p. 1), especially when using receipts.

Strange Women: The Evaluation And Comparison Of Female Characters In Akira Kurosawa's Films, Alice Jiron Jang

History

The successes of Akira Kurosawa’s films have shaped and influenced Western views on Japan after World War II. While the male characters in Kurosawa’s films have been analyzed extensively, there is a focus on the subservience of this female characters. With the growing number of independent working women in a seemingly patriarchal society, it is important to study what has caused these women to break free from their traditional roles as housewife and mother. While some of Kurosawa's female characters are designed to be powerful and independent, others are submissive and obedient. The events that occur in postwar Japan have …

Examining Experiences With English Language Studies In Taiwan And In The United States, Ying-Mei Chien

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The importance of learning English to find success in today’s global community has never been more vital. However, choosing the best method for teaching English language skills in the second language (L2) classroom is still open for debate. This paper examines L2 strategies for teaching English in Taiwan. More important, it examines the notion that English as a Foreign Language (EFL) training in Taiwan could be made more successful by incorporating more effective EFL teaching strategies, including a communicative, or creativity based methodology for second language learning. EFL teaching methodology in Taiwan has and continues to emphasize a teacher centered …

Review Of Arne Olav Øyhus, Ed. Recovering From A Disaster: A Study Of The Relief And Reconstruction Process In Sri Lanka After The 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, Michele Ruth Gamburd

Anthropology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Book review of Recovering From A Disaster: A Study of the Relief and Reconstruction Process in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, edited by Arne Olav Øyhus. Published by Kristiansand, Norway: Portal Books; Portland, OR: International Specialized Book Services [exclusive distributor], 2016.

The Otaku Phenomenon : Pop Culture, Fandom, And Religiosity In Contemporary Japan., Kendra Nicole Sheehan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The focus of this dissertation centers on the otaku subculture and their subsequent incorporation of Japanese religious elements into their consumption of Japanese popular culture. This phenomenon highlights the intersections of popular culture and religion in Japan, which is emerging in religious sites. Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples are incorporating popular culture as a means to maintain relevancy, encourage growth of parishioners, and raising revenue by capitalizing on the popularity of manga and anime. The relevance of this research connects to the continued impact of Japanese popular culture through globalization. The first chapter provides a theoretical background examining this socio-religious …

The Use Of Evidentials In Hearsay Contexts In Japanese And English, Tomomi Matsumura

Dissertations and Theses

Evidentials are one of the language codes that convey the speaker's beliefs in terms of the degree of reliability of information and how the speaker obtained information (Chafe, 1986; Ishida, 2006; McCready and Ogata, 2007). Evidentials play an important role in communication since they also function to show the speaker's attitude toward the interlocutors by making a sentence softer (Trent 1998). In his theory of territory of information, Kamio (1990, 1997, 2002) proposed that pragmatic rules of evidentials are different in Japanese than in English. Ishida (2006) studied these differences and argued that learners of Japanese (JF learners) face difficulties …

A Historical Overview Of The Impact Of The Reformation On East Asia, Christina Han

Consensus

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The Revolution Will Not Be Politicized: Political Expression In The Manga Adaptations Of KanikōSen, Benjamin Robert Burton

Dissertations and Theses

Kobayashi Takiji's (1903-1933) Kanikōsen (The Crab Cannery Ship, 1929), the outstanding work from the proletarian literary movement, experienced an influx of new adaptations into various mediums during the years that preceded and followed the "Kanikōsen boom" of 2008. This thesis focuses on two manga adaptations that provide readers with starkly different takes on the original story. Using theories by Scott McCloud and Azuma Hiroki, I first attempt to draw parallels between the form of manga and that of the novel. Then, I examine the manner in which the most explicitly political content of the novel is adapted …

Examining The Impact Of Confucian Values On Leadership Preferences, Andrew Schenck, Merissa Waddey

Journal of Organizational & Educational Leadership

Efficacy of a leadership approach may be highly dependent upon cultural factors, making additional research in foreign contexts necessary. A methodology was developed to investigate the relationship between Confucian values and leadership preferences. Responses on the Chinese Values Survey (CVS) were compared to those of the Vannsimpco Leadership Survey (VLS) for both Korean (N = 48) and American (N = 47) university respondents. Correlations for both groups revealed a link between Confucian values and hybrid leadership styles. Among Korean faculty, this link was even more pronounced, yielding significant correlations to autocratic-transformational (r_s [30] = .513, p …

革命戰爭題材小說的概念, Guangwei Cheng

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文藉梳理革命戰争題材小説概念形成的過程，討論它與作家創作實踐之間的緊張關係，並以幾個具體案例，來分析這種緊張關係所展現的當時文學批評多樣化的潛在狀態。而在過去的研究中，對這一潛在結構的揭示是不充分的。

"不響"裏的當代史 : 《繁花》裏的兩個時代及其美學, Xiaoming Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

《繁花》以單雙章交替的形式展開敘事，分别講述60 年代與90 年代以來的故事。小説實際上是使用二種不同的敘事方法，60 年代的故事以個人記憶爲依據的現實主義手法；90 年代的生活則以説書人的文體表現爲各表一枝的格局。前者因爲歷史的激進變革與困苦，對人的生存構成强大的壓抑，但小説卻因此寫出了歷史中生存的人們的堅忍不拔；後者因爲繁華盛世浮華亂象，生活顯現爲虚空和無意義，作者尋求做舊筆法，賦予傳統與歷史做底色，從美學與文化的層面重新給予其韻致。這裏面顯然貫穿著作者對兩個時代的判斷，對人類生活之正當性的理解。在歷史與人的生活之間，在政治、文化與美學之間，《繁花》終究以美學或寫作的倫理學化解了那些矛盾。因此，這就要從歷史感的角度解釋這部作品，纔能呈現它的豐富性與複雜性。

架空穿越 : 第三種虛構歷史的文學方法, Zidong Xu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

“歷史演義”、“故事新編”和“穿越架空”，可以説是現當代中文文學虚構歷史的三種基本方法。“歷史演義”把故事説成歷史，隱藏“古爲今用”目的，雖然在“五四”文學成就不大，卻影響了50 年代的“革命歷史小説”。“故事新編”是作家有意顛覆經典文本，比如香港文學改編中國傳統故事，以及80 年代中國的“革命故事新編”（新歷史小説）。“穿越”與“架空”雖是不同文學技巧，但都與中國文學／ 文化生産機制的變化有關。本文將以《琅琊榜》現象爲例，探討“架空歷史小説”和國家意識形態及民衆社會心理之間的複雜關係。

從"傳奇文" 溯源看魯迅、陳寅格的"小說"概念, Lihua Zhang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

魯迅的《中國小説史略》奠定了20 世紀關於中國小説史的主流論述。然而，在這部經典著作中，以“小説”之名串聯起來的對象，如六朝鬼神志怪書、《世説新語》、唐傳奇以及宋元話本之間，其文體的異質性其實極大。陳寅恪在《韓愈與唐代小説》、《元白詩箋證稿》等論著中對唐傳奇與古文運動之關係的發覆，在觀念和方法上皆與魯迅的《中國小説史略》構成了重要的學術對話。本文擬從魯迅與陳寅恪對唐傳奇文體淵源的論述爲切入點，來探討他們在“小説”觀念上的差異及其文學史方法的内在對話關係。

香港另類奇迹 : 董啟章的書寫/行動和《學習年代》, Der Wei, David Wang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

董啓章是當代香港最重要的小説家。本文介紹董啓章在新世紀的《自然史三部曲》，並以最後一部《學習年代》爲重點。《自然史三部曲》描述香港進入現代的發生史和發展時史；《學習年代》側重青年學生面對香港歷史變化的思與行。本文討論此書的三項特色：董啓章對青春與香港在地啓蒙論述的思考；董與西方學者、作家從歌德到阿倫特的對話；教育成長小説與社會行動的關聯。

留學生魯迅關於中國道路的思考, Nong Gu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

魯迅留學日本期間確立了此後的發展方向，也對中國未來的道路作出了深刻的思考。他認爲，中國應通過革命推翻帝制而驟列於共和，從此發展科學和工業，走向繁榮富强，同時要改造國民性，建設好精神文明。中國是一文明古國，又是深受列强侵略的弱國，因此不可能走西方的老路，而應堅持反對帝國主義的鬥争，也不去照搬西方式的議會民主，以便建立起具有中國特色的高度文明的“人國”。魯迅的設想中有著某種難以説明白的理想主義，他當時寄希望於超人式的“精神界之戰士”，則明顯受到無政府主義思潮的一些影響。他在成長的過程中還有很長的路要走。

陳三立與同光體贛派, Yingjian Hu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

同光體詩派是晚清民國以來形成的一個影響最大的詩歌流派。下分閩派、贛派、浙派。其中贛派主要承宋代江西詩派。贛派首領陳三立，獨辟詩境，表現在如下方面：擅長寫荒寒之景；抒極哀慟之情；比喻、借代、擬人手法生動；意象新穎；通感手法之妙；煉字奇警；句法拗峭奇崛。其詩學淵源承傳黄庭堅而又有創新，其内容深廣，萬象紛呈，境界闊大蒼莽，風格沉雄，則又爲黄所不及。此派中遠承宋代江西詩派而近受陳三立影響的有：江西籍詩人華焯、王浩、胡梓方等；江西籍學者詩人辛際周、汪辟疆、胡先驌、王易等；陳三立之子衡恪、隆恪、寅恪、方恪。在南京還有一批並非贛籍而可歸爲贛派的學人，如王瀣、胡翔冬、胡光煒，均或多或少受陳三立影響。陳三立以其鮮明的詩風，沾溉後學衆多，可謂廣大教化主。

從"誨盜之書" 到 "祖國第一政法小說" : 晚清的"新評《水滸傳》", Xiaohong Xia

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

受西方與日本明治小説觀念與作品引進的啟發，晚清“小説界革命”蓬勃興起。對傳統小説的價值重估，也成爲其中一道搶眼的風景，而尤以《水滸傳》的“新評”最爲熱鬧。從認可傳統的“誨盜之書”起步，經歷日本《世界百傑傳》爲施耐庵立傳的刺激，在晚清多種小説雜誌上展開的《水滸傳》新論，總體上呈現出由讚賞文學意趣向揭示政治寄托轉移的趨勢。評論者貼近時代思潮與政局動向的現實激情，致使這部古典小説竟與自由意境、獨立精神、民權思想、民族主義、武德風範、無政府理想、立憲政治直至女權意識奇妙地掛上鉤。諸種最新學説的交匯，在以“祖國第一政治小説”相推許的《新評水滸傳》中達到高潮。由此，晚清的“新評《水滸傳》”也爲後人留下了值得深入探究的豐富遺産。