East Asian Languages and Societies Commons^™

The Construction Of Eco-Aesthetics And The Building Of Academic Self-Confidence, Xiangzhan Cheng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The academic principle of constructing eco-aesthetics is "global problems and international discourse." The principle implies on the one hand the essential way for Chinese aesthetics to join the world academic community and on the other hand the path and criteria of building Chinese academic self-confidence. The way to academic self-confidence lies in Chinese academicians’ response to the global common problems from the perspective of eco-aesthetics, researches delivered in internationally communicable discourse, and resolution to deal with academic issues of international importance.

The Logic Of Space: The Internal Relationships Within The Spatial Layers Of Literary Context, Jie Xu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Just as linguistic context is divided into three layers: verbal context, situational context and socio-cultural context, so the literary context of literature as a language art can be divided into literary textual context, literary situational context and literary cultural context. The textual context is the core layer in literary context, and literary cultural context defines the outer layer of the literary context, with situational context intermediating the inner and outer layers of literary context. Literary situational context is further divided into three interrelated dimensions which may be termed as literary media context, literary discourse context and literary function context. These …

Live Confucian: The Newsletter Of The Confucius Institute Of Pace University January 2015, Confucius Institute Pace University

Live Confucian

A newsletter of the Confucius Institute, Pace University.

The Confucius Institute at Pace Universi­ty is dedicated to providing Chinese lan­guage and cultural education, resources,and services to meet the needs of people from all backgrounds.

American History Content-Based Instruction In China, Matthew K. Ingalls

MA TESOL Collection

This project demonstrates materials developed over a three-year period in Chinese international schools for the teaching of U.S. history to ESL learners. It includes an outline for a two-year curriculum with a regular weekly cycle, as well as a close look at strategies and tested activities intended to facilitate understanding of this complex topic and to encourage students to participate beyond passive reception. Specific cultural issues of teaching U.S. history in China are discussed, including issues of ideology and censorship.

The Creation Of Daoism, Paul Fischer

Philosophy & Religion Faculty Publications

This paper examines the creation of Daoism in its earliest, pre-Eastern Han period. After an examination of the critical terms "scholar/master" and "author/ school", I argue that, given the paucity of evidence, Sima Tan and Liu Xin should be credited with creating this tradition. The body of this article considers the definitions of Daoism given by these two scholars and all of the extant texts that Liu Xin classified as "Daoist." Based on these texts, I then suggest an amended definition of Daoism. In the conclusion, I address the recent claim that the daojia /daijiao dichotomy is false, speculating that …

Navigating The Shifting Winds Of Activism: The Woman's Reform Society's Movement, Jier Yang

East Asian Languages and Cultures Department Honors Papers

No abstract provided.

The Final Pagan Generation By Edward J. Watts (Review), James A. Francis

Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Lone Wolves And Stray Dogs: The Japanese Crime Film, 1931-1969, Aaron Gerow, Rea Amit, Samuel Malissa, Noriko Morisue, Hsin-Yuan Peng, Stephen Poland, Grace Ting, Takuya Tsunoda, Justine Wiesinger, Young Yi, Inuhiko Yomota, Jō Ōsawa, Phil Kaffen

Film Series Commentaries

“Lone Wolves and Stray Dogs: The Japanese Crime Film, 1931–1969” is a continuing collaboration between the Council on East Asian Studies at Yale University and the National Film Center of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. Ever since the success of the French crime film Zigomar in 1911, the Japanese film industry has produced numerous movies depicting criminals and the detectives who try to apprehend them. Chivalric yakuza, modern mobsters, knife-wielding molls, hardboiled gumshoes, samurai detectives, femme fatales, and private eyes populate Japanese cinema, from period films to contemporary dramas, from genre cinema to art film, from the …

The Determinants Of Chinese Household Saving During 1978-2012, Nan Zhi

Honors Theses, 1963-2015

This project focuses on how the household saving ratio changes from 1978-2013 in China and what factors caused the changes. Based China’s household saving rate changes from 1953-2000 by using the framework of the life-cycle hypothesis, Modigliani concluded that the rate of growth income and the demographic structure are the major determinant of the rate of private saving. This project attempts to extend Modigliani’s research using the data after 2000 and take changes of Chinese policy and additional factors into consideration. Estimates of coefficients of saving function will be obtained by using OLS method to analyze the relationship between household …

批评是理性对话——艾布拉姆斯与他的文学批评观 (Literary Criticism As A Rational Dialogue: M.H. Abrams And His Theoretical Orientations), Junjie Luo (罗俊杰)

East Asian Studies Faculty Publications

M.H. Abrams is known to Chinese readers as an influential literary critic of the Romantic Movement. This article, commissioned by Literature, a Chinese-language literary newspaper, introduces the theoretical orientations of M. H. Abrams, who passed away in April 2015 at the age of 102.

Ripple On Stagnant Water By Li Jieren, And: Fact In Fiction: 1920s China And Ba Jin’S Family By Kristin Stapleton (Review), Shiamin Kwa

East Asian Languages and Cultures Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Review Of Critical Buddhism: Engaging With Modern Japanese Buddhist Thought, Ronald S. Green

Philosophy and Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

Haruki Murakami And Religion: The Nature Of Religion In 1q84 And Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage, Ronald S. Green

Philosophy and Religious Studies

This course focuses on underlying religious and philosophical assumptions in the most recent works of Haruki Murakami (1949-), 1Q84 in three volumes and Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Murakami is the most popular and widely read novelist in Japan today and a major literary figure worldwide. He cites as his two sources for inspiration in writing 1Q84 George Orwell and the AUM religious cult, responsible for bombing Tokyo subways with sarin gas in the 1990s.

Xuanzang’S Text Of Bodhisattva Precepts, Ronald S. Green, Chanju Mun

Philosophy and Religious Studies

A translation from the Chinese with annotations.

Buddhism, Uncertainty And Modernity In A Hometown In Heart, Ronald S. Green, Chanju Mun

Philosophy and Religious Studies

A Hometown in Heart (Maeumui gohyang, 1949), written by Ham Sedeok (1915-1950) and directed by Yun Yonggyu (b.1913), is said to be the first Korean Buddhist film. It depicts Buddhism in a remote mountain region without even electricity. The main character of the film, an orphaned child monk, must decide what to do with his life. This paper argues that the central aspect of the Buddhism-related symbols represent Korean tradition and that the supporting characters represent socio-political forces in post-liberation Korean society just after liberation, pulling the young generation of Koreans in various directions. In particular, the film centers on …

KūKai's Epitaph For Master Huiguo: An Introduction And Translation, Ronald S. Green, Chanju Mun

Philosophy and Religious Studies

No abstract provided.

論《笑林廣記》僧人笑話的狂歡精神及結構, Chi Hang Cho

Dissertations from all years

本文考察清代笑話集《笑林廣記》中的僧人笑話，發現專講僧人的「僧道部」中色 情笑話的比例竟只僅次於專論夫婦行房笑話的「閏風部」。本文將僧人笑話分為兩大層 次，第一層是僧人整體的，同時較空泛的負面形象；第二層再細分為內外兩層，先進入 笑話嘲笑僧人的具體內容；再來是數量最多，也是所選笑話中的核心部分：以大量色情笑話，攻擊僧人觸犯淫戒。本文嘗試從兩方面分析僧人的色情笑話。一，從巴赫金（Mikhail Mikhailovich Bakhtin）對「狂歡」的理論來解釋，僧人所守的戒律與性分別象徵極端的高尚與極端的低下，色情笑話將高低兩者的地位拉向一致，達至「狂歡」的效果；二，從晚明至清代的社會狀況來與笑話作對照，當中包括時期相若的文學、法律等，以觀照笑話這種為求惹人發笑，必有其誇大之處的文體究竟是否毫無社會價值。

論《楚辭》中「道」、「路」的意象, Wing Kiu Lok

Dissertations from all years

對於屈原作品中的意象分析，不少學者均只局限於討論王逸《楚辭章句》中所提到的。屈原的作品中，常出現有關「道」和「路」的描述，姜亮夫《楚辭通故》：「道與路兩字為考見屈子思想之重要用詞。」然而，在著作或論文方面，均未有深入討論「道路」意象的象徵意義及其重要性。

本文以〈離騷〉、〈九歌〉、〈天問〉、〈九章〉、〈遠遊〉、〈卜居〉和〈漁父〉為研究範圍，當中的「道」和「路」共出現四十七次。從「道路」意象去分析屈原的作品，可見屈原所賦予的意義是較其他意象為多，並非如美人象徵君主般單一。「道路」並非單指現實中、眼前所見的路，屈原是把對現實的不滿與理想寄託於「道路」之中，包括望君主明察、望奸佞盡去和望重歸郢都，這些都是屈原對現實的不滿和批評。

在現實與理想的矛盾之間，屈原依然始終如一，堅守其正道，不會因應現實而有絲毫的改變，就如先秦時期道家所言的「道」一樣，本質是獨立不變的。因此，從「道」和「路」意象分析屈原作品，更可了解屈原貫串全文之不變決心及其忠君愛國精神。

張系國、倪匡科幻小說寫作特色比較 : 以《星雲組曲》及〈衛斯理系列〉為例, Cheuk Sum Wan

Dissertations from all years

張系國（1944年）與倪匡（1935-）同生於中國大陸，前者1949年後遷台再到美國，後者在1957年後來到香港發展。然而，二人同因科幻小說而為人熟悉，其中《星雲組曲》、〈衛斯理系列〉為他們的代表作。於中、港、台的影響力至今仍不減。

有見及此，本文會以《星雲組曲》〈衛斯理系列〉為研究對象，嘗試以科幻觀、主題、叙事與讀者群為方向，比較兩者的特點，以及分析這些特點出現及為何受到推崇的原因。

統觀而言，張系國視科幻小說為嚴肅文學，會依從基本的科學精神設出相對仔細的世界觀，為的是幫助表達人文的主題，讀者以知識份子為主；倪匡則視科幻小說為消閒文學，在作品中加入武俠、偵探等元素，科幻元素變成故事中的「謎底」或「危機」，以增加閱讀趣味，甚至認為不必依從基本的科學概念。而這些不同，基本上與二人的背景以及「雅、俗」文學取向相關。

同時，張、倪的作品雖然雅俗取向不同，但同屬科幻小說。這種包容性也反映了科幻文體有別於其他如言情、武俠等文類。

Way Of The Butterfly: A Journey Towards Transformation Through Self-Portraits In-Between, Masami Koshikawa

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

It has not been easy for me to talk about myself or describe my feelings or thoughts. Coming from Japan, a collective society, we typically are not raised to do so. Throughout the MFA program at UCF, I have shared my feelings and thoughts through my work. It is important to discuss and inform others of our cultural similarities and differences so that we may gain a better understanding of each other. This process has helped me grow not only on an artistic level, but also on a personal level. My journey towards integration has led me to a meaningful …