Study Abroad, Gender, And The Speaking Experience How Gender Mediates Speaking Opportunities For Students Studying Abroad In The Middle East,
2013
Brigham Young University
Study Abroad, Gender, And The Speaking Experience How Gender Mediates Speaking Opportunities For Students Studying Abroad In The Middle East, Andrew Smith, Dr. Jennifer Bown
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The study abroad experience as an opportunity to increase learning about a foreign language and culture is becoming more popular in the United States (Gore, 2005; Kinginger, 2009). As a part of this expansion in education, study abroad to the Middle East is growing year after year. Many of these students are embarking on study abroad to Arabic speaking countries with the purpose of making language gains in Arabic. Enrollments in Arabic classes expanded by 126% between 2002 and 2006 (Furman, Goldberg, & Lusin, 2007).
Depictions Of Poverty In Chinese Cinema: Before And After 1949,
2013
Brigham Young University
Depictions Of Poverty In Chinese Cinema: Before And After 1949, Anna Moore, Dr. Steven Riep
Journal of Undergraduate Research
After thirty-two years of Communist leadership, Chinese poverty levels reached an unprecedented high when in 1981, 85% of the People’s Republic of China lived in poverty1. In 2009, however, a report from the World Bank indicated that a mere 11.9% of China’s population fell below the poverty line.2 As poverty rates in China have fluctuated dramatically over the last sixty years, cultural, political, and societal perceptions of poverty have also changed. The current study analyzes perceptions of poverty, attributions for poverty, and solutions to poverty as depicted in Chinese cinema.
The Three Gorges Dam: A Perspective On Relocation,
2013
Brigham Young University
The Three Gorges Dam: A Perspective On Relocation, Glen T. Porter, Dr. David Honey
Journal of Undergraduate Research
China’s Three Gorges project is much more than the construction of the world’s largest dam. It includes an array of projects ranging from constructing suspension bridges to planting tangerine orchards. The centerpiece of this massive project is a concrete and steel dam that will stand 610 feet high and will be 6,864 feet (1.3 miles) wide.1 The reservoir created by the dam will be a watery ribbon 372 miles long and less than a mile wide. The water will drown 23 8,120 hectares of arable land, 5,025 hectares of tangerine orchards, 657 factories, and 44 ancient ruins.1 The water surface …
Preserving Moral Recognition In The Face Of Aggression: Aikido As A Practice Of Physical Intersubjectivity,
2013
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Preserving Moral Recognition In The Face Of Aggression: Aikido As A Practice Of Physical Intersubjectivity, Charles W. Wright
Philosophy Faculty Publications
Practitioners of Aikido advance the claim, peculiar to many, that martial training can support moral action. This essay examines the claim by exploring communicative structures implicit in the response to attack made possible by this art's techniques. This exploration reveals three dimensions of intersubjectivity embedded in the practice of Aikido, dimensions that explicate the ethical imperative of the art.
Deficiencies: Mental Disability And The Imagination In Scott's Waverley Novels,
2013
Colorado Mesa University
Deficiencies: Mental Disability And The Imagination In Scott's Waverley Novels, Colin Carman
Studies in Scottish Literature
Argues that Walter Scott's novels, especially Waverley and The Heart of Midlothian, represent a shift in Anglo-scottish attitudes towards the mentally ill, and that mental disability, operating in Scott's novels under the guises of idiocy and insanity, was integral to Scott’s articulations of the romantic imagination.
Untitled (2 October 1910), Untitled (6 October 1910), And Untitled (7 October 1910) By Natsume Sōseki,
2013
Bucknell University
Untitled (2 October 1910), Untitled (6 October 1910), And Untitled (7 October 1910) By Natsume Sōseki, Erik Lofgren
Transference
Translated from the Japanese with commentary by Erik Lofgren.
Cat, Heads, It Takes All Sorts, And Okinawan Scene By Yamanokuchi Baku,
2013
Western Michigan University
Cat, Heads, It Takes All Sorts, And Okinawan Scene By Yamanokuchi Baku, Daryl Maude
Transference
Translated from the Japanese by Daryl Maude.
Geta, My House, And Bowing Low (The Promulgation Of The Constitution) By Takamura Kōtarō,
2013
Western Michigan University
Geta, My House, And Bowing Low (The Promulgation Of The Constitution) By Takamura Kōtarō, Leanne Ogasawara
Transference
Translated from the Japanese with commentary by Leanne Ogasawara.
Direction, Funeral Train, Pain, And When The World Perishes By Yoshiro Ishihara,
2013
Saga University
Direction, Funeral Train, Pain, And When The World Perishes By Yoshiro Ishihara, Goro Takano
Transference
Translated from the Japanese with commentary by Goro Takano.
Beneath The Moss By Fujiwara Shunzei,
2013
Kalamazoo College
Beneath The Moss By Fujiwara Shunzei, Roselee Bundy
Transference
Translated from the Japanese with commentary by Roselee Bundy.
Flower On A Grave By Doi Bansui,
2013
University of Chicago
Flower On A Grave By Doi Bansui, Nicholas Albertson
Transference
Translated from the Japanese with commentary by Nicholas Albertson.
Commentary On Translating Tan Yuanchun, Zhu Heling, Song Wan, And Yao Nai,
2013
Western Michigan University
Commentary On Translating Tan Yuanchun, Zhu Heling, Song Wan, And Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel
Transference
Notes by Andrew Gudgel on the translation of four Chinese poems into English.
Mountain Temple By Yao Nai,
2013
Western Michigan University
Mountain Temple By Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel
Transference
Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.
Mapao Spring By Song Wan,
2013
Western Michigan University
Mapao Spring By Song Wan, Andrew Gudgel
Transference
Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.
The Green Wutong Tree By Zhu Heling,
2013
Western Michigan University
The Green Wutong Tree By Zhu Heling, Andrew Gudgel
Transference
Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.
A Vase Of Plum Flowers By Tan Yuanchun,
2013
Western Michigan University
A Vase Of Plum Flowers By Tan Yuanchun, Andrew Gudgel
Transference
Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.
Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013,
2013
Western Michigan University
Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013
Transference
Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, Classical Greek and Latin, Japanese, and Russian into English verse. Transference contains translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.
The Classical Chinese Concept Of Fate “Ming” In The Analects,
2013
Brigham Young University
The Classical Chinese Concept Of Fate “Ming” In The Analects, Daniel Evensen, Dr. David Honey
Journal of Undergraduate Research
When I first began learning Chinese about three years ago, I was puzzled by how fatalistic Chinese people seemed to me. This struck me strongly during my first visit to China on BYU Study Abroad in Fall 2006, and has remained an interest of mine ever since. After some preliminary reading, I decided that the best way to understand what fate means to the Chinese is to study what it meant in ancient times. Thus, I started studying what “fate” means in the Confucian Analects, which is how this project was born.
Tracing The Visual Vernacular Of The Cultural Revolution In Contemporary Advertising Poster Design,
2013
Brigham Young University
Tracing The Visual Vernacular Of The Cultural Revolution In Contemporary Advertising Poster Design, Sterling Larsen, Dr. Dana Bourgerie
Journal of Undergraduate Research
China’s Cultural Revolution is a defining event in modern Chinese history and a topic of lasting interest to foreign observers. While some speculate the shadow of Mao is fading in the light of capitalistic reforms in China, the impact of those decades of political upheaval persists in shaping China’s government, economy and society today. Among the most visible and iconic manifestations of that era are propaganda posters ablaze with the deified Mao and political slogans which suffused every aspect of daily life for many Chinese in the 1960s and 1970s.
Project Title,
2013
Brigham Young University
Project Title, Caleb Morris, Dr. Steven Riep
Journal of Undergraduate Research
The “Body Building Plan for Entire People” (Quanmin Jianshen Jihua Gangyao) laid out in 1995, for the purpose of, “increasing exercise activities among the masses, and consistently building the number of people involved in sporting events. The body building of the masses will be viewed with an importance that increases daily, and the avenues for athletic pursuits will be available in increasing variety” (1). In the fourteenth article of the proclamation it is made clear that this plan is for all of China’s citizens including the disabled. The proclamation calls for the “pushing forth of body building activities for the …
