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剪牛雜的聲音, Yat Kan Clifford Kung

Dissertations from all years

我們懷舊，是因為恐懼未來的變遷嗎？

此心安處是吾鄉。有時在外多玩幾天，總會不期然懷念起在街邊大排檔吃的牛雜麵——無法取代的「Comfort Food」。我們沉醉於探索外面的花花世界，也是時候回到最熟悉的Comfort Zone。

但無人能保證Comfort 是永恆的，那麼我們應該努力留住它，還是讓新的事物成為自己新的舒適圈？對舊文化的眷戀，就組成了〈剪牛雜的聲音〉。在這座城市裏、在人們的心目中，舊有的、平民的熟食小販文化，在代表着甚麼？但願在每日都要換新裝的時代，這個故事可以成為留住過去的記錄。

同一個宇宙, Yuying Li

Dissertations from all years

創作內容為兩個故事，兩個主人公都源自大三寫過的文章。

故事一主人公又生面臨多重壓力，父母讓他買房、公司對員工的苛刻，他會停下追逐的腳步嗎？他又能否找到自己的目標？

故事二主人公牙瑛是屬性為菇的孩子，離鄉別井，在異鄉求學，起初隱忍而後反擊。

這些都是日常生活的實事，日子苦巴巴，我決心刨個快樂的捷徑。文字，請你給我們提前或延遲的圓滿吧！

誰能救我脫離這取死的身體, Samuel Chun Hei Ng

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這是一個關於小人物的故事，關於受苦的故事，關於救贖的故事，也是關於香港的故事。

故事講述妓女陳霖，與一個混血小孩梓樂在油麻地相遇的故事。他們生活在油麻地舊區，面對茶餐廳結業、舊樓強制拆遷、原生家庭，他們做了什麼抉擇？廟街唱檔的音樂悠然響起，能唱出他們的心聲嗎？面對艱苦的生活，他們想盡辦法去脫離，可惜都找不到辦法。命運使他倆相遇，彷彿成了彼此的救贖，只是事與願違，二人有不同的結局。

人總是悲慘的，誰能救贖人們脫離這取死的身體呢？

夏之春, Chi Ho Wong

Dissertations from all years

遠離了城市喧囂的離島上，我和島上的夥伴們每天過著悠閒平和的日子。

偶爾去老奶奶開的粗點心店一起吃零食，偶爾和喜歡釣魚的老爺爺一起到海岸邊釣魚，偶爾到其他人的家裏打發時間。

平凡且無憂無慮的生活一天天地過去，夥伴中年紀最小的我，也以為這樣的日子能夠一直繼續下去。

但隨著男孩女孩們逐漸成為少年少女，朦朧的心意開始浮出水面，沒有得到眷顧的少女滿懷著愁緒卻仍與我們如往常般那樣相處。

直到父親成為了殺害夥伴的兇手時，我才隱約意識到有什麼發生在我們之中了。

我的生活因此發生了翻天覆地的變化，但我卻依然留在那個離開島上的夏天。

多年之後，當年的真相終於擺在我的面前，我作出的選擇，是否能讓我走出那個夏日？

莊周夢蝶, Man Wai Tsui

Dissertations from all years

〈莊周夢蝶〉以大量的內心獨白，描寫出一個內心壓抑着激烈情感的青年，在對現實世界感到絕望後，轉而投向幻想世界，最終為去往那個理想中的世界而死的故事。在這個不愁吃穿，卻彷彿誰都不能脫穎而出、名留青史的城市，許多人或會失去生命的意義，對自己存在的價值產生質疑，但人生是否真的需要活成英雄才算得上有意義？

唐代宮廷女詩人及其詩作研究, Hin Wing Ng

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唐朝是詩歌的黃金時代，能詩者遍及社會各階層，當中不乏婦女作品，恰如元代辛文房所言：「歷觀唐以雅道獎士類，而閨閣英秀，亦能熏染，錦心繡口，蕙情蘭性，足可尚矣。」在《全唐詩》一百二十多位女詩人裏，有二十五位屬宮闈女性，後又稱為宮廷女詩人。然而，後來學者亦明白宮廷婦女的數目遠不只二十五位那麼少。

唐代宮廷女詩人，所指的是由女皇、皇后、妃嬪、公主、女官及宮人等不同宮廷階級組成的女詩人群體。本文將以唐代宮廷女詩人為研究對象，首先探討她們在宮廷女子教育下，於文學、書法及樂舞等各方面取得的成果，進而用初、盛唐及中、晚唐分期法，探討她們的身份、詩歌題材及整體趨勢的嬗遞。最後，本文歸納出宮廷女詩人及其詩歌的三大特色，並說明五代十國時期宮廷女詩人呈復興之趨勢。

A Construção Da Guerra Civil Através De Dois Discursos Na Farsália, De Lucano, Leni Ribeiro Leite, Thayrynne De Faria Coutinho

Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Faculty Publications

O presente trabalho analisa a construção da Guerra Civil nos cantos II e IV da Farsália, do poeta Lucano, por meio da caracterização e dos discursos de duas personagens: a mãe e o soldado. Em uma épica em que o confronto entre membros de um mesmo povo é central, defendemos que Lucano, ao apresentar essas duas personagens, apresenta dois pontos de vista romanos em relação a dinâmica da guerra. Para essa análise, tomamos como base a concepção de Dominique Maingueneau (1995, 2008) de ethos e elementos retóricos da Antiguidade apresentados, em especial, na Institutio Oratoria, de Quintiliano.

Interview With Luis Castellví Laukamp, Jonathan O. Chua

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

No abstract provided.

Interview With Emilia Soriano And Kristian Cordero, Patrick Michael L. Capili

Perspectives in the Arts and Humanities Asia

No abstract provided.

Methodologizing Transnationality: Relational Writing As Collective Inquiry, Sun Young Lee, Minhye Son, Taeyeon Kim, Jin Kyeong Jung, Soo Bin Jang

Department of Educational Administration: Faculty Publications

How can we take transnationality as a space of in-betweenness to generate new possibilities, moving beyond geographically bounded spans between countries? This article presents five authors’ collective inquiry on transnational positionalities, which we practiced through the relational, transformative, and reflective writing of the self in a community space. We staged the collaborative writing into two processes: the emergent process of thematic writing and the relay writing. Interweaving “I” and “we” voices that cannot be captured through categorical thinking, our collaborative quest resists normative identity politics, proposing writing as a method of collective inquiry for the nuanced understanding of the transnationality …

Traditional Chinese Medicine: Employing Integrative Medicine As An Approach To Treat Cancer, Jade Hudson

CMC Senior Theses

This thesis explores the history of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) through its depiction in the four classics of TCM and examines the evolution of the field to date. The five categories of TCM treatments analyzed in this paper include acupuncture, dietary therapy, herbal medicine, moxibustion, and physical exercise. Research highlights significant positive outcomes in cancer patients who incorporate TCM alongside modern cancer treatments, such as reduced nausea, vomiting, fatigue, anorexia, pain, and improvements in quality of life and overall well-being. However, notable risks associated with TCM herbal medicine and moxibustion underscore the need for further research into these practices before …

The Pressure Of The Past: Historiographical Trends In The Origins Of The Korean War, Jacob Weiss

History - Master of Arts in Teaching

Historiographic Synthesis Essay...............4

Essay Bibliography..................................27

Primary Sources......................................28

Textbook Critique.....................................42

New Textbook Entry.................................47

Mistress Gu The Tigress: Warrior Women & Knight-Errantry In Outlaws Of The Marsh, Ryan K. Christenson

BYU Asian Studies Student Journal

Outlaws of the Marsh, also commonly known as Water Margin, is one of the four most beloved classic novels of Chinese literature, most frequently attributed to the 14th-century writer Shi Nai’an. In this novel, one of the more relatively obscure characters among the 108 outlaws of Mount Liang is Gu Dasao “the Tigress,” a heroic woman who is normally characterized as a “woman general” (nüjiang) along with the other two prominent women in the novel, “Ten Feet of Steel” Hu Sanniang and Sun Erniang “the Witch.” This characterization has endured to this day, perhaps due to tradition or simply convenience. …

Volume 9 Full Issue

BYU Asian Studies Student Journal

No abstract provided.

Envisioning Dynamic Cultural Platforms: Strategic Integration Of Contemporary Art In Japan's Socio-Economic Landscape, Shota Hachisako

MA Theses

In this tale of transformative potential, the dissertation opens with Japan's unique juxtaposition of a burgeoning technological landscape against a modestly-sized art market. It envisions contemporary art as a dynamic force, capable of revolutionizing Japan's socio-economic fabric. This narrative of hope delves into how art, in Japan's context, can redefine corporate identities, fuel social innovation, and adapt to the digital age. The study advocates for an increased investment in the creative arts, seeing it as a key to merging Japan's rich cultural heritage with its economic aspirations. It paints a future where art not only enhances educational growth and international …

In Shame I Will Find Paradise, Taehee Whang

Theses and Dissertations

As a Korean American non-binary digital artist and designer, my recent explorations have focused on using voice as a medium to articulate nuanced feelings of displacement and the intricate relationships between language, identity, and expression. This journey expands beyond my personal experiences with gender dysphoria, delving into the lives of non-binary and transgender individuals undergoing gender-affirming voice therapy. Through my thesis research, I have developed interactive multimedia installations inspired by dialogues with individuals such as Umico Niwa, who traveled to Korea for voice feminization surgery, and Jeong Yoon Lee from Hyperlink Press, a four-year participant in Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT). …

An Integrated Theory Of Happiness: The Yang Zhu Chapter Of The Liezi, Devin K. Joshi

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This article examines the integrated approach to theorizing happiness in the Yang Zhu chapter of the book associated with the Daoist master Liezi. While ancient critics famously denounced Yang Zhu as an amoral, pleasure-seeking hedonist, I argue the Yang Zhu chapter offers an individually rational but socially non-conformist approach to well-being of considerable relevance to contemporary scholarship on happiness. Not only does the chapter offer an intriguing and counter-intuitive argument about what constitutes and causes well-being, but its philosophical implications address a large number of inescapably foundational conceptual questions that can serve as metrics for evaluating theories of happiness in …

The Personality Profile Of Nobel Laureate Pearl Buck, Sophia Geng, Aubrey Immelman

Psychology Faculty Publications

This paper presents the results of a psychodiagnostic case study of Nobel laureate Pearl Buck, 1938 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature “for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces.” Guided by the conceptual perspective of personologist Theodore Millon, psychodiagnostically relevant data about Buck were collected from biographical sources and media reports and synthesized into a personality profile using the Millon Inventory of Diagnostic Criteria (MIDC). Then, the personality profile yielded by the MIDC was analyzed in accordance with interpretive guidelines provided in the MIDC and Millon Index of Personality …

Theorizing Cultural Appropriation: Complications Of Globalization And Power In Hybrid K-Pop, David C. Oh

Media Studies - All Scholarship

The purpose of this paper is to theorize cultural appropriation using a critical perspective that centers structural inequity and uneven global power by examining the case of South Korean media. This paper argues that cultural appropriation is a particular form of intercultural borrowing that relies on structural inequities of power, whereby a more powerful culture takes from a less powerful culture in such a way that it causes structural and representational harm to the borrowed culture. To clarify cultural appropriation as a particular form of cultural borrowing, I provide a typology of different forms of cultural borrowing before positing six …

From Ideal To Cyber Victim: Unveiling The Relationship Between Korean Celebrity Image, Fan Expectations, And Cyberbullying Incidents, Rahma Jaidane

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

In the dynamic realm of the Korean entertainment industry, where glitz and glamour seamlessly intertwine with the personal lives of celebrities, a profound dichotomy unfolds. This research delves into the nuances of this narrative, focusing on how Korean celebrities strive for societal ideals of perfection while navigating the relentless scrutiny of an ever-watchful public eye. This study emerges in response to the evolving landscape where the pursuit of idealized images intersects with the dark side of cyberbullying, an escalating phenomenon with tangible consequences on the mental well-being of these public figures. The primary aim of this study is to explore …