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The Tripartite Tributaries Of Ush, Alicia Cognevich

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Inspired by Vladimir Nabokov’s metafiction novel Pale Fire and with Joseph Campbell’s research in comparative mythology and religion in mind, I explore the act of mythmaking and the composition of metafictional text in this work of fiction. The myth aspect combines elements of Classical, biblical, medieval, Romantic, and original materials to form a product that should strike readers as both familiar and alien, demonstrating Campbell’s notion of the monomyth as well as the ongoing tradition of mythmaking that continues to captivate both readers and writers. The metafictional portion of the text emphasizes a reader’s relationship to a work of fiction, …

“Romanticism In T.S. Eliot’S Early Poetry: Music And Words”, Abby Ang

English Student Scholarship

In his lecture “The Music of Poetry” (1942), T.S. Eliot said, “I think that a poet may gain much from the study of music.” Indeed, much of his poetry shows his debt to music, for instance in the musical titles of his early poems, jazz rhythms in the Waste Land, and the instrumental reference in the Four Quartets. This paper reviews Eliot’s preoccupation with Romanticism through an invocation of Romantic musical genres.

T.S. Eliot wrote his early poems during a time when other poets like Ezra Pound vigorously denounced the Romantic project and its Victorian inheritors. Around the …

Ap French Language And Culture: Strategizing For Success, Brian G. Kennelly

World Languages and Cultures

No abstract provided.

No True Men In The State : Pseudo/Translation And "Feminine" Voice In The Late-Qing = 國無人乎? : 晚清的偽/翻譯和"女性"話語, Michael Gibbs Hill

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Taking Hope To China : An Example Of Late-Qing Translation = 將Hope引介到中國 : 晚清翻譯一例, Denise Gimpel

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

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論周瘦鵑"影戲小說" : 早期歐美電影的翻譯與文學文化新景觀，1914-1922 = On Zhou Shoujuan's "Movie Story" : The Translation Of Early Euro-American Films And New Literary And Cultural Landscape, 1914-1922, Jianhua Chen

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Sublime Beauty & Horrible Fucking Things - The Finer Worlds Of Warren Ellis, William James Allred

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This work constitutes an in-depth discussion of the muted postmodern characteristics of contemporary comics writer and novelist Warren Ellis, highlighting his major long-form works within comics, Planetary, Transmetropolitan, StormWatch, and The Authority, as well as several shorter works such as Ocean, Orbiter, and Global Frequency. In addition, Ellis is situated within the British science fiction tradition, specifically, the British Boom movement which contains other comics writers such as Neil Gaiman and Alan Moore.

Harry Potter: A Hero Of Mythic Proportions, Katie L. Baker

English Theses

This thesis argues that Harry Potter, the main character in the series of novels written by J.K. Rowling, is a mythic hero. A character in literature deemed a hero can only be a mythic hero by completing a series of events both predetermined and determined by the hero. Joseph Campbell’s work A Hero With a Thousand Faces outlines these qualities a character must possess and the events he must complete in his life called the initiation, the departure, and the return of the hero. Using Campbell’s seminar work as a critical perspective, I read the protagonist of the Harry Potter …

Legibility Vs. The Fullness Of Expression : Rethinking The Transformation Of Modern Chinese Prose = 正當性 Vs. 表達的完滿 : 反思現代中文文論的轉化, Theodore Huters

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

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翻譯與殖民管治 : 早期香港史上的雙面譯者高和爾 (1816-1875) = Translation And Colonial Rule : Daniel Richard Caldwell (1816-1875), The Duplicitous Translator In Early Hong Kong History, Sze Pui, Uganda Kwan

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

由於殖民者與被殖民者存在著語言上的隔閡，翻譯往往在殖民管治中扮演十分重要的角色。1842年割讓為英國殖民地的香港，在開埠之初便面對著嚴重的管治問題，其中一個主要原因是港英殖民政府缺乏可堪信賴的雙語人才，能夠處理好殖民者與被殖民者的溝通。本文為一龐大研究計劃「翻譯與香港殖民管治」的部分，透過整理大量原始資料及檔案，重點討論香港開埠初期港英政府裏的一名譯員高和爾（Daniel Richard Caldwell, 1816－1875）。他背景複雜，身份特殊，精通多種語言，儘管最初只是一名寂寂無名的法庭傳譯員，但卻做到法庭沒有他便沒法開庭審案的局面，最終更擢升總登記官以及首任撫華道之職，且遊走於正邪之間，既與上流社會保持密切關係，又跟汪洋海盜相往來。本文分析港英殖民管治初期的特殊政治、文化及語言時空，並闡述作為獨特個案的高和爾，怎樣發揮特殊功能，作出重大的貢獻，也產生深遠影響。

Editor's Note = 編者的話, Zijiang, Chris Song

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Bizarre Circuses, Barbaric Costumes : Hong Kong And The Aspirations Of Translation = 詭奇馬戲及蠻裝 : 香港與翻譯之所向, John Minford

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Notes On Contributors = 作者簡介

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

沉默的她者 : 重探呂赫若，龍瑛宗與翁鬧作品中的女性角色 = The Silent Other : Re-Exploring The Female Characters In The Works Of Lü Heruo, Long Yingzong And Weng Nao, Pei Yin Lin

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Foreword = 前言, Sze Pui, Uganda Kwan, Wang Chi, Lawrence Wong

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Omens Of History : Su Tong's Southern Landscape And Dynastic Histories = 歷史的凶兆 : 蘇童的南方景觀和朝代歷史, Pui Yin, Vivian Lee

Journal of Modern Literature in Chinese 現代中文文學學報

No abstract provided.

Barking At Death: Hemingway, Africa, And The Stages Of Dying, James Plath

Scholarship

From amazon.com: Considering the time Hemingway spent not only on the safaris but also in preparing for them beforehand and writing about them afterwards, Africa was a major factor in his life and work. But surprisingly little scholarship has been devoted to this aspect of Hemingway's oeuvre. This book fills that empty niche, opening the way for a long-delayed and multi-faceted conversation on a neglected aspect of Hemingway's work. Topics treated include historical, theoretical, biographical, theological, and literary interpretations of Hemingway's African topics and motifs.

Mis Reinos Más Oscuros; Variedades De Frida Khalo; Badlands; El Ángel En La Casa, Maria Negroni

INTI: Revista de literatura hispánica

No abstract provided.

Pathos, Fall 2011, Portland State University. Student Publications Board

Pathos

Editor: Joel Eisenhower

Issue 16

Kurt Vonnegut's Early Novels: Searching For Meaning In A Meaningless World, Matthew Praxmarer

All Student Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates three novels by Kurt Vonnegut: The Sirens of Titan, Cat’s Cradle, and God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, and the philosophical stance which informs these works. The Sirens of Titan represents Vonnegut’s cosmology as well as his first attempts to propose one purpose for human life not based on any absolute knowledge. Cat’s Cradle proposes a provisional, ever-changing belief system in the religion of Bokonon, a religion which also speaks to Vonnegut’s humanism. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater satirizes the discourses of the free enterprise system through protagonist Eliot as he struggles to use his wealth …