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Zhuzhi Poetry's Shift Of Writing Pattern And Its Improvement Of Status In The Qing Dynasty, Yi'an Zhu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Compared with the composition features in the Ming dynasty, zhuzhi poetry becomes more realistic in the Qing dynasty. Zhuzhi poetry and hundred endemic poetry are used to write detailed comments in ancient books and local chronicles, which pay special attention to documenting events and reality. These changes are related to the popularity of pragmatism that encourages contribution to society. At the same time, the intentional practice of taking part in compiling historical books enables many poets write local chronicles in the form of zhuzhi poetry. Because of their use of zhuzhi poetry to offer supplements to local chronicles and their …

Analyzing Poetics With Calligraphy: Calligraphy And Poetics Of The Classicist School In The Ming Dynasty, Xianpo Yuan

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Analyzing poetics with calligraphy is an important strategy for the Ming dynasty classicist poetics. It originates from Su Shi and Yan Yu, flourishes with the first seven celebrities and the last seven celebrities, and ends in the five litterateurs. Such a combination of calligraphy and poetics aims to establish classical aesthetics by learning from calligraphy in terms of its classical characteristics, and thus to find a theoretical basis for ancient poetics. Furthermore, the classicist school moves beyond the connection of form between calligraphy and poetics by emphasizing practice, namely, composing poetry in the way of coping calligraphic works. In short, …

On Terry Eagleton's Revolutionary Criticism, Wei Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The “revolutionary criticism” which Eagleton uses in the interpretation of Walter Benjamin is often equated with “political criticism” or “ideological criticism” by some researchers, but what have been downplayed or even ignored are the relationship between “revolutionary criticism”, cultural revolution, and the revolutionary cultural practice, as well as the revolutionary energy generated among them. Eagleton points out that the “revolutionary criticism” has anticipated the practice of contemporary deconstruction criticism, and yet they have qualitative difference. Significantly, some of his descriptions of deconstructionism are simplistic. Some scholars believe that the “revolutionary criticism” is his ideal criticism, which neglects the problem of …

Originality In Modern And Contemporary Chinese Drama Revisited: Spoken Drama Vis A Vis Chinese Opera, Huizhu (William) Sun

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

From a comparative perspective and using originality as the main criterion, this study examines dramatic literature in modern and contemporary China, including Chinese opera as well as spoken drama, especially taking seriously the former, often overlooked by modern literary scholars. The conclusion is that the achievements of Chinese opera are greater than those of spoken drama. And modern Chinese opera has unwittingly had a breakthrough in the area of modern verse drama where western dramatists have tried but largely failed in the last century or so. Some Chinese operas may likely become the most valuable world classics from Chinese theatre.

Kacey Grieco, Piano: Piano Recital, Kacey Grieco

Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs

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Joseph Fournier, Violin: Senior Performance Honors Recital, Joseph Fournier

Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Jake Goz, Tenor: A Junior Recital, Jake Goz

Setnor School of Music - Performance Programs

No abstract provided.

Student Recital: Kathryn Clikeman, Soprano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

2016-2017 Elmar Oliveira And Friends, Elmar Oliveira, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Eric Van Der Veer Varner, David Cole, Carol Cole, Guillermo Figueroa

Faculty Recitals

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Four Case Studies In Teaching Sermons At A Public University, Robert Ellison

English Faculty Research

In this paper, delivered at the March 2017 meeting of the Northeast Modern Language Association, I discuss my experience with teaching sermons at Marshall University, a public institution in Huntington, WV. I have done this in four classes over the past several years: “Good Essays” (a 200-level general-education course in the English Department); “God Talk” (another gen-ed course, team-taught with a faculty member in religious studies); “Sermon: Text and Performance” (a 400-level class in the Honors College); and “The Victorian Spoken Word” (a graduate seminar in English).

The audiences were very different, as were the texts we used (Newman, Spurgeon, …

Recommended Citation: Kancilia, Carrie, "The Writing Lab As Community Resource: Staff Outreach At Purdue University, Carrie Kancilia

Purdue Writing Lab/Purdue OWL Graduate Student Presentations

This IRB-approved survey research project aims to evaluate historically low staff usage of the Writing Lab due to some of the following reasons: language barriers, the belief that they do not need writing help, or a lack of awareness of the range of available services offered to them. The goals of this study are ultimately to make the non-student staff community of Purdue aware of the services provided at the Writing Lab and to consider inclusive activities and content to support their professional and personal writing goals. Understandably, The Writing Lab’s chief commitment is to its student population, but I …

Wbc, Nba, And Nhl, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Now that the World Baseball Classic has ended and the United States has finally notched a WBC championship, it is time to reflect on the event. For me, it was a great success not because the U.S. won, although that was important, but rather for a number of other reasons.

"Engaging In Literature For Life" In The Era Of Post-Revolution: The Theoretical Framework And Connotation Of Zhu Ziqing's Literary Appreciation, Cheng Luo

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Previous studies have primarily recognized Zhu Ziqing's significance in modern hermeneutics of poetry, literary criticism, the establishment of literary studies as a discipline, etc; and they tend to pay much attention to the influence of Richards and Empson's semantic criticism on Zhu's methodology of appreciation. However, in the historical context of post-revolution Zhu's literary appreciation is not just for "appreciation" or "knowledge", but originates from his anxiety about the cultural and political conflicts between the new and the old. That the two literary events between him and Gu Sui and Zhu Guangqian reveal Zhu's uniqueness on his theoretical framework of …

A Discussion Of "Wen Bi" Theory In The Southern Dynasties From The Taboos Of "Bi", Yunyun Tang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Scholars have been discussing the connection between "Wen Bi" theory and its function in the division of literary genres. The book Wenjing Mifu Lun emphasizes the harmony but does not require end rhyme. "Wen Bi" theory is closely linked to the parallel prose according to taboos of "Bi", and thus they share popularity in the Southern Dynasties and decline in Tang Dynasty. We can also conclude from this fact that there is study of rhythm in the Southern Dynasties, which, however, was not sufficient to prove that there was the idea of "pure literature" at that time.

A Study Of Liu Yongji's Litterateur Temperament Through An Analysis Of The Separation And Reunion Of Xueheng And Xiangjun, Wenxin Chen, Junwei Jiang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

This paper aims to reveal Liu Yongji's litterateur temperament by analyzing the separation and reunion of Xueheng and Xiangjun, and by focusing on Liu Yongji's activities in the 1920s with reference to an inclusive definition of the academic community of Xueheng. In terms of Xueheng, Liu Yongji's role was always a supporter and a follower. In contrast, he adopted a more independent cultural attitude in terms of his discourse for Xiangjun. Unlike Xiangjun, which paid more attention to literature, Xueheng valorized academic research. Unlike Liu Yongji's high-hearted pride, Wu Mi’s style was much more like one of a fighter. These …

Eagleton On Culture And The Death Of God: A Discussion Of "The Theological Turn" Of Western Leftists, Xi Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

As a well-renowned critic of Western cultural leftists, Eagleton turns his research focus from cultural sphere to political issues in the new era. He reminds the intellectuals that the secular age seems to have been replaced by a new era, namely, the post-secular era, where metaphysical conflicts have caused various kinds of vital threats to world peace directly. He argues that Marxist critics have the responsibilities to venture into the overlapping areas of religion and politics. Eagleton's new work Culture and the Death of God attempts to correspond to the above aporia and open up the third way of returning …

Huaxia Mythological Astronomy And The Comparative Literary Studies Of The Multi-Ethnic Chinese Nation, Yunhong Dai

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Contemporary literary studies in China is moving towards a new direction, which is to reflect on and study the literature of multi-ethnic China by considering cultural-historical characteristics of the Chinese multi-ethnic nation and the multiple sources and ethnic groups in and of Chinese literature. Studies in Chinese mythology and archaeoastronomy indicate that Huaxia mythological astronomy is the source and basis of Chinese history, culture and literature. If the Chinese comparative literary studies reflect on their history, horizons and scope, Huaxia mythological astronomy should become a cornerstone and starting point of this discipline.

Literature Of Small Nationalities: Rewriting History, Boundary And Transgression, Changzhong Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The encounters of tradition and modernity, the local and the global make rewriting history a prominent narrative syndrome of literature of small nationalities. It is rewriting history’s basic appeal to summon collective memory and subsequently to reinforce an awareness of boundary and reproduction of identity with it. History in this sense is not a grand history written to be verified, but a narrative and hermeneutic tradition, a past constructed and molded by texts. Because of the absence of self-other spatial dimension, the single temporal dimension of tradition-modernity makes rewriting history penetrate the boundary of literature and ethics. Rewriting history can …

The Influence Of Gender Theory On Women Studies And Its Debates, Chenghua Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the 1970s, gender theory emerged under the influence of the research of the American psychoanalyst Robert Stoller. Scholars in women studies who rely on gender theory focused on the social construction of gender identity, elaborating on how the discourse around men and women shape masculinity and femininity, and how masculinity and femininity construct the hierarchy of men and women. Under the influence of gender theory, researchers conducted research in four areas: the analysis of symbolic images, the construction of different disciplines, the distinction of social roles and the internalization of value systems. Gender theory also prompts us to accept …

The Performativity Of Cultural Trauma And The Construction Of Trauma Discourse, Jianhui Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

As literary theories, the trauma theory and the performativity theory are interrelated in that performativity is the process of trauma representation and trauma is the object of performativity. Trauma does not preexist, but becomes one. The performativity of cultural trauma is the means by which trauma discourse is constructed. Through an exploration of the performativity of cultural trauma and of the construction of trauma discourse, this article sorts out and examines the two literary theories in question and their critical paradigms.

The Quarrel Between Philosophy And Poetry In Agamben's Literary Horizon, Hongsheng Jiang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The split between philosophy and poetry has long been accepted as natural in Western culture. Agamben maintains that this scission actually engendered serious problems. It is a manifestation of the schizophrenic character of Western culture: the subject cannot fully possess the object of knowledge and experience the wholeness of humanity, leading to alienation of the self and culture. In addressing the old enmity between philosophy and poetry, Agmaben proposes a kind of creative criticism, which joins together criticism and creation, to recover the unity of the fragmented word in Western culture. In Agamben's view, the development of an "interdisciplinary discipline" …

The Riddle Of Life And Death And Its Appearance On Vase Paintings: An Interpretation Of The Essential Theme Of The Pre-Socratic Cosmological Aesthetics, Shunning Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The essential theme of Pre-Socratic cosmological aesthetics is the riddle of life and death. It shows that from the very beginning Pre-Socratic thoughts were not about the exploration into nature, but about life and death. Such a concern was conceived in Proto-Geometric and Geometric decorated pottery in the Dark ages, rather than derived from the writings of Hesiod and Homer.

The Violent "Linguistic Utopia": The Issue Of Evil In Terry Eagleton's Theory, Jian Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The issue of Evil which Terry Eagleton discusses is a hot topic that originated from the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, though many modern philosophers are puzzled about this unexplained violence which suddenly appeared in history. Eagleton turns his attention to the layer of Language, arguing that the transcendentality in Language contains both creativity and lethality. Eagleton's contemplations also include his reflections on Arnoldian elitist theories. He calls for a new ethical materialism which is related to the other and personal limitation and both the relation to the other and personal limitation are uncontrollable.

Cultural Diversity In Student Ministry Leadership, Steven Zhou

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

In an attempt to contribute to how ministries and Christian academia is addressing issues of diversity, I am conducting a study to analyze correlations between ethnicity and styles/values of leadership. The goal is to uncover whether or not a particular ethnicity generally prefers one style of leadership over another. Past research on the subject has already seen that, in the business world, certain practices work better than others. For example, those from an Asian culture are more likely to prefer formality and authority as opposed to the collaborative and relationship-oriented style of leadership found in America. I will contribute to …

The Giving Trees: The (Un)Sustainability Of Palm Oil In Indonesia, Amber Rosche

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

Palm oil is the main source of cooking oil for much of Africa, Asia and Brazil. Due to the increasingly high demand for palm oil, countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia have cleared millions of acres of tropical rainforests to create space for oil palm plantations. This deforestation has led to extreme environmental and social concerns such as the burning of peatlands, the endangerment of a number of species, including the Sumatran Tiger, rhinos and orangutans, and the displacement of native populations. Indonesia is the world’s largest consumer and producer of palm oil, producing almost half of the world’s supply …

Standing Up For Standing Rock: Environmental Racism In Modern America, Lizzy Lebleu

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

In this essay, I explore the implications of environmental racism among our national and global neighbors.

Our Senior Members: Respecting, Serving, And Mobilizing, Susan Giboney

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Lejos De Aquí De Roberto Cossa Y Mauricio Kartun: Familia, Absurdo Y Temporalidad En Una Re-Escritura Del Grotesco Criollo, Mariana Pensa

South East Coastal Conference on Languages & Literatures (SECCLL)

Lejos de aquí de Roberto Cossa y Mauricio Kartun: familia, absurdo y temporalidad en una re-escrituradel grotesco criollo

Mariana Pensa

UCLA Extension

En este trabajo realizamos un acercamiento a la obra teatral Lejos de aquí (1993) escrita en colaboración por los dramaturgos argentinos Roberto Cossa y Mauricio Kartun. A través de nuestro análisis observamoscomo los elementos de la tradición del “grotesco criollo” de principiosdel siglo XX se han ido desarrollando y re-formulando hacia finesdel mismo siglo en lo que se ha dado en llamar el “neo-grotesco criollo”. Principalmente nos referimos a los cambios y permanencias que se producen por el …

Simulations Of The Androgynous Society: Shattering Gender Stereotypes In George Eliot’S Silas Marner, Jessica L. Wall

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

This paper examines George Eliot's novel Silas Marner and the compelling argument it asserts against Victorian gender stereotypes. Through the contradictory successes of characters that fail to conform to their expected niches, Eliot presents her revolutionary vision for an androgynous society. Most notably, Silas’s accidental motherhood redeems his purpose while saving Eppie's life, Priscilla's ability to protect the well-being of her family stems from her avoidance of a husband and assumption of a “masculine” managerial position, and Eppie’s idyllic life with Silas is preserved by her refusal to be treated as a possession by male authority figures. Through the experiences …

Hollywood, The Media, And The Alteration Of Image In The 1940s, Sean M. Conrad

Seaver College Research And Scholarly Achievement Symposium

I am currently writing a feature-length screenplay entitled Klara based on true events and people surrounding the rise of Nazi Germany and the exile of Jewish-German intellectuals to America during 1933-1945. The narrative is grounded in the work of the European Film Fund (1938-1948), the Paul Kohner Talent Agency, and the various agents of propaganda at work both in Nazi Germany and America during this time period. Through my research I hope to explicate how Jewish-German exile in America influenced not only those exiled, but also the burgeoning American film industry and how the cross-cultural intersection of media propaganda, both …