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邵長蘅對明文評價取向之研究, Man Ling Leung

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宋犖認為清初文章之盛在於邵長蘅、魏禧和侯方域三子，但從前人的研究成果而言，魏禧及侯方域的研究相當豐碩，惟獨邵長蘅的研究未受重視。因此，本文擬以邵長蘅親自編纂的全集《邵子湘全集》為研究材料，從文章學的角度切入，研究邵長蘅對明文的取態。而《邵子湘全集》作為第一手研究材料，其研究價值較後世的論著為高，能如實反映邵長蘅的文論觀點。

本文共分為五章，第一章為序論，略述邵長蘅的生平、成就以及文獻概覽。第二章為邵長蘅對明文的反撥，結合歷史因素總結邵長蘅對明文的評價。第三章是明文救藥，透過歸納《邵子湘全集》的文論資料，整理邵長蘅對明文的建議，找出改善明文的方法。第四章為明代的典範作家，把邵長蘅挑選的明十家以及對他們的評價，對比今人對明清散文的評論，從而考察邵長蘅如何看待明文。第五章是結語，總結邵長蘅對明文的看法，和交代本論文在研究上的局限。

試論《三言》中婦女婚外情與明代市民經濟發展之關係, Tsz Fung Tse

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本論文嘗試以《三言》中與婦女婚外情相關的篇章，結合文獻考證，探討明代婦女發生婚外情與市民經濟的關係。第一章為緒論，將會疏理歷來學者對《三言》中的婦女形象和婚姻的研究成果。第二章將略述明代的市民經濟背景。第三章將會討論市民經濟下從商的實際情況。第四章會建基於商人經商的情況，分析明代商人妻子的心理狀態。第五章會探討明代的城市環境如何促成婦女婚外情。第三章至第五章之目的在於，結合《三言》中有關婦女婚外情的文本、相關歷史文獻和西方心理學和性學理論，逐步探討市民經濟發展下，婦女承受的心理負擔，然後再討論明代城市環境如何為婦女提供機會發展婚外情。第六章則為總結。

從經典走進通俗 : 論《左傳》至《東周列國志》中「義」的轉化, Wai Lun So

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前人研究馮夢龍小說，多是研究其所編的「三言」，雖有研究《新列國志》的論者，但多從其小說家的筆法寫歷史故事的角度出發，又或論述《新列國志》與《三國演義》之間的異同。然而，馮夢龍作為一名小說編著家，同時又是一名《春秋》學者，其投放在《春秋》的心血，同時亦灌注在《新列國志》之中。即使清代蔡元放評點為《東周列國志》，內容上始終依從馮夢龍《新列國志》。

小說在明代以前一直是受文人所攻訐，不少文人認為小說是誨淫誨道的作品，對社會教化有害。然而，作為《春秋》學者的馮夢龍，卻一直致力於撰寫小說、編輯小說集等，甚至將其所學投注在《新列國志》當中。亦因馮夢龍對小說的推崇，使文人開始肯定「四大奇書」等小說作品，繼而研究當中所包含的義理，當中亦包括以馮夢龍《新列國志》為底本的《東周列國志》。

本文以「從經典走進通俗」為題，主要探討《東周列國志》繼承《左傳》的情況，以及馮夢龍如何透過小說敍事的方法，重現經義之所在。惟《東周列國志》與《左傳》之間的連結甚多，本文特以儒家最為重視的觀念之一——「義」作為切入點，討論小說和經傳中如何呈現「義」的觀念，或如何透過評論的方式來體現對「義」的肯定。又，若兩者有所不同的話，《東周列國志》又如何對《左傳》所呈現的「義」有所轉化？這亦是本文重點探究的方向。

金庸《射鵰英雄傳》中「桃花島」的符號化意象研究, Mei Yin Ng

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《射鵰英雄傳》乃金庸先生筆下家傳戶曉之武俠巨著，更是「射鵰三部曲」之首，於整個中國武俠文壇中可說舉足輕重。《射鵰英雄傳》以至其續作《神鵰俠侶》中亦多有圍繞神秘莫測、繁花似錦的桃花島而展開之情節。書中一對主人公郭靖、黃蓉相知相愛，為報郭靖殺父之仇，二人結伴行走江湖，先後遇上各路正邪人物，如大金小王爺楊康、比武招親的孝女穆念慈、重情重義的「江湖七怪」、正氣凜然的「全真七子」、身懷絕技的「四絕」、斷腸妖魅「黑風雙煞」、色膽包天的白陀山少主歐陽克等等；郭、黃二人屢有奇遇，亦不乏涉及一個神秘的東海小島──「桃花島」，亦是女主人公黃蓉成長之地。「桃花島」於書中佔不少重要情節，如「黑風雙煞」盜經私奔、「老頑童」周伯通被囚十五年、郭靖及歐陽克拜門向黃蓉提親、三位武學宗師「三絕」比武、郭靖恩師「江南五怪」被殺，然而，至今仍少有文獻對金庸小說中如此不可或缺的一處世外桃源作深入研究或分析。

故此，本研究現以西方語言符號學角度探析金庸《射鵰英雄傳》中桃花島一地於文中所呈現之文學意象。本文將從「桃花島」及「絕境與生機」兩方面解讀，分析情節、人物，透過西方語言符號理論闡釋金庸筆下「東海桃花島」之豐富文學意蘊。

劉克襄動物小說研究 : 以《風鳥皮諾查》、《座頭鯨赫連麼麼》、《永遠的信天翁》為例, Wai Sin Lok

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在台灣當代自然書寫的發展中，劉克襄的動物書寫具有高度的評價，本研究試圖針對劉克襄動物小說進行探討。這位自然作家在過去二十多年的創作過程中，不斷探索動物小說的可能性。「動物小說」在劉克襄的眾多作品當中可能不是特別矚目和引起討論的類別，但作家在這類作品當中，表達了文學與自然，人類與動物之間複雜的關係，讓我們看到了劉克襄如何在作品上呈現生命的互動與交織。從一九九一年至今，劉克襄共出版了四本動物小說。本文將以《風鳥皮諾查》、《座頭鯨赫連麼麼》、《永遠的信天翁》三本著作為主軸，探究由動物所引發的一系列有關於美學與倫理的問題。論述方面將首先勾勒過去對當代動物問題的討論，並集中在「流變動物」的概念上；接著聚焦在劉克襄三本動物書寫的小說，分為鳥類書寫及鯨類書寫，闡述作家如何通過小說的美學表現，表達當中對自然書寫的美學與倫理特殊見解。

淺析黎紫書筆下的國族書寫 : 以〈國北邊陲〉和《告別的年代》為例, Man Sze, Amy Tse

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黎紫書在文學獎項的出色表現受人注目，崛起於九十年代的馬華文壇，她對人性的精鍊掌握顯示了她作為小說家的出色技藝。她的作品反映了馬華文學的不同面向。

馬華文學被外界視為邊緣文學，當中或以世界華文文學角度觀之。研究馬華文學學者的討論主題大多圍繞着馬華文學的身分問題進行探究。文本首先介紹華語語系研究作為新興的學術概念，其去中心傾向，強調了不同地區華語文學體系的主體性，有助重新思考馬華文學的定位─指出馬華文學作為區域文學的身分特徵，如「小文學」等。

本文從「身分」話題開展討論，思考黎紫書的新生代作家身分在馬華文學的特殊性，展現了與前代不同的文學視角。討論她所身處的時代與地域，提供了更豐富的文學土壤和養份，使其書寫題材和技法呈現現代以至後現代性。 筆者選取了黎紫書的短篇小說《國北邊陲》和長篇小說《告別的年代》進行分析，希望通過討論當中的身分問題，理解黎紫書對馬華國族身分的思考。二者所書寫的語境皆不同，前者是對華族的遙遠想像及回應，後者則為作者對其成長年代的記錄與回應。

禪讓與先秦儒家之關係 : 以郭店楚簡〈唐虞之道〉為討論中心, Hoi Tik Chan

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禪讓思想，自先秦已見，多載於堯舜之事。而近世出土之郭店楚墓竹簡，內含多種儒家文獻，其中〈唐虞之道〉一文極倡堯舜禪讓之事，直認為「不禪而能化民者，自生民未之有也」。學人據此文而提出各說：或謂〈唐虞之道〉為戰國中期禪讓思潮一時之產物，雖近儒家思想，而其後之儒者實無倡禪讓；或謂是文極重禪讓，顯其不屬儒家著作；或謂儒家重禪，〈唐虞之道〉即其反映。學人不僅爭議於〈唐虞之道〉屬儒家思想與否，而儒家在禪讓之態度亦未有定論。故筆者欲探禪讓與先秦儒家之關係。

本文論述以簡文〈唐虞之道〉為討論中心，分析文中禪讓思想之內涵，再探究先秦儒家代表作《論語》、《孟子》、《荀子》三書在禪讓之態度；其見用本文，為《論語》、《孟子》二書所述堯舜事，《荀子》在〈正論〉之論禪讓者。比較〈唐虞之道〉與儒家三書，乃見禪讓與先秦儒家之關係。

羊圈外的常春藤, Ling Law

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故事主人公雨陽生於一個養羊的家庭。十四歲那年，他家的羊場被政府收回而要迫遷，他的家庭因此發生劇變。他與父親從郊區搬到觀塘市區生活，心裡卻一直惦掛着童年羊場走失的那隻小羊。面對城市生活的壓迫和童年的創傷，他以重金屬音樂作為精神領地，組織樂隊得到生活寄托。同時，他在工作的玩具店邂逅女主人公慕嵐。怎料樂隊受「活化工廈」計劃影響而解散，而租住的工廈單位亦被地政署發現，他面臨第二次無家可歸的慘況。

面對種種壓迫，他最終又能找回那隻走失的小羊嗎 ？

每個人都需要空間。在香港這個彈丸之地，城市發展以大量高樓擴展人們的生活空間，然而，這些高樓卻正慢慢侵蝕我們的心靈土地。

願這片土地，能夠滋養出嫩綠的常春藤。

影子, Ka Tak Lam

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簡言之，〈影子〉是一部敘述「影子」如何存在於父子關係間的短篇小說。敘述者「我」生於一個平凡的家庭，父親的性格與行為卻笨拙得不平凡，於是「我」以嘲諷他為逸樂，同時希望自己成長以後，能夠擺脫父親不良性格的影子，將自己，以致自己的下一代，導離上一代的牽絆；可是，「我」卻在過程中發現，自己兒子承接了自身的世故和涼薄，也正是自己的影子，使「我」在力圖改變之下顯得十分乏力。終究，努力是努力，成果是成果，就像人生中更多的別的事情一樣。

文中所謂的「影子」，就是隱含了一代父子的關係當中父對子的薰陶，而這種影響卻又不僅僅限於一代之中。當一代兒子成長為父親以後，其對待兒子，又或是教育兒子的方法，或多或少會受到自己成長過程的陶染，這樣代代傳繼的效應，又恰似影子一般，是必然會發生的。

Week 5: Miriam, Calvin University

Campus Ministries Resources

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Shakespeare And Black Masculinity In Antebellum America: Slave Revolts And Construction Of Revolutionary Blackness, Elisabeth Mayer

Scripps Senior Theses

This thesis explores how Shakespeare was used by Antebellum American writers to frame slave revolts as either criminal or revolutionary. By specifically addressing The Confessions of Nat Turner by Thomas R. Gray and "The Heroic Slave" by Frederick Douglass, this paper looks at the way invocations of Shakespeare framed depictions of black violence. At a moment when what it means to be American was questioned, American writers like Gray and Douglass turned to Shakespeare and the British roots of the English language in order to structure their respective arguments. In doing so, these texts illuminate how transatlantic identity still permeated …

Is Bodily Resurrection Compatible With Materialism?, Lucienne Altman-Newell

Scripps Senior Theses

It is widely known that at least three of the major world religions—Christianity, Islam, and (more controversially) Judaism—embrace the theory of bodily resurrection, or an event in which a person or people are brought back to embodied life after death. But is this theory compatible with materialism, or the philosophical doctrine that nothing exists except matter and its movements and modifications? In other words, if my “self” is identical with and nothing more than my body, could my unique and particular “self” come to exist again on Earth after my death? This thesis examines theories of compatibility from ancient times …

Editorial, Editorial Office

Contemporary Aesthetics (Journal Archive)

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The Final Girl Grown Up: Representations Of Women In Horror Films From 1978-2016, Lauren Cupp

Scripps Senior Theses

Carol Clover defined a Final Girl as a stereotype of the pure, virginal sole survivor in 1980’s slasher films such as Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Halloween. But does this representation hold up in 2016 films? Because the horror genre is so broad today, it’s almost impossible to nail down a certain stereotype of the genre, if there even is one. Films like the 1996 slasher parody Scream historically subverted the slasher genre, and since then there has been little to no iconic Final Girls. I argue that this trope is one very much set inside the confines of the 1980’s …

Fashion And Court-Building In The Sixteenth-Century Florentine Ducal Court: Politics, Agency, And Paleopathology In The Wardrobes Of Eleonora Di Toledo And Giovanna D'Austria, Leah Rachel Jeffers

Scripps Senior Theses

Fashion in the Renaissance became intensely political, highly gendered, and anatomized (i.e. emphasizing human anatomy rather than masking it). Court culture placed a particular emphasis on the body of the courtier, as skills such as dancing and dressing fashionably became crucial to political success in states throughout Europe. In sixteenth-century Florence, the Medici attempted to install a duchy in what was at the time a republican city (with strong republican heritage). Florentine fears of foreign domination and resentment towards non-republican forms of government made the Medici’s task nearly impossible. Fashion became a primary pillar of the Medicean political agenda, as …

Concert Recording 2017-04-03, Alisa Coffey

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Fugue from Violin Sonata No. 1 / J.S. Bach ; translated by Marcel Grandjany -- [06:26]. La source / Alphonse Hasselmans --[10:39]. The Moldau. Vltava / Bedrich Smetana -- [21:12]. Tango / Jean-Michel Damase -- [24:39]. Traipsin' thru Arkansaw / Carlos Salzedo.

Editorial, Bruce L. Bauer

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"One of the original purposes of this journal was to provide a forum for missionary and cross-cultural research and to help build a body of literature dealing with Adventist mission theory and practice. Therefore, this issue is focused on mission research with the hope that as readers around the world read the articles that illustrate the many ways of doing missiological research that they will also be encouraged to conduct research and write for future issues of the journal." [Excerpted from Editorial]

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Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

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On Epistemology Of Missiological Research, Petr Činčala

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"In this article I addressed the nature of missiology and missiological research. Missiology is like a dynamic river that can “flow” with any academic discipline examining human behavior “to expand missiological theory and applications and to extend the mission Dei” (Elliston 2011:112). Theological research as a stand-alone research method may or may not serve missiological purposes; however, missiology and theology are related disciplines. This same rational does not apply to the social sciences and missiology. Missiology can benefit enormously from a social science approach to research but may be paralyzed by utilizing social science research as a whole package."

An Exploration Of The Relationship Between Strategy And Structure To The Work Of Starting And Supporting Church Planting Movements, Laurence G. Burn

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"A church that defines itself by movement structures sees the center or activity as taking place in hearts and homes of its members. The mission is living the message, empowering, facilitating, and catalyzing and should define the culture of the organization. It is my conviction that this journey with its focus on creating movements represents a seismic shift in thinking and behavior. There is no doubt that further research is needed that by God’s grace will help create a multitude of disciple-making movements again in many parts of the world."

Proposed Research Instrument For Establishing A Baseline Measurement Of Buddhist Background Believers, Gregory P. Whitsett

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"My plan for this survey is to create a self-administered questionnaire. What makes this a preferred method of research is that it can be conducted quickly using a drop-and-collect technique by national church leaders sending the survey packets to local church leaders to then distribute to willing participants. Self-administered questionnaires are relatively inexpensive and respondents are not influenced by the interviewer or her bias. Another advantage is that this type of survey allows longer batteries of questions than you could ask in person as well as giving the respondent anonymity. The disadvantages include that there is no control over how …

An Aging Church In An Aging Society: Averting A Possible Grim Future For The Seventh-Day Adventist Church In Russia, Yuri N. Drumi

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"Being an international and highly diverse community of believers, the world-wide Seventh-day Adventists Church has always struggled with maintaining its identity in a fast-changing world. This is natural, and much credit is to be given to several generations of church leaders for success in this regard. Nevertheless, after the seeds of Adventism have been liberally sown all over the world and as the seeds have grown, it is time to let those plants share more responsibility for their own future. Paternalism and top-down strategizing is no longer adequate to facilitate the spiritual rejuvenation of local forms of Adventism. To experience …

Family Resilience In Displacement: Defining Validity And Reliability In A Hermeneutic Phenomenology Inquiry, Regine Rimarzik

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"The voices of the poor confirmed a common recommendation among scholars to combine the best of person-focused approaches with the best of variable-focused approaches in resilience studies. This could be especially beneficial for comparative studies in terms of religion and culture adherence. In other words, I am considering to slightly tweak my research topic and widen the scope towards a comparative religious study within the same environment and to specify the impact of comparative faith traditions on the human development context in displacement. Finally, my better understanding of the nature of family resilience awakened my curiosity for discovering the nature …

The Concept Of Social Justice In The Social Sciences, In The Bible, And In Adventism, Michelet William

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"Social justice is included in the mission of God to redeem and restore humanity. While in the early years evangelicals viewed social justice with suspicion, considering it subordinate to evangelism, since the second half of the 20th century, social justice has gained momentum among evangelical Christians who have become favorable to a more holistic approach to mission. William Carey had already set the tone in the 19th century as his work in India included missiological responses to social justice concerns. Other more recent and similarly mission-focused social advocacy work followed, such as the Temperance Movement in early Adventism, the ongoing …

Window Shopping And Turf Control, W. Milton Adams

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

"In the past there has been much appropriate emphasis on the laity’s posture of respect toward church leadership. But what matters now is an equal and proactive posture of respect toward the laity. As new methods and new plans spring forth from the laity, cooperation and mutual respect must also spring forth. The result will look and function like a peer relationship. In today’s developing culture, the onus will lie on church leadership to rid themselves pf any turf control and instead develop skills of cheering, funding, and quickly embracing God-honoring lay ministries. So, a call to smooth the way, …

Concert Recording 2017-12-03a, Alaina Tuberville, Jane Heinrichs

Concert Recordings & Programs

[00:00]. Sonata in E minor, BWV 1034. I. Adagio ma non tanto ; II. Allegro ; III. Andante ; IV. Allegro / J.S. Bach -- [13:52]. Entr'acte / Jacques Ibert -- [13:43]. Orange dawn / Ian Clarke -- [23:45]. Trois pièces pour flûte seule. I. Bergère captive ; II. Jade ; III. Toan-Yan, la Fête du Double Cinq / Pierre-Octave Ferroud -- [33:01]. Sonate pour flûte et piano. I. Allegro malinconico ; II. Cantilena: Assez lent ; III. Presto giocoso / Francis Poulenc.

A Case Study Of The Cellists And Treatise Authors: Johann Georg Christoph Schetky (1737-1824), Joseph Reinagle (1752-1825) And John Gunn (C.1765-1823): The Development Of The Cello In Provincial Britain, Margaret Doris

Doctoral

This dissertation provides an investigation of British provincial cello playing in the lateeighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries through a comprehensive examination of the biographical histories and the pedagogical outputs of the cellists and cello treatise authors, Johann Georg Christoph Schetky (1737–1824), Joseph Reinagle (1752–1825) and John Gunn (c.1765–1823). Through re-evaluation and analysis of the biographical profiles of Schetky, Reinagle and Gunn, in combination with a contextual review of their cello treatises, a provincial trend in British cello treatise authorship has been revealed. Schetky was principal cellist with the Edinburgh Musical Society [EMS], whilst Reinagle was principal cellist of the Oxford Musical …

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Behind Her Eyes, Lauren Baird

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The graduate portfolio completed as part of graduation requirements for a Masters in Fine Arts.