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文學史研究的途徑與意義, Yuejin Liu Mar 2015

文學史研究的途徑與意義, Yuejin Liu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

我們爲什麽研究文學史?我們研究歷史的意義在哪裏?這是當前文學史研究的兩大困境。作爲文學屬性的文學史研究,應當具備基本文學要素:一是藝術感受,二是文獻積累,三是理論素養。歷史本身無法真實地被還原,進入歷史的唯一一條途徑是文獻學。而研究文學史的終極目的應該是對義理的研究,也就是一種回歸現實社會的人文關懷。


論南宋詞所展現的“物趣”、“夢境”與“空間邏輯”的文化意義, Shuen-Fu Lin Mar 2015

論南宋詞所展現的“物趣”、“夢境”與“空間邏輯”的文化意義, Shuen-Fu Lin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

對北、南宋詞的評價,浙西兩學者的撰著,清早期的朱彝尊《詞綜》和晚清民國時期的王國維《人間詞話》,二者看法不同。後者揚北宋而抑南宋,直指詞至南宋,已不足觀;而前者卻不一筆抹煞南宋,對其成就、價值亦給予充分的估量。當代詞學,似乎以王氏《人間詞話》影響更巨,本文則顛覆王氏之説,較認同朱氏的觀點。意在宋文化發展面向上來體察北、南宋之際詞的發展嬗變,北宋蘇軾、周邦彦已有出色的詠物詞,而由於種種文化因緣,南宋詞人承襲前人,在詞中發明“物趣”。考索姜夔、史達祖與“物趣”之淵源,進而深入分析當時代表詞人以及宋遺民詞人的詞結構的改變,内含“空間邏輯”之新意,以及詞作特點,他們與北宋詞的直接抒情,顯然已有較大的差異。


女英雄的想像與歷史記憶, Wai Yee Li Mar 2015

女英雄的想像與歷史記憶, Wai Yee Li

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

明季女英雄是一個具彈性的象徵符號,代表異彩紛呈的議論、抒情和想像空間。歷史與文學如何交錯?滄桑巨變的經歷與記憶,為何藉女英雄想像為媒介?不同的歷史環境如何塑造歷史記憶?明季女英雄的壓抑與重構,如何應運而生?清末民初與抗戰期間述説明末女英雄,激勵人心,救亡圖存的目標極明顯。相對而言,明末清初的同題書寫複雜而多元。其中有記實的層面,即不願獨立特行的奇女子湮没無聞,亦有馳騁想像,純屬虚構的故事。然而無論虚實,均呈現晚明以來對此話題之特殊興趣。廣義而言,這主題也許可溯源於“好奇”的文學傳統,其中包涵追求解脱、投射理想、抒發憤懣,種種創作動機。間或緊扣時代,成為歷史判斷的關鍵,歷史記憶的依附。同時,世變與女詩人的英雄想像息息相關。明清之際女性文學主流之一是憂國傷時的詩詞。從戎靖亂的記憶或幻想,間或引發對性別定位的質疑,間或醖釀詩心之覺醒。書寫19 世紀離亂的女詩人,乃至晚清秋瑾,均屬於此一隱約的系譜。


"衣"之華夏美學, Xiaoming Hu Mar 2015

"衣"之華夏美學, Xiaoming Hu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

以意象傳詩思,化美學爲美典,正是華夏美學之特色。“衣”是極富於中國思想的美典。其一以貫之的核心思想,即“二柄並用”。“衣”兼物質文明與精神文明,衣冠文明是華夏文明心物融合發展之典型。黄帝垂衣裳而治天下,既是禮,又是樂。“衣”兼政治文明之秩序莊嚴、精英士人之風流文采,是禮樂治國、文人主持文明社會的經典意象;而歷代衣裳文明之雜用胡俗而不失本來民族地位,既是吾民族凝聚人心、守護尊嚴之身份認同,亦是吾民族以开关延敌而濯磨自强之精神特徵。而藝術與文學中極爲豐富的衣意象與衣感性,乃見出吾民族以藝事通天文、以藝事通情文之美感特色,從中可認知華夏文明區别於西方文藝之精神微至處。衣之華夏美學,十字打開,二柄相連,既是一套政治社會歷史之大美學,亦是人心微處的小美學。一衣一世界,可以退藏於密,可以放諸四海。


中國古代的聲律啓蒙讀物 : 《聲律發蒙》及其他, Jian Zhang Mar 2015

中國古代的聲律啓蒙讀物 : 《聲律發蒙》及其他, Jian Zhang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

中國古代詩學、理論批評偏於形而上,而介紹作詩法(也即How to)類書籍則顯得形而下,故而爲當代研究者所忽視。實際上,後者在古代所起作用不容低估。本文關注聲律啓蒙讀物《聲律發蒙》一書,對其相關問題進行深入的考辨。首先明確其書作者是元人祝明,而《聲律發蒙解注》是明初王暹爲《聲律發蒙》而作。本文發現祝明原本《聲律發蒙》二卷本尚存,與題明唐居子編《對類正宗》、涂時相刊本《聲律發蒙》相對勘,可知其間流變情形。而潘瑛續祝明《聲律發蒙》,延續了祝明所開創的體例,在明清兩代影響甚廣。而聲律啓蒙讀物又與作對相結合,承襲劉勰《文心雕龍·麗辭》篇的思想,教導作詩者既掌握聲律,又具備作對的基本技巧和原則,遂令詩人輩出,其書功績不可抹煞。


讀李密《陳情表》小識, Chow Yiu Sin Mar 2015

讀李密《陳情表》小識, Chow Yiu Sin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

注釋李密(582-619)《陳情表》之書甚夥,惟各書注釋,不盡相同,且多未能道出其解釋之根據。本文於《陳情表》及其注釋,詳稽博辨,指微抉奥,以就正於方家。


山谷行書和東坡草書《赤壁懷古》詞石刻的真僞及文獻價值, Zhaopeng Wang Mar 2015

山谷行書和東坡草書《赤壁懷古》詞石刻的真僞及文獻價值, Zhaopeng Wang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

宋哲宗元祐二年丁卯(1087)黄庭堅行書赤壁詞,自南宋以來,既有原書真迹傳世,也有石刻搨本流傳,傳承有序,源流清晰。今存山谷行書赤壁詞石刻及其搨本,雖然不一定是山谷手書的真迹,卻是可信的文本。東坡草書赤壁詞的傳藏經過,不如山谷行書赤壁詞那樣歷歷可考,只知明嘉靖以前已有石刻。與山谷行書赤壁詞互證,東坡草書赤壁詞的文本有可信度,即便字不一定是蘇軾所寫真迹,内容應是蘇軾所作。山谷和東坡所書兩種赤壁詞,是現存最早最接近東坡赤壁詞原作的文本,可據以校正諸本異文的正誤得失:其中“談笑間、强虜灰飛煙滅”應作“笑談間、檣櫓灰飛煙滅”,“强虜”是南宋人所改,藉以影射金人。


《古今樂録》的整理與考釋, Xi Jin Mar 2015

《古今樂録》的整理與考釋, Xi Jin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

《古今樂録》成書於南朝陳,是中古時期最爲重要的音樂著作之一。宋代以降,此書逐漸散佚,雖然有清人和今人的數個輯本,然其文本仍存在頗多需要辨明及完善之處。本文在對《古今樂録》進行重新輯佚和系統整理的基礎上,梳理該書的内容、體例、結構等宏觀問題,亦對其佚文的起止、正誤、疑僞等微觀問題進行探討,盡可能地恢復其本來面貌,從而揭示其在音樂史和文學史上的重要意義。


道咸經世派的"文儒"理想, Hong Cao Mar 2015

道咸經世派的"文儒"理想, Hong Cao

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

乾、嘉以來經世意識的潛流在道、咸之世匯成洪峰,由原有的自發湧動,獲得了清醒的理論自覺。在經世文章步入張揚旗幟的過程中,道咸經世派對“文儒”理想的期許與其新文道觀相呼應,顯示出變古開新的精神風尚。儘管文道互苞的論述模式經由中唐古文家的貢獻而定型,但道咸經世派倡導“道存乎實用”、“文之外無道”,重建了“文儒”理想的新維度。乾嘉漢學家對文章“經禮樂,綜人倫”等功能的祈向,也爲道咸經世派如包世臣等人確立“道附於事,而統於禮”的經世文道觀,提供了某種框架性的支持。“文儒”理想的近代轉型是思想與審美的雙重成果。


庶民經學到天朝正學 : 以溪百年《經典餘師·四書》爲考察核心, Peiyi Jin Mar 2015

庶民經學到天朝正學 : 以溪百年《經典餘師·四書》爲考察核心, Peiyi Jin

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文以《經典餘師》爲研究對象,檢討其著書體例、注經方法,與其所詮釋之思想内容,同時闡明溪百年編注《經典餘師》之目的,以及其學術思想立場與文化政治主張。本文的分析、討論僅侷限在“四書之部”,主要又聚焦於《論語》。《經典餘師》之解經方法,一言以蔽之,主要是以“和文語脈”取代“漢文語脈”。其注解《四書》雖主朱子,但卻非完全依據朱注。又因其著書乃爲偏鄉庶民,故其完全以和文語脈注解,甚至連基本之語彙亦附以解釋,經義解釋幅度因而獲得相當程度的擴展。而爲庶民學習經書所編注的《經典餘師》,目的雖爲僻邑寒鄉之民提供獨學自習儒典之機會,但書中所詮釋、宣導的義理思想,主要在尊崇日本萬世一系之皇統,主張忠孝一本、大義名分與日本優於中華。主張爲學博採諸學以爲天朝正學之輔助,强調文武合一、日用經濟之學。綜言之,屬於朱子學系統的溪百年,其《經典餘師》在注解《四書》時,雖以《四書章句集注》爲底本,但爲學目的則在江户古學派最爲重視之人倫經濟日用,文化價值取向卻又是水户學的護翼皇統,追求的是人情義理與忠孝不二的實踐。《經典餘師》堪稱在解經方法與義理詮釋上,皆完成了“漢文”/ “中國”的去脈絡化,進而完成了“和文”/ “日本”的再脈絡化。


論劉向、劉歆和《漢書》之關係, Chunhong Wang Mar 2015

論劉向、劉歆和《漢書》之關係, Chunhong Wang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文认爲,讀《漢書》,當以《楚元王傳》爲綱,並且以《五行志》等爲輔佐,來觀其書之結構和用心,可以起到提綱挈領的作用。今本《漢書》有兩個關注點,除了朝政之外,還有楚元王一系之遭際。劉向活躍於宣、元、成帝三朝政壇,他與他的父親劉德經歷了前漢武帝身後的重大政治鬥爭。然而,劉德、劉向和劉歆亦並非純然從儒家道統出發,來爲民請命、仗義執言。他們主要代表劉氏宗親一系政治和經濟利益,所以劉氏不遺餘力地對外戚口誅筆伐。此從某種程度上看,實際上是劉氏諸侯和皇帝外戚利益較量,總劉向一生,堪稱劉氏宗親利益的代言人,當然更是自家利益捍衛者,其言行無不與此種身份立場相關聯。故而,《漢書》並非成於一人一時之手。今本署名班固著《漢書》,在很大程度上,可以視作一部圍繞楚元王家族(尤其是以劉德、劉向、劉歆一支)之前漢遭際爲中心,所生發、結撰的政治載記,班氏父子共同依照劉向、劉歆藍本來結撰《漢書》,其中緣由遠比“盜竊父史”來得複雜!


《大唐西域記》所載佛教口傳故事考述, Yinchi Chen, Te Chen Mar 2015

《大唐西域記》所載佛教口傳故事考述, Yinchi Chen, Te Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

《大唐西域記》是中古西行求法僧人撰寫的一部重要著作,其歷史、地理和風俗上的價值極高,即從宗教文學方面觀察,其記述西域、印度等地流傳之佛教故事傳説甚夥,亦不容忽視。本文試從文本比勘入手,推證《大唐西域記》記述佛教傳説故事的書面典籍和口頭傳播兩種來源方式及兩者錯綜交織之表現,條理並分析其特點,進而顯示玄奘撰述態度的多面性以及其著作包涵的複雜性。


《嶺南學報》小史述略 : 兼論陳寅恪與《嶺南學報》, Zhan Huang Mar 2015

《嶺南學報》小史述略 : 兼論陳寅恪與《嶺南學報》, Zhan Huang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

1888年,美國長老會傳教士在廣州創建格致書院。1903年,書院更名為「嶺南學校」,是為「嶺南」用作校名之始。1927年,學校易名為嶺南大學,鐘榮光先生出任校長。自此,嶺大發展為文理商工農醫兼顧的綜合性學府。四十年代,抗日戰爭及國共內戰致使大批學者避難粵廣,不少人進入嶺大執教。這一歷史機遇,也鑄就了嶺大最為輝煌的一段學史。1952年,全國大專院校進行院系調整,教會大學無法繼續存在,嶺大遂被分割合併至其他數所大學。其中,文理科撥歸中山大學,而原嶺大校址康樂園也成為中山大學的新居。

表徵嶺大學術成果者,乃二十世紀上半葉世所推重的《嶺南學報》。《學報》於1929年12月創刊,1952年6月隨著院系調整而終刊。二十三年間,《學報》共刊行35期。下文即對《學報》歷史做一個回顧。


試論文獻辨僞的語言學方法, Zongwu Qian Mar 2015

試論文獻辨僞的語言學方法, Zongwu Qian

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

辨識上古文獻真僞,是正確利用上古文獻的前提,也是學術研究的基礎工作和研究者必備素質。上古文獻多有真僞之辨,傳統辨僞方法亦有局限。本文首次系統論證文獻辨僞語言學方法的學理依據和技術手段,具有重要的理論意義和認識論價值。


李杜齊名之形成, Shangjun Chen Mar 2015

李杜齊名之形成, Shangjun Chen

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

中國詩歌史發展到盛唐,無疑達到巔峰之成就,而站在峰頂的人物,當然是被譽爲雙子星座的李白與杜甫。李白生前就已經取得舉世公認的地位,而比他年幼十二歲的杜甫則成名過程要複雜得多。今人根據通行的幾種唐人選唐詩没有收録杜甫詩歌,因此而認爲杜甫在唐代詩人中地位不高,影響不大,實在是皮相之見。本文則力圖根據第一手文獻,證明李杜齊名在杜甫生前已經爲部分人所認可,其最終獲得舉世公認,則在杜甫生後三五十年間完成。李杜地位的確定,是中古詩學史上的重大事件,也是引導唐宋詩歌轉型的關鍵所在。


再論《劉子》是否爲劉勰所作 : 兼談學術爭論中的學風問題, Shaokang Zhang Mar 2015

再論《劉子》是否爲劉勰所作 : 兼談學術爭論中的學風問題, Shaokang Zhang

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

近來有人認爲《劉子》作者是劉勰,這種結論的得出,體現了作者曲解材料的不良學風,本文爲之做正本清源的駁斥。認爲《劉子》是劉勰所作者的文獻根據就是兩《唐志》的著録,本文考辨了兩《唐志》致誤的緣起,從目録學上,否定了某些人據以爲劉勰著《劉子》的可信性。從《劉子》基本思想傾向、人格思想素質以及語言風格諸方面與《文心雕龍》相對照,所呈現之差異,可徹底否定所謂《劉子》爲劉勰所作之謬論。一切基於違背實事求是原則而作的所謂學術研究,根本是站不住脚的。


"以意逆志"説與中國古代解釋論, Zongqi Cai Mar 2015

"以意逆志"説與中國古代解釋論, Zongqi Cai

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

“以意逆志”四字爲孟子解《詩》時提出,近千年以來爲各派批評家所推重。爲何孟子“以意逆志”一語會被這麽多批評家認同?本文提出,“以意逆志”之所以能“放之四海而皆準”,與古代漢語作爲不帶情態標記語言而具有豐富的模糊空間有著很大關係。歷代以來,中國傳統批評家不斷地挖掘利用“以意逆志”中“意”、“逆”、“志”三字之語義以及四字之間句法的模糊性,以求重新闡發孟子的論斷,進而爲各自的解釋説找到理論根據。因此,通過討論各家對孟子“以意逆志”一語的重新闡發,本文展示出從先秦到清代各種解釋方法的獨特特徵,同時,本文亦發現這些理論潛在的互相聯繫,進而揭示中國整個解釋傳統作爲整體的動態統一。


越民族底滅亡, Dongrui Zhu Mar 2015

越民族底滅亡, Dongrui Zhu

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文爲朱東潤師所著《漢書考索》中至今未刊的一篇文稿。師研治秦漢古史,1940年於四川樂山武漢大學任職期間完成《史記考索》,尋付開明書店出版。1942年教席轉至重慶柏溪國立中央大學期間撰《後漢書考索》,1951年3月任教濟南齊魯大學歷史系期間撰《漢書考索》,二稿分别裝訂存藏,師生前未曾刊佈。《漢書考索》稿本自題:“未定稿,《班彪及〈漢書〉》篇另見。”至1996年,經朱師孫女朱邦薇女史整理,將上述三稿合爲一書,題曰《史記考索》(外二種),收入華東師範大學出版社《二十世紀國學叢書》出版。當時因未完成遺稿清理,不免有所疏漏。近期承托整理朱師遺稿,檢得《班彪及〈漢書〉》、《越民族底滅亡》二稿置於一處,因知二文皆爲《漢書考索》之未刊稿。乃請張恒怡同學代爲輸入,我再作校訂,標點符號則按照今日之文稿規範酌予增改。謹以《越民族底滅亡》稿交付《嶺南學報》復刊號發表。整理中之訛誤,責任當然在我。2013年12月26日,及門陳尚君謹識。


梁啓超與晚清短篇小説的發生, Xiaohong Xia Mar 2015

梁啓超與晚清短篇小説的發生, Xiaohong Xia

嶺南學報 Lingnan Journal of Chinese Studies

本文主要考辨梁啓超所謂“短篇小説”概念之形成。梁啓超於1898年戊戌變法失敗後流亡日本,居留長達十三年,這種經歷影響甚鉅,微末至其“短篇小説”文體概念的形成,也有迹可循。而梁氏具有報人經歷,這也促進了其關於“短篇小説”文體的思索。而直到1902年2月《新民叢報》創刊,短篇小説已爲梁啓超所關注,他特創“片假體”這一“新名詞”,顯然意指短篇小説,以此形容小説族群中的短篇,倒也神似。而在梁氏表述中,直接以“短篇”命名的小説文體分類,最早見諸他爲1904年6月12日在上海創刊的《時報》所作《發刊例》。若以今日之眼光打量,《説部腋》第一輯乃是目前已知晚清最早行世的一部短篇小説集,同時須看到《説部腋》輯者的思路卻是中外並進,其間中西、中日之文學淵源是顯而易見的。


Shandong University Students' Views On Homosexuality, Joseph Miller Mar 2015

Shandong University Students' Views On Homosexuality, Joseph Miller

Honors Projects

Relatively little research currently exists on the subject of homosexuality and LGBT rights within the present People’s Republic of China. Homosexual behavior itself has only been legal in the country since 1997, and it was only removed from the Chinese Psychiatric Association’s list of disorders in 2001. While a few studies are beginning to examine current Chinese attitudes towards the subject of homosexuality, it is not yet enough to get a rounded view of the subject, and more research must be done in order to provide more accurate data. It is to this purpose that this survey of Shandong University …


Han's (韓邦慶) Novel 海上花列傳 (The Sing-Song Girls Of Shanghai) And Urbanity In Late Qing Shanghai, Xiaojue Wang Mar 2015

Han's (韓邦慶) Novel 海上花列傳 (The Sing-Song Girls Of Shanghai) And Urbanity In Late Qing Shanghai, Xiaojue Wang

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Han's (韓邦慶) Novel海上花列傳 (The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai) and Urbanity in Late Qing Shanghai" Xiaojue Wang discusses the relationship between the urban milieu in the foreign concessions of Shanghai and the late Qing courtesan culture through a critical reading of Bangqing Han's (韓邦慶1856-1894) novel The Sing-Song Girls of Shanghai. Wang argues that Han's novel is a significant departure from traditional vernacular fiction in three aspects: 1) its illustration of the connection between courtesan culture and the rising modern city, 2) its portrayal of emergent female subjectivity and female space in the late Qing, …


Positions Of Sinophone Representation In Jin's (金庸) Chivalric Topography, Weijie Song Mar 2015

Positions Of Sinophone Representation In Jin's (金庸) Chivalric Topography, Weijie Song

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Positions of Sinophone Representation in Jin's (金庸) Chivalric Topography" Weijie Song examines Yong Jin's post-1949 Hong Kong chivalric imagination of imperial Beijing and beyond during the Ming-Qing Dynastic transition and the dialects of inclusive exclusion and exclusive inclusion. In Cold War Hong Kong, Jin charted a wide range of chivalric activities: intruding into the political center embodied by the Forbidden City (the "Great Within") and fleeing to peripheral regions such as Xinjiang's Islamic community, the overseas kingdom in Brunei in Southeast Asia, and an unknown place somewhere inside Yangzhou. Song argues that Jin's literary topography suggests a …


Chinese Literature's Route To World Literature, Hongtao Liu Mar 2015

Chinese Literature's Route To World Literature, Hongtao Liu

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Chinese Literature's Route to World Literature" Hongtao Liu argues that Goethe's theory of world literature based on the conflicting and unifying values of cosmopolitanism and localism has fueled Chinese literature's desire to join world literatures. Proposed by Zhenduo Zheng with the notion of the "unification of literature" at the beginning of the twentieth century and developed in the 1980s, the "global elements of twentieth-century Chinese literature" in the twenty-first century, this notion remains a feature of Chinese literature's global trajectory. Liu argues that although the experience of a number of transitions, China's pursuit remains relevant and translation …


Variation Theory And The Reception Of Chinese Literature In The English-Speaking World, Shunqing Cao Mar 2015

Variation Theory And The Reception Of Chinese Literature In The English-Speaking World, Shunqing Cao

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In his article "Variation Theory and Reception of Chinese Literature in the English-Speaking World" Shunqing Cao introduces "variation theory" he developed and suggests that the framework can be applied in studying the dissemination and reception of Chinese literature in the English-speaking world. Cao argues that cultural and literary differences produce variations in literary exchanges among different cultures and variation theory concentrates on these variations. With unique perspectives on variation in translation, cultural misreading, and domestication, variation theory is a useful theoretical framework and methodology for the study of the reception of Chinese literature in the English-speaking world.


Review Of Riding The Wind With Liezi By Ronnie Littlejohn And Jeffrey Dippmann, Ronald S. Green Feb 2015

Review Of Riding The Wind With Liezi By Ronnie Littlejohn And Jeffrey Dippmann, Ronald S. Green

Philosophy and Religious Studies

No abstract provided.


A Long, Hard Trial: The Korean Translations Of The Book Of Mormon, Gerrit Van Dyk Feb 2015

A Long, Hard Trial: The Korean Translations Of The Book Of Mormon, Gerrit Van Dyk

Faculty Publications

While some of the story of the Korean translations of the Book of Mormon is told in fragments throughout the documents chronicling the rise of the LDS Church in Korea, most notably Ronald K. Nielsen’s “Hangukeopan Mormongyeong Huesaenggwa Noryeok Kyeoshil,” no one source has the whole story, including the present study. This article will draw on those prior secondary sources as well as accounts from those who lived the events themselves, as told in their personal journals, letters, and reminiscences. The epigraph is a common (mis)conception by members and missionaries who have served in South Korea. In fact, …


Hamada, Rina (Fa 795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Feb 2015

Hamada, Rina (Fa 795), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click on Additional File below) for Folklife Archives Project 795. This collection features a term paper about the traditions surrounding the Japanese New Year's celebration. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Rina Hamada for credit in an "Introduction to Folk Studies" class.


Africa, Asia, And The History Of Philosophy: Racism In The Formation Of The Philosophical Canon, 1780–1830 By Peter K.J. Park (Review), Joseph D. O'Neil Feb 2015

Africa, Asia, And The History Of Philosophy: Racism In The Formation Of The Philosophical Canon, 1780–1830 By Peter K.J. Park (Review), Joseph D. O'Neil

Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Higa, Ayuka, B. 1994 (Fa 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jan 2015

Higa, Ayuka, B. 1994 (Fa 783), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text paper (click Additional Files below) for Folklife Archives Project 783. This collection features a research paper about Japanese folk songs from Okinawa, Japan. The project was completed by Western Kentucky University student Ayuka Higa for credit in an “Introduction to Folk Studies” class.


From "Nature" To "Nature-As-Such": A Reflection On The Object Of Ecocriticism, Qian Wang Jan 2015

From "Nature" To "Nature-As-Such": A Reflection On The Object Of Ecocriticism, Qian Wang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

What ecocriticism studies is not "nature" as material and substantial environment but "nature-as-such" that appearances in literary works. "Nature-as-such" is a conception between abstract idea and physical reality which could be understood by the way how natural things are described in literary works, and it could be used to explain how natural things are experienced in the real world. The conception of "nature-as-such" leads eco-criticism to step out of the first and the second wave in criticism which takes nature either as substantial environment or cultural construction, and enables ecocriticism to explain the relation between man and nature on ontological …