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Commentary On Translating Tan Yuanchun, Zhu Heling, Song Wan, And Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel

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Notes by Andrew Gudgel on the translation of four Chinese poems into English.

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Mountain Temple By Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel

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Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

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Mapao Spring By Song Wan, Andrew Gudgel

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Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

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The Green Wutong Tree By Zhu Heling, Andrew Gudgel

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Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

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A Vase Of Plum Flowers By Tan Yuanchun, Andrew Gudgel

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Translated from the Chinese by Andrew Gudgel.

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Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013

Transference

Transference is published by the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Western Michigan University. Dedicated to the celebration of poetry in translation, the journal publishes translations from Arabic, Chinese, French and Old French, German, Classical Greek and Latin, Japanese, and Russian into English verse. Transference contains translations as well as commentaries on the art and process of translating.

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The Classical Chinese Concept Of Fate “Ming” In The Analects, Daniel Evensen, Dr. David Honey

Journal of Undergraduate Research

When I first began learning Chinese about three years ago, I was puzzled by how fatalistic Chinese people seemed to me. This struck me strongly during my first visit to China on BYU Study Abroad in Fall 2006, and has remained an interest of mine ever since. After some preliminary reading, I decided that the best way to understand what fate means to the Chinese is to study what it meant in ancient times. Thus, I started studying what “fate” means in the Confucian Analects, which is how this project was born.

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Tracing The Visual Vernacular Of The Cultural Revolution In Contemporary Advertising Poster Design, Sterling Larsen, Dr. Dana Bourgerie

Journal of Undergraduate Research

China’s Cultural Revolution is a defining event in modern Chinese history and a topic of lasting interest to foreign observers. While some speculate the shadow of Mao is fading in the light of capitalistic reforms in China, the impact of those decades of political upheaval persists in shaping China’s government, economy and society today. Among the most visible and iconic manifestations of that era are propaganda posters ablaze with the deified Mao and political slogans which suffused every aspect of daily life for many Chinese in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Project Title, Caleb Morris, Dr. Steven Riep

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The “Body Building Plan for Entire People” (Quanmin Jianshen Jihua Gangyao) laid out in 1995, for the purpose of, “increasing exercise activities among the masses, and consistently building the number of people involved in sporting events. The body building of the masses will be viewed with an importance that increases daily, and the avenues for athletic pursuits will be available in increasing variety” (1). In the fourteenth article of the proclamation it is made clear that this plan is for all of China’s citizens including the disabled. The proclamation calls for the “pushing forth of body building activities for the …

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Painting Between The Lines: Artistic Intent And Thought Work In China, Sterling Larsen, Dr. Steven Riep

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Though some argue the shadow of Mao may be fading in the light of capitalistic reforms, media and the arts in contemporary China are often mobilized to achieve political goals. Today it can be argued that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is pursuing an agenda of thought work and propaganda more aggressively, more comprehensively and on a larger scale than any other world power, but instead of employing the heavyhanded policies of the past, the CCP has succeeded in encouraging selfcensorship on a large scale by controlling the means of artistic production.

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China’S Local And International Environmental Policy, Gloria Jean Gong, Dr. Zeng Ping

Journal of Undergraduate Research

As a fellow in the BYU Chinese Flagship Program, I chose Chinese environmental and sustainable development policy as my research focus. Working under Professor Gary Bryner in the political science department and Professors Zeng Ping and Ni Tingting in the Chinese Department I completed an honors thesis on China’s compliance with international climate change treaties. While researching the literature review section of the thesis, it became apparent that while enormous amounts of research is currently being done on China’s role in the international climate change regime, there are few resources detailing the development of China’s policy with regards to climate …

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Mormon Buddhists Or Buddhist Mormons?, J. Sawat Selway, Dr. James A. Toronto

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Culture affects every religion. Mexican Catholics are different from Italian Catholics in their liturgy; Iranian Muslims are much stricter than Albanian Muslims in their attitude toward women; and Japanese Buddhists emphasize meditation more than Indian Buddhists. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is not exempt from such terrestrial influences. As the Church spans across the world, and penetrates deep-rooted cultures, how immune to culture are the Church’s teachings and practices? Further, how defined are the Church’s teachings, concerning the different beliefs and practices that other religions teach? First, the beliefs of members change amongst different cultural groups within …

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A Bibliography Of Uighur Studies, David T. Allred, Dr. David C. Wrigth

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Uighur Turks are a minority group several million strong now living primarily in the desert oasis towns of western China. They first appeared on the world stage during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD) as a fierce nomadic tribe threatening China from the Mongolian steppe. By raiding the border they forced the Tang government into doling out lavish protection payments, but later as allies to the Chinese the Uighur cavalry was instrumental in rescuing the government from destruction by civil war. Chinese dynastic records give vivid accounts of official processions to the capital at Changan and magnificent weddings between Chinese …

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Life On The Dragon: The People, History, Scenery And Culture Of The Yangtze River, Danelle Marie Jones, Dr. Dana Scott Bourgerie

Journal of Undergraduate Research

The Yangtze River region in China abounds in rich sources of ancient, as well as modern, Chinese history, literature, and culture. The River’s Three Gorges area overflows with some of the world’s most breathtaking scenery and invaluable historic sites. Throughout China’s history, particularly the Three Kingdoms period, significant events and dynastic governments emerged from the Yangtze River region. More recently in the early to mid 1900s, Chiang Kaishek and his Nationalist forces headquartered on the Yangtze River before the Communists pushed them to Taiwan. Peasants in the Three Gorges region epitomize China’s traditional culture, while residents of China’s larger cities …

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Fearless: Bruce Larson And Alice Carter, Bruce A. Larson, Alice Carter

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This Monday, Professor of political science and public policy, Bruce Larson, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni, and Parent Relations, and Technology, Alice Carter, and daughter Lily Larson will be leaving for a semester in Beijing, China. Professor Larson will be joining the ranks of Gettysburg College’s Fulbright recipients, teaching two courses at the China Foreign Affairs University while conducting his research.

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Anthropomorphism At Qumran: An Examination Of Qumran’S Pentateuch, Cory Daniel Crawford, Dr. Stephen D. Ricks

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Although the first writings on the banks of the Dead Sea, known as the Dead Sea Scrolls, were first discovered in 1947, not all were made accessible to more than a handful of scholars; indeed, not even the subject matter of the writings were made known until 1992. This guarding of the material retarded (and preserved) the study of the contents of the Dead Sea Scrolls, so that today traces of the ancient world are still percolating through the hands of scholars to the general public.

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Orca Scholarship Research Results, Sariah Choucair, Dr. Dilworth Parkinson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

During my time in Beirut I came to know myself. At first this may seem a very bold, unscholarly statement, perhaps better suited to a magazine essay than a scholastic summary. However, I feel that the best research is that which becomes a part of us, that broadens our view not of our subject only, but of the world as a whole and our role in it. When I applied for and received this scholarship I was expecting to have a purely scholastic experience studying the women’s literature produced during the Lebanese civil war, completely separate from my familial experience …

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Creating Hebrewcorpus: A Vast Online Resource For Modern Hebrew, Justin Parry, Dr. Dilworth Parkinson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Hebrew in its present form, called Israeli by some scholars because of its unique modern characteristics, has only existed for about 120 years (Zuckermann 1). Because of this, scholarship in Israeli Hebrew is in many ways still in its infancy. Within this language there is one area of research that needs clear development and better resources. This area is called corpus linguistics, because it deals with corpora. A corpus can be defined as a “systematic collection of speech or writing in a language” (Matthews 78). This area is particularly significant because it allows researchers and language learners to search for …

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Kantian Influence On Early Zhu Guangqian, Qian Cao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Based in a close reading of Zhu Guangqian's pre-1949 works on aesthetics, the paper delineates the relationship between Zhu's early aesthetics and Kant and points out the fundamental influence of Kantian aesthetics on the formation of Zhu's aesthetic theory. The paper claims that Croce's apparent influence shown as the psychological aspects in Zhu'a pre-1949 aesthetics should be understood as selective acceptance after Zhu's acceptance of Kantian aesthetics. Kant's main influence upon Zhu's aesthetics is Zhu's acceptance of the uninterested non-utilitarian formalism and the sublime theory, although Zhu had held some reservation about Kant's aesthetics, especially after 1930s when he began …

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A New Horizon Of The Study Of Classical Chinese Literature, Bowei Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In recent decade, the research on overseas Chinese classics has become a new trend in the international sinology. There are profound internal and external reasons to this trend, and the formation of the trend is realized by newly-found materials which call for a new theoretical proposition and a new method of thinking. The "novelty" about the trend shows in the close-reading of new materials and the reflection of academic position of sinology, and these practices may be expected to initiate a new departure for the Chinese scholarship in the 21th century. In brief, the research paradigm will shift from "the …

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On Benjamin's Critical Model Of "Aestheticization Of Politics" Via An Analysis Of Italian Futurism, Yun Zhou

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

In the epilogue of "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction", Walter Benjamin developed a critical model of "aestheticization of politics" in which Italian Futurism is criticized as fascism, which has resulted in heated debates on the relationship between the avant-garde and fascism. This paper attempts to revisit Benjamin's critical model of "aestheticization of politics" by describing and analyzing the context of modernity in which the model is formed in hope of disclosing Benjamin's insights into modernity. The paper tries to justify the model's critical effectiveness for the avant-garde and the contemporary culture. The paper then proceeds …

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On The Relationship Between Self-Annotations And The Lyrical Implications In The Tang-Dynasty Poetry, Na Wei

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Self-annotation is an important and a popular phenomenon in the history of the Tang-Dynasty poetry, and it creates a complex relationship with the inner lyrical implications of poetry. Different modes of self-annotations in different developmental phases result in different relationships between self-annotations and poetic sentiments. The relation evolves from estrangement during early Tang and Dali Reign, to integration in Middle Tang and to the final recession in the Late Tang. This evolution shows that self-annotations follow a trajectory around lyrical implication of the poetry with a centrifugal or centripetal movement. The paper concludes that the mapping of the relationship between …

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The Significance And Influence Of Gu Jin Ci TongAs Exemplified By The Poet Wang Hong, Xuejun Chen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The compilers of Gu Jin Ci Tong (A Definitive Anthology of Ci-Poetry from the Ancient to the Present) favored the Southern Song Dynasty Ci-Poetry and slow-tune Ci-poetry, and allowed for the coexistence of both graceful and the bold styles of Ci-poetry, with a special highlight on Xin Qiji's Ci-poems. The principle of selection and the idea about Ci-poetry influenced the compilation of Ci Zong (A Comprehensive Anthology of Ci-Poetry) by Zhu Yizun. Wang Hong, a key figure who set the fashion of Ci-poetry in Meili, played an important role behind Zhu's compilation. After moving to Meili, Zhu developed a close …

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The Urban Imagination Of Shanghai Literature: With Focus Upon The 1990s', Yuan Feng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Urbanity and urbanization became the two key objectives of Shanghai Literature which claimed to aim at contemporaneity, literariness and experimental spirit, and the aims had also helped to construct a context for the magazine's popularity in the 1990s', and this made the magazine a leading literary periodical in China. One the one hand, it promoted varied ways to discuss, describe and present urban scenes. On the other hand, it excelled in the literary magazine market through its internal restructuring and external positioning to create a style of being open and multifaceted, and hence the magazine succeeded in establishing a literary …

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An Investigation Into The Relationship Between The Categories "Qi" And "Vein" In Ancient Literary Theory, Xiang Xiong

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

"Qi" (vital force) and "Vein" are very important for traditional Chinese medicine and geomancy, and they are significant categories in ancient Chinese literary theory as well. The relationship between "Qi" and "Vein" relates to the meaning of the compound phrase "Qimai." When the two-character phrase is of subordinate structure, it refers to a channel by which "Qi" flows in a literary text. When it is of parallel structure, the phrase points to the filling-up of "Vein" by "Qi" and the controlling of "Qi" by "Vein." The evolution of the concept of "Wenqi" (literary vital force) makes possible the concept of …

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Le Cinéma Comme Expérimentation Philosophique, Badiou Alain, Yang Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Badiou starts with three concrete situations and proposes that the mission of philosophy lies in thinking about choice, distance and exception. As cinema creates a new synthesis from ruptures, it becomes an experimentation of philosophical situation. Philosophy can reveal the implications of the cinema from five differents dimentions: image, experience of time, continuity, order of the arts and art/non-art. Cinema doesn't deny difference, but construct a new relation out of heterogeneous relations between different art forms, constructed time and real duration, forms of popular culture, models of grand moral conflicts, and between love and politics, etc. Cinema is an absolutely …

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Obstacles Of Reception And The Textual Features Of Wu Jingzhi'sThe Scholars, Yongqiang Liu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The paper claims that the spread of Wu Jingzhi's The Scholars (The Unofficial History of the Forest of the Literati) does not live up to its artistic and thematic achievements as it requires more of the readers than other classical novels in the period. The profundity in thoughts and the ambiguity in meaning require close reading, while the density and range of knowledge provide more cultural obstacles. The implicit plot and narration demand the readers to be highly engaged, and Wu Jingzi's ancient-oriented sentiments are sometimes at odds with the mores of the present time. The paper concludes that The …

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The Reality Concerns And Creative Construction Of Chinese Contemporary Literary Theory: A Symposium Survey, Dongmei Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

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What Is The Time Of Contemporary Art?, Rancière Jacques

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Instead of opposing the glorious – or utopian – age of artistic and political modernism to the disenchanted age and the parodic forms of contemporary postmodernism, it seems more fruitful to distinguish between two ways of being contemporary to its own time. What did it mean for art to be contemporary in the age of Tatlin or Vertov? What does it mean for the artists of the beginning of the 21st century? How does each of those two forms of "contemporary art" deal with time and with the relation of time to space? How does that relation between time and …

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Mutiple Faces Of "The Other", Yamin Hu, Xiang Xiao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

"The other" is one of the most important key words in contemporary Western literary criticism. This paper puts the term in context and explores its different uses and connotations in Plato and Hegel's philosophy, phenomenology-existentialism, post-structuralism as well as in postcolonial criticism and feminism. The paper points out that "the other" is a relational concept and exists in two groups of relationships. One is the relation between the One/Same and the Other, and the other is the relation between the Self/Subject and the Other. The latter may be the specific display of the former. "The other" has three closely connected …

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Commentary On Translating Tan Yuanchun, Zhu Heling, Song Wan, And Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Mountain Temple By Yao Nai, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Mapao Spring By Song Wan, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

The Green Wutong Tree By Zhu Heling, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

A Vase Of Plum Flowers By Tan Yuanchun, Andrew Gudgel

Transference

Transference Vol. 1, Summer 2013

Transference

The Classical Chinese Concept Of Fate “Ming” In The Analects, Daniel Evensen, Dr. David Honey

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Tracing The Visual Vernacular Of The Cultural Revolution In Contemporary Advertising Poster Design, Sterling Larsen, Dr. Dana Bourgerie

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Project Title, Caleb Morris, Dr. Steven Riep

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Painting Between The Lines: Artistic Intent And Thought Work In China, Sterling Larsen, Dr. Steven Riep

Journal of Undergraduate Research

China’S Local And International Environmental Policy, Gloria Jean Gong, Dr. Zeng Ping

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Mormon Buddhists Or Buddhist Mormons?, J. Sawat Selway, Dr. James A. Toronto

Journal of Undergraduate Research

A Bibliography Of Uighur Studies, David T. Allred, Dr. David C. Wrigth

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Life On The Dragon: The People, History, Scenery And Culture Of The Yangtze River, Danelle Marie Jones, Dr. Dana Scott Bourgerie

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Fearless: Bruce Larson And Alice Carter, Bruce A. Larson, Alice Carter

SURGE

Anthropomorphism At Qumran: An Examination Of Qumran’S Pentateuch, Cory Daniel Crawford, Dr. Stephen D. Ricks

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Orca Scholarship Research Results, Sariah Choucair, Dr. Dilworth Parkinson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Creating Hebrewcorpus: A Vast Online Resource For Modern Hebrew, Justin Parry, Dr. Dilworth Parkinson

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Kantian Influence On Early Zhu Guangqian, Qian Cao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

A New Horizon Of The Study Of Classical Chinese Literature, Bowei Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

On Benjamin's Critical Model Of "Aestheticization Of Politics" Via An Analysis Of Italian Futurism, Yun Zhou

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

On The Relationship Between Self-Annotations And The Lyrical Implications In The Tang-Dynasty Poetry, Na Wei

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The Significance And Influence Of Gu Jin Ci TongAs Exemplified By The Poet Wang Hong, Xuejun Chen

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The Urban Imagination Of Shanghai Literature: With Focus Upon The 1990s', Yuan Feng

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

An Investigation Into The Relationship Between The Categories "Qi" And "Vein" In Ancient Literary Theory, Xiang Xiong

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Le Cinéma Comme Expérimentation Philosophique, Badiou Alain, Yang Li

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Obstacles Of Reception And The Textual Features Of Wu Jingzhi'sThe Scholars, Yongqiang Liu

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

The Reality Concerns And Creative Construction Of Chinese Contemporary Literary Theory: A Symposium Survey, Dongmei Zhang

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

What Is The Time Of Contemporary Art?, Rancière Jacques

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art

Mutiple Faces Of "The Other", Yamin Hu, Xiang Xiao

Theoretical Studies in Literature and Art