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- The Control of Narrative Distances Through the Duality Feature in the Identity of the Narrator and The Plot Form in Lolita
Author：Yunfeng Fei
Abstract: The unreliability of Lolita has long been under dispute. According to Booth, who proposed the concept of the unreliable narrator, the authorial judgment was obscured due to the endowment of full and unlimited narrative strategies to the unreliable narrator by the author. Phelan, based on the effects of the unreliable narration on the authorial reader, coined the new concept of bonding unreliability, and concluded that the dispute over the ethics of Lolita was the result of the subtle and blended use of estranging unreliability and bonding unreliability by the author. There is, in effect, a distinctive feature of duality in both the identity of the narrator and the plot form of the novel that dramatically adjusts the moral and emotional distances between the unreliable narrator and the reader.
Column：British and American Literature Studies 057-063 Details
- The Dilemma of the "Maker of Myrthes:" A Study of the Minstrel-Poet Narrator in the Middle English Dream Debate Poem Wynnere and Wastoure
Author：Jin Liu
Abstract: Wynnere and Wastoure is an important Middle English alliterative dream debate poem that has passed down in only one manuscript. Starting from inspecting two different emendations of one poetic line in the Prologue, this essay asserts that, as a minstrel-poet, or a “maker of myrthes,” the narrator of the debate poem, in composing for a courtly audience, finds himself in a dilemma where he both has to entertain as the audience expects and to teach out of his respect for his own profession, which accounts for the many subterfuges and indirection in the text.
Column：British and American Literature Studies 064-074 Details
- "I-You" Relationship: On the Drama of Browning's Dramatic Monologues
Author：Li Liu
Abstract: Robert Browning establishes himself as the great dramatic monologue poet with the dramatic nature of his monologues. He inherits the subjectivity of Romantic lyrics, devoting himself to psychological explorations, while at the same time rebels against its monologic nature by presenting a split personality in...
Column：British and American Literature Studies 075-084 Details
- Meaning Generation Based on Figure-Ground Changes: A Cognitive Poetic Interpretation of Lawrence's "Piano"
Author：Ruofei Ma, Fangben Zeng
Abstract: D. H. Lawrence’s “Piano” is mainly studied through the perspectives of traditional modes of literary criticism. Originating from Gestalt psychology, the figure-ground theory of cognitive poetics is an effective means to the analysis of meaning generation. With the help of this theory, this paper expounds the thematic meaning generation in “Piano” and enables the readers to have a new aesthetic experience.
Column：British and American Literature Studies 085-091 Details
- Modern Education and Translators’ Training in Hunan During the Period of The Republic of China
Author：Xu Zhang
Abstract: The educational system is a strong guarantee for the smooth advancement of modern scholarship. It is also true in the domain of modern translation. From the perspective of modern patronage theory, one of the prerequisites for the advancement of translation is a sufficient quantity of ...
Column：Translation Studies 092-103 Details
- Literary Translation Studies in China: Present and Future
Author：Hongjun Lan
Abstract: Since 1987, when the first national symposium on theoretical translation studies was held, translation studies in China has come into a new era. This paper, based on a survey of the academic books published in China in the past 30 years, describes the research status of contemporary literary translation studies, and makes...
Column：Translation Studies 104-117 Details
- A Review of Toury's Model for Translation Description
Author：Guangang Dun
Abstract: In the late 20th century, Gideon Toury invested erudite attempts in how to describe translation which is taken as a focal point and pivot of descriptive translation studies. Starting from the general conception about descriptive translation studies envisioned by Holmes, combined with his own rich practice in translation desc...
Column：Translation Studies 118-127 Details
- A Pragma-rhetorical Study of the Tense Construction "N1有（yǒu） V过（guò） N2"
Author：Qiuhong Xing
Abstract: The tense construction “N1有（yǒu） V过（guò） N2” has been the variant of “有XP” construction and shares the features of grammatical construction and rhetorical construction. There are four features which can verify the pragma-rhetoricality of the construction “N1有（yǒu） V过（guò） N2”:...
Column：Linguistic Studies 128-135 Details
- The Study of the Metaphorical Use of "Road" in Xi Jinping’s Keynote Speech at The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation from the Perspective of Rhetoric
Author：Xiao Liu, Chao Shi
Abstract: Metaphor is not only a form of rhetoric, but also an art of persuasion. This essay focuses on the “road” metaphor in Xi Jinping’s keynote speech at the opening ceremony of The Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, and finds that the metaphor of “road” is not only pervasive, but also becomes the macro structure of the whole speech with rich embodiments and connotations. Xi Jinping uses “road” and its related metaphors to persuade people effectively with character, emotion, and reasoning. He vividly demonstrates the historical background and realistic achievements of the Belt and Road Initiative, and calls on the participating countries to take a firm step towards better development.
Column：Linguistic Studies 136-146 Details
- Legitimation Strategies in U.S. Counter-Terrorism Discourse: A Case Study of Country Reports on Terrorism
Author：Jianquan Feng, Shaojun Ding
Abstract: 9•11 terrorist attacks mark the re-emergence of counter-terrorism, and re-emphasis on its study in critical discourse studies. Most of the existing studies discuss the social, cultural and political contexts of legitimation, and the strategies employed. Framed by the Discou...
Column：Linguistic Studies 147-156 Details