Author：Xiaobo Liang, Xueying Li

Abstract: Conceptual metaphors play an important role in naming military operations. The purpose of this paper is to reveal the characteristics and the mechanisms of the use of conceptual metaphors in the naming of military operations in modern warfare. Based on Conceptual Meta...

Column：National Defense Language Capability   123-137   Details

Author：Xiaolei Ma, Ping Li

Abstract: This paper aims to assess the representational validity of the social network extracted from a collection of texts. Taking U.S. news reports on China’s military technology as an example, this study compares the network generated from a collection ...

Column：National Defense Language Capability   138-147   Details

Author：Chaowei Pang, Yongyun Yang

Abstract: Relevant research on the development of national defense language capability is on the rise, but there are relatively few studies on border defense language and its capability. On the basis of SWOT analytical framework, this study sorts out the main connotations and basic characteristics of border defense ...

Column：National Defense Language Capability   148-156   Details

Author：Zhimin Li

Abstract: Modern poets have applied challenge writing to increase the readers' capacity for understanding and to promote the growth of their intellectual and emotional capabilities. It has a selective readership as opposed to the traditional pattern of parallel writing. A literary work of artis...

Column：Culture Studies   001-008   Details

Author：Yanhua Mao

Abstract: Western motherhood studies have promoted active discussions since the 1970s, becoming an independent discipline in the 21st century. Western motherhood, with postmodern philosophy as its foundation, focuses on analyzing various topics to empower women / mothers. Based on the development of motherhood studies, this paper explor...

Column：Culture Studies   009-018   Details

Author：Xin Zhang

Abstract: Jane Austen employs various narrative devices to highlight the social status and wealth of characters in Northanger Abbey. By setting up a novel narrative of pineapple economy, Austen represents the use of privilege and wealth and the ethics of the professions of the leisur...

Column：Literature Studies   019-025   Details

Author：Meiqin Li, Randan Zheng

Abstract: In the context of the apartheid period in South Africa, André Brink's A Dry White Season combines fiction, real events and traumatic memories. Through fictional literary texts, this novel integrates the author’s own national memory with the archival memory of official history. Brink, in this documentary novel, represent...

Column：Literature Studies   026-036   Details

Author：Wenyu Xie, Rou Li

Abstract: In his later works, Philip Roth shows his preference for the theme of death, which is closely related to his cultural background and personal experience. His deep thinking about death is similar to that of Ernest Becker, an American cultural anthropologist. They both believe that death is inevitable. People generally feel fear when facing death and re...

Column：Literature Studies   037-046   Details

Author：Li Zhang, Yan Zhang

Abstract: The Japanese-American writer Julie Otsuka's The Buddha in the Attic tells the story of the first generation of Japanese-American female emigrants who went to the United States as picture brides and were forced to move into detention camps during World War II. The multiple narrative modes in the novel enhance the literary artistry an...

Column：Literature Studies   047-058   Details

Author：Man Li

Abstract: Tansou Hirose was a famous Confucianist, educator, and Kanshi poet. He devoted his entire life to education and was never a recluse. However, many of his Chinese poems reveal emotions associated with seclusion, which convey his respect for the hermits among ancient Chinese sages as well as his yearning for natural scenery and rural...

Column：Literature Studies   059-069   Details