Author：Danlei Qin, Geng Chen

Abstract: Chinese folk art contains the philosophy of “harmony between nature and man” and the universal value of “truth, goodness and beauty”. The international exhibition of Chinese folk art, as an essential ingredient of contemporary “cultural diplomacy”, is conducive to upgrade the comprehensive construction of national soft power, strengthening the effective link with the culture of the target country, enhancing the vitality of the content of cultural diplomacy under the globalization. The world will recognize a real China through Chinese folk arts exhibition, understanding Chinese traditional thinking, ethnics and diplomatic attitude of “opening-up, friendliness, peace”.

Column：Translation and Communication Studies   101-108   Details

Author：Yitong Gao

Abstract: This article starts from the DP left periphery structure to investigate issues such as the types of topics within this structure, distribution characteristics, deduction processes, and whether there is parallelism between the CP and DP left periphery topic structures. The analysis suggests that the DP left periphery topic structure only allows for hanging topics, and there are also differences in co-occurrence and word order among subclasses of hanging topics: multiple possessor topic structures do not allow co-occurrence, while locative and temporal topics can co-occur; there is no dominant word order when locative topics and temporal topics co-occur, allowing for freedom and flexibility, but the co-occurrence of single types of locative or temporal topics must follow a distribution pattern of larger framework > smaller framework, larger scope > smaller scope....

Column：Linguistic Studies   109-121   Details

Author：Tengji Yang

Abstract: Based on a qualitative analysis of the time orientations of “qian+X/X+qian” words, the thesis explores the time orientation types of qian and word building features of qian in different time orientation types, analyzes the conceptualization of different time orientation types of qian, and investigates which time orientation types qian prefers in word building and the cognitive causes for this preference. It has been found that there are four time orientation types of qian, including “earlier”, “now”, “future”, and “time vector”; the conceptualizer uses different perspectives to highlight different time features, taking four metaphorical projecting paths to generate four time orientation types; qian shows a preference for the “earlier” orientation type in word building, which shows that Chinese people are more inclined to use a distal perspective to cognize holistically.

Column：Linguistic Studies   122-132   Details

Author：Jiandong Hou

Abstract: The study investigates the effects of the feedback of iWrite system on the syntactic complexity of intermediate EFL learners’ writing. Using L2SCA, the study analyzes the overall complexity, subordinate complexity and phrase complexity. The results show that MLT, CP/T and CN/T significantly increased with the help of the feedback from iWrite system; however, there is no significant increase in terms of C/T and DC/T. The research argues that it is probably related to the feedback provided by the system. In addition, VP/T significantly decreases, which is the result of the avoidance strategy adopted by the learners.

Column：Linguistic Studies   133-143   Details

Author：Yanhong Zheng

Abstract: This paper takes the teaching contents of “Kenneth Rexroth and Tao Te Ching ” as examples to demonstrate the specific application of comparative method in literary research. From the view of historical criticism, the basic principles of Marxism are used to analyze the life and works of Rexroth to achieve the moral education goal of the course. In addition to theoretical discussion and text analysis, General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important expositions on literary creation are presented to deepen the students’ understanding of the core values of socialism.

Column：Curricula of Integrated Moral Education Studies   144-156   Details

Author：Qizhi Shu, Jiawei Liang

Abstract: Based on source materials of a real-life lake murder occurring in the United States at the beginning of the 20th century, Theodore Dreiser’s An American Tragedy does not consider its background, the lake area—the aquatic nature, as a fixed physical space, but as an extension of the urban space, as a productive site...

Column：Gender and Political Writing in Literature   001-011   Details

Author：Yibing Sun

Abstract: Coming Up for Air is a novel written by George Orwell just before World War II. The novel aimed to create a utopia centered around family life and rural culture in order to rebuild national identity. However, this ambitious vision ultimately fails. This paper delves into the factors contribute...

Column：Gender and Political Writing in Literature   012-024   Details

Author：Wenquan Wu

Abstract: The Enclosure Movement really was coming to its end by the 1830s but leave as is if the article itself is also inaccurate, when machines replaced cottage industries workshop crafts and commodity economy replaced natural economy, farmers became vagrants, craftsmen went bankrupt, workers lost their jobs, and ...

Column：Gender and Political Writing in Literature   025-034   Details

Author：Ronglan Wu

Abstract: Ken Kalfus’s A Disorder Peculiar to the Country is regarded as one of the first satirical Post-9/11 novels, and it juxtaposes personal affairs with national events to expose Post-9/11 American problems. This paper interprets the novel from the perspective of masculinity, and explores how the novel, through narrating a torturing divorce, satirizes American society, demolishes the male myth constructed by the mainstream media after September 11 which is featured with hero narrative and portray female victims to replaces the demonstration of masculine disorder. This process is represented by the “self-made man” out of control, the depressed hypermasculinity of FBI agent, and bankrupt protection of “vulnerable maidens”. It is discovered th...

Column：Gender and Political Writing in Literature   035-043   Details

Author：Yiling Duan

Abstract: In the second half of the 18th century, there was a wave of retracing ancient Germanic traditions in German literature, intending to revitalize German literature. Under this circumstance, Goethe used native German folktales as the literary material for his ballads and rediscovered the myt...

Column：Literature and Culture Studies   044-056   Details