Author：Jianhua Wang, Jing Li

Abstract: The objective indicators and high ecological validity enable the eye-tracking technology to be widely used in fixed text reading research. It is until 1980s that eye-tracker has been used for investigating audiovisual multimodal text reading behavior and its cognitive mechanism. Starting f...

Column：Translation Studies   133-142   Details

Author：Chao Yan

Abstract: The degree of lexicalization of manner demonstratives irəhke, kɯrəhke, ʧərəhke in Korean is controversial. We argued that, based on the mental lexicon, the lexical status of Korean manner demonstratives should be accepted. Firstly, the suffix -ke is a complex of inflection and deri...

Column：Liguistic Studies   143-152   Details

Author：Zhenwu Zhu, Yuxuan Liu

Abstract: Nuruddin Farah is a representative writer of contemporary Somali literature. In Links, Farah shows the broken and devastated Somali society through the eyes of the protagonist Jeebleh. He exposes and criticizes one of the main causes of social problems, which is the clanism. Furthermore, ...

Column：African Literature Studies   002-009   Details

Author：Chunyi Lu, Dehe Feng

Abstract: Devil on the Cross is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o in the prison. The novel does not continue to retell the history as Ngũgĩ’s previous novels do. It takes independent Kenya as its historical background and irony as its main technique to show the seemingly absurd but actually real Kenyan society. By usi...

Column：African Literature Studies   010-016   Details

Author：Shangrui Pan, Yunchun Lan

Abstract: Through the double perspectives of the black father and son, Nadine Gordimer depicted the vivid image of Aila growing from a silent black woman to a determined revolutionary in My Son’s Story. The African heroism “Aila’s Left” reveals the intervention and influence of the social reality on priva...

Column：African Literature Studies   017-024   Details

Author：Kaili Xiaokaiti, Min Lu

Abstract: No Longer at Ease is a novel written by Chinua Achebe shortly before the independence of Nigeria. The author describes the collision between Western and African food cultures in the novel so as to reveal that the Nigerian traditional culture is gradually disintegrated by the Western culture. The writing of food cultures ...

Column：African Literature Studies   025-031   Details

Author：Jing Duan, Zengqi Li

Abstract: Under the background of internationalization and globalization, the cultivation of foreign language talents with cultural understanding and communication skills has become more and more important. With the introduction of The Belt and Road Initiative in 2013, on the one hand, Sino Af...

Column：African Literature Studies   032-039   Details

Author：Feng Li

Abstract: White Noise, written by Don DeLillo, shows various problems in a postmodern society, especially contemporary Americans’ anxiety in the business settings. The novel’s abundant depictions of shopping scenes reflect the impact of supermarket on Americans’ daily life. This paper attempts to explore the so...

Column：Literature and Culture Studies   040-047   Details

Author：Li Lin

Abstract: In The Underground Railroad, the African American writer Colson Whitehead subtly blends the reality and fiction into a legendary story to reflect the current American society and politics. There are ubiquitous literary metaphors in the novel, which convey historical and cultural implications. These literary metaphors not only ma...

Column：Literature and Culture Studies   048-058   Details

Author：Xiujuan Lan

Abstract: In A House for Mr. Biswas, Mr. Biswas, the protagonist, attaches great importance to the relationship between material and cultural identity, and he deems things (especially houses) as spiritual sustenance and material carrier to construct the identity of Indian immigrants. For him, ...

Column：Literature and Culture Studies   059-068   Details