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The Emergence of the Copula Shi from the Perspective
of Information Structure
This article is not focused on the dating of shi’s
emergence as a copula; rather, it illustrates how shi
has changed from a deictic substitute to a copula from
the perspective of information structure, bringing in
the consideration of pragmatics. This article also
provides an integral explanation on the various
functions of shi as a deictic substitute, a copula, and
the conditions of its usage.
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Chow, Kwok-ching
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The Formation of the Yun Jian School of Poetry: With
the Analysis Centering on Literary Societies
The Yun Jian School of Poetry was a leading literary
voice in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. It is
commonly known that the representatives of the Yun Jian
School of Poetry—“The Three Men of Yun Jian”—were Chen
Zilong, Li Wen and Song Zhengyu. However, in considering
the history of the School, it appears that its formation
was the culmination of three major stages of development
that spanned over more than a decade. The first stage
was in 1629, when Chen Zilong along with Zhou Lixun, Xu
Fuyuan and others founded the “Ji Club.” The second
stage could be said to be in 1632, when Chen Zilong
befriended Fang Yizhi, after which the poets from Yun
Jian and those from Long Mian started writing poems back
and forth. The final stage was from 1640 to 1644, when
the name “The Three Men of Yun Jian” came into
existence. The present paper attempts to verify the true
meaning of the title “the Yun Jian School of Poetry.”
Moreover, it will discuss the aforementioned three
stages of the School’s development: the “Ji Club”
period, the “Yun Long Union” period, and “The Three Men
of Yun Jian” period. It is hoped that the materials
presented herein will shed much needed light on this
important school of poetry.
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Memory, History, and Gossip: Re-reading Zhang
Ailing
Zhang Ailing says that the core of her works is to
employ the technique of “contrasting differences” to
“portray the kinds of memories left behind by humanity
through each and every historical epoch.” What is the
nature of these memories? The aim of this paper is to
investigate Zhang’s reflections on memory and history
through a close reading of her texts, so as to
re-examine Zhang’s link with tradition. This paper holds
that Zhang’s works show a vision of history from the
angle of everyday life and also convey both a respect
and a lingering love for tradition. Zhang treasures the
passing-on of experiences, holding that in face of
modernity’s lack of time and ravaged culture, only
“ancient memory” can bring peace and security. To Zhang,
history represents “communal memories.” The memories
preserved through concrete daily practices form
tradition, which Zhang views as the invisible “tissues
of a living past” in everyday life. This paper will show
that Zhang is an individual pondering on the cultural
clashes between the East and the West. What her works
show is, instead of a protest against tradition, a
sadness for not being able to return to it. The
re-reading of Zhang in this paper will start from her
cultural criticisms published in The XXth Century,
considering also her other essays and short stories. The
paper consists of four parts: The first part is an
introduction. The second part “Ancient Memories”
analyzes Zhang’s views on the relationship between
memory and tradition. The third part “Zhang’s Outlook on
History” investigates Zhang’s dialectical reflections on
history and modern civilization. Her concerns with
cultural sediments and the passing-on of past
experiences are highlighted through a parallel reading
of her and Benjamin. The fourth part “Tidy Order”
presents Zhang’s struggle between her admiration for a
tidy order, and her pain for not being able to return to
it.
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Hoyan,Carole Hang-fung
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Dark Shades in the Unfortunate Comedy: Helena's
Project in All's Well That Ends Well
The re-reading of Zhang in this paper will start from
her cultural criticisms published in The XXth Century,
considering also her other essays and short stories.
The paper consists of four parts: The first part is an
introduction. The second part “Ancient Memories”
analyzes Zhang’s views on the relationship between
memory and tradition. The third part “Zhang’s Outlook
on History” investigates Zhang’s dialectical
reflections on history and modern civilization. Her
concerns with cultural sediments and the passing-on of
past experiences are highlighted through a parallel
reading of her and Benjamin. The fourth part “Tidy
Order” presents Zhang’s struggle between her
admiration for a tidy order, and her pain for not
being able to return to it.
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Hsieh, Chun-pai
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The Double-faced Don Juan: A Comparison of Mozart's
Opera and Hoffmann's Novel
The story of “Don Juan” has been interpreted in various
ways since it first appeared in early 17th century
Spain. The present paper addresses the two most
fundamental issues in the history of its interpretation,
through the comparison and analysis of Mozart’s Don
Giovanni and E. T. A. Hoffmann’s “Don Juan.” One is to
look at the eternal conflict between the instinctual
desires of a person and the morals and norms of society,
in which, to keep the human world going, the former is
eventually suppressed by the later. The other emphasizes
the psychological depth of Don Juan, who loses hope in
finding the essence of true love and becomes resentful
and cynical, choosing to use amorous affairs as his
means of retribution. The two issues present humanism’s
introspection about life to which there is no
alternative, and individualism’s inward tendency to
escape reality, respectively.
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Gadamer’s Theory of Meaning from the Perspective of
Language as Medium: With Essentialism and
Anti-Essentialism as a Subordinate Thesis
This essay attempts to show that Gadamer’s well-known
maxim concerning the theory of meaning, “difference
exists within identity,” might be justified by an
analysis of his conception of language: “language as
medium.” However, both essentialism and
anti-essentialism in the theory of meaning presuppose
another conception of language: the independence of
language. This conception makes interpretation
impossible. In this essay, the theoretical difficulties
implied in the concept of language in essentialism and
anti-essentialism are first elucidated. Then Gadamer’s
conception of language as medium is examined and a
justification of his theory of meaning proposed.
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An Index of Chinese Article Titles from the Past 65
Issues
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An Index of Article Titles from the Past 65 Issues
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