查看更多>>摘要：The ancient Greek rhetorician Longinus' On the Sublime, an important literary and artistic theory, shows the sources of sublimity, which plays a great role in the western classic literary criticism. Based on his critical theory, it can be concluded that Nathaniel Hawthorne' s masterpiece The Scarlet Letter embodies Longinus' five principal sources of elevation: one is the author's elevated ideas and passion permeating in the novel; the other is his artistic skills that well convey his profound theme. "Sublimity is the echo of a great soul" and "our soul is uplifted by the true sublime". The Scarlet Letter is a great work that purifies people's soul and nurtures noble humanity.
查看更多>>摘要：Female subjectivity is a major concern for female writers. Discourse and culture are two important ways for the forming and shaping of human as subjects. In Play It as It Lays, Maria is totally formulated by the society and is deprived of discourse power, which hinders her in constructing her subjectivity.
查看更多>>摘要：Against the backdrop that communication across cultures plays a paramount role in contemporary international environment, study on literary works about cross-cultural communication has been attached great importance. This report, resorting to two of Geert Hofstede' s value dimensions, intends to analyze the book—Looking at America, Memoirs of a Chinese Girl. Not only the influences of cultures on differences and similarities of the various situations that the protagonist has experienced will be analyzed in this report, but also detailed analyses about how Hofstede' s value dimensions work in this book will be presented.
查看更多>>摘要：Forrest Gump, the main character of the Forrest Gump, was born with disasters. He, whose IQ is low, is simple, faithful and doing a lot of normal but unexpected matters in the battlefield and market, which has made remarkable achievement. Jenny, Forrest Gump's childhood sweetheart, affected by bad family and social background, suffered a lot of in her childhood. She is beautiful, but she is also treacherous. The difference between them relfects that only those who were born in the traditional family will live a meaningful life. This applied the theory of American Traditional Family Values to analyze the differences between Forrest and Jenny, and draws a conclusion that American traditional family values should not be abandoned as time goes by. Instead, it should be more stressed than before.
查看更多>>摘要：Maugham's Of Human Bondage devotes to the quest of Philip for the freedom from the bondage of physical deformity, emotional bewilderment and spiritual disillusion. Struggling in vain, Philip is a swan trapped in his inner world and human nature.
查看更多>>摘要：Machiavellianism is the employment of cunning and duplicity in statecraft or in general conduct. The view of non-moral politics was ascribed to Machiavelli. Fear and various schemes can be used to achieve the purpose of reigning and controlling . But now there are many articles criticizing this theory. They claim that it's not moral. Previous studies clearly show that Machiavellian thinking and behavior are characterized by some kind of cold attitude; a tendency to be detached from the emotional features of a particular situation.And depending on it, one can't go a long way. These articles can be challenged. In some areas of your life, you can take advantage of this theory to get the top. In our daily life, machiavellianism also can be used for reference. This thesis will help you to see the essence of Machiavellianism. Taking good advantage of this theory, you can reach your goals.
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