简介:Sinceancienttimes,asoneofthesymbolsofuglyanddirty,prostitutesareinvariablylivingintheblackmarginsofsociety.Facingprostitutes’miseries,peoplealwayscannotunderstandtheiremotions,mentalitiesanddesires,ortreatsthemasequals,particularlyaswomen.ProstitutesareaspecialgroupintheoppressedwomeninWesternsocieties.MargaretandNanaaretwotypicalimagesoftheminthehistoryofwesternliterature.Withtearsandlives,theydeducetheirmiserablelifestoriessimilarly.
简介:Withthesocialdevelopmentandprogress,Englishlanguage,likeeverythingelse,hasbeenchangingandhasdevelopedintoavarietyofforms.Theconceptof"StandardEnglish"arisesandhasarousedwideinterestintheresearchofthislinguisticsfield.JohnHoney’sSomeEnemiesofStandardEnglishhastriggeredalotofargumentsonthetopic.Questionshavebeenraisedinavarietyofaspectsinthiscriticalanalysis.
简介:GoneWiththeWindisahistoricalfictionnovelwithvividdescriptionsoftheOldSouth,theCivilWarandtheReconstruction.Thisisanincrediblywellwrittenbookaboutthedeathofoldcivilizationandthestrugglestosurviveinthenewera.Itisultimatelythestoryofoneperson,ScarletO’Hara.Scarletiskeepingonchangingduringthethreeperiodsofthenovel—hergirlhood,theperiodoftheCivilWarandtheReconstruction.ThroughtheanalysisoftheformationandchangingofScarlet’scharacters,thispaperwillmakeafurtherelaborationontheDarwinianconceptof"survivalofthefittest"andfeminism.
简介:GarySnyderisafamousAmericanpoetinthe1960s.HisworksoftenreflectZenthought,whichhighlyinfluencedtheBeatGenerationofthattime,andeventhewholewesternsociety.ThisarticleattemptstodiscusssomeofthepossibleaspectsinwhichSnyder’sZendivertsfromChineseZenthought.Tofindouttheanswer,fourofSnyder’spoetrycollectionsweremainlyconsulted,aswellasinformationabouttheenvironmentthathe’dbeenlivingin.Thediscrepancythisarticlewillshowcaseisthree-folded:first,whatSnyderpursuedmightbe"squareZen",whichisdifferentfromChineseZen;second,hispoemsintegratedsomeideasfromIndianfolklores,thuscontradictingthatofZen;third,givingconsiderationtohiswesternbackgroundandspecifichistoricalenvironment,hemightmisinterpretChineseZenthoughtunconsciouslyorintentionally.ThisisanareawhichsofarnocurrentstudiesaboutSnyderhaveprobedinto,sotheresultsarejusttentativeandexploratory.