2023 Vol. 6, No. 2

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Cosmopolitanism and Exile: An Uncertain Affinity
Galin Tihanov
2023, 6(2): 7-25. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236201
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In philosophy, literature, and the arts, the cosmopolitan tends to be defined chiefly with reference to a particular ethos(often individual rather than collective) of openness to what is non-familiar and alien, and on a particular range of values, such as tolerance, hospitality, cultural and intelle...
The Pervasive Kafkaesque
TONG Ming
2023, 6(2): 26-38. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236202
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Why do Kafka's fictionalized allegories and parables carry such an intense and pervasive sense of reality? The author of this article suggests that the Kafkaesque is not as simple as the release of negative emotions, but is a "negative capability" resulting from Kakfa's strong desire for freedom, hi...
The Evolution of the Translated Term “Papa” in Chinese
LIN Zhongze, DAI Guoqing
2023, 6(2): 39-63. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236203
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Since the mid-11th century, the term "papa" has been used consistently by Roman bishops. Matteo Ricci was the first person to use the Chinese word "Jiao Huahuang" 教化皇 to refer to Roman bishops. Giulio Alenio began to use "Jiao Huang" 教皇 and later changed to "Jiao Zong" 教宗, which may be due to a poli...
William Faulkner and the Emergence of Chinese Novels in the New Era
LI Mengyu, ZHANG Yue
2023, 6(2): 64-86. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236204
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Since the Chinese literature of the new era,the American writer William Faulkner has aroused the general attention of writers in the Chinese literary circle and has given rise to "Faulkner fever." According with the acceptance of Faulkner's works by Chinese writers in the new period,his novels The S...
On the Divergence of Imagism and Pound's Contribution to “Image”
ZHANG Tongzhu
2023, 6(2): 87-95. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236205
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Imagism played a key role in the development of modern English and American poetry. Hulme, Flint, Amy Lowell and others prepared for this movement, but there is no doubt that Pound was the most decisive character. As an excellent organizer, Pound built a momentum for the "Imagist school" by taking t...
On the Imagery of Ancient Chinese Poetry in Wai-lim Yip's Comparative Poetics
LIU Yabin
2023, 6(2): 96-107. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236206
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Imagery is an important subject in the study of Chinese traditional poetics and aesthetics. Meanwhile,in the writing practice and poetic theory of modern Western poetry, symbolism, imagism etc. have also been influenced by ancient Chinese poetry, which has made imagery a hot topic in comparative poe...
Adjustments in Ethnic Relations and Literary Writings' “Relevance to Reality”: Reflecting upon Recent Works for Television and Theater Related to Madame She Xiang
SHAO Wenyuan
2023, 6(2): 108-123. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236207
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The essence of the Chen Leguang and Ouyang Qiansen copyright dispute case revolves around the negotiation of public relations concerning ethnic identity and personal dignity. Some people suggest using the principle of "being faithful to history" to judge fairness. However,this principle is highly di...
Sincerity or Duplicity? Shakespeare's Ironic Rewriting of the Sonnet Tradition
XU Zixian
2023, 6(2): 124-136. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236208
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Shakespeare's Sonnets has been generally hailed as a monument to the English sonnet tradition, while the concluding poem A Lover's Complaint, which figures prominently in the collection's formal patterning, has been mostly in disfavour, if not disrepute, with critics of Shakespeare. A closer look at...
Shakespeare's Use and Non-use of Plague: From Macro-context to Micro-narrative
WANG Chutong
2023, 6(2): 137-148. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236209
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This essay will discuss Shakespeare's use and non-use of plague with regard to several aspects. Firstly, I will refer to Pericles and Oedipus the King to discuss differences between a romance and a tragedy, and how these differences may result in writers' different focuses and narratives. In the sec...
“What Is Above The Sky?” Antelmo Severini, Chinese Classics, and His Answer to “Zhuzi Wentian”
Dario Famularo
2023, 6(2): 149-159. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236210
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Antelmo Severini(1828-1909) is widely recognized as the pioneer of Italian academic Sinology. He held the position of professor of Far Eastern languages and literatures at Regio Istituto di Studi Superiori di Firenze from 1864 to 1900, and made significant contributions to the field. His work "Il Di...
The Image of China in the Prague School of Sinology's View
LIU Yun
2023, 6(2): 160-175. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236211
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Czech Oriental studies, as well as Chinese studies, show intrinsic qualities that differ from Said's Orientalism. China basically exists as an object of knowledge, not a space to be conquered. By the time of the development of the Prague School of Sinology, the cultural isomorphism between the Czech...
Roman Jakobson's Interpretation of the Symmetries of the Chinese Tonal Pattern
LI Guohui
2023, 6(2): 176-190. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236212
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Russian linguist Roman Jakobson, in his 1966 "The Modular Design of Chinese Regulated Verse," interpreted the Chinese Tonal Patterns by means of his symmetry theory, and found the arrangements of lines which were not completely understood by Chinese prosodists. These are:symmetry reflexive, antisymm...
Book Reviews
Haun Saussy, The Making of Barbarians: Chinese Literature and Multilingual Asia
FAN Shengyu
2023, 6(2): 193-196. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236213
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Stephen Owen. All Mine!: Happiness, Ownership, and Naming in Eleventh-Century China
CHEN Chi, ZHOU Rui
2023, 6(2): 197-199. doi: 10.19857/j.cnki.ICL.20236214
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