"Three Unities",derived from Aristotle’s unity of action,were developed to be the golden rule of drama or play creation by the classicism in the seventeenth century."Three Unities",to some extent,..."Three Unities",derived from Aristotle’s unity of action,were developed to be the golden rule of drama or play creation by the classicism in the seventeenth century."Three Unities",to some extent,provides the dramatic writing with certain law and criterion.However,the absolute standardization fetters the progress of artistic creation.Samuel Johnson,publishes the Preface to Shakespeare to propose the breakthrough of the shackles of"Three Unities"by the study of Shakespeare’s plays.This creative proposal accelerates the progress of the development of dramatic writing,thus,more excellent works writing in a more free way with a large scale appears in succession.展开更多
Mark Twain’s later fiction The Diaries of Adam and Eve takes on an ironic and humorous way to tell an oldest love story of the first couple of human beings that distinguishes it from his novels in his earlier years.M...Mark Twain’s later fiction The Diaries of Adam and Eve takes on an ironic and humorous way to tell an oldest love story of the first couple of human beings that distinguishes it from his novels in his earlier years.Mark Twain writes this fiction in the voices of Adam and Eve with the new form of a diary as a fiction.Eve,the main character in this fiction,is always regarded as the new woman image,nonetheless,she is still fettered by the social tradition.This paper tries to adopt feminism to analyze the dualis?tic nature of Eve's character.展开更多
John Milton's "On His Blindness" is one of his renowned sonnets,which takes on the unique characteristics in terms of style and theme."On His Blindness" was always regarded as the one that refl...John Milton's "On His Blindness" is one of his renowned sonnets,which takes on the unique characteristics in terms of style and theme."On His Blindness" was always regarded as the one that reflected Milton's life and illustrated the heavy influence of Puritanism,in which Milton presented his calm attitude toward the blindness and deep reverence for God.However,if it is read between lines,more ideas about Milton's confusion and latent complaint will be felt.This paper will adopt the idea of close reading of New Criticism to analyze what has been missed and misread through years in John Milton's "On His Blindness".展开更多
文摘"Three Unities",derived from Aristotle’s unity of action,were developed to be the golden rule of drama or play creation by the classicism in the seventeenth century."Three Unities",to some extent,provides the dramatic writing with certain law and criterion.However,the absolute standardization fetters the progress of artistic creation.Samuel Johnson,publishes the Preface to Shakespeare to propose the breakthrough of the shackles of"Three Unities"by the study of Shakespeare’s plays.This creative proposal accelerates the progress of the development of dramatic writing,thus,more excellent works writing in a more free way with a large scale appears in succession.
文摘Mark Twain’s later fiction The Diaries of Adam and Eve takes on an ironic and humorous way to tell an oldest love story of the first couple of human beings that distinguishes it from his novels in his earlier years.Mark Twain writes this fiction in the voices of Adam and Eve with the new form of a diary as a fiction.Eve,the main character in this fiction,is always regarded as the new woman image,nonetheless,she is still fettered by the social tradition.This paper tries to adopt feminism to analyze the dualis?tic nature of Eve's character.
文摘John Milton's "On His Blindness" is one of his renowned sonnets,which takes on the unique characteristics in terms of style and theme."On His Blindness" was always regarded as the one that reflected Milton's life and illustrated the heavy influence of Puritanism,in which Milton presented his calm attitude toward the blindness and deep reverence for God.However,if it is read between lines,more ideas about Milton's confusion and latent complaint will be felt.This paper will adopt the idea of close reading of New Criticism to analyze what has been missed and misread through years in John Milton's "On His Blindness".
