Both the two short novels The Short Happy Life of Francis Macombev by Hemingway and Barn Burning by Faulkner are well-known.Macomber and Sartoris are protagonists in these two novels respectively.Both of them were bet...Both the two short novels The Short Happy Life of Francis Macombev by Hemingway and Barn Burning by Faulkner are well-known.Macomber and Sartoris are protagonists in these two novels respectively.Both of them were betrayers to some one and to themselves;both of them had the important transformation in their life and grew mature.This article is making a comparison between these two novels from the perspective of rite of passage to explore their common theme:To Be is much more important than Not To Be,a life with self-determination and self-respect is much more significant than a life without self-judgment and dominated.展开更多
In recent days,with more and more frequent exchanges and communications between China and western countries,their different culture,including different rites is involved in each other.Some people think that western th...In recent days,with more and more frequent exchanges and communications between China and western countries,their different culture,including different rites is involved in each other.Some people think that western things are definitely much better than Chinese things,so they imitate them from every aspect.It is not good for them to do so because some western things fit for westerners more than for Chinese people.This paper endeavors to illustrate that Chinese people should properly absorb western culture through briefly introducing food and cloth culture in China and Western countries.展开更多
In this new century,China is being engaged in many affairs with western countries.In order to make our country become more and more developed,Chinese people have been learning from western countries,including their cu...In this new century,China is being engaged in many affairs with western countries.In order to make our country become more and more developed,Chinese people have been learning from western countries,including their culture,their economy,their education,their life style,and so on.Rite is one of these important aspects.Because of different culture,there are a lot of difference between western rites and Chinese rites.This paper is written to illustrate it from one aspect: communication language rite.Literature review: Many scholars have written many books and articles to discuss it.They had a brief review about the importance of western rites and Chinese rites,and they did some comparison.Through these comparisons,they suggest that people should absorb advantages of Chinese rites and western rites and abandon their disadvantages.展开更多
Set in the nineteenth century England, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens describes the protagonist Pip's life experience and psychological change from childhood to adulthood, and reflects the true meaning of l...Set in the nineteenth century England, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens describes the protagonist Pip's life experience and psychological change from childhood to adulthood, and reflects the true meaning of life in Victorian Age and Pip's moral and spiritual reflections after his disillusionment of great expectations. The"flurrying"of great expectations opens the door of initiation for Pip. In the light of the initiation theory, this thesis analyzes three stages the protagonist Pip undergoes changing from an innocent child to a mature adult.展开更多
文摘Both the two short novels The Short Happy Life of Francis Macombev by Hemingway and Barn Burning by Faulkner are well-known.Macomber and Sartoris are protagonists in these two novels respectively.Both of them were betrayers to some one and to themselves;both of them had the important transformation in their life and grew mature.This article is making a comparison between these two novels from the perspective of rite of passage to explore their common theme:To Be is much more important than Not To Be,a life with self-determination and self-respect is much more significant than a life without self-judgment and dominated.
文摘In recent days,with more and more frequent exchanges and communications between China and western countries,their different culture,including different rites is involved in each other.Some people think that western things are definitely much better than Chinese things,so they imitate them from every aspect.It is not good for them to do so because some western things fit for westerners more than for Chinese people.This paper endeavors to illustrate that Chinese people should properly absorb western culture through briefly introducing food and cloth culture in China and Western countries.
文摘In this new century,China is being engaged in many affairs with western countries.In order to make our country become more and more developed,Chinese people have been learning from western countries,including their culture,their economy,their education,their life style,and so on.Rite is one of these important aspects.Because of different culture,there are a lot of difference between western rites and Chinese rites.This paper is written to illustrate it from one aspect: communication language rite.Literature review: Many scholars have written many books and articles to discuss it.They had a brief review about the importance of western rites and Chinese rites,and they did some comparison.Through these comparisons,they suggest that people should absorb advantages of Chinese rites and western rites and abandon their disadvantages.
文摘Set in the nineteenth century England, Great Expectations by Charles Dickens describes the protagonist Pip's life experience and psychological change from childhood to adulthood, and reflects the true meaning of life in Victorian Age and Pip's moral and spiritual reflections after his disillusionment of great expectations. The"flurrying"of great expectations opens the door of initiation for Pip. In the light of the initiation theory, this thesis analyzes three stages the protagonist Pip undergoes changing from an innocent child to a mature adult.
