David Henry Hwang,the first and the only Asian American playwright ever to win Tony Award for Best Play,is best known for M.Butterfly.In his plays,David Henry Hwang shows concern on race,gender politics and identity.Y...David Henry Hwang,the first and the only Asian American playwright ever to win Tony Award for Best Play,is best known for M.Butterfly.In his plays,David Henry Hwang shows concern on race,gender politics and identity.Yellow Face,the latest play of Hwang,is a mockumentary drama which deals with cultural identity of Asian-Americans,and few researches and studies has been done on this play in China so far.This essay attempts to analyze the racial representations manifested in this play in order to explore its theme of the fluidity of cultural identity.展开更多
The movie The Guasha Treatment tells a story about the cultural conflict an immigrant family encounters in America caused by Guasha,a traditional Chinese medical treatment.The essay studies the movie from the perspect...The movie The Guasha Treatment tells a story about the cultural conflict an immigrant family encounters in America caused by Guasha,a traditional Chinese medical treatment.The essay studies the movie from the perspective of cultural identity,elaborates the cultural conflicts,and suggests that different cultural identities can be coordinated in efforts of people of different cultures.展开更多
Based on the literature view of some published articles that report on the impact of cultural identity on English learning for Chinese EFL learners, this paper examines the relationship between cultural identity and l...Based on the literature view of some published articles that report on the impact of cultural identity on English learning for Chinese EFL learners, this paper examines the relationship between cultural identity and language learning. Through the review of earlier researchers, this study points out cultural identity not only influences L1 language learning but also L2 language learning.Although many studies showed that the home cultural identity of the EFL or ESL learners has a negative impact on their English learning, there are also researchers stressing its positive impact on those learners. Finally, the paper makes two instructional suggestions to improve Chinese English competence of EFL learners.展开更多
With the increasing significance and influence of English education in China, English culture's one-way input and the lack of native culture study give rise to college students' cultural identity anxiety to so...With the increasing significance and influence of English education in China, English culture's one-way input and the lack of native culture study give rise to college students' cultural identity anxiety to some extent. The paper firstly elaborates the impact of English learning on college students' cultural identity change; analyzes present situation of Chinese culture education in college English education; finally proposes five strategies for integrating Chinese culture elements into college English education.展开更多
In Midnight's Children,frequently seen are the words like"hole","segment","crack",and the damage and loss of bodily function such as amnesia,which is called a"phenomenon of fragm...In Midnight's Children,frequently seen are the words like"hole","segment","crack",and the damage and loss of bodily function such as amnesia,which is called a"phenomenon of fragmentation"in this paper.In terms of the phenomenon,the characters of three generations in Midnight's Children are analyzed.It is found that colonial culture exerts a long-lasting impact on its colonized people,under whose influence generations of colonized people find it hard to negotiate their dual cultural identities.This happened to India.Postcolonial Indians had fragmented identities.Furthermore,the phenomenon also reflects that India was a fragmented nation,whose nationals desired peace,unity,and prosperity.展开更多
With the continuous development of society and city,the urban village has been born with time.The book Naked City:The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places by Sharon Zukin is a reflection on the"authenticity&q...With the continuous development of society and city,the urban village has been born with time.The book Naked City:The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places by Sharon Zukin is a reflection on the"authenticity"of urban village under the background of big city’s development.Through the study of this book,other four books and the field investigation of Nantou Ancient City and Baishizhou which are typical"urban village"in Shenzhen,we can understand the authenticity,and further explore how to construct the authentic places and how to find their own way of authenticity in the development of The Times.展开更多
The enlightened person of The May Fourth Movement are not properly regarded Chinese culture and Western culture as the source of China’s backwardness from the angle of post-colonial theory.This thesis will analyse th...The enlightened person of The May Fourth Movement are not properly regarded Chinese culture and Western culture as the source of China’s backwardness from the angle of post-colonial theory.This thesis will analyse the cause and effect of post-colonial translation theory.Through full and accurate material analysis,this finding will give implication to the future translation of Chinese classics.展开更多
文摘David Henry Hwang,the first and the only Asian American playwright ever to win Tony Award for Best Play,is best known for M.Butterfly.In his plays,David Henry Hwang shows concern on race,gender politics and identity.Yellow Face,the latest play of Hwang,is a mockumentary drama which deals with cultural identity of Asian-Americans,and few researches and studies has been done on this play in China so far.This essay attempts to analyze the racial representations manifested in this play in order to explore its theme of the fluidity of cultural identity.
文摘The movie The Guasha Treatment tells a story about the cultural conflict an immigrant family encounters in America caused by Guasha,a traditional Chinese medical treatment.The essay studies the movie from the perspective of cultural identity,elaborates the cultural conflicts,and suggests that different cultural identities can be coordinated in efforts of people of different cultures.
文摘Based on the literature view of some published articles that report on the impact of cultural identity on English learning for Chinese EFL learners, this paper examines the relationship between cultural identity and language learning. Through the review of earlier researchers, this study points out cultural identity not only influences L1 language learning but also L2 language learning.Although many studies showed that the home cultural identity of the EFL or ESL learners has a negative impact on their English learning, there are also researchers stressing its positive impact on those learners. Finally, the paper makes two instructional suggestions to improve Chinese English competence of EFL learners.
文摘With the increasing significance and influence of English education in China, English culture's one-way input and the lack of native culture study give rise to college students' cultural identity anxiety to some extent. The paper firstly elaborates the impact of English learning on college students' cultural identity change; analyzes present situation of Chinese culture education in college English education; finally proposes five strategies for integrating Chinese culture elements into college English education.
文摘In Midnight's Children,frequently seen are the words like"hole","segment","crack",and the damage and loss of bodily function such as amnesia,which is called a"phenomenon of fragmentation"in this paper.In terms of the phenomenon,the characters of three generations in Midnight's Children are analyzed.It is found that colonial culture exerts a long-lasting impact on its colonized people,under whose influence generations of colonized people find it hard to negotiate their dual cultural identities.This happened to India.Postcolonial Indians had fragmented identities.Furthermore,the phenomenon also reflects that India was a fragmented nation,whose nationals desired peace,unity,and prosperity.
文摘With the continuous development of society and city,the urban village has been born with time.The book Naked City:The Death and Life of Authentic Urban Places by Sharon Zukin is a reflection on the"authenticity"of urban village under the background of big city’s development.Through the study of this book,other four books and the field investigation of Nantou Ancient City and Baishizhou which are typical"urban village"in Shenzhen,we can understand the authenticity,and further explore how to construct the authentic places and how to find their own way of authenticity in the development of The Times.
文摘The enlightened person of The May Fourth Movement are not properly regarded Chinese culture and Western culture as the source of China’s backwardness from the angle of post-colonial theory.This thesis will analyse the cause and effect of post-colonial translation theory.Through full and accurate material analysis,this finding will give implication to the future translation of Chinese classics.
