King Lear is considered to be Shakespeare's greatest tragedy.Using analysis of the play and the contemporary politics of Jacobe an time,this paper examines how this play serves its traditional role as a"mirro...King Lear is considered to be Shakespeare's greatest tragedy.Using analysis of the play and the contemporary politics of Jacobe an time,this paper examines how this play serves its traditional role as a"mirror for princess"play and how a broader dimension provided by a Christianized natural law is available for the exploration of possibilities of human experiences.展开更多
Metacognitive strategies are regarded as advanced strategies in all the learning strategies.This study focuses on the application of metacognitive strategies in English listening in the web-based self-access learning ...Metacognitive strategies are regarded as advanced strategies in all the learning strategies.This study focuses on the application of metacognitive strategies in English listening in the web-based self-access learning environment(WSLE) and tries to provide some references for those students and teachers in the vocational colleges.展开更多
With no knowledge of justice, Lear makes a serious mistake in judgment. If one cannot manage the relationship between justice and injustice; particularly, if a ruler always thinks the justice should serve him but forg...With no knowledge of justice, Lear makes a serious mistake in judgment. If one cannot manage the relationship between justice and injustice; particularly, if a ruler always thinks the justice should serve him but forgets he should as well obey the social disciplines; balance justice and injustice, this ruler will destroy his country. Only After a violent journey, Lear recognizes that he has misused justice and he bears responsibility for both his own problems and for those of others who suffers equally. He has learned that no one is above justice. The whole process makes Lear regret and remorse, which at the same time combines his justice and injustice.展开更多
A revolution in Shakespeare studies over the past three decades asks that we take earlier quarto versions of his plays as fully independent texts. In no case can such a change in our outlook yield more illuminating re...A revolution in Shakespeare studies over the past three decades asks that we take earlier quarto versions of his plays as fully independent texts. In no case can such a change in our outlook yield more illuminating results than a serious look at the 1608 Quarto version of Shakespeare＇s King Lear. The 1623 Folio version and the ＂conflated＂ modem editions, which combine the ＂best＂ readings of the Quarto and Folio versions, both anoint his godson Edgar, the Earl of Gloucester, as the new king at the end. However, the 1608 Quarto version elevates, not Edgar, but Lear＇s son-in-law, the Duke of Albany, to the kingship at the end. Shakespeare may be telling the same story in texts that seem strikingly similar, but the difference in the endings shifts the center of gravity in both plays, requiring an interpretation that makes sense out this difference. The title page of the 1608 Quarto version of King Lear describes it as a ＂history＂; yet this ＂same＂ King Lear is listed as a ＂tragedy＂ in the 1623 Folio. The difference between those two words is the key to why Shakespeare＇s two versions could have startlingly different outcomes.展开更多
Tragedy is the art that purifies the mind.Through richly-drawn impressive characters,King Lear illustrates the sameness of human nature and manifest the common outlook on humanity in Chinese and western culture.King L...Tragedy is the art that purifies the mind.Through richly-drawn impressive characters,King Lear illustrates the sameness of human nature and manifest the common outlook on humanity in Chinese and western culture.King Lear should be studied from the perspectives of dialectics of nature and history of social development.Through manifestation of nature and human beings,King Lear proves to be deeply touching for being earthshaking,society-changing and mind-purifying.The artistic value of this tragedy lies in that the truth,the good and the beauty against the fake,the bad and the ugly.All these contributes to its extraordinary standing in aesthetics,philosophy,anthropology,sociology and psychology.展开更多
A Thousand Acres doesn't just retell the story of King Lear but surpasses it in some sense.In this paper, I'd like to make a comparison and contrast between them from backgrounds, plots and themes.
Jingju actor and director Wu Hsing-kuo＇s （吴兴国） Lear Is Here （2001） is a 90-minute solo performance adapted from Shakespeare＇s King Lear and performed injingju style. In this performance, he alternately perfor...Jingju actor and director Wu Hsing-kuo＇s （吴兴国） Lear Is Here （2001） is a 90-minute solo performance adapted from Shakespeare＇s King Lear and performed injingju style. In this performance, he alternately performs 10 male and female characters including himself injingju role types ofsheng （male）, dan （female）,jing （painted face）, mo, and chou （clown） in search 0f dual identities. This paper will investigate Wu＇s performance in Lear Is Here from three directions： First, how Wu subtly combines Shakespearean dramatic tension and psychological complex, his versatilejingju performing styles, and Brechtian alienation effect in developing his unique artistic flair？ What are at stake of such an eclectic performance？ Second, in the rooting and re-routing of both Shakespearean plays andjingju acting style where Wu Hsing-kuo meets King Lear, how Wu articulates the meticulous details of both source culture and target culture while at once extracting them out of context to interweave and re-articulate them into an eclectic intercultural theater？ Third, investigating the cultural exchange, bicroleurs, audience reception, and production mode of the work, the author will try to do away with the ＂authenticity＂ or ＂representativeness＂ of either the East or the West, but explore the possibilities of the hybrid theater in search of alternative aesthetic and emerging performance genre展开更多
As one of Shakespeare＇s four great tragedies, King Lear stands as a classic masterpiece firmly in world literary history. The Lear story goes through many retellings, among which Jane Smiley＇s A Thousand Acres prove...As one of Shakespeare＇s four great tragedies, King Lear stands as a classic masterpiece firmly in world literary history. The Lear story goes through many retellings, among which Jane Smiley＇s A Thousand Acres proves to be a successful one. Though exhibited from different perspectives, the two stories have something in common the ironies arising from father-daughter conflicts. In the way of an intertextual comparison, the paper analyzes the ironies from father-daughter conflicts with an aim of digging out deep meaning from behind in a new angle. It f＇mds out that the ironies shared by the two works help to increase the tragic atmosphere and reveal a lot of truths underneath the lines.展开更多
As one masterpiece by Shakespeare,King Lear has been aroused a hot argument about its miserable ending since it come out to press.This paper will take this controversial ending as the starting point,focus on the seemi...As one masterpiece by Shakespeare,King Lear has been aroused a hot argument about its miserable ending since it come out to press.This paper will take this controversial ending as the starting point,focus on the seemingly unfair ending of Lear and Cordelia’s tragic death and making a thorough textual study on its death theme.By a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the ending,I attempt to reveal the deep-seated significance behind the characters’forlorn death.The death of Lear and Cordelia are not the absence of“poetic justice”,but an elaborate arrangement by Shakespeare.With the death of a series of characters,the playwright expresses his own understanding on human existence.Shakespeare clearly makes his choice and assents the kindness of human nature.展开更多
Through reinterpretating the tragical life of King Lear,it is better to uncover the complicated reasons for his tragedy and then illustrate his spiritually big change from self-conceit to desperation and even his insa...Through reinterpretating the tragical life of King Lear,it is better to uncover the complicated reasons for his tragedy and then illustrate his spiritually big change from self-conceit to desperation and even his insaneness,therefore,presenting a new King Lear full of feelings for readers.Thus,it will be a more comprehensive comprehension of this tragedy,one of four tragedies of Shakespeare.展开更多
This paper analyzes Shakespeare’s different treatment of the male and female antagonists Edmond and Goneril in King Lear from their entrance,actions and ending,aiming at exploring his attitude toward women through th...This paper analyzes Shakespeare’s different treatment of the male and female antagonists Edmond and Goneril in King Lear from their entrance,actions and ending,aiming at exploring his attitude toward women through the comparative studies of these two equally evil characters with different gender.Through the analysis,the author found that Shakespeare’s treatment of women is different from that of men.He is less tolerant and mercy to women than to men,from which a conclusion can be drawn that Shakespeare cannot totally get rid of the traditional conceptions that women is inferior than men even though he is a humanist.展开更多
This thesis attempts to seek the goodness of human nature,which is core of the moral society,analyzing the "Original Sin"——violence,aggression and greed,etc.In Lear,Edward Bond depicts the sinful character...This thesis attempts to seek the goodness of human nature,which is core of the moral society,analyzing the "Original Sin"——violence,aggression and greed,etc.In Lear,Edward Bond depicts the sinful characters,say,Lear,the two daughters and the victims of violence vividly,however,each one of them cannot persist the temptation of the innate sin,resulting in the eventual self-destruction.Despite the sinful behaviors in the daily life or the political world,the goodness of human nature rather than the inborn sinful nature should play an important role to build the peaceful and harmonious society.展开更多
As one of Shakespeare’s most representative works,King Lear has been paid much attention to and studied by scholars at home and abroad from different perspectives since its publication.As for me,I’d like to study on...As one of Shakespeare’s most representative works,King Lear has been paid much attention to and studied by scholars at home and abroad from different perspectives since its publication.As for me,I’d like to study on the imagery of Heath in King Lear from the perspective of Archetypal Criticism to explore and make an analysis of the four multinational-layered and profound symbolic significance.It will be of great benefit to promote our study and understanding of this drama from this specific perspective,thus bringing us much enlightenment and benefits.展开更多
Nowadays,the research of the second language acquisition is very popular and meaningful.As a significant part of it,the study of learning strategies shows its prompting status.This paper is to discuss some basic point...Nowadays,the research of the second language acquisition is very popular and meaningful.As a significant part of it,the study of learning strategies shows its prompting status.This paper is to discuss some basic points of learning strategies and try to give certain guide to language learning.展开更多
文摘King Lear is considered to be Shakespeare's greatest tragedy.Using analysis of the play and the contemporary politics of Jacobe an time,this paper examines how this play serves its traditional role as a"mirror for princess"play and how a broader dimension provided by a Christianized natural law is available for the exploration of possibilities of human experiences.
文摘Metacognitive strategies are regarded as advanced strategies in all the learning strategies.This study focuses on the application of metacognitive strategies in English listening in the web-based self-access learning environment(WSLE) and tries to provide some references for those students and teachers in the vocational colleges.
文摘With no knowledge of justice, Lear makes a serious mistake in judgment. If one cannot manage the relationship between justice and injustice; particularly, if a ruler always thinks the justice should serve him but forgets he should as well obey the social disciplines; balance justice and injustice, this ruler will destroy his country. Only After a violent journey, Lear recognizes that he has misused justice and he bears responsibility for both his own problems and for those of others who suffers equally. He has learned that no one is above justice. The whole process makes Lear regret and remorse, which at the same time combines his justice and injustice.
文摘A revolution in Shakespeare studies over the past three decades asks that we take earlier quarto versions of his plays as fully independent texts. In no case can such a change in our outlook yield more illuminating results than a serious look at the 1608 Quarto version of Shakespeare＇s King Lear. The 1623 Folio version and the ＂conflated＂ modem editions, which combine the ＂best＂ readings of the Quarto and Folio versions, both anoint his godson Edgar, the Earl of Gloucester, as the new king at the end. However, the 1608 Quarto version elevates, not Edgar, but Lear＇s son-in-law, the Duke of Albany, to the kingship at the end. Shakespeare may be telling the same story in texts that seem strikingly similar, but the difference in the endings shifts the center of gravity in both plays, requiring an interpretation that makes sense out this difference. The title page of the 1608 Quarto version of King Lear describes it as a ＂history＂; yet this ＂same＂ King Lear is listed as a ＂tragedy＂ in the 1623 Folio. The difference between those two words is the key to why Shakespeare＇s two versions could have startlingly different outcomes.
文摘Tragedy is the art that purifies the mind.Through richly-drawn impressive characters,King Lear illustrates the sameness of human nature and manifest the common outlook on humanity in Chinese and western culture.King Lear should be studied from the perspectives of dialectics of nature and history of social development.Through manifestation of nature and human beings,King Lear proves to be deeply touching for being earthshaking,society-changing and mind-purifying.The artistic value of this tragedy lies in that the truth,the good and the beauty against the fake,the bad and the ugly.All these contributes to its extraordinary standing in aesthetics,philosophy,anthropology,sociology and psychology.
文摘A Thousand Acres doesn't just retell the story of King Lear but surpasses it in some sense.In this paper, I'd like to make a comparison and contrast between them from backgrounds, plots and themes.
文摘Jingju actor and director Wu Hsing-kuo＇s （吴兴国） Lear Is Here （2001） is a 90-minute solo performance adapted from Shakespeare＇s King Lear and performed injingju style. In this performance, he alternately performs 10 male and female characters including himself injingju role types ofsheng （male）, dan （female）,jing （painted face）, mo, and chou （clown） in search 0f dual identities. This paper will investigate Wu＇s performance in Lear Is Here from three directions： First, how Wu subtly combines Shakespearean dramatic tension and psychological complex, his versatilejingju performing styles, and Brechtian alienation effect in developing his unique artistic flair？ What are at stake of such an eclectic performance？ Second, in the rooting and re-routing of both Shakespearean plays andjingju acting style where Wu Hsing-kuo meets King Lear, how Wu articulates the meticulous details of both source culture and target culture while at once extracting them out of context to interweave and re-articulate them into an eclectic intercultural theater？ Third, investigating the cultural exchange, bicroleurs, audience reception, and production mode of the work, the author will try to do away with the ＂authenticity＂ or ＂representativeness＂ of either the East or the West, but explore the possibilities of the hybrid theater in search of alternative aesthetic and emerging performance genre
文摘As one of Shakespeare＇s four great tragedies, King Lear stands as a classic masterpiece firmly in world literary history. The Lear story goes through many retellings, among which Jane Smiley＇s A Thousand Acres proves to be a successful one. Though exhibited from different perspectives, the two stories have something in common the ironies arising from father-daughter conflicts. In the way of an intertextual comparison, the paper analyzes the ironies from father-daughter conflicts with an aim of digging out deep meaning from behind in a new angle. It f＇mds out that the ironies shared by the two works help to increase the tragic atmosphere and reveal a lot of truths underneath the lines.
文摘As one masterpiece by Shakespeare,King Lear has been aroused a hot argument about its miserable ending since it come out to press.This paper will take this controversial ending as the starting point,focus on the seemingly unfair ending of Lear and Cordelia’s tragic death and making a thorough textual study on its death theme.By a systematic and comprehensive analysis of the ending,I attempt to reveal the deep-seated significance behind the characters’forlorn death.The death of Lear and Cordelia are not the absence of“poetic justice”,but an elaborate arrangement by Shakespeare.With the death of a series of characters,the playwright expresses his own understanding on human existence.Shakespeare clearly makes his choice and assents the kindness of human nature.
文摘Through reinterpretating the tragical life of King Lear,it is better to uncover the complicated reasons for his tragedy and then illustrate his spiritually big change from self-conceit to desperation and even his insaneness,therefore,presenting a new King Lear full of feelings for readers.Thus,it will be a more comprehensive comprehension of this tragedy,one of four tragedies of Shakespeare.
文摘This paper analyzes Shakespeare’s different treatment of the male and female antagonists Edmond and Goneril in King Lear from their entrance,actions and ending,aiming at exploring his attitude toward women through the comparative studies of these two equally evil characters with different gender.Through the analysis,the author found that Shakespeare’s treatment of women is different from that of men.He is less tolerant and mercy to women than to men,from which a conclusion can be drawn that Shakespeare cannot totally get rid of the traditional conceptions that women is inferior than men even though he is a humanist.
文摘This thesis attempts to seek the goodness of human nature,which is core of the moral society,analyzing the "Original Sin"——violence,aggression and greed,etc.In Lear,Edward Bond depicts the sinful characters,say,Lear,the two daughters and the victims of violence vividly,however,each one of them cannot persist the temptation of the innate sin,resulting in the eventual self-destruction.Despite the sinful behaviors in the daily life or the political world,the goodness of human nature rather than the inborn sinful nature should play an important role to build the peaceful and harmonious society.
文摘As one of Shakespeare’s most representative works,King Lear has been paid much attention to and studied by scholars at home and abroad from different perspectives since its publication.As for me,I’d like to study on the imagery of Heath in King Lear from the perspective of Archetypal Criticism to explore and make an analysis of the four multinational-layered and profound symbolic significance.It will be of great benefit to promote our study and understanding of this drama from this specific perspective,thus bringing us much enlightenment and benefits.
文摘Nowadays,the research of the second language acquisition is very popular and meaningful.As a significant part of it,the study of learning strategies shows its prompting status.This paper is to discuss some basic points of learning strategies and try to give certain guide to language learning.
