Volume 9
Published on November 2024In the era of rapid development of new media, the cultural industry is flourishing as a whole. Soft article writing, as a category of creative text production, is characterized by its emphasis on creativity. The field of creative writing, which has already seen some development in China, may provide a means to enhance the creativity of soft article writing. This paper analyzes the feasibility of using creative writing to improve soft article writing and proposes practical suggestions accordingly, from clarifying teaching objectives to designing course content. Using creativity as a guiding thread, the goal is to build a bridge between creative writing and soft article writing.
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In The Brothers Karamazov, Lise is a female supporting character whose narrative presence is relatively limited. However, as Alyosha’s “lover”, Dostoevsky invests a great deal of emotion in this young woman, intentionally creating a character who is lovable. Yet, Lise’s character reflects a disciplinary influence of patriarchal discourse. Although her image presents an outward sense of rebellion and independence, she is further trapped in the mold of traditional discipline, embodying characteristics of “the Other”. Her attempts to break through the traditional female image and patriarchal order are not significant.
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Lexical ambiguity is an essential problem in practical and applied language processing, but a few relatively information is available about what causes and effect the problem of lexical ambiguity. After many linguistic and professional researched lexical relations for a long time, people found that homonymy and polysemy are two well-known semantic problems. This paper mainly discusses the homonymy and polysemy from the definition, cause of formation, the principles of distinction and semantic ambiguity. At the same time, some methods of distinguishing homonymous and polysemous words are offered in one part of thesis. It is valuable reference for English learning, English teaching and cross-cultural communication.
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In 1905 and 1907 Pablo Picasso worked on two large canvases for which multiple preparatory studies exist. These paintings marked quite different stages in the Spaniard's career. If the first one symbolized his final acceptance into the French modernist establishment, which is usually known as his Rose Period; the second was meant to be a radical break from those conventions, and a determined push to distance himself from established practices. More specifically, what took place between the two canvases was a transition from a fusion of realism and metaphor/allegory to a neo-primitive (and modern) perspective leading to quasi-abstraction. Not surprisingly, the first painting was auction for a record-breaking price in March of 1914, despite the growing political tensions between the great powers, particularly France and Germany, caused by colonial competition and old territorial grievances. Conversely, the second painting sold for much less in 1923, even though France was experiencing a period of rapid economic growth and social change: the so-called "Roaring 20s."
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In a time where the role of the image within academic and cultural contexts is undergoing a paradigm shift, especially since the notion of the pictorial turn proposed by the American art historian W J T Mitchell, the following paper will argue that the image is not only a passive representation, but has also become an active force in the construction of social realities, public opinion and the formation of subjectivity. The theory of image agency by Mitchell will be discussed in order to explain how images in political propaganda, social movements and advertising are used to either reaffirm or challenge hegemonic decisions. Examples such as the poster ‘Rosie the Riveter’ and the advertisement ‘If You’re Not Fast, You’re Food’ by Timberland will be used to illustrate the persuasive power of the image in modern communication. The proliferation of digital platforms such as Instagram or TikTok, which support a predominantly visual mode of communication, will be discussed in order to demonstrate how images come with an expanded force of impact. In this manner, the conclusion will underline that image studies and visual rhetoric are of utmost importance to an understanding of the contemporary information dissemination.
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This study investigates the use of sentence connectors in British students' timed and untimed writings, utilizing data from the British component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-GB). By comparing the frequency and patterns of 54 selected connectors between these two writing conditions, the research reveals that students tend to overuse certain basic connectors like and and or, particularly in timed examinations. The analysis also highlights the impact of time pressure on linguistic choices, showing a preference for simpler connectors in timed settings. The findings contribute to understanding native English speakers' connector usage and suggest implications for academic writing and teaching strategies.
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The recent ability of machines to generate text and images that are fluent, coherent, and culturally nuanced is already causing major upheavals in the translation sector. Machine translation tools have exploded in number, sophistication, and quality, and the profession of human translator needs to adapt to work within this new environment – and avoid being replaced by it. This paper examines the major changes that have taken place, and which could take place in the near future, and suggests ways of revising translator-training curricula to adapt to these challenges. This is essential at a time when the profession is undergoing profound changes and when all translators and future translators need to be prepared for new skills in the field of post-editing, machine-reading, machine-cultures and multidisciplinarity. After outlining the challenges that AI is causing to the profession and to the norms and values of the translation sector in its current state, the author suggests that translator training should adapt to the new reality of the profession and not to what it used to be. The profession is undergoing profound changes, and all translators and future translators need to find new skills and knowledge in order to continue to work with AI. The article concludes with recommendations on how to design AI-friendly translation programmes that can train students for the post-AI era.
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As our world becomes more globalised than ever before, multilingual education can play an important role in developing the linguistic and cross-cultural competences of students. This paper examines ways to improve teaching approaches in multilingual classrooms to enhance the acquisition of language and cross-cultural competence. We employed a mixed-methods research design by collecting both quantitative numerical and qualitative verbal data on three different schools, that adopted task-based language teaching (TBLT), culturally responsive teaching and scaffolding as the main approaches. The results of the study highlight how these pedagogical approaches do enhance language proficiency and at the same time enhance cross-cultural competences and therefore they should be widely employed. Students who participated in this project witnessed a clear improvement in their language fluency and confidence as they engaged in task-based activities that included culturally relevant content. The study highlighted the importance of building supportive and inclusive environments which take into account the linguistic diversity but also provide spaces for cross-cultural dialogue. Educators and policymakers are provided with specific recommendations that these approaches can be adopted to improve the outcomes of multilingual education.
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In The Song of Everlasting Sorrow, the poet bestows Yang Guifei with the image of an idealistic and pure lover, thus fulfilling the poet’s ideal of love, patriotism, and the embodiment of the purest and most virtuous beauty.
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The piano sonata Dawn is a significant work from the middle period of the renowned composer Beethoven, composed in 1804. Beethoven’s creation of numerous remarkable musical compositions has been indispensable to the development of modern music art worldwide, and as one of his renowned piano pieces, Dawn holds great value for study in terms of its musical content and performance approach. From the perspective of Beethoven’s compositional journey, Dawn plays a transitional role within his evolving creative thought, embodying both Classical and Romantic musical elements. This study focuses on Dawn, offering an in-depth analysis of the piece’s compositional background, musical content, and performance interpretation. Through this exploration, the study aims to elucidate the artistic techniques employed in the work and reveal the profound emotional and intellectual depth Beethoven embedded within its melodies and tonal color. It is hoped that this research will enrich the foundational theories in China’s modern music arts studies and provide guidance for performance practice in piano music.
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