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Tian Han’s Adaptations of “Salome” and “The Legend of the White Snake”: Pioneering Feminist Works Bridging East and West
Tian Han (1898-1968), who studied in Japan in the early 20th century, came into contact with various trends of thought such as socialism, capitalism, anarchism and European avant-garde in Tokyo, a prosperous metropolis. Tian Han and “Salome” became attached to each other. In 1921, Tian Han translated the masterpiece “Salome” by Oscar Wilde, the master of aestheticism. This translation is “always recognized as the best and the most widely spread”, because it completely retains the style of Oscar Wilde’s original work, faithfully The writing skills and language features of Oscar Wilde’s aestheticism in the original script are kept to the end, without any deletion or modification because of the sensual…
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Analyzing the Complex Colors of Controversy in Nabokov’s Lolita
01 Nabokov invested a lot of “big material” The novel “Lolita” is written in the first person, and it is a confession written in prison by Humbert Humbert, a middle-aged man who immigrated to the United States from Europe. His unforgettable love for his female companion Annabelle in his youth made him obsessed with girls. Girls aged 9-14 are all “fairies”, “goblins” and “nymphets” in his eyes. The personable and economical Humbert came to Ramsdale, a small town in New England, USA, and rented at the home of Mrs. Charlotte Haze. He fell in love with the landlord’s 12-year-old daughter Lolita immediately. . The landlady quickly fell in love with…
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From ‘Wild Tales’ to ‘Son of the Wicked World’: Director Damián Szifron’s Twisted Journey
If you often watch the “two-minute movie talk” short video on the short video platform, you have probably seen such a wonderful story: “All the passengers on a plane know the same person, what will happen? Xiaomei and Uncle Xie Ding were chatting about her ex-boyfriend Da Zhuang, but the woman in the front row turned around and said that she was Da Zhuang’s elementary school teacher. When she turned around, a man with a beard said, “I am Erhei, Do you remember me? The teacher thought for a while and said, isn’t Da Zhuang your classmate? As soon as the words fell to the ground, someone said, this is…
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‘Barbie’ Film Awakens China’s ‘Pink Shame’, Reviving Feminist Icon
For the first time, you don’t need to look at the ticket stubs, and you don’t have to ask questions. You can identify the movie that will be shown here by just looking at the proportion of female audience waiting at the entrance of the theater and the shades of pink outfits. When people dig out a pink dress with a sense of ritual and go to a movie like a party, it has already won. ”Barbie” may be one of the most-discussed movies of the summer, even though it’s not doing as well in mainland China as it did stateside. “Barbie,” released on July 21, grossed $155 million domestically…
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Milan Kundera – The Novelist Who Transcended Politics Through Laughter
Milan Kundera has readers of all levels. He is a writer of both tastes and tastes, and he straddles the Eastern and Western camps at the same time, fusing themes of philosophy, politics and the art of fiction. As a thinker who asks the secret of individual existence in specific social political and historical situations; as an artist who has made unique contributions to the essence and form of the novel; as a best-selling author who is well versed in popular culture, his audience is naturally very wide. His novels always describe the fate of characters in political movements, their public social and political life and private sexual life. His…
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The Hidden Price Behind Wealth and Success
Author Robert Kiyosaki said: Most people want to become rich, but only 1% of people can become rich. why? Before solving this doubt, he first described the birth process of pearls. A grain of sand is inadvertently swallowed by a pearl oyster, then wrapped in its secretions, and eventually accumulates to form a pearl. From an ordinary grain of sand to a bright pearl, it has endured dark years and experienced extraordinary pain. The same is true of the birth process of the rich. Only when a person has experienced the pain of being reborn can he become a rich man. This world is fair, if you want to gain…
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The Secret to Success Lies in Your Off-Work Hours
Einstein once said: “The difference between people lies in their spare time, spare time produces talents, as well as lazy people, drunkards, card fans, and gamblers. This not only makes the difference in work performance, but also distinguishes the high and low life realms. ” To do the math for everyone, there are 168 hours in 7 days a week. After you work 8 hours a day and sleep 8 hours a day, you have 56 hours left in a week. Some people use this time to study, exercise, and improve themselves; others use it to eat, drink, and have fun, squandering and disposing of it at will. One day…
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Chasing Sunset
Every day at 4:30 in the afternoon, I wait for someone in the studio on the 20th floor of the Sunshine Building. His name is Shen Xiaoliang. At this point in time, the day’s work is coming to an end, and the night is about to roll out, which is the most suitable time to wait. While I waited for his arrival, I would sit in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows of my studio, looking down. Looking at the ground from the high-rise building, you can clearly see the color of their clothes, recognize their body movements, and hear the noise of cars and horses. It seems that even their…
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The Sheep of Aden: A Sci-Fi Romance About Loneliness and Connection
If you want to write a blurb for Sugar Bandit’s short story “The Sheep of Aden”, I think it should be like this: When Wanma Caidan meets the little prince. “The Sheep of Aden” does have a simple, direct, and accurate style of writing, and it is also steeped in the style of “The Little Prince”-style alien (planet) planets and fables, but the new work of this young writer who has won many science fiction awards is ultimately Beyond this simplistic induction: it looks at the human condition from the perspective of others, with the ambition of creation and the scientific theory internalized in the plot, explores the subtleties of…
