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Connamora Dan / Frank Quinn, chant ; avec acc. bjo, vl et p. My Bonnie boy in blue / Frank Quinn, Nan Fitzpatrick, duo voc. ; avec acc. bjo, vl et p
No full text[Traditions. Europe. Irlande]Comprend : Connamora Dan / Frank Quinn, chant ; avec acc. bjo, vl et p ; My Bonnie boy in blue / Frank Quinn, Nan Fitzpatrick, duo voc. ; avec acc. bjo, vl et
Research of traditional Taiwanese primer materials
No full text[[abstract]]Although its roots originated from our ancestors from China, Taiwanese literature have transformed differently from Chinese literature due to the factors of Taiwan’s specific ethnic groups, local customs, geography, and history, both old and new.In traditional Taiwanese literature, basic primer materials have inherited the essence of Chinese, highlighted local characteristics of Taiwan, and also preserved different types through the generations.In addition, these traditional primers not only nurtured numerous Taiwanese traditional scholars, but also were the basic materials to develop literature, personality, and taste of traditional scholars. Most of the authors of these materials also had the identity of scholars.Therefore, traditional Taiwanese primer materials should be classified under Taiwanese classical literature.However, because of the lack of available documents and the attention from the academic, the number of research papers about traditional Taiwanese primer materials is not high. The research about this issue is still in its infancy.
This essay categorizes and expounds traditional Taiwanese primer materials collected by the author into six types: San Zi Jing (Three-word Chant), Chien Zi Wen (One-thousand-character Primer), rhyming couplets, poetry, letter, and miscellaneous words.These different types of primer materials are introduced in time sequence. The earliest ones were written in Ching Dynasty, while the latest ones were published at the end of the 20th century.Through the three dynasties of a century, different thoughts and characteristics reflected from different generations within the same type of materials can be observed vertically. In the meantime, these different types of materials would be compared horizontally in order to clarify the writing motivation and explanations. The author’s experience of field investigation and data collection would also be used to give proof of the traditional scholars’ memories of primer materials. Moreover, with the manuscripts of private schools, such as Ying Chu Hsueh Chuan Chi (The Book of How a Young Oriole Learn to Twitter) and Lien Hsi Tui Tieh (The Practice of Couplet), the process of how to cultivate a scholar in private schools in early Taiwan is trying to be restored. Through interviewing old books merchants and collecting data and only copies in many ways, the development of these traditional materials can be researched via various versions.
After the inspecting, analyzing, and comparing of these materials, this essay suggests that the traditional Taiwanese primer materials have the beauty of both traditional literary and folk literary. They also have some temporal characteristics, which are: witnessing the educational policies from different periods, the perceptions of nation and race, and the evolution of things. These materials have not only preserved the pronunciation and corpus of Taiwanese language, but also kept the life of Taiwanese language going because of the practical usage through ages. At the end of this essay, the potential directions and ways to research on traditional Taiwanese primer materials are provided. Hope that the efforts of sages would not be lost in time but shine their bright light in modern ages.
The politics of fashion: perceptions of power in female clothing and ornamentation as reflected in the sixteenth-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei
No full textThis thesis examines issues of female power and influence in sixteenth-century China focusing on how women and their roles were perceived in the changing social environment of the mid-late Ming dynasty. Using aspects of a New Historicist approach, information from contemporary literary and historical sources are analysed alongside each other. With its emphasis on the lives of women and preoccupation with the description of material objects, the late Ming novel Jin Ping Mei forms an important element in the thesis. China in the sixteenth century saw expanding urbanisation, the emergence of a new wealthy merchant class, increasing visibility of women and a questioning of traditional morality. Fashion consciousness, as one of the most conspicuous aspects of the new material culture, is a possible indicator of these trends. Traditional Western theories contend that fashion began in the particular context of Renaissance Europe. However, this study argues that a similar fashion awareness existed in China too, and was manifested in a competitive striving for social status, in this case specifically among women. In contrast to previous studies which downplayed the impact women had on defining traditional Chinese culture, this thesis demonstrates how women and their sartorial choices began to redefine the boundaries of material culture, influencing literati discourse which, in turn, re- influenced female behaviour
