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Who is the Real Author of A Dream of Red Mansions
No full textHu Shi considers that the author of A Dream of Red Mansions is Cao Xueqin of Qing Dynasty. The opinion in this paper is that the author of the novel A Dream of Red Mansions is Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen,of the Great Ming Empire(大明帝国建文帝朱允炆). And “Cao Xueqin”(曹雪芹)in the novel is，in fact, Zhu Yunwen(朱允炆).
Cao Xueqin’’ Acceptance of Taoism’s Nature Philosophy: On the Most Beautiful and the Most Tragic Aesthetic Features of A Dream of Red Mansions
No full textA Dream of Red Mansions is a masterpiece of Chinese ancient novels.It is not baseless. The main reason for this novel was that the author Cao Xueqin absorbed, melted and utilized ancient Chinese Taoism in order to express his own ideal world. A Dream of Red Mansions presented the Taoist perfect “natural world” in the conception of Grand View Garden, so was reflected a binary whole of “the most beautiful” and “the most sad” in the aesthetic style
Autobiographical Elements in the Novel Dream of the Red Chamber: Parallels Between the Decline of the Jia Family and the Life of Cao Xueqin
No full textDiplomska naloga se poglablja v raziskovanje, kako so življenjske izkušnje Cao Xueqina vplivale na njegovo literarno upodobitev propada družine Jia v romanu Sanje v rdeči sobi. Cao Xueqin, ki je bil rojen v nekoč zelo vplivno, a v času njegovega življenja že propadajočo družino Cao, je svoje osebne izkušnje prenesel v svoje delo, kar je v veliki meri zaznamovalo njegovo pisanje. V nalogi natančno preučujem, kako so se avtorjevi osebni stiki z družbenimi, političnimi in ekonomskimi razmerami v obdobju dinastije Qing (1644–1912) odražali v njegovem pisanju, zlasti v prikazu družine Jia, ki se sooča s podobnimi težavami kot njegova lastna družina. Analiza razkriva, da sta usoda družine Cao in fiktivna zgodba družine Jia tesno prepleteni. Notranji konflikti, finančna nesposobnost upravljanja in postopno oddaljevanje od političnega vpliva so ključni elementi, ki so prispevali k propadu obeh družin. Cao Xueqin skozi lik Jia Baoyuja izraža svoje nezadovoljstvo s tradicionalno družbo, njeno moralno propadanje in družbenimi normami, ki so prevladovale v njegovem času. S primerjavo med resničnimi zgodovinskimi dogodki, ki so zaznamovali Caojevo družino, in fiktivno zgodbo, ki jo razgrinja roman, naloga osvetljuje, kako so avtorjeve osebne izkušnje neposredno vplivale na ustvarjanje tega literarnega dela. Sanje v rdeči sobi tako ne predstavljajo le literarnega dosežka, temveč tudi dragocen zgodovinski vir, ki ponuja vpogled v kompleksne družbene in politične razmere v obdobju dinastije Qing. Raziskava v tej nalogi prinaša pomembne vpoglede v način, kako so Cao Xueqinove življenjske izkušnje vplivale na njegov literarni opis, in razkriva, da roman ni le umetniška stvaritev, temveč tudi kritični komentar družbene realnosti njegovega časa. Takšna analiza pomaga bolje razumeti ne le pomen Sanj v rdeči sobi kot enega najpomembnejših del kitajske klasične književnosti, temveč tudi njegovo globoko povezavo s stvarnostjo in zgodovinskim kontekstom, v katerem je nastalo.The thesis delves into the exploration of how Cao Xueqin\u27s life experiences influenced his literary depiction of the Jia family\u27s decline in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber. Cao Xueqin, who was born into a once highly influential but declining Cao family during his lifetime, transferred his personal experiences into his work, which significantly shaped his writing. The thesis closely examines how the author\u27s personal connections with the social, political, and economic conditions during the Qing dynasty are reflected in his writing, particularly in the portrayal of the Jia family, which faces challenges similar to those of his own family. The analysis reveals that the fate of the Cao family and the fictional story of the Jia family are intricately intertwined. Internal conflicts, financial mismanagement, and gradual distancing from political influence are key elements that contributed to the downfall of both families. Through the character of Jia Baoyu, Cao Xueqin expresses his dissatisfaction with the feudal society, its moral decay, and the social norms that prevailed during his time. By comparing the real historical events that marked the Cao family\u27s decline with the fictional story told in the novel, the thesis highlights how the author\u27s personal experiences directly influenced the creation of this literary work. Dream of the Red Chamber thus represents not only a literary achievement but also a valuable historical source that provides insight into the complex social and political conditions of the Qing dynasty. The research in this thesis offers significant insights into how Cao Xueqin\u27s life experiences influenced his literary opus and reveals that the novel is not merely an artistic creation but also a critical commentary on the social reality of his time. Such analysis helps to better understand not only the importance of Dream of the Red Chamber as one of the most significant works of Chinese classical literature but also its deep connection with reality and the historical context in which it was created
A Metaphor Analysis of Love Allusions in A Dream of Red Mansions
No full textThe paper explores two love allusions, ‘the pledge between plant and stone’ and ‘Jin’s marriage’ in the Chinese literary classics A Dream of Red Mansions written by Cao Xueqin and provides new explanations to the theme of the novel. Nearly 20 metaphorical expressions in the novel are selected through Critical Metaphor Analysis with 6 specifically representational examples analyzed in the paper by building integration networks based on Conceptual Integration Theory (CIT). The findings are as follow: 1) the counterculture of ‘plant and stone’ is embodied in the mythological stories at the beginning of the novel. 2) a ‘nested integrational network’, originally proposed by the researchers, links the mythological narrative space and the fictional human world space. 3) the comparison between integration networks of the two love allusions shows anti-feudalism of the author Cao Xueqin. This paper offers an interpretation of the novel from the aspect of cognitive linguistics, which, in turn, could promote the development of CIT within this field
Analysis of Meanings and Functions of Flowers in A Dream of the Red Mansions
No full textDream of Red Chamber is the most outstanding work of human feelings novels. The abundant thoughts and professional artistic skills described in the work is a mirror of the time that reflects the real life story of a huge and noble family and it also presents the real features of various characters. Therefore the work can be considered as the masterpiece of Realism literature. Suffering from poverty, Cao Xueqin describes his good old days and memory in his work and created a great domestic novel with his blood and sweat.
The value of Dream of Red Chamber is the realistic presentation of real life. All of the contents are what the author sees and hears, and he experiences both prosperity and decline in his life. The detailed descriptions include exquisite and abundant descriptions of flowers that show the author\ue2s knowledge of flowers.
This thesis aims to study the meanings and functions of flowers in Dream of Red Chamber to explore a special area for studies of this work. It analyzes how does Cao Xueqin create the environment make the plot goes smoothly and form multiple and three-dimensional aspects of female characters based on three parts: environment, plots and female characters
Confrontation and withdrawal: Initiation in the novels of Mark Twain, Henry James, and Cao Xueqin
No full textThis dissertation examines the journey of the hero away from society as a universal theme of initiation, as is exemplified in literary works that represent polar extremes of culture. Given the generally accepted critical view that a young man\u27s apprenticeship in life through confrontation with the world towards an assimilation of himself into society is the dominant theme of initiation fiction, this study demonstrates that the hero\u27s voyage out, his rejection of society for the sake of integrity, is a significant reversal of, and hence a compelling alternative to, the socially oriented pattern of the Bildungsroman within the context of initiation literature.^ The study observes, on the one hand, distinctions between Chinese and Western cultures as they are reflected in the writers\u27 different perceptions of conflicts between innocence and experience and between the ideal and reality. It investigates, on the other hand, the parallels between the American separatist tendency and the Taoist-Buddhist philosophy of renunciation, in contrast with the social orientation of both European culture and Confucianism. The study shows that the kind of initiation narrative in which the tension between the hero and the world does not evolve towards a compromise often originates from the author\u27s critical response to as well as his equivocal attitude towards the contending forces within the culture.^ The study also argues that while highly responsive to their own cultures, Mark Twain, Henry James, and Cao Xueqin, as truly great artists, penetrate beyond culture to the commonest as well as deepest human experience; they are, therefore, mutually reflective and shed light on one another. Combining the cross-cultural perspective with a formalist approach, this study examines recurrent metaphors, structural patterns, and character types in the works of the three authors as indications of a shared thematic interest. Last but not least, the study discusses the convergence of the Twainian vernacular style and dream vision with the Jamesian social sensibility and psychological realism in the Chinese novelist Cao Xueqin\u27s masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions.
Prediction of Self-Ignition Fire Propagation and Coal Loss in An Inclined Seam
No full textThe thermo-chemical processes of coal spontaneous combustion in a practical inclined outcrop seam were investigated in order to understand underground mineral self-ignition, fire propagation, and reserves loss. A heat and mass transfer model of porous coal-bearing stratum was employed, combining convection and radiation with transient exothermic source which is coupled with coal oxidation, oxygen supply, and fuel consumption. It is found that spontaneous combustion firstly occurs under lean oxygen condition and fire development controlled by the reaction heat release in the early oxidation process shifts to oxygen restriction after coal self-ignition. The stratum porosity affects significantly the fire propagation. Fire propagation rate slightly increases as the inclined angle decreases. Compared with indirect surface survey, the predicted reverses loss is more reasonable; and thus, the present model could provide a useful reference to loss estimation in coal fire hazards.Peer reviewe
Seeing beauty in a face: a framework for poetry translation & its criticism
No full textThe thesis aims to propose a framework for poetry translation and its criticism. It is demonstrated how criticism on poetry translation can discuss the source text and target text in a way that they may well be two pieces of prose and miss a very important point: their aesthetic value as poetry. The thesis goes on to investigate an important issue of poetry translation: what makes �·poetry poetry. For if poetry is to be translated into poetry and criticized as poetry, this will be a highly relevant issue. An investigation into both Chinese and Western traditions shows that the common ground shared is that poetry in a poem is something holistic and coming from those aesthetically effective contextual relations from the poem. Gestalt Theory is introduced as the backbone of the framework to embody how those contextual relations function and a new term for the poetry one reads in a poem is coined, poestalt-combining poem and gestalt. The framework then is applied to investigate three issues and its significance to the criticism of poetry translation: Firstly, how poestalt may emerge mid the condition for this to happen, i.e. aesthetic coherence. Secondly, the significance of the creative involvement of the reader/translators, which is an important element of poetry reading/translation. Thirdly, the nature of the contextual relation and poestalt, which is highly related to the former two.issues. With this framework, the thesis shows that the poestalt emerging from the source text is the relevant object of poetry translation and its comparison with the poestalt emerging from the target text is the object for the criticism of poetry translation
小说《红楼梦》女性主义的分析 Xiaoshuo (Hónglóumèng) nǚxìng zhǔyì de fēnxī
No full textThe title of the research is “An Analysis of Feminism in the Novel Impian di Bilik Merah I by Cao Xueqin” which focuses on the description of the women figures who fight for the feminism. Feminism is an ideology or thought which continuously claims for equality or to equalize the woman’s rights with the man’s. There are many woman figures in the novel which interest the researcher to analyze the content of feminism. To analyze the feminism, Karl Marx’s theory is used. The research method is descriptive methodology. The source of data is the novel itself. Afterthe data are analyzed, it is found out that the theme of the novel is the women’s position in the feudal period. The figures are Lin Daiyu who is sensitive, Xue Baochai who is obedient to the traditional values, Wang Xifeng who is cruel, and Yuanyang who is brave. The plot of the novel is flash back. The content of feminism is found in Wang Xifeng who fights for the realization of feminism, and Yuanyang who rebels for the realization of feminism.Penelitian ini berjudul “Analisis Feminisme Pada Novel Impian di Bilik Merah 1 Karya Cao Xueqin” yang berfokus pada pemaparan tokoh perempuan dalam mewujudkan feminisme. Feminisme merupakan faham atau aliran yang secara kontiniu menuntut persamaan atau menyetarakan hak perempuan dengan laki-laki. Dalam novel ini banyak terdapat tokoh perempuan, maka dari itu penulis memilih untuk mengkaji tentang feminismenya. Teori yang digunakan yaitu teori Karl Marx untuk mengetahui kandungan feminisme di dalamnya. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif. Sumber data diperoleh dari novel itu sendiri. Setelah menganalisis penulis menemukan bahwa temanya adalah kedudukan perempuan pada masa feodal, tokoh/perwatakannya terdiri dari Lin Daiyu yang mudah tersinggung; Xue Baochai yang patuh terhadap nilai-nilai tradisional; Wang Xifeng yang kejam; dan Yuanyang yang berani. Alur cerita dari novel tersebut adalah alur flash back. Kandungan feminisme terdapat pada tokoh Wang Xifeng yang mempertahankan diri untuk mewujudkan feminisme. Yuanyang menggunakan cara memberontak untuk mewujudkan feminisme.111 HalamanSkripsi Sarjan
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