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Author interview: Q and A with Dr Phillipa K. Chong on inside the critics’ circle: book reviewing in uncertain times
No full textIn this author interview, we speak to Dr Phillipa K. Chong about her recent book, Inside the Critics’ Circle: Book Reviewing in Uncertain Times, which takes readers behind the scenes of fiction reviewing, drawing on interviews with critics to explore the complexities of the review-writing process within a broader context of uncertainty
Appropriations of Irish drama by modern Korean nationalist theatre : a focus on the influence of Sean O’Casey in a colonial context
No full textMy thesis explores how a translated author on the periphery of the host culture’s
translated repertoire can be at once subversive and innovative on the colonial scene,
using as an example the case of Sean O’Casey in colonial Korea. It explores the
importation of Irish drama in modern Korean theatre during the colonial period and
examines the appropriations of O’Casey’s plays by a central Korean playwright, Yu
Chi-jin, in creating his own plays. Under Japanese colonial rule in the early twentieth
century, intellectuals perceived the supreme task for the Korean people to be the
recovery of national sovereignty and independence. The modern Korean theatre
movement which rose among Korean intellectuals and dramatists during the colonial
period was to play a major part in this task. The ultimate goal of this movement was
to establish a modern national theatre promoting Korean culture and educating the
people, thereby recovering national independence. As their modernised dramatic
polysystem was still "young", Korean intellectuals and dramatists who were
involved in the theatre movement had to borrow dramatic models from other
countries. One of the models they chose was Irish playwrights, especially those who
were involved in the Irish dramatic movement. They published or staged the works
of W.B. Yeats, Lord Dunsany [Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett], Augusta
Gregory, J.M. Synge, St. J. Ervine, T.C. Murray and Sean O'Casey. Although
O'Casey was considered an important dramatist in the Irish dramatic movement, he
was a playwright on the periphery in the list of translated Irish dramatists in Korea
due to the colonisers’ censorship. However, he remained as a subversive and
innovative playwright on the colonial scene by virtue of being appropriated by Yu
Chi-jin who used O’Casey’s plays as models when creating his own works. In
discussing the subject matter of my thesis, I use Even Zohar’s polysystems theory as
a starting point in looking at ideological issues surrounding translation and extend
the discussion to offer a postcolonial perspective. While most translation in a
colonial context was considered as "an expression of the cultural power of the
colonisers," my thesis shifts the focus to translation as an expression of the cultural
power of the colonised. I explore how the colonised uses another colonised culture to
subvert the colonisers’ power
Ghosts, Spirituality, and Memory in Performance
No full textTheatre director Sean San José is joined in conversation by CIIS faculty and performance maker Erika Chong Shuch about ghosts, spirituality, and memory in performance. This event was part of the Dancing with the So Called Dead Festival, a collaboration with the MFA Program in Theatre-Performance Making and The Arts @ CIIS.https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/publicprograms/1002/thumbnail.jp
Samuk khruang chaksan chao Chong
No full textThe author describes the characteristics of basketwork of Chong people, an ethnic group residing in Chanthaburi, Trat and Rayong, especially in areas adjacent Cambodia. The author comments that Chong's basketwork is unique because it reflects both the knowledge and cultural beliefs of this indigenous group
Wang Chong "Lun heng" xin tan =: Reinvestigation on Lunheng of Wang Chong
No full textM.Phil.Lunheng（論衡） is the only extant work from Wang Chong（王充 27-100）, renowned Eastern Han philosopher, in the contemporary society. In the autobiography Ziji（自紀）,Wang Chong portrayed it as a book written due to his “dissatisfaction with the many deceitful books and popular literature devoid of veracity and （傷偽書俗文多不實誠）. Consequently, Lunheng has been generally interpreted as a work that embodies the spirit of “criticism on fictions and （疾虛妄） in various academic fields. On the other hand, Wang Chong has become a significant representative in philosophical history of Han with his acclaimed status as a realist evincing an avid interest in the criticism to falsehood and pursuit of truth. However, the assumption of such writing aspiration proves to be inadequate to the interpretation of the text, for there are considerable contents unrelated to “criticism on fictions and falsehood” in Lunheng. Second, plenty of debates and discussions in Lunheng suggest that Wang Chong lacks actual concerns for reason and truth. To a certain extent, such discourses even reveal the opposite of such readiness. In view of the doubts regarding this persisting premise, the present impartial discourse of Wang Chong’s thoughts and his historical image is thus challenged and awaits vigorous reinvestigation.This thesis attempts to carry out such reinvestigation and mainly involves four chapters. The first chapter begins with the reappraisal of the study of Wang Chong’s social stratum as its approach, hoping to discover the emotional foundation that the writing rests on and the basic concerns of Wang Chong as a scholar and a minor government official. The second chapter revolves around the articles related to “criticism on fictions and falsehood”, targeting at the inspection of the modus of the criticism in Lunheng, as well as the Wang Chong’s writing intention and values refracted from it. The third chapter centers on the last seven chapters of Lunheng, in which they reflect the ultimate ambition and related contestations with traditional Confucianist values of the author. The fourth and final chapter investigates the source of credibility that underlies the criticism and thought of Wang Chong, so as to reveal the gist of its philosophical characteristics and historical meaning. This thesis aims to establish a new and consistent interpretation for Lunheng, present an objective picture of Wang Chong’s thoughts, and give a proper evaluation to its importance.《論衡》是東漢王充（27-100）惟一傳世著作，據全書總序〈自紀〉篇所述，《論衡》是因為「傷偽書俗文多不實誠」而撰作，〈佚文〉篇又謂「《論衡》篇以十數，亦一言也，曰『疾虛妄』」。故此《論衡》歷來多以「疾虛妄」為宗旨的著作定位進入各個範疇的研究領域，王充亦以一位考實辨虛的務實學者之身分成為漢代思想史上重要的哲人代表。然而細審文本，書中固然有不少與「疾虛妄」無關的篇章，王充的議論亦呈現了對於事理、事實並無真切關懷的現象，部分論述甚至與所謂「疾虛妄」的思想宗旨背道而馳。準此，「疾虛妄」能否概括《論衡》一書的宗旨而由此而來有關王充其人及其《論衡》思想的研究，乃至於其歷史定位的結論就有亟待重探的必要了。本文之撰，旨在重探王充著述《論衡》的真正動機及其反映的思想特色，全文分為四個主要章節。第一章由王充的社會階層切入以展開討論，通過考察書中反映其士、吏的身分之視域以考見王充撰作的緣起。第二章進一步剖析《論衡》「疾虛妄」作品的形式特點與其所能說明的著述動機及價值取態。第三章聚焦探討全書最後七篇作品，以揭示王充著書的終極關懷及其與傳統儒家思想的矛盾與張力。第四章考察王充在書中實現其終極關懷時，其論述與思考背後的價值根據，並藉此抉發王充思想的時代特徵與意義。本文期望通過對《論衡》文本的細讀、爬疏，組織一個新的、貫通全書的詮釋方式，藉以更客觀地呈現王充真實的思想面貌，並對王充其人及其書予以適切的歷史評價。陳子星."2020年4月".Parallel title from English abstract.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2020.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 282-294).Abstract also in English.Title from PDF title page (viewed on March 2, 2022).Chen Zixing
Cicero and Wang Chong : on divination, philosophy, and science
No full textDivination is a universal phenomenon in the ancient world. It once assumed the roles of philosophy and science in providing guidance on how to live. In our present time, this ancient practice is reduced to a mere form of irrationality, magic, or superstition and this suggests that it should not merit philosophical attention. Contrary to this point, I assert that there is possible philosophical import of this ancient guide of living. This dissertation reconsiders the problem of human existence or the question of how to live in the purview of our current understanding of the world that is immensely influenced or shaped by science. I significantly build my response from my reading of the works of Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BCE—43 BCE) and Wang Chong 王充 (27 CE—ca 97 CE) in their discourse of divination. My overarching argument is that humans cannot gain full control of nature or the world or the universe, and this control of nature should not be considered as the aim, reason, goal, or essence of living. I employ both comparative and intercultural philosophical approaches. It is most effective to compare the two thinkers as the initial step in order to establish their differences and sameness. The intercultural approach follows which shows the possible encounter or intersection of these thinkers in order to reconsider the aforementioned problem. There are three instances of comparisons which are found at the end of chapters 2, 4, and 5; they are basically reflective of the comparative approach. The intercultural response is provided in the conclusion where I briefly mentioned three points regarding how these thinkers compensate each other in order to provide valuable lessons for today.</p
New Theory of Superconductivity
No full textChong Jiang's theory about superconductivity.This thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission
Minority Media Production Practices and Cultural Citizenship in Hong Kong
No full textChong, Cheung Kwan Cindy.Thesis Ph.D. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2016.Includes bibliographical references (leaves ).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on …)
Parallel session 3 : Transforming COVID-19 as an opportunity to innovate community-based experiential learning
No full textPresented Titles: Model of Transformative Service-Learning and Its Potentials [Author: Zoe Chong Xiao] Inter-University Collaboration and Innovative Teaching Methods under the New Normal [Author: Jasper Van Holsteijn] Addressing COVID-19 Related Community Needs through Service-Learning [Author: Albert Ko
CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection
No full textChong, Yun Chak.Thesis M.Phil. Chinese University of Hong Kong 2014.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-104).Abstracts also in Chinese.Title from PDF title page (viewed on 19, December, 2016)
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