赵启光生于北京,获中国社会科学院研究生院英美文学硕士学位,美国马萨诸塞大学比较文学博士学位。现为美国卡尔顿学院终身教授,同时兼任同济大学特聘教授、清华大学客座研究员等。 他开创了美国卡尔顿学院中国语言文学部,一直从事汉语言文学、比较文学,以及道家哲学等的教授工作。近三十年来,他一直致力于传播中华文化,并成批地将美国学生带回靠前交流学习,极大地促成了中美文化的双向交流。 其中文著作有《古道新理——赵启光话讲老子》、《老子的智慧》、《世路心程》、《客舟听雨》、《康拉德小说选》等;英文著作有《中西方龙的研究》(A Study of Dragon: East and West)、《无为无不为》(Do Nothing and Do Everything)等。
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Chapter 1 A Stranger in a Foreign Land Chapter 2 Three Pairs of Major Opposing Factors in Conrad’s Work Introduction The Virtual and the Real in Narcissus— The Nigger of the “Narcissus” Sea without Land— Typhoon Civilization and Primitiveness in Darkness— Heart of Darkness Crossing the Shadow Line— The Shadow-Line Death under the Shadow— The Secret Agent Crime and Punishment under Western Eyes— Under Western Eyes Impact of Four National Cultural Areas on Three Pairs of Main Opposing Factors in Conrad’s Subject Matter Chapter 3 John Cheever’s Creative Techniques in His Short Novels Narrow Background Non-dramatic Plots Incomplete Endings Included in the System— Non-personalization of Characters Cheever and Chekhov Epilogue Biography of John Cheever Chapter 4 The Scars of Hemingway Transfer of Scars Hemingway’s Prescription for Trauma What Hurts Hemingway? Chapter 5 Contemporary British Female Novelists Chapter 6 Artistic Technique: “Black Humor” Subject Matter Humor Plot and Character The Authors’Attitude toward Themselves and Their Readers Stream of Consciousness Mobilization of Scientific Concepts Rhetoric and Grammar
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