Is Body-to-Body Communication Still the Prototype?

Body-to-body communication has widely been accepted as the prototype for mediated communication. This article interrogates the assumption that there is a dividing line between body-to-body and mediated communication. It shows that body-to-body communication intermingles profoundly with forms of mediated communication, to the point that it becomes very difficult to tell them apart. Starting from this framework, it analyzes the great imitative capacity of mediated communication with regard to body-to-body communication, and analyzes how this similarity is destined to grow in time. It concludes that because of these changes, body-to-body communication is an increasingly evanescent prototype.     

融入大地与生命的艺术——论金永福《大地血魂》的艺术特色

金永福的中篇小说选集《大地血魂》不仅在内容上有着强烈的社会性和时代性,在艺术上也具有较鲜明的特色:第一人称叙事真实而亲切,民俗的描写、歌谣的运用具有浓郁的贵州西部高原地域特色,而对诗意的追求则增强了作品的艺术审美效果。