Conflict style differences between individualists and collectivists

This study investigated the fundamental beliefs regarding cross-cultural differences in conflict styles. The sample consisted of 188 graduate students from 31 different countries residing in the U.S. Findings indicated that assumptions regarding the relationship of culture to conflict style preferences may not be valid. Preference for using five conflict styles were measured: avoiding, obliging, integrating, compromising, and dominating. The integrating style is generally the most preferred; obliging and avoiding are next, followed by compromising and dominating. Avoiding is preferred by individualists rather than by collectivists. Individualists do not differ from collectivists in their preference for the dominating conflict style. We also found that collectivists prefer compromising and integrating more than individualists do, whereas individualism-collectivism had no significant linear effect on preference for the obliging style. Conflict styles are highly multidimensional for both individualists and collectivists. Even though the five conflict styles can be subsumed under four types, the items measuring the five styles cannot be generated from any two-dimensional typology. Finally, the meaning of four of the five styles is different for individualists and collectivists: Dominating is the only style interpreted similarly by both groups. Areas for future research are considered.     

空空道人与吴玉峰

空空道人是明末靖江王朱亨嘉的王子朱若极,即清初著名画家石涛;吴玉峰为明末宗室、曹寅的幕僚朱赤霞。朱赤霞通过石涛的一幅《对牛弹琴图》试探曹寅后,将《风月宝鉴》交给曹寅。     

张洁《无字》:爱情废墟上的亲情之光

《无字》是张洁第二次荣获茅盾文学奖的一部长篇小说,带有极强的自传色彩。本文主要从爱情悲剧、母女亲情两个角度,阐释小说的主题,并通过对禅月的分析,来揭示作者寓于绝境中的希望。     

高职英语学习风格下的教学模式探讨

本文将采用定量和定性相结合的研究方法,通过大量的问卷调查及采访,考察高职学生在英语学习中所表现出来的不同的学习风格特点。研究结果表明由于不同性别和文理学科上差异,但大多数偏爱体验型学习风格。在此研究的基础上,充分结合这些学习风格特点对英语教学模式进行相关性和匹配性研究,以达到高职英语教与学的协调发展。     

生态批评视域下的《恋爱中的女人》

从生态批评视域观照劳伦斯的小说创作,不难发现劳伦斯是一位具有生态前瞻意识的作家。劳伦斯在其小说《恋爱中的女人》中紧紧扣住“肮脏与黝黑”、“魔鬼与奴隶”、“欲望与死亡’’三个方面书写了由于生态危机而导致的生态美缺失,即自然生态的破坏、和谐社会生态的丧失和精神生态的失衡。蕴含着与生态整体主义、生态发展观、人与人和谐相处观及人格完善动力观等当代意义上的生态思想相契合的生态意识。     

《倾城之恋》与《金锁记》接受迥异原因探析

天才作家张爱玲20世纪40年代就享誉中国文坛。《金锁记》更是她公认的巅峰之作,代表着中国中篇小说的最高成就。然而,经她自译的《金锁记》却在美国市场反应冷清。与此形成鲜明对比的是美国学者金凯筠的译本《倾城之恋》,后者成功进入象征荣誉的"企鹅经典"。同是张爱玲作品译本,同样采用了异化为主的翻译策略,却接受迥异,因此,有必要分析文本之外的因素。这篇论文从意识形态和诗学的角度进行分析,得出结论文学文本的接受是由权力、诗学、意识形态等因素左右的。     

从译者视域看戴乃迭独译的译者现身风格--以英译本《爱是不能忘记的》为例

戴乃迭对中国文学作品的译介可以分为合译期和独译期两个阶段。目前学界的研究多集中在她和杨宪益的合译作品上,而对她的独立译介活动关注不多。独译阶段的戴乃迭脱离合译者、翻译助手的身份,在翻译的过程中充分发挥着译者主体性。翻译文本中存在大量“译者现身”的现象。通过对《爱是不能忘记的》的原本和英译本的比较,深度挖掘译者身份,力求更深刻地洞悉戴乃迭独译期明显的“译者现身”风格。     

Seinfeld's Democratic Vistas

Academic appraisals of Seinfeld frequently criticize the series as apolitical or as advancing a nihilism that threatens contemporary American society. I counter that the show is better understood as a political satire that advances a robust democratic discourse predicated on inefficiency, leisure, and excessive talk. I argue that Seinfeld's discourse provides a vision of hope for democratic interaction predicated on the commonality of vices rather than a collapse into fascism or the disciplining of rhetoric by presumably higher moral standards.     

The Effects of Motivational Styles on Group Work and Discussion-based Seminars

The paper reports the effect of motivational styles on group work and discussion-based teaching in an environmental science course. The students' motivational styles were explored by a questionnaire whose items were written to correspond to four motivational patterns: achiever, curious, conscientious and sociable. A total of 180 university students from an Elementary Teaching Department participated in this study. The results showed that achiever students tended to dislike being involved in group work. On the other hand, curious, social and conscientious students tended to prefer working in groups. Discussion-based teaching appeared to be attractive for almost all students, although they have different motivational styles. The implications of the results for teaching and learning are discussed.     

Love Styles and Communication in Relationships: Partner Preferences,Initiation, and Intensification

The three exploratory studies reported here investigate the role of love styles in the early stages of romantic relationships. Study 1 (N = 108) had subjects rate and rank 14 characteristics of prospective romantic partners. As expected, individual's love style scores were related to the characteristics people report as desirable in a relational partner. Several of these effects, however, were moderated by sex. Study 2 (N = 173) revealed that scores on love styles were associated with ratings of opening lines and intensification strategies. None of these effects were moderated by sex. Study 3 (N = 137) investigated the association between love styles and ratings of secret tests among individuals currently involved in a romantic relationship. The results indicated that love styles were associated with ratings of secret tests. These data add to a growing body of literature suggesting that love styles are associated with individual differences in relational and communicative behavior across the life span of romantic relationships.