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On the Criteria and Methods for “Discerning Inauthenticity” in the Context of Early Chinese Texts
This thesis encompasses discussions regarding the various aspects of Chinese bianwei 辨偽 studies ( “Discerning Inauthenticity Studies”). The first chapter delves into the notion of inauthenticity, distinguishing an inauthentic ... -
Painting the Formless and Strumming the Soundless: Yang Xiong's Taixuan jing as Expression of the Absolute
This dissertation is a study of Yang Xiong’s (53 BCE–18 CE) Taixuan jing that attempts to incorporate philological methods with philosophical insights by situating the text within the intellectual and historical context ... -
Playing Japanese: Fostering semantic language play in a Japanese as a foreign language classroom
How much fun can we have learning another language? This study explores the implementation of semantic language play tasks in an intact Japanese as a foreign language (JFL) classroom. In the study, I detail how I designed ... -
Postwar Japanese Humor: Dark Humor and Laughter After the Little Boy
This dissertation discusses dark humor in postwar Japanese culture, and examines the ways in which humor was used to assuage or avoid cultural trauma. This study provides a framework for understanding normative postwar ... -
The Pragmatics of Tense and Aspect in Narratives: A Linguistic Analysis of Indo-Aryan Texts
Abstract Amruta M. Chandekar This dissertation investigates the role of tense and tense and aspect in the creation and reception of structure and meaning of a narrative discourse. It does so by proposing an analytical ... -
Printing for Pleasure: Chen Diexian’s Literary Enterprise and Popular Magazines in Early 20th Century China
The thesis focuses on the career and works of Chen Diexian as an entrepreneur and literatus. These works provide a focal point for reflection on the activities of popular writers, publishers, literary magazines, and the ... -
Radical Language, Radical Identity: Korean Writers in Japanese Spaces and the Burden to "Represent"
This dissertation examines literary texts by colonial Korean writers in the Japanese empire and the post-war “Zainichi” Korean minority in Japan. Whereas colonial Korean literature and Zainichi literature have typically ... -
Rediscovering Sound in Tao Yuanming’s (365-427?) Poetry: A Data-based Study of Jin Phonology and Poetic Patterns
Tao Yuanming, an outstanding Chinese poet, utilized exceptional sound patterns in his poetry. However, due to the evolution of Chinese phonology over time, these sound effects are often overlooked in contemporary readings ... -
Referential Choices in Oral Narratives of Chinese among Immersion Learners
Much research has investigated the production of referring expressions made by bilingual children in terms of referential functions. Few studies have focused on bilingual Chinese-English children. This thesis explores the ... -
Remapping the Sino-Japanese Dialectic: Sino-Japanese Interplay in Linked Verse Compositions of Japan, 14th to 17th Centuries
This dissertation examines the juxtaposition, interaction, and integration of what Japanese authors conceived of as “Japanese” and “Chinese” elements in linked verse compositions of Japan from the 14th to 17th centuries. ... -
Rewriting Your Own Narrative: Isekai as a Contemporary Coming of Age Tale
Within the last 10 years isekai (other world) stories have exploded in popularity in the Japanese young adult fiction market. In these tales, economically and socially disadvantaged protagonists are teleported away from ... -
Saigyo's "Six Elements and Four Mandalas" Sequence: The Story and Rhetoric of Enlightenment
This paper analyzes Saigyo's little-discussed waka cycle on the six elements and four mandalas of Shingon. I first introduce the sequence in the context of other similar works by Saigyo, then turn to a discussion of the ... -
Sentimental Letters in the Postal Age: Media, Communication, and Emotion in Early Twentieth-Century Chinese Epistolary Literature and Culture
This thesis seeks to understand the discursive emergence of the intimate relationship between letters and sentimental feelings by examining various texts that are either composed of or about “sentimental letters” in early ... -
Spiritual Health in the Bhakti Tradition of Shri Harirayaji's Shikshapatra
(2013-11-14)The concept and treatment of anxiety in Shri Harirayaji's <italic>Shikshapatra</italic>, an epistolary bhakti text from 17th century India, is examined here with translation of the original Sanskrit verses, their vernacular ... -
<sup>~</sup>° and /--: Their origins, their grammaticalization, and the process of encroachment of the former by the latter from a historical perspective
(2013-02-25)There has been controversy regarding the functional differences between the forms <sup>~</sup>° and /-- in Classical Chinese. Because of their similar usages, <sup>~</sup>° and /-- are often considered graphic variants. ... -
The Emotionology of Anger in Early Buddhist Literature: Through the Lens of a Gāndhārī Verse Text
This dissertation examines the early Buddhist attitude toward anger (G kros̱a, OIA krodha) through the lens of an unpublished verse text, hereafter referred to as the *Kros̱a-gas̱a, from a newly discovered collection of ... -
The Formation and Circulation of Early Yanzi Lore, Fourth Century B.C. - Third Century A.D.
Abstract The Formation and Circulation of Early Yanzi Lore, Fourth Century B.C. - Third Century A.D. Li Yang Chair of the Supervisory Committee: Professor William G. Boltz Department of Asian Languages and Literature In ... -
The Golden Tower and Its Master: A Study of Xiao Yi’s (508–555) Jinlouzi (“Master of the Golden Tower”)
This is a study of the Jinlouzi (“Master of the Golden Tower”), a sixth century zishu (masters text), its compiler, Xiao Yi (508–555), and of the cultural and social contexts in which the text was produced. While most of ... -
The Influence of the Wen xuan on Sino-Korean Literature in Early Chosŏn
The Wen xuan 文選 was an important anthology compiled in the mid-520s in Liang dynasty China. It was introduced to Korea during the Three Kingdom period and eventually became one of the most important literary texts in Korea. ... -
The Innovative Representation of Romantic Love in “The Oil-peddler Wins the Queen of Flowers”
There have been numerous studies on the cult of qing in the late Ming. While Feng Menglong’s notion of qing has been well studied, its influence on the development of the characteristics of the Chinese romance genre has ...