International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2018

  • Transitivity Analysis of American President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address

    Zhu Yujie, Li Fengjie

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2018
    Pages: 28-34
    Received: Apr. 13, 2018
    Accepted: May 08, 2018
    Published: May 31, 2018
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    Abstract: Political public speeches cause a large amount of attention, due to their political, economic and cultural influence. This thesis adopts Systemic-Functional Grammar as its theoretical framework to conduct a transitivity analysis in American President Donald Trump’s Inaugural Address. The aim of this thesis is to find the political motivation hidden... Show More
  • The Lyrical Illustration of Neo-Romanticism - A Research on Samuel Barber's Music Style

    Huang Jia, Xie Yuan, Jin Xuedong

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2018
    Pages: 35-38
    Received: Aug. 09, 2018
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    Published: Aug. 13, 2018
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    Abstract: Samuel Barber is a well-known contemporary American composer, honored as the outstanding representative of the Neo-Romantic music. The Neo-Romantic characteristics in Barber's music is focused on this paper in order to learn about the living environment and creative background of Samuel Barber. It is illustrated that how skillfully Barber integrate... Show More
  • Practice of Creating Urban Public Space Cultural Atmosphere in Xi'an Chanba Ecological Area

    Fan Zheng, Lei Zhang, Penghui Zhu

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 2, March 2018
    Pages: 39-43
    Received: Aug. 09, 2018
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    Published: Aug. 13, 2018
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    Abstract: Xi'an is an ancient historical and cultural city. In the process of building a national central city and an international metropolis with historical and cultural characteristics, it needs not only strong economic and technological support, but also the construction of its urban cultural atmosphere as an important image of Xi'an. Cultural atmosphere... Show More