International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019

  • To Be a Box or Not to Be a Box: The Multiple Meanings of the Metaphor in Antoni Tàpies

    Fernando Echarri, Victor Echarri

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 132-138
    Received: Sep. 17, 2019
    Accepted: Oct. 05, 2019
    Published: Oct. 16, 2019
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    Abstract: The reality that surrounds us throws us continuous messages that are perceived by our senses. In this perception, sight is configured as a principal sense capable of obtaining many of these messages and generating, from these perceptions, numerous thoughts, feelings and emotions. In this way, the routine of I see-thought-question- is established. T... Show More
  • Invention of a Portable Bobbin Winder for the Ghanaian Indigenous Weaving Industry

    Gbadegbe Richard Selase, Vigbedor Divine, Quashie Mawuli, Bijou Asemsro

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 139-151
    Received: Oct. 11, 2019
    Accepted: Oct. 30, 2019
    Published: Nov. 07, 2019
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    Abstract: Weaving consists of the interlacing of warp and weft yarns at right angles to form a fabric. Fabric is usually woven on a device known as a loom. Before weaving is carried out on the loom, the warp and weft yarns are prepared using some special devices. The warp yarns or ends are prepared using the warping mill while the weft is prepared using the ... Show More
  • Narrative Level, Internal Time Consciousness and Narrative Ethics: Susan Sontag’s Narrative Art as Evinced in Death Kit

    Ning Huixia

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 152-159
    Received: Aug. 19, 2019
    Accepted: Oct. 28, 2019
    Published: Nov. 08, 2019
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    Abstract: Literary critics have swarmed to shower their comments—markedly diverse comments indeed—on Death Kit. Being not intended for propounding some dualistic interpretation of the novel, this essay ventures to expatiate on the novel’s narrative art manifesting itself in a trinity comprising (1) the technique of narrative level, (2) the technique of inter... Show More
  • Comparison of "Material Sense" and “Mono No Aware" Between Chinese and Japanese Modern Heavy Color Paintings from the Perspective of Cultural Anthropology

    Jing Sun, Xintong Li

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 160-164
    Received: Jul. 04, 2019
    Accepted: Nov. 07, 2019
    Published: Nov. 19, 2019
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    Abstract: "Material sense" and "mono no aware" are respectively an important concept in the traditional aesthetic consciousness of China and Japan. "Material sense" embodies the Chinese aesthetic concept and philosophical thinking, rational consciousness, and pays attention to the unity of reason and reason. On the basis of China's "material sense" concept, ... Show More
  • A Linguo-Cultural Approach to the Integration of Hip-hop Culture with Chinese Culture---Taking Rap Music as an Example

    Zhanghong Xu, Xiaolin Liu

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 165-171
    Received: Nov. 08, 2019
    Accepted: Nov. 27, 2019
    Published: Dec. 06, 2019
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    Abstract: Cultural integration is an inevitable trend of the development of cultural globalization. With the rapid development of mass media and frequent communication among people from various cultural backgrounds, hip-hop culture with its exotic musical form and its unique themes, interacts with other cultures by confronting, adapting and integrating diffe... Show More
  • Some Language Features in Italian Opera Librettos of XVII-XVIII Centuries

    Luca Pavan

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 172-178
    Received: Nov. 19, 2019
    Accepted: Dec. 06, 2019
    Published: Dec. 11, 2019
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    Abstract: The article examines the language used in some Italian opera librettos in XVII- XVIII centuries. The analysis was carried out with the support of two software tools: an automatic translator from Florentine vernacular language to modern Italian language, created by the author, and a software tool, available on internet, helping to find common phrase... Show More
  • The Influence of Task-based Language Teaching on Speaking Skill of EFL Students with Intrinsic Motivation

    Afria Nita, Yenni Rozimela, Ratmanida

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 179-184
    Received: Nov. 14, 2019
    Accepted: Dec. 06, 2019
    Published: Dec. 18, 2019
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    Abstract: In teaching speaking, EFL students should be taught by a method that offers speaking practice and motivates them to speak intrinsically. Task-Based Language Teaching is one of teaching methods that uses authentic or real world tasks in teaching which can motivate students to speak English. This study aimed to investigate the influence of Task-Based... Show More
  • A Study of Readers’ Power to Reconstruct Characters’ Relationship in Harry Potter’s Fan Fiction Eclipse

    Jieling Fang, Humin Liu

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 6, November 2019
    Pages: 185-190
    Received: Dec. 02, 2019
    Accepted: Dec. 16, 2019
    Published: Dec. 24, 2019
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    Abstract: In the age of what Henry Jenkins calls “convergence culture” [17] characterized by the development of new media, fan-based products, including fan fiction writing, cannot escape from scholars’ eyes. As one of the best-sellers in the past two decades, Harry Potter series has earned countless devoting fans around the world, and its fan fiction, with ... Show More