International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019

  • Community’s Influence on Igbo Musical Artiste and His Art

    Alvan-Ikoku Okwudiri Nwamara

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019
    Pages: 1-8
    Received: 19 September 2018
    Accepted: 17 October 2018
    Published: 11 March 2019
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    Abstract: The Igbo traditional concept of “Ohaka: The Community is Supreme,” is mostly expressed in Igbo names like; Nwoha/Nwora (Community-Owned Child), Oranekwulu/Ohanekwulu (Community Intercedes/intervenes), Obiora/Obioha (Community-Owned Son), Adaora/Adaoha (Community-Owned Daughter) etc. This indicates value attached to Ora/Oha (Community) in Igbo cultu... Show More
  • On National Consciousness in Wu Shimin’s Novel Iron Net and Bronze Hook

    Liu Weiqin, Zhang Zhaoqin

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019
    Pages: 9-13
    Received: 14 January 2019
    Accepted: 26 February 2019
    Published: 16 March 2019
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    Abstract: Mr. Wu Shinmin was once the deputy director of State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China. After retiring, he turned his long time thinking on ethnic work into composition and devoted himself in writing novels. Iron Net and Bronze Hook is a representative one. By narrating Chinese people’s resistance against Japanese aggression in Poyang Lake Area, M... Show More
  • The Analysis of Freudian Elements in Hurry On Down

    Xue Yan, Li Ou

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019
    Pages: 14-19
    Received: 12 December 2018
    Accepted: 10 January 2019
    Published: 21 March 2019
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    Abstract: The paper attempts to present a tentative study of John Wain’s Hurry On Down in view of Sigmund Freud’s theory for the purpose of exploring Lumley’s psychological process. In Hurry On Down, there are many Freudian elements such as the libidinal energy, illusion, and anxiety; etc. These elements embodies the worldviews towards love.His two processes... Show More
  • Landscape of Evils in Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

    Haonong Pang, Minjie Liu

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019
    Pages: 20-25
    Received: 25 January 2019
    Accepted: 12 March 2019
    Published: 30 March 2019
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    Abstract: In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair delineates the social evils in the early 20th-century America from such aspects as the evils of reification, banality and unscrupulous personality. He discloses the phenomena of reification appearing under the systematic force by highlighting the reification of political-commercial relation, capitalist-worker relation ... Show More
  • Kasem Metaphoric Extensions of yi ‘Eye’ and yuu ‘Head’ Expressions

    Umar Abdul-Hakim, Emmanuel Dogbey

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019
    Pages: 26-31
    Received: 10 January 2019
    Accepted: 22 March 2019
    Published: 18 April 2019
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    Abstract: This paper studies the metaphorical extensions of the human body parts of yi ‘eye’ and yuu ‘head’ among the Kasena. We examine how these expressions are used to conceptualise a broader view of the people and whether these metaphorical expressions have a specific style and structure. We also argue that yi ‘eye’ and yuu ‘head’ as in the expressions c... Show More
  • Awakening of Female Consciousness in The Joy Luck Club: An-mei Hsu and Rose Hsu Jordan as Two Illustrations

    Lei Zhu, Chujiao Ding

    Issue: Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2019
    Pages: 32-37
    Received: 17 January 2019
    Published: 29 April 2019
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    Abstract: Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club, with the awakening of women’s self-consciousness as one of its themes, revolves around the lives of four Chinese immigrant mothers and their four American-born daughters. Taking An-mei Hsu and Rose Hsu Jordan in The Joy Luck Club as two illustrations, this paper aims to explore the internal and external causes lea... Show More