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1、浅谈《京华烟云》中中国女性的文化代表RemarksontheFemaleRepresentativesofChineseCultureinMomentinPekingChapter1Introduction1-1IntroductionoftheGreatAuthorLinYutangLinYutang(Oct.10,1895-Mar.26,1926)wasborninthetownofBanziinZhangzhou,FujianProvinceinsoutheasternChina.HisinformalbutpolishedstyleinbothChineseandEnglishm
2、adehimoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofhisgeneration,andhiscompilationsandtranslationsofclassicChinesetextsintoEnglishwerebestsellersintheWest・Linstudiedforhisbachelor'sdegreeatSaintJohn'sUniversityinShanghai,andthenreceivedamaster'sdegreeinComparativeLiteratureatHarvardUniversityandadoctoraldegre
3、einLinguisticsattheUniversityofLeipzig,Germany.From1923to1926hetaughtEnglishliteratureatPekingUniversity.Dr.LinwasveryactiveinthepopularizationofclassicalChineseliteratureintheWest,aswellasthegeneralChineseattitudetowardslife.HeworkedtoformulateGwoyeuRomaizyhanewmethodofromanizingtheChineselangua
4、ge,andcreatedanindexingsystemforChinesecharacters・Hewasinterestedinmechanics・SinceChineseisacharacter-basedratherthananalphabet-basedlanguage,withmanythousandsofseparatecharacters,ithasalwaysbeendifficulttoemploymodernprintingtechnologies・FormanyyearsitwasdoubtedthataChinesetypewritercouldbeinven
5、ted・Lin,however,workedonthisproblemfordecadesandeventuallycameupwithaworkabletypewriter—broughttomarketinthemiddleofthewarwithJapan.Healsoinventedandpatentedseverallesserinventionssuchasatoothbmshwithtoothpastedispensing.After1928helivedmainlyintheUnitedStates,wherehistranslationsofChinesetextsre
6、mainedpopularformanyyears・AtthebehestofPearlBuck,hewroteMyCountryandMyPeople(1935)andTheImportanceofLiving(1937),writteninEnglishinacharmingandwittystyle,whichbecamebestsellers.OthersincludeBetweenTearsandLciughter(1943),TheImportanceofUnderstanding(I960,abookoftranslatedChineseliterarypassagesan
7、dshortpieces),TheChineseTheoryofArt(1967),andthenovelsMomentinPeking(1939)andTheVermillionGate(1953).ManyofhisworksrepresentanattempttobridgetheculturalgapbetweentheEastandtheWest.HewasnominatedfortheNobelPrizeinLitera