Suchergebnisse

I The Physics of Grain Movement -- 1 Sand and Dust -- 2 The Behaviour of Sand Grains in the Air -- 3 Wind-Tunnel Observations -- 4 The Surface Wind -- 5 The Effect of Sand Movement on the Surface Wind -- 6 Confirmatory Measurements in the Desert -- 7 Threshold Wind Speed and Size of Sand Grain -- 8 Summary of the Physics of Grain Movement -- II Small-Scale Effects. Grain Size Distribution. Surface Ripples and Ridges -- 9 Grading Diagrams -- 10 Grading Changes in Non-Uniform Sand -- 11 Surface Ripples and Ridges -- III Large-Scale Effects. Sand Accumulation. Dunes. Internal Structure, Etc. -- 12 Conditions for the Growth of a Sand Surface -- 13 Sand Shadows and Sand Drifts. General Factors on Which Dune Shape Depends -- 14 The Barchan Dune -- 15 The Longitudinal or Seif Dune. The Whaleback -- 16 The Internal Structure of Sand Deposits -- 17 ' Singing Sands '.

This dissertation is an exploration of the narrative mode of Mao Dun's (1896 - 1981) first work of fiction, the 1927-8 Eclipse trilogy. It focuses on explaining the context and nature of realism as it appears in the work. The dissertation includes a biography of Mao Dun that covers his early education, and his years as an editor and as a translator. The biography also shows the influence of western literary theory and ideology on his development as an intellectual and author. Realism as a literary mode is presented in its general form and as a type of realism that developed in China. The dissertation also analyzes realism and naturalism as Mao Dun explains the ideas in his own literary criticism. A close reading of samples from the Eclipse trilogy shows how Mao Dun used a type of realism with a shifting objective view, similar to a free indirect style. Finally the dissertation provides a textology study: a typology and analysis of the differences between the two major editions of the trilogy. The types include Clarity and Accuracy, Political Concerns, Narrative Voice, Simplification of Characters, and Problematic Sensuality. Through analysis of the differences between the two editions, the dissertation provides evidence that, although Mao Dun was willing to sacrifice some of the complexity and contradictions of his novel in 1954 when the second edition was edited, he strove to maintain the core of his most problematic central characters and the fundamental ideals of his narrative voice.