Thirty questions cover a wide range of exam content and provide a deep overview.
For example, diasporic literature and cultural identity.
This is about the large-scale global immigration in the second half of the 19th century, which caused immigrants living in foreign lands to engage in literary creation. This is the diaspora phenomenon and diasporic writing.
Lin Xiaoguang certainly knows this. Judging from the development and evolution of Western literary history, diasporic writing has its precursors, namely the early tramp novels and the tramp writing in Europe in the 1920s. They have all made impressive achievements in literary creation.
A remarkable achievement.
Judging from the practice of contemporary literary creation, many Nobel Prize winners in literature in recent decades are basically diasporic writers. Their creations have not only attracted the attention of critics and researchers in the countries where they were born, but also
It also had a certain impact on the literature of the country where he lived.
This is also a big topic that can be studied in depth.
For example, another topic, on the confusion of black cultural identity in American literature and culture, is also very large, and there are many researchers, so it is difficult to write new ideas.
But as a person who has witnessed history, Lin Xiaoguang knows too much about this subject.
The confusion about the cultural identity of black Americans is a special phenomenon in American literature and culture. It reflects the confusion of black people about their own cultural identity in an American society dominated by the Anglo-Saxon white race.
It is not only an identification of physiological characteristics, but also has profound social and cultural connotations.
The confusion of black cultural identity has not only led to the suppression, psychological distortion and distortion of individual human nature of black Americans, but also, to a certain extent, has become an important source of social and cultural conflicts between white Americans and black Americans within American society.
Black people's confusion, doubt and pursuit of their own cultural identity have become important clues for studying American literature and culture.
Wait, there are thirty questions, covering all aspects of content.
There are many topics with more mainstream keywords, such as British tea literature and culture, diasporic literature and cultural identity, black cultural identity in American literature and culture, overseas Chinese literature and cultural identity, Matthew Arnold and 20
Century Chinese culture, 19th century British women’s literature, Lingnan Xiangjiang literature and culture...
Relatively niche ones include research on the liberal literature of the Republic of China, the novel "The Lady" and American slave literature, Said's "Orientalism" literary and cultural criticism, 20th century Irish literary and cultural views, Naipaul and the literary culture of the West Indies.
Tradition, research on Vietnamese and Chinese literature and culture, research on Korean and Korean literature and culture, Northrop Frye and Canadian literary culture, literary spirit and cultural character of the Republic of China, Richard Rorty's literary culture, "The Tale of Genji" and Japan
Chinese literature and culture, American Jewish literature...
Generally speaking, the questions are not all weird, but they involve a lot of things, and ordinary people really can't answer them.
Not to mention that I can’t answer the question, I just read a little less. Who is Matthew Arnold, who is Said, who is Naipaul, who is Northrop Frye, and who is Richard Rorty?
who?
Which book is the novel "The Lady"? Which book is "The Tale of Genji"? The literary schools of the Republic of China have only heard of the Crescent Society, but not the enlightened school, etc.
Some people are confused just by seeing the questions, let alone answering them.
Fortunately, Lin Xiaoguang is not an ordinary person. He has read a lot of books and is very knowledgeable. These questions are really not difficult for him.
The only problem is how to compress the answer as much as possible, compress a paper of thousands of words on two sides of paper, and write it down within ten minutes before it is completely completed.
Fortunately, there are not many problems.
A cup of instant coffee was brought over and placed on the table. He took a long sip, downing half of the cup, and then began to review the questions. Within three minutes, he figured out how to write, organized the answer framework and language, and then started writing the answer.
At the end of this question, before reviewing the next question, take another sip of half a cup.
In this way, after thirty questions, he drank fifteen cups of coffee, and the students who came to deliver coffee delivered fifteen cups of coffee one after another, earning at least several hundred Hong Kong dollars in tips.
He also drank until his stomach was bloated, and he went back and forth to the bathroom several times. Fifteen cups of coffee really cost less than a hundred yuan, so he tipped several times. He spent money and wasted time for convenience, but
At least I finished answering all the test questions.
At six o'clock, when Hicks glanced at his watch, he stood up immediately and walked towards him.
Lin Xiaoguang closed the cap of his pen, stretched and yawned.
"Did you finish?" Hicks took the test paper and glanced around. He saw that it was full of words and no question was empty. Even though he didn't know what he was like, looking at his beautiful English,
It was also a surprise.
"Um."
Lin Xiaoguang nodded and looked at him: "Mr. Hicks, I think there is a problem with question 13, but after some modifications and additions, I finally answered it. I hope you will agree."
Hicks was noncommittal.
"You can go back now. The test questions will still be reviewed. When the results come out, the staff will hand over to Laura. Laura will tell you then. Just wait slowly."
"How long will it take for the results to be available?" Lin Xiaoguang asked.
"The fastest one will take three days. The slower one will probably only take seven days."
"Okay." Lin Xiaoguang shrugged, too lazy to say anything else. It doesn't matter if you pass it in three days or seven days. Don't delay too much. But the exam results come out slowly, so the defense results will eventually come out, right?
Hicks took the test paper and left. He also packed up his things and followed him out after finishing.
When he got outside, he looked across and saw the Bentley parked on the side of the road. Douglas was sitting in the back seat holding a civilized staff. Laura opened the window and waved to him. The Indian driver stared straight ahead.
Lin Xiaoguang walked over, opened the door of the passenger seat and sat down. Laura looked at him with a smile and asked: "Is the situation okay?"
"Good."
He just smiled and said nothing about unnecessary complaints about Professor Hall, who is a Chinese-English mixed race, and about the 30 essay questions. He believed that Professor Laura, as a doctor, was about to become his master's tutor. Specific details
How could she not know?
Since she knew everything, why didn't she notify her in advance?
Lin Xiaoguang didn't ask, and Laura didn't answer. Seeing that he was in good spirits, he said: "The results of the defense will come out earlier, and the exam will come later, but there should be news within three days, and I will tell you then."
"Thanks!"
While they were talking, the Indian driver arrived at the destination and the three of them got out of the car one by one.
Lin Xiaoguang said goodbye directly: "Professor, I am quite tired today, so I will go back and rest first. If anything happens, just call and someone will notify me."
"Okay, I understand, then, goodbye!" Laura said goodbye with a smile.
Douglas remained silent.
After leaving Pok Fu Lam Road, Lin Xiaoguang drove the car. He felt that his head hurt more than usual and he was a little tired. His cerebral cortex was particularly active under the stimulation of caffeine. He was too lazy to drive and felt the urge to speed away.
Anyway, we drove the car through the Hung Hom Tunnel, arrived at Sham Shui Po in Kowloon, arrived at Wai Fung Building, and entered the company.
Many people in the company had left. Jiang Shanshan had just packed her things and was about to leave. When she saw him coming back, she put down her things and followed him into the office. Then she said: "Mr. Lin, something happened at the Huarun Wanjia.
Our food and drink in Qinhuai are a bit disadvantageous..."