历史文化名人信仰系列之二十四:张秀亚

<正>张秀亚(1919-2001),生于河北沧县(今黄骅县),民国时期著名天主教作家。1935年起以笔名"陈蓝"在《益世报·文学周刊》、《国闻周报》发表作品;1937年出版第一本小说集《大龙河畔》,被誉为"北方最年轻作家"。创作风格新颖清丽,意境深远,作品以散文著称。她是民国时期著名的天主教作家。18岁出版了第一本小说集《大龙河畔》,赢得了"北方最年轻作家"美誉;一生创作八十多部作品,八百余万字,其中包括诗、散文、小说、翻译和艺术史,文     

悦纳改变

正陆春祥先生是散文、杂文界很有名望的作家,2010年10月,他的杂文集《病了的字母》荣获第五届鲁迅文学奖。目前,他已出版杂文随笔集《用肚皮思考》《鱼找自行车》《新世说》《新子不语》《焰段》《字字锦》等十余种。其作品叙事简洁而活泼,结构新颖而灵活,广征博引,生动幽默。然而,有意思的是,在参加工作后很长一段时间,     

青春家园

青春实力派小作家张悦然是山东大学的学生,她初中阶段的作品《诺言角落》就发表《青年思想家》上;高中阶段的《残食》在《青年思想家》上发表后,引起了文坛广泛关注;她大学阶段由中国作家出版社2003年出版的小说集《葵花走失在1890》,获得了著名作家莫言的好评。这里我们编发了一组评论张悦然小说的文章,以飨读者。     

在中日新生代女作家“成长小说”的比较研究——以《水仙已乘鲤鱼去》和《一个人的好天气》为例

中国"80后"新锐女作家张悦然,曾经在《人民文学》《收获》上发表小说,且获得过2005年度春天文学奖,出版了《葵花走失在1890》《水仙已乘鲤鱼去》等多部畅销作品。在日本,也有一位"80后"女作家——青山七惠,她在24岁时凭借第二部作品一举摘得第136届日本芥川文学奖而备受瞩目,其获奖作品《一个人的好天气》也成为日本当年的畅销小说,并且其于12年间出版了20多部作品,是一位相当"高产"的年轻作家。虽然张悦然与青山七惠出生在相同的时代,但由于两位作家所处的社会环境和接受的文化思想不同,这两位作家虽然都将视线聚焦于当下的年轻女性,以独特的女性视角来描写当代女性的孤独与成长,但对"当代女性成长中的孤独"这一主题的处理方式及写作手法却完全不同。     

历史文化名人信仰系列之三十四:苏雪林

正苏雪林(1897-1999),安徽省太平人(今黄山市黄山区),楚辞研究专家、文艺评论家、著名天主教作家;在文学创作、学术研究上为基督宗教贡献颇丰。她是楚辞研究专家,写有《屈赋新探》:也是文艺评论家,著有《中国二三十年代作家》;也是著名天主教作家,曾被阿英称为"女性作家中最优秀的散文作者",著有小说集《棘心》、《天马集》,散文集《绿天》、《屠龙集》等,各类作品     

与传统论战——简评马卡宁的中篇小说《高加索的俘虏》

《高加索的俘虏》是俄罗斯文学中的一个经典话题,美拯救世界是陀思妥耶夫斯基在长篇小说《白痴》中极力宣扬的主题。俄罗斯后现代主义作家弗·马卡宁借用这两个经典话题与俄罗斯的文学大师进行论战,对后现代语境下有关战争、俘虏、美拯救世界等命题进行了重新阐释。     

《赫尔德》简介

苏联学者阿·符·古留加的《赫尔德》一书(第二版),已由侯鸿勋译出,上海人民出版社于最近出版。古留加是哲学博士、教授、苏联科学院哲学研究所高级研究员、苏联作家协会会员,他写过许多有关哲学史、美学和文学的作品,曾主持康德、黑格尔、歌德著作俄译本的编辑和出版工作。他撰写的《黑格尔小传》和《康德传》的汉译本,已由商务印书     

城里有条快乐的鱼——专访著名主持人东方月姊妹

东方月:自由作家、漫画家、电视广播策划及主持人。曾作为西湖之声电台当红主持而被人熟知。她主持的《心灵之约》等栏目在当时的杭城引起轰动,并于1996年出版根据专栏编写的著作《心灵之约——东方月和100个听众的故事》,连续数月在新华书店销售榜荣登榜首。1999年前往北京加盟中央电视台,先后在央视四套、一套、十套主持过《东方时尚》、《直播中国》、《家园》、《周末人物》栏目以及大型节目《历程》等。同时主持过的栏目包括曾在全国热播的《时尚中国》、浙江卫视《公民行动》等,2003年起担任美国CBN在中国内地的特约主持人。东方月的多部作品,包括《涂涂画画》、《城里有条发呆的鱼》,小说《寻找跑跑》等。最新绘本作品《人群》即将出版。     

谭恩美和她的小说创作

谭恩美是美籍华裔女作家，1952年出生于美国加州奥克兰，是当代著名的华裔女作家之一。谭恩美的作品能够融入自身的经历，着力刻画移民社会中母女、姐妹之间由于代沟、文化背景和价值观等不同而产生的撞击。谭恩美在37岁时出版的处女作《喜福会》不仅获得该年度国家书卷奖，还被改编成了电影，创下了极高的票房佳绩，《喜福会》被收入美国高中和大学的教材，成为美国青少年学生必读的作品。谭恩美还著有《接骨师之女》《灶神之妻》《沉默之鱼》等长篇小说，她也是美籍华人的高产作家之一。     

图文互释下的人物塑造——论丁玲小说《太阳照在桑干河上》的连环画改编

丁玲作为20世纪中国杰出的女作家之一,以其独特的人生经历和感悟,创作了许多辉煌的作品。从20世纪二三十年代的巨大变革到土改时期,面对近半个世纪的风云诡谲,丁玲始终用文字书写历史洪流中无数人的跌宕命运。《太阳照在桑干河上》不仅是丁玲的代表作,更被视为反映土改运动的扛鼎之作,小说成功地塑造了一系列丰富多样的人物形象,详尽地展现了土改时期错综复杂的各类问题,蕴含着作家对于时代与人性的思考。1955年,由董洪元绘制的《太阳照在桑干河上》连环画出版,连环画对人物的塑造和诠释与小说相互辉映,对我们深入理解作家复杂深刻的心路历程具有重要意义。     

Together – apart: in touch in a time of separation

This paper explores the experience of working as a Jungian analyst through the various phases of the global COVID-19 pandemic, examining the importance of the physical containing space alongside the analyst’s internal mind and how technology can both help and hinder understanding. A number of clinical vignettes illustrate the challenge of communicating over a distance, paying particular attention to the way countertransference phenomena can become re-attuned. Reference is made to mythology and symbols of hope, and consideration given to the meaning and purpose of the pandemic.     

The Possibility of Meaning in Human Evolution

Science undermines the certitude of non-naturalistic answers to the question of whether human life has meaning. I explore whether evolution can provide a naturalistic basis for existential meaning. Using the work of philosopher Daniel Dennett and scientist Ursula Goodenough, I argue that evolution is the locus of the possibility of meaning because it has produced intentionality, the matrix of consciousness. I conclude that the question of the meaning of human life is an existentialist one: existential meaning is a product of the individual and collective tasks human beings undertake.     

Phenotypic plasticity and archetype: a response to common objections to the biological theory of archetype and instinct

Since Jung’s death in 1961, scholars have attempted to integrate growing biological science data into Jungian concepts such as the collective unconscious, instincts and the archetypes. This enterprise has been challenging due to persistent false dichotomies of gene and environment occasionally arising. Recent works by Roesler (2022a, 2022b) for example, have raised objections to the biological theory of archetypes, but the objections are plagued by such dichotomies. The concept of phenotypic plasticity, however, helps to both avoid this problem as well as bridge the gap between competing theories into a more integrated model with solid biological foundations.     

When is it time to stop? When good enough becomes bad enough

This article draws on Winnicott’s concept of the good enough mother to discuss how to know whether a therapeutic situation is good enough to continue or bad enough to end. This dilemma is explored in terms of clinical syndromes, such as anorexia and pathological gambling, but focuses mainly on analyst-initiated endings, which are termed the ‘Casablanca dilemma’, based on an amplification of the ending of the film Casablanca. The author goes on to discuss such one-sided endings, drawing on interviews with 40 analysts and therapists about their clinical experience. A typology of bad enough endings is presented. The psychological differences between a good enough analysis as opposed to a bad enough one are explored through the ideas of Winnicott and Neumann.     

Kann Es Ein Argument Für Den Skeptizismus Geben? Das Epistemische Problem Der Irrtumsmöglichkeit

Summary  Is there any argument for scepticism? The epistemic problem of the possibility of error. Arguments for scepticism rest on the assumption that knowledge claims are fallible. For this reason the concept of knowledge appears to be questionable. Since it is necessary to distinguish doubts from possible doubts, the arguments for scepticism appear to be unconvincing. If we take it into account that we know something that is immune to doubt, we should draw the conclusion that, contrary to scepticism, knowledge claims have to be compatible with being fallible. Thus any knowledge claim is capable of being doubted.     

The transcendent function in Spitteler’s Prometheus and Epimetheus

In August 2020, John Beebe and Steve Myers met via Zoom to discuss their differing interpretations of psychological typology and the different sources within Jung’s writings that influenced their books: Integrity in Depth: Energies and Patterns in Psychological Type (Beebe), and Myers-Briggs Typology vs Jungian Individuation (Myers). The discussion centred on Spitteler’s epic poem Prometheus und Epimetheus, which forms the basis of chapter V of Psychological Types. This is both the largest chapter and one of two chapters that Jung highlighted in the Argentine foreword as containing the essence of the book. Jung’s book is primarily about the transformation of personality rather than the categorization of people. Although it contains a critical psychology that deconstructs the nature of consciousness, that is only one half of the book and a stepping-stone to the other half, which is the reconciliation of opposites with particular emphasis on the relation of consciousness and the unconscious. Jung assumed that readers were already familiar with Prometheus und Epimetheus, an understanding of which sheds light on the nature of the transformation that Jung described – the development of a new attitude towards attitude itself.     

Chapter 6: Biblical Foundations for a Practical Theology of Aging

SUMMARY

This article reviews Biblical sources pertaining to the elderly, particularly the frail elderly. Founded on these sources, implications for elderly with Alzheimer's Disease and other forms of dementia are addressed through a personal perspective informed by writings of Christian mystics.     

Seeing in the Dark: A View into Dissociation and Healing

In this paper, I will explore the role of art-making, the experience of trauma and dissociation, and the process of working with self-states from an analytic and creative frame. Relevant literature on dissociation, trauma, and the use of art will be discussed. A case involving my work with an adolescent girl who had experienced sexual abuse from a family member will be shared, with an emphasis on the meaningful role images played during the therapeutic process. Both Jungian and psychoanalytic models of conceptualizing and working with dissociation are included, following Donald Kalsched’s (2013) recommendation for a “binocular stance” to treatment, including both a focus on the inner, intrapsychic world and the interpersonal, relational realm, and how art images both illuminated and expressed these realms. Within the therapeutic process, art images allowed the therapist a view into the client’s unconscious process, and created a meeting ground for dissociative barriers to be gradually seen, felt and known, by both therapist and client. The experience of dissociation, in images and in session, provided a reference point for myself and my client, Taylor, to develop a shared understanding and a framework for growth.