简介:伊雷娜从眼睛的余光看到,在她经过时两个男孩停止了玩耍,盯着她.别在今天,请不要在今天.她目光集中在人行道上,把袋子抓在胸前,继续往前走.只要再走几步,她就可以回到安全的家……她的城堡.“嘿,老太婆,你真臭.”男孩此前一直在自家门前的院子里踢球.现在,他们走近低矮的篱笆,球躺在草坪上被遗忘了——他们要玩一个新游戏.伊雷娜想走快点,但臀部的关节炎让她无法加快速度.
简介:ItwouldnotbeanexaggerationtosaythatthecentraleventinthepoliticalhistoryofEuropeinthetwentiethcenturywastheunmakingofgreatempiresandthemakingofsuccessornationalstates.FromtheHohenzollernGermanEmpiretotheformerYugoslavia,almostallgreatmultinationalstatesofthecontinentroseandeventuallyfellintheaftermathoftheGreatWar,theSecondWorldWar,andtheColdWar.Amongallspectacularimperialcollapsesandsometimeseventheirrebuildingandre-collapse,theonce-for-allfalloftheHabsburgEmpirein1918,arelativelylightweightamongstrongEuropeanstates,appearnotespeciallysignificant.Butashistorianshaverecentlybegantorecognize,thepoliticalcultureoftheHabsburgEmpireinitslastyearsandthesuccessorstateshadexercisedadisproportionallylargeinfluenceonthemakingofmodernEuropeandtheworld.Amongtheimportantquestionsdiscussedinrecentliteraturearetheterritorialdisputesofnewnationstates,1thecultivationofscienceanddomesticlife,2politicsandideologyofliberalism,3andthemakingofmultinationalempire.4
简介:加拿大华裔作家崔维新的凸现了加拿大华裔英语文学的重要特征:在语言上,它表现了移民语言从杂糅向规范英语的过渡.在内容上,它揭示了华人家史和族裔史上的隐秘故事,批判排华政策.在主题上,作品突出华人个体以推翻旧有的华人刻板形象,重书家史以解决身份困惑.