解析当代英国：文学与文化研究

　　ThestudyofBriain-itshistory，geography，politics，economy，language，literatureandculture-hasbeenconductedbothinandoutsidetheclassroomofEnglishinChinaformanydecadesandevencenturise.Butsincelate1980s，BritishStudiseasaGrowinganddynamicinterdisciplinarysubjecthasbeengoingthroughdrasticchanges，powerfullymovingbeyondastudyofmainlycanonicalmasterpieces.Indees，thecomplexprocessesofglocalisation（globalisationandlocalisation）oftheeconomy，ofimages，ofdiscourses，andofrisksandproblemshavegivenrisetoanurgentneedtocrossgeographical，national，politicalandculturalaswellasdisciplinaryboundaries.Thisbookfeatures25essaysandreflectionsonBritish（mainlycontemporary）literaryandculturaltexts，engagingahostofcriticalperspectivesingender，postcolonial，humanistic，discourse，andculturalstudies.Theyareorganizedintofourparts，“DramaofShakespeareandBeyond，”“RevisitingBritishPoeticKingdom，”“RereadingTalesofBritain，”and“GlobalizingCultureandBritishCinema.”Generallyorspecifically，theseessaysandreflectionsaddressissuessuchasclass，gender，ethnicity，orienalism，aesthetic，social，political，andculturalidentity，indicatingthecomplexityofcontemporarydebatesoverBVritishwrittenandvisualconsturctionsoftheOtheraswellasthemselves.

　　MAO Slhlli received his B. A. and M. A. in English Language and Literature from the Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages （GIFL）， his second M. A. in Contemporary Literary Studies from the University of Lancaster， and his PhD in Comparative Literature （Mm Culture） from the University of Hong Kong. He taught "Modern British and American Drama，" "Comparative Culture，" "Film Culture" courses in the Department of English at GIFL （now Guangdong University of Foreign Studies [GDUFS]） from 1982 to 2001. Before joining the Department of Translation， HK Lingnan University， he -was Professor of English and Cultural Studies and dean of Faculty of English Language and Culture， GDUFS and Vice President of China-America Comparative Culture Association. He was the coordinator for the Sino-British Project "British Studies" from 1989-1994. He is presently teaching "Translating Cultures，" "Translation of Texts in Popular Culture" and "Translating Media." His publications include American Feminine Humor （trans. & ed. 1989）， Technolagising the Male Body-. British Cinema 1957-1987 （1999）， New Perspectives-. Contemporary Literary and Cultural Studies （ed. 2000） and Highlights of European Culture （forthcoming） . He has also published some papers in literary and cultural studies， and culture and translation studies. He is currently working on Literary Transformations in Postmodern Cultural Contexts and Chinese in Hollywood. His current research interests are： culture and translation， comparative culture and film studies.

Acknowledgements
Preface
Decoding Contemporary Britain：An Overview
Part one Drama of shakespeare and beyond
Shakespeara in Love and Modern Britain
Modern British Drama and a Multipolar World
Turn-Taking Mechanism and Antonio's Sadness
Power and Sexuality：An Analysis of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming
Part two Revisiting british poetic kingdom
Achilles'Shield Metamorphosed in Modern British Poetry
John Donne the Ladies'Man and Feminist Reformers
Milton and Old English
Maiden/Muse：the Othre-Objectification of Women in Keats'Poems：“The Eve of St。Agnes”
Part three Rereading tales of britain
Possessed by the Past
Living in Limbo:The Buddha of Suburbia and The Final Passage
A Summer Journey of Self-discovery
Two Halves of A Single Soul：An Archetypal Analysis of the Love of Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights
How Much Does James Joyce Know about Chinese History and Culture?
Colonial Discourse，lmperial Practice and Orientalism in A Passage to India
Virginia Woolf：A Critic of Delicate Subtlety-A Complementary Reading of Dalloway as a Social Critique
Part four Globalizing culture and british cinema