Issue 1 (February)

Many scholars have interpreted the boy’s epiphany in James Joyce’s short story “Araby” as a disillusionment of his ideals, but this does not adequately explain the origins of his “anguish” and “anger”. Auditory narrative provides a new path for re-reading the classics. There is no lack of direct or indirect depiction of sounds in the story, constituting different “soundscapes”. In this paper, we start from the clues of sounds, and listen to the hidden growth process of the boy from conflict with the patriarchal society to being assimilated in the deep structure of the story, which provides a powerful addition to the explanation of his epiphany.

This article examines the rise and development of Aboriginal land ownership in Australia, focusing on the historical and ongoing struggles for land justice. Aboriginal Australians have faced systemic dispossession since colonization, but through activism, legal battles, and landmark events like the Mabo decision and the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, significant progress has been made in reclaiming land. By 2014, Aboriginal groups had gained control over 22% of Australia's land. The article explores the legal, cultural, and economic significance of land rights, emphasizing the importance of land for cultural identity, social structure, and economic empowerment. Aboriginal land ownership enables communities to preserve traditional ecological knowledge, engage in sustainable development, and improve health and wellbeing. Despite these advances, challenges persist, including the ongoing opposition from the state, neoliberal policies, and the clash between Indigenous relational ontologies and market-driven frameworks. The article argues that the continued recognition and return of ancestral lands are essential for closing the gap in Indigenous disadvantage and achieving self-determination. The future of Aboriginal land rights hinges on balancing cultural integrity, environmental sustainability, and economic viability.

The combination of literary stylistics and narratological stylistics provides a broader perspective for reading literary works. Taking the short story “Bartleby the Scrivener” by the 19th century American writer Herman Melville as an example, this paper explores the scriveners’ resistance and submission in the novel from the lexical, syntactic and rhetorical levels of literary stylistics and the point of view of narratological stylistics respectively. The results present that the scriveners all show the resistance to different degrees, but the submission of Turkey and Nippers prevails over resistance; only Bartleby’s resistance finally gives the old lawyer a sense of crisis and awakens the soft side of the old lawyer’s heart.