Zhang Guixing's recent work “Wild Boars Cross the River” contains not only a disenchantment narrative from individuals to nationalities and even species, but also a re-enchantment narrative constructed from three major symbols: monsters, masks, and opium. The novel performs a spectacular killing writing in the historical narrative, and its “disease of killing” overflows the historical period and penetrates into the current era. This article uses Max Weber's concept of “disenchantment” arising from his discussion of modernity and the resulting concept of “re-enchantment” as a benchmark to discuss the phenomena of “disenchantment” and “re-enchantment” in “The Wild Boars Cross the River”. And discuss how, with the balance between the two mentioned above, the novelist directly expresses the nihilistic spirit of the times through the writing of killings in historical narratives. Keywords : “Wild Boars Cross the River”, disenchantment, re-enchantment, histor.....

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This study aims to integrate patriotism elements using literary texts in the teaching and learning of literature and foster the tertiary students_ patriotic consciousness from a new perspective. The study employed the qualitative research methods. A case study and classroom observation were adopted to obtain relevant data to summarize and analyze the current teaching and learning of English literature class in China. Purposive sampling is employed to select the samples. For classroom observation 75 students participated and 20 students from this amount participated in the semi-structured interview and 2 experienced teachers. Data collection procedures comprise classroom observation, semi-structured interview and document analysis. This study extracted the most essential six patriotism elements from the well recognized twelve core socialist values in China and integrate them into this study. Based on the data from interview and classroom observation, an educational guideline was propose.....

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