The author of this article uses the above-mentioned theory to give a brief analysis to Joyce s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man for a deeper interpretation of the style and theme,providing an example of functionalism analysis.

A Tentative Discussion about the Application of Functionalism in the Furniture design;

The Ideas of Functionalism in the Contemporary Interior Design Style;

"Promise" vs."Steamed Bread": An Explanation from Mass Communication Functionalism;

As the core of modernism,functionism has walked a long way with the development of modern industry design for nearly 100 years.

Besides it has also borrowed some concepts of sociology-Functionism,Conflictionism,Exchang-Actionism-to analyse the relationship further.

This essay consists of three parts: The first part deals with the origin and development of functionism; The second part is devoted to the discussion of the common characteristics shared by different functionist schools; The last part discusses the differences existing among them.

The codification of European private international law manifests the constructive rationalism and the analyst philosophy, while the codification of American private international law is characterized by the evolutional .