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IDENTITY AND MARRIAGE

IDENTITY AND MARRIAGE

Author(s): Roxana-Elisabeta Marinescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 01/2007

Keywords: postmodern postcolonial perspective; culturally mixed marriages

This paper aims to explore the issue of marriage as it is visible in some British novels by South-Asian authors, such as Salman Rushdie, Hari Kunzru, Monica Ali, Meera Syal, and others. Marriage is discussed from a postmodern postcolonial perspective, with gender, ethnicity, social group, class, caste and religion as clear markers of the characters’ identity. The male and female characters live their individual yet social lives in a space of imperial/postimperial British influence, with power relations clearly circumscribed to the hegemonic relationship, labelled by Gramsci ‘domination by consent’. Marriage, be it arranged or a love-match, within the same ethnic, religious or social group or not, is a central element around which the male and female characters revolve. I am analysing three types of marriage - the immigrants’ marriage, the ‘Asians in Asia’ and the hybrid, culturally mixed one - exploring the way the characters view themselves and others in relation with the Asian or British societies’ social and cultural rules. For the first or second-generation Asians in Britain, the marital union is placed in a multicultural context, giving new dimensions to their otherwise traditional customs, as opposed to the one of the second category, marriage on the Asian subcontinent being a rather traditionalistic affair, with families conspiring to find ‘the best match’ for their offspring. If trying to detach themselves from this tradition, the characters are punished with unhappy, even tragic experiences. A special case is offered by the hybrid, culturally mixed marriages, also doomed ones, but bringing along additional evidence in support of a reversed Orientalism, in which the ‘mystic Occident’, full of sexual promise, is also an opportunity of twisting the Imperial past experience; as one of the characters puts it, by possessing

Nurturing Unrest: International Media and the Demise of Ceaușescuism

Nurturing Unrest: International Media and the Demise of Ceaușescuism

Author(s): Dragoş Nicuşor Petrescu / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2005

The present paper analyzes, in a comparative perspective, the role international media played in the demise of the communist regimes in East-Central Europe. It argues that international media identified and, by means of sophisticate methods of mass communication, overemphasized the structural flaws of the communist system. Thus, international media contributed significantly to the shaping of the political cultures of resistance in communist countries and speeded up the process that culminated with the final demise of communist regimes. This paper demonstrates that, due to the specificity of the Romania communism, i.e., the nature of the regime and community political culture, international media had a strong impact on the collapse of communism in Romania. International media, Radio Free Europe most prominently, nurtured unrest in Romania by supporting the few radical dissidents in that country during the 1980s and providing a continuous flow of information concerning the unfolding of events in East-Central Europe during the revolutionary year 1989.

ACTION ORTHODOX - ACTION CATHOLIC. EFFECTS MOVEMENT VISARION SARA'S IN HUNEDOARA, HATEG, ZARAND AND ALBA

ACŢIUNE ORTODOXĂ – ACŢIUNE CATOLICĂ. EFECTELE MIŞCĂRII LUI VISARION SARAI ÎN HUNEDOARA, HAŢEG, ZARAND ŞI ALBA

Author(s): Greta Monica Miron / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 2/2005

Anul 1744 a fost pentru Biserica greco-catolică din Transilvania unul al confruntării deschise cu miscarea anti-unire legată de numele călugărului Visarion Sarai. Dacă monahul a fost văzut în istoriografie fie ca un apărător al ortodoxiei, fie ca un agent al sârbilor, tulburător al ordinii confesionale, şi mişcarea pe care a stârnit-o a căpătat atributele protagonistului, fiind apreciată ca un moment esenţial în lupta pentru “desrobirea religioasă” sau ca un episod al propagandei ortodoxe sârbesti.

Volume 70/2009: Contents and Impressum

Obsah ročníku 70/2009 & Impressum

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Multiple languages / Issue: 4/2009

Cioran, Eliade, Ionescu –non/ political involvment

Cioran, Eliade, Ionescu –non/ political involvment

Author(s): Mara Magda Maftei / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2008

Keywords: involvement; generation; migration; literature; interest

The paper insists on the political involvment of Eliade, Ionescu, Cioran, the most known representatives of the young generation, the generation due to which the Romanian literature became known in the Western world and in the States, Eliade being studied nowadays at Vatican. Eliade and Cioran were deeply sustaining the Iron Guard at the time. Obviously, Ionescu never indulged himself in the same political issue, criticizing the two colleagues for their naivety, declaring him as being their enemy. Finally, the three became friends in the exile, being fully convinced that they accomplished the mission of their generation, namely to make the Romanian literature step out of its marginal status.

Analising the beggar's representation in Romania

ANALIZA REPREZENTĂRII SOCIALE A CERSETORULUI ÎN ROMÂNIA, ÎN FUNCTIE DE GEN SI VÂRSTĂ

Author(s): Carina Herbei,Monica Albu,Carmen Vasar / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 13/2015

Keywords: social representation; beggar

Through this research we aimed to identify the similarities and differences between men and women, and between two groups of age (19–35 years and 36–65 years) in terms of the social representation of the beggar, in Romania. We used four samples of participants, formed depending on gender and age: 26 men aged between 19 and 35 years, 31 women aged between 19 and 35 years, 30 men aged between 36 and 65 years and 31 women aged between 36 and 65 years. We established that, for all the samples, the content of the social representation of the beggar is the same, beeing built-up by nine terms: poor; compassion; lazy; dirty; with disabilities, ill; person who pretends; homeless; exploited (put by others to beg), and gipsy. The central node of the social representation, in all the samples, is the term poor. However, the structure of the social representation differs between the samples.

Visitiamo la scuola dell’infanzia “Provera” – an interview with the headmaster of Lucio de Piccoli school

Visitiamo la scuola dell’infanzia “Provera” – wywiad z dyrektorem szkoły Lucio de Piccoli

Author(s): Agnieszka Małgorzata Szymańska / Language(s): Italian / Issue: 4 (34)/2014

EXPLORING FILM DIALOGUE DISCOURSE

EXPLORING FILM DIALOGUE DISCOURSE

Author(s): Alena Kačmárová / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2014

Keywords: film dialogue; sitcom; SWOT analysis; phonetic analysis; sentence structure; verbal behavior;

The paper falls in the area of discourse analysis and presents an initial framework for research into the nature of audio-visual text, namely the discourse of film dialogue. This preliminary exploration should serve the purpose of finding areas worth further examination. The corpus to be studied is an episode from Friends (2002/2003). The utilized method is a SWOT analysis (an analysis in terms of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) within which specific features are indicated and observed. In the paper it is proposed and discussed that the strength of the studied discourse is its being a paragon of neutral/informal speech and idiomaticity of the language; the weakness is seen in the relative ‘unnaturalness’ of the verbal conduct; the opportunities are represented by their potential to build pragmatic awareness and intercultural competence in viewers; the threat can be embodied in an incautious choice of the title or topic with regard to the viewers’ age and intellectual capacity. The explored features are explained and exemplified utilizing portions from the target corpus. The preliminary enquiry triggers further questions and implications.

The colour in the world of the Transylvanian Greek-Catholic clergy of the 18th century

Culoarea în lumea clerului unit transilvănean în secolul al XVIII-lea

Author(s): Greta-Monica Miron / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 65/2019

Keywords: Transylvania; Greek-Catholic clergy; liturgical vestments; Inochentie Micu;

Within this study we attempt to offer an answer to the question: how coloured was the world of the Transylvanian Greek-Catholic clergy during the 18th century? The world of the clergy elite was not one without colour, whether we refer to the inner space (habitat) or to the public one (the church), to the daily time or to the liturgical one. The parsimony of the sources makes it difficult to establish an evolution or certain hierarchies of the colours specific to the liturgical vestments and to the Episcopal clothing along the century. Even less we can now the nuances and the combinations between them. However, through their material and colour, the vestments expressed the opinion of their bearers with respect to their status and their Christian/religious life models which they intended to impose to those who they were shepherding. The daily and liturgical clothes of the hierarchs had the power of example in a world of priests who, because of their poverty or negligence, omitted to wear the distinctive proper vestments. Not even in the eighth decade, a decade when liturgical vestments were missing in many churches, the long priestly coat was widespread. Through the materials they wore and the shining of the liturgical vestments, the bishops not only expressed their hierarchic position, but they could also be pictured as an example for the shepherded ones regarding their presentation within the public, secular, and ecclesiastical spaces.

Antler and bone artefacts from the Gumelniţa tell settlement at Pietrele. A re-evaluation of the old archaeological collections

Industria materiilor dure animale din tell-ul gumelnițean de la Pietrele. Reevaluarea vechilor colecții arheologice

Author(s): Monica Mărgărit,Meda Toderaș / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 15/2019

Keywords: Gumelnita culture; raw material; operational schemes; use-wear marks;

The tell‐settlement of Pietrele is a landmark for the understanding of the Gumelnița communities north of the Danube. Archaeological research began in 1943 under the direction of D. Berciu who subsequently published a synthesis report of the main finds but it was just a quantitative enumeration of items without a description of the technological and use‐wear marks on the hard animal material artefacts. Consequently, we tried to identify the number of such archaeological items from the old excavations which are still present in the collection of the “Vasile Pârvan” Institute of Archaeology and then to present a different type of analysis drawing conclusions related to the economic and spiritual characteristics of the Gumelnița community at Pietrele. Firstly, we aimed to identify the raw materials from which the pieces were made. Secondly, typological categories were established. For each of these categories, the operational scheme was reconstituted and then the possible use‐wear marks were identified, pointing towards the way the artefacts were used.

“Employer” – a uniform European concept?

„Angajatorul” – un concept european uniform?

Author(s): Monica Gheorghe / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 02/2021

Keywords: employer; worker; European labour law; European case law;

The emergence of new forms of contractual arrangements and the growth of multilateral employment relationships challenge the traditional approach to the individual employment contract and the classic identifiers of the parties to the employment relationship. While the Court of Justice of the European Union has often ruled on the criteria for identifying the “worker”, it has not made the same request for identifying the “employer”. Starting from a recent CJEU case in which the autonomous and uniform character of the concept of “employer” was questioned, this study aims to capture the European definitions and meanings of the concept in European case law. The debate remains open, however, as the CJEU is expected to confirm or deny developments in this area against the background of the new contractual arrangements.

10th Edition of the International Festival "Days and Nights of Literature"

A X-a ediţie a festivalului internaţional „Zile şi nopţi de literatură”

Author(s): Irina Ionescu / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2013

Keywords: 10th Edition; International Festival; Days and Nights of Literature;

Conference-Report: A X-a ediţie a festivalului internaţional „Zile şi nopţi de literatură” (Irina Ionescu)

Acquisition in Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Production of Conventional Expressions by L2 Learners

Acquisition in Cross-Cultural Pragmatics and Production of Conventional Expressions by L2 Learners

Author(s): Azamat Akbarov / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2010

Keywords: cross-cultural pragmatics; linguistic competence; discourse analysis; discourse particle okay;

This study attempts to investigate the production of okay by Bosnian and Turkish EFL learners, with special attention to pragmatic deviation. To this end, data were collected from university students, using a discourse completion task. The results showed that the learners’ problems with the production of okay were pragma-linguistic in nature, exhibiting deviations from actual patterns of native speakers: They produced okay in situations where native speakers prefer the speech acts of thanking, apologizing, sympathizing, hesitating, soothing, and leave-taking. This study also revealed that there is a hierarchy of naturalness in learners’ production of okay, indicating that some are more appropriate than others in terms of politeness and formality. On the basis of the results, pedagogical implications are provided, and suggestions are made for enhancing learners’ pragmatic competence.

Corneliu Barborica at 75 years old

Corneliu Barborică la 75 de ani

Author(s): Dagmar Maria Anoca / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2006

Keywords: Corneliu Barborica; 75 years old; Bibliography;

Scientific life: Corneliu Barborică la 75 de ani (Dagmar Maria Anoca)

THE MYTH OF THE SACRIFICE OF BUILDING (OF A BEING) AND ITS REMINISCENCES IN BANAT

„JERTFA ZIDIRII” ŞI RELICVELE SALE BĂNĂŢENE

Author(s): Milena Stancovici / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1/2005

Keywords: Myth; sacrifice of building (of a being); reminiscences; Banat;

Dans ce travail nous avons essayé d’exposer des pratiques, des coutumes et des croyances du Banat qui de nos jours sont partiellement oubliées et marginalisées et qui portent sur le commencement du bâtissage d’une construction, mais aussi sur le sacrifice offert à cette occasion. Dans la première partie de notre travail, nous avons rappelé quelques contes et légendes propres à la région du Banat et ensuite, nous avons présenté divers croyances et coutumes liées au sacrifice exigé par l’élévation d’un bâtiment, pratique qui à cause de l’évolution de la mentalité populaire a parcouru le chemin du sacrifice humain, des fois même de l’être le plus cher, à l’immolation de l’ombre, des êtres en général, et plus tard même au bâtissage des divers éléments d’origine végétale ou minérale.

Professional resistance forces as a defence framework for small countries

Professional resistance forces as a defence framework for small countries

Author(s): Sandor Fabian / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2022

Keywords: strategy; norm of conventional warfare; Russia; asymmetry; unconventional warfare; total defence; resistance

Due to Russia’s aggressive actions in their neighbourhood, Eastern and Northern European countries were forced to take a critical look at their homeland defence capabilities and realised that their defence capabilities have significant gaps. However, instead of developing strategies and designing defence organisations that reflect their available resources and fit the challenges they are facing, these countries once again implemented solutions that reflect the dominant Western conventional military norms. Although through the implementation of the so-called “total defence” strategies some of these countries have augmented their conventional approach with some paramilitary, unconventional formations, their solutions still reflect how the West thinks wars should be waged and professional military organisations should act and be organised. This article suggests that these countries need to abandon their military orthodoxy and completely redesign their defence approaches based on unconventional warfare foundations and build a new version of state-owned, standardised, and professional military that is organised, equipped, and trained to fight based on different norms than our current ones. To propose some ideas to such changes, the article draws lessons from the case studies of the First Russo-Chechen War and the Second Lebanese War.

Book review

Anuarul Institutului de Istorie „G. Barițiu", ClujNapoca – SUPLIMENT, LX, series Historica, 2021 Daniela Deteșan, Claudia Septimia Sabău (edit.) Femeia între tradiția și modernitatea românească (a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea și începuturile

Author(s): Ana Maria Stan / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 4/2022

Keywords: review; women; Romanian tradition; 19th century; Daniela Deteșan; Claudia Septimia Sabău;

Review of: Anuarul Institutului de Istorie „G. Barițiu", ClujNapoca – SUPLIMENT, LX, series Historica, 2021 Daniela Deteșan, Claudia Septimia Sabău (edit.) Femeia între tradiția și modernitatea românească (a doua jumătate a secolului al XIX-lea și începuturile secolului XX). Interogații, realizări, perspective, 339 p.

Carmina Burana or the Force of Destiny

Carmina Burana sau forța destinului

Author(s): Cristina-Maria Olar / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 1 (42)/2022

Keywords: choreographic theatre; energy; fate; dance actors; partnership;

On the 60th anniversary of the founding of the Romanian section of the National Theatre (formerly known as the State Theatre) and the Studio Theatre of the University of Arts in Târgu-Mureș, we consider it s important to recall events that contributed to the development and evolution of the two institutions. Thus, this paper aims to highlight a unique moment of 2012, in the cultural space of Mures, namely the first choreographic theatre performance at the National Theatre in Tîrgu-Mureș. Under the baton of master choreographer Gigi Căciuleanu, the performance “Carmina Burana” by Carl Off was born, uniting the two theatre troupes (the Romanian and the Hungarian troupes) as well as students from the University of Arts. This creates a much stronger bridge between the two institutions, becoming partners to produce this performance. Along with the members of the two companies, students from the choreography and acting departments and two professional dancers joined us.

EXPRESSIONS OF THE ROMANIAN POSTMODERNISM

EXPRESSIONS OF THE ROMANIAN POSTMODERNISM

Author(s): Cristina A. Oprean Cornea / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 17/2019

Keywords: interpretation; conscience; generation; postmodernism; progress;

The postmodernist literary current from 1980, reconfigures the Romanian literature with the Western ones, anticipating and then accompanying through its pluralist philosophy the exit from the communist regime and the transition to the present democracy, and the subsequent literary and cultural models remain to be identified in the programmatic diversity of postmodernity. Critical perspectives emerged in the nineties, especially proclamations of the end of postmodernism, seeing the same triumphant pleasure. The first important debate on this issue in Romania took place in 1986, with the occasion of the emergence of a special number of "Critical notebooks" dedicated to postmodernism. During this period there was an exposition of the evolution of the word postmodernism and its derivatives that began to circulate in the Romanian cultural press before 1986.

PAVEL DAN OR THE "OBSESSION OF BIOGRAPHY"

PAVEL DAN OR THE "OBSESSION OF BIOGRAPHY"

Author(s): Iustina Camelia Cercel (Cioban) / Language(s): Romanian / Issue: 18/2019

Keywords: realism paradigm; autobiography; desacralized world;

The present paper aims at a brief analysis of Pavel Dan's work, which led exegetes to fit him into the realism paradigm and in the sphere of autobiography. The writer of the Transylvanian plain, as we find him characterized in the history of Romanian literature, Pavel Dan draws his inner strength from remembering the icon of his native village, succeeding to transcend the suffering by giving it the innocent face of green fields and ancestral space. Writing represents for him an escape from the prison of his own suffering, although we will not find the confessional tone specific to his autobiographical works, the writer uses his personal experience to live up to social reality. Pavel Dan's literary approach proposes to the reader the show of a desacralized world that, through the imaginary, captures the abysses of a country man's existence.