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The Communist Detention. Temporal & Literary Frames

THE COMMUNIST DETENSION. TEMPORAL & LITERARY FRAMES

Author(s): Ioana Cistelecan / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2012

Keywords: Gulag in Romanian Conscience; communist detentions; prison literature; prison diaries.

Ruxandra Cesereanu, in her writings on the Gulag in Romanian conscience, argues that the so-called frontier literature with its well-known variables of, for instance, non-fictional literature or secondary literature would expand three types of writing: the ”non-fictional” writing which accumulates detention memories in the shape of prison journals or diaries and document-novels; the realistic writing, including the novels that would ignite themselves from the very imprisonment experience; the parabolical and allegorical writing, including the anti-utopias, in which the communist prison universe is revealed as a caricature, in a grotesque and paranoic manner, thus resulting a new kind of fiction, the allienated and negatively connotated one.

The Politicians Lose, but the People Win

The Politicians Lose, but the People Win

Author(s): Simon Pardek / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2006

Keywords: Czech parliamentary elections; 100-100 Right-Left tie

"Those Czechs that were engaged in fiery debates as to just who the bad guys were following the recent Czech parliamentary elections could be accused of slightly missing the point. [...]"

The Little Judge

Le petit juge

Author(s): Valerie Lasserrre-Kiesow / Language(s): French / Issue: 18/1999

Pamphlet in Emperor's Times

Satire zu Kaisers Zeiten

Author(s): Svjetlan Lacko Vidulić / Language(s): German / Issue: 8/1999

Der vorliegende Sammelband Satire – Parodie – Pamphlet – Caricature en Autriche à l´époque de François-Joseph (1848– 1914) umfaßt die Beiträge des gleichnamigen, 1997 in Rouen stattgefundenen Symposiums. Das Symposium und die vorliegende Publikation stellen den ersten Teil eines dreiteiligen Projekts dar, geleitet vom Centre d´Etudes et de Recherches Autrichiennes de l´Université de Rouen und vom Centre d´Etudes des Périodiques de Langue Allemande der Universität Metz. Der zweite Teil (Symposium in Metz, November 1998) trägt den Titel Ecritures et langages satiriques (1914–1938). Rahmenthema des Gesamtprojekts sind Formen der Satire und Parodie von der Habsburger Monarchie bis zur zweiten Österreichischen Republik (von 1848 bis heute).

The Master and the Comment

The Master and the Comment

Author(s): Ljuben Paunoski / Language(s): English / Issue: 46/2006

ALEKSANDAR STANKOVSKI, EXHIBITION AT CULTURAL CENTER TOCKA

A Lady from Before

A Lady from Before

Author(s): Gordana Crnković / Language(s): English / Issue: 3-4/2008

THE MASK AND THE ACTOR: ION SAVA’S VISION WITHIN A EUROPEAN THEATRICAL HERITAGE

THE MASK AND THE ACTOR: ION SAVA’S VISION WITHIN A EUROPEAN THEATRICAL HERITAGE

Author(s): Elena Butuşină / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010

Keywords: Sava; mask; acting; directing; Macbeth.

This article deals with Ion Sava’s belief in the dynamic potential of the mask, as shown by his own direction of the performance “Macbeth with Masks”. Considering this turning point of the Romanian theatrical life to be a pretext, the article then analyses the artistic background of the Romanian director, with an emphasis on his early interest for caricature and on his readings of Artaud, Craig or Meyerhold. His option for the mask as an artistic device actually stands for a deeper concern with the right manner to stylise and to touch the essence of the creative impulse of both the modern actor and the modern director.

Alibism and Leadership

Alibism and Leadership

Author(s): Martin Jan Stránský / Language(s): / Issue: 1/2006

"More than any other nation in Europe, the history of the Czech people is marked by defeat. In 1938, standing behind barricades and ready to oppose Hitler, the Czechs were betrayed by their Western allies for a false peace."

Summary

Summary

Author(s): Rumyana Karakostova / Language(s): / Issue: 2-3/2003

Summary / Assen Ruskov - Emblem of the Comic on our Operetta Stage (A Sketch to the Creative Profile of the Actor)

Grand: A Film Review

HILADARKA: FILMSKA KRITIKA

Author(s): Lejla Panjeta / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

Keywords: Yugoslav cinema;film and history;Bosnia and Herzegovina;

Boring Soviet Humor: The Artificiality of International Women’s Day and an Imitation of Criticism

Boring Soviet Humor: The Artificiality of International Women’s Day and an Imitation of Criticismimitacija

Author(s): Mykolė Lukošienė / Language(s): English / Issue: 65/2016

Keywords: Soviet humor; Boredom; March 8; Satirical magazine Šluota; Soviet woman; Propaganda

The aim of this paper is to reveal the role of official humor during the Soviet period through an analysis of how International Women’s Day, usually refered to as March 8 in the Soviet Union, was depicted in Lithuanian satirical press. This is done by analyzing Lithuanian and Russian satirical periodicals of the late Soviet period, namely, Šluota (Broom) and Krokodil (Crocodile), respectively. In addition, in order to analyze the holiday which was meant to glorify the Soviet woman, several propaganda documentaries of the late Soviet period, filmed for the occasion, are discussed. The focus is the imposed artificial holiday of March 8 and the boring humor used in the Soviet texts to criticize it. Thus the boredom of the Soviet period is examined in a separate section. An analysis of March 8 is also inextricable from a discussion of women’s roles and gender relationships during the late Soviet period, which are reflected in both the satirical and the regular press of the period. The humor of the Soviet period is often considered a form of protest and of real criticism, a way of talking about forbidden issues, but this paper looks at why the humor in the March 8 issues of the periodicals is boring, monotonous, and repetitive.

Regional Training in Sofia: Teaching by Developing Intercultural Competence

Formation régionale à Sofia : Enseigner en développant la compétence interculturelle

Author(s): Rennie Yotova / Language(s): French / Issue: 9/2015

Research Report of Project VEGA 1/0192/18 Formation of Attitudes of Generation Y in the V4 Geographic Area to the Issue of Migrants Through Digital Communication on Social Networks

Research Report of Project VEGA 1/0192/18 Formation of Attitudes of Generation Y in the V4 Geographic Area to the Issue of Migrants Through Digital Communication on Social Networks

Author(s): Oľga Púchovská,Lucia Spálová / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2019

Keywords: Social change; Democracy; Social media; Refugee crisis; Migration;

The refugee crisis and the rising number of asylum seekers is one of the primary concerns of the EU. Political discussions reflect humanitarian, social and economic implications of the constant influx of new asylum seekers coming mainly from Syria. Within the political sphere in the V4 countries it is possible to observe negative attitudes. In this context, it is very important to emphasize that we are living in a democratic society, where media represent the role of democracy guardians. On the other hand, social media offer space for expression to the general public opinions, and their potential is also fully exploited by political leaders. The potential of social media must be perceived also against the backdrop of risks stemming mainly from disinformation and manipulative tendencies. In order to identify and clarify the presence of manipulative techniques in the communication of political and social groups to the attitudes of Generation Y in the sphere of migrant tolerance we present some introductory findings under the scope of project VEGA 1/0192/18.

The caricatural lodyans in Gary Victor’s Haitian Human Comedy

La lodyans caricaturale dans la comédie humaine haïtienne de Gary Victor

Author(s): Sara Del Rossi / Language(s): French / Issue: 10/2020

Keywords: lodyans; Haitian literature; Gary Victor; caricature

Popular oral literature has always been the most effective means of criticizing authority. In Haiti, there is a special genre to castigate and mock the administrative elite: the lodyans. This short satirical tale of popular origin, with its carnivalesque grip on socio-political reality, is used to inform the population about current events through parody and derision. This essay aims to analyze the use of the accumulative caricature in the social portraits in Gary Victor’s lodyans. The two main characters, Albert Buron and Sonson Pipirit, can be considered emblematic social types, who embody the main traits of their social categories. The narration of their (mis)adventures and the portraits of the characters met through their stories allow to draw up a sort of Haitian Human Comedy, so nigh to reality. This type of interpretation confirms Victor’s engagement, whose aim is to provoke a forced laughter, aware of Haitian sociopolitical issues.

THE DISCOMFORT OF THE JULY MONARCHY WITH DAUMIER’S GARGANTUA

TEMMUZ MONARŞİSİNİN DAUMIER’İN GARGANTUA TAŞ BASKISINA YÖNELİK RAHATSIZLIĞI

Author(s): Burçak Balamber / Language(s): Turkish / Issue: 49/2020

Keywords: Honoré Daumier; Gargantua; lithography; political caricature; printmaking;

Gargantua, a lithograph created by Honoré Daumier in 1831, portrayed the French king Louis-Philippe as a gluttonous giant who devours the labor of his people while sitting in a toilet-like throne, and attacked the king’s person and his government with a satirical manner. Apart from its portrayal of the king as a social cannibal, Gargantua also had a scatological humor by representing the king in defecating. For this reason, this lithograph was by no means tolerated by the July Monarchy that struggled to control over the press by censorship throughout its reign. In this research paper that aims to study the meanings and reasons behind Daumier’s portrayal of king Louis-Philippe as a ravenous giant in Gargantua, it will be discussed why this caricature, which the government both censored and sentenced Daumier to imprisonment and fine penalty, discomforted the king and his government so much. In this context, it will be briefly reviewed the political, economic and social conditions in France before and after the 1830 July Revolution in order to get a better understanding on the political atmosphere during the time when Daumier started to draw satirical caricatures for the journal, La Caricature. Later, it will be discussed Gargantua’s literary references, its implications to king Louis-Philippe and his government, the domestic politics in 1831, and the impact of lithography on increasing power of the press in France.

Book review

Book review

Author(s): Szymon Wach,Piotr P. Chruszczewski / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2015

Before the political cartoonist, there was the Vidusaka:

Before the political cartoonist, there was the Vidusaka:

Author(s): Snehal P. Sanathanan,Vinod Balakrishnan / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2021

Keywords: political cartooning; humour; Vidusaka; performance; Indian aesthetics; colonialism;

Political cartooning was one of many cultural products that colonial rule introduced to India. This British legacy has been used to produce narratives about the nature and history of Indian cartooning. However, these narratives have, invariably, overlooked the distinctly Indian cultural ethos as well as the Indian satirical tradition. This paper proposes an alternative model by positing that in the Indian satirical tradition, the Vidusaka – the comic figure in Sanskrit drama - has been an antecedent to the political cartoonist in terms of social and political roles, as well as in the nature and the purpose of the humour. The paper also locates the principles of caricaturing in precolonial Indian visual arts, and presents the early vernacular cartoons as the point of convergence between the local satirical tradition and the Western format of the political cartoon which laid the foundation for a modern yet specifically Indian sensibility.

Book review

Book review

Author(s): Lydia Amir / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2022

Caricaturing the enemy:

Caricaturing the enemy:

Author(s): Konstantinos Travlos,Doruk Akyüz,Ceren Mert-Travlos / Language(s): English / Issue: 4/2022

Keywords: humour; caricatures; war; superiority-denigration theory; rivalry

A century ago, the Greek-Turkish War of 1919-1922 (Turkish War of Liberation/Asia Minor Campaign) was reaching its culmination point. The war was also fought in the pages of the Press. In this study, we look at the characteristics of the caricatures marshalled in the war effort by three publications. The Greek newspaper Skrip, and the Turkish satirical magazines Karagöz and Güleryüz. We find that most expectations based on semiotics and the concept of interstate rivalry are borne out. Depictions of the ‘Other’ are generally negative. That said we also find that Skrip dedicated the majority of its caricatures to targeting the internal ‘Other’, the Venizelist faction during the National Schism, in contrast to the more focused targeting of the Greek ‘Other’ by the Turkish publications. This finding indicates the dominance of domestic conflicts over the external conflict even during the inflation point of the Greek-Turkish Interstate Rivalry of 1866-1925.

ARABIC STEREOTYPES IN THE AMAZIGH PRESS

LES STÉRÉOTYPES DE L’ARABE DANS LA PRESSE AMAZIGHE

Author(s): Najoua El Borji / Language(s): French / Issue: 34/2022

Keywords: promoting the Amazigh language; media issues; contact of languages; discourse;

The objective of this study is to describe, from a sociolinguistic point of view, the discourses that support the contribution of mass media to the promotion and spread of Amazigh in Morocco. The research is carried out on the basis of a corpus representing the period stretching more or less from the recognition of the Amazigh by the State in 2001 (Ajdir speech) until its constitutionalization in 2011 and is drawn from field work, Television and radio broadcasts, press articles and cartoons. The study of this corpus allows us to examine the various attitudes adopted by the subjects investigated with regard to the question of Amazigh. Our attention focused on the debates that have taken place on the rehabilitation of the Amazigh language, with particular reference to the specificities of the speeches conveyed and the stakes involved.