Ironie și grotesc în nuvelistica lui Victor Papilian

Author(s): Ingrid Cezarina Elena Barbieru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 1/2016

Victor Papilian’s work represents one of the many key moments of the Romanian literature between the two World Wars. His writings are fundamental for a better understanding and view upon both the social and artistic contexts. This paper aims to offer a wider perspective upon Victor Papilian’s short prose, by establishing two important milestones: the irony and the grotesque. These modern aesthetic categories play an outstanding role in identifying the singularity of the epoch’s mentalities: the modern man, who is always searching, always doubting, always criticizing the world. Our paper aims also to present, from a different point of view, the inner mechanisms which animate a modern writer’s artistic point of view. For this purpose, we have selected several examples of short prose, from Victor Papilian’s work. Our analysis consists in revealing the means by which the irony and the grotesque are built throughout the text. From a fine irony, up to a sarcastic tone, the author uses all kinds of means to illustrate his ideas and feelings. For example, all types of comics and characterization, interior monologue, up to the portraits illustration. Victor Papilian’s short prose, despite the lack of approach, remains one of the key milestones in illustrating the main artistic concepts of its times.

La démocratie et l’autoritarisme dans l’Europe Médiane

Author(s): Mara Magda Maftei / Language(s): French Issue: 2-II/2010

This article refers to the interplay of democracy and authoritarianism in Median Europe (Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia). We are interested in the period covering the beginning of the 19th century, passing from communism and the hope of democracy after 1989. Also, there are differences among countries belonging to the Median Europe. The Czech Republic, Hungary or Poland have managed to leave behind them communist customs and better practice democracy. The situation is not the same in Romania or Bulgaria. Furthermore, religion has a word to say. Catholicism harmonizes better with orthodoxy then orthodoxy.

Feminism and Education. The Feminist Theology

Author(s): Mihai Androne / Language(s): English Issue: 4-II/2010

Cet article essaie de mettre en évidence la liaison entre féminisme et christianisme, et aussi en quelle mesure les idées féministes et appartenant à la théologie féministe peuvent édifier les consciences, pour servir une cause noble. La théologie féministe conteste les paradigmes religieux traditionnels, en essayant d’éliminer la « masculinité » de la théologie chrétienne.

A Debreceni egyetemisták értékvilága

Author(s): Béla Marián / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2012

Only ten percent of students describe themselves as observant believers – that is, following the teachings of his/her denomination – which was the most distinctive factor between different groups of opinions revealed by the analysis. 61 percent of students belong to some kind of denomination, and 57 percent consider themselves believers to some extent (47% in its own way, 10% of which follow the teachings of his/her own Church). The value system had by non-religious students can be seen as an average. Apart from their lack of religious affiliation, there are no other distinguishing factors in relation to most students here. The group of university students who are religious to some extent can be divided to two groups based on different opinions held by them. The most important dimension of this separation is tolerance: the first group has an attitude of acceptance towards ethnic, social and cultural minority groups, while the second has a more exclusionary attitude. Tolerant religious students are more open and more susceptible to positive values than are their non-religious/less tolerant religious peers. Finally, also found was a fourth group of values: one tenth of students in Debrecen can be characterised as being very pessimistic, as having a negative psychological state and as being sceptical when it comes to positive values. The influence of the ‘spirit’ of the University of Debrecen can be seen in the difference between the older and younger students. In relation to a positive change, there is an indisputable role to be playing by someone’s maturing – though we should mention here that the university does orientate its students in the direction of more tolerance and having a stronger commitment to positive values.

Muszlim közösségek helyzete Európában

Author(s): Tibor Darvai / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2011

Review of: Anna Triandafyllidou [ed.]: “Muslims in 21st Century Europe: Structural and Cultural Perspectives.”; Routledge, 2010, Milton Park. 224 p. by: Darvai Tibor

DR. MÉSZÁROS ÁDÁM: PÁRKAPCSOLATI KONFLIKTUSKEZELÉSI KÉZIKÖNYV. ÚTMUTATÓ A BÉKÉS, SZERELMES MINDENNAPOKHOZ

Author(s): Olga Lukács / Language(s): Hungarian Issue: 2/2017

Napjainkban minden harmadik házasság „válásra van ítélve”, a házasság, a család intézménye válságával kell szembenéznünk. E tény elbátortalanodásra ad okot a házasulandók számára. Ezzel a pesszimizmussal szemben vette fel a harcot Dr. Mészáros Ádám, azzal, hogy tapasztalatai alapján megírt egy olyan kézikönyvet, amely még a címével is buzdít, reményt ad és bátorságot a hithez, hogy létezik, lehetséges olyan házasságban élni, amelyben a szerelem örök. Az utópisztikusnak tűnő reménysugarat az elmúlt közel tíz év praxis-tapasztalatából, házassági tréningjeiből meríti.

Cudowne ikony Matki Bożej w parafii Puchły i Żerczyce

Author(s): Justyna Matus / Language(s): Polish Issue: 9/2017

The icon in Orthodox Church occupies an important place. The Mother of God and her miracle images play a crucial role in the life of Orthodox Christians. In the article the worship of miracle icons from Pukhly and Zherchitse parishes has been analyzed. The author emphasizes that the icons are still enshrined. Pilgrims who pray in front of them return to health and St. Mary the Virgin grants them mercy.

Функције ђавола у старозаветним и новозаветним апокрифима

Author(s): Isidora Ana Stambolić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 02/2017

The subject of this paper is the figure of the Devil in Serbian Medieval Apocrypha and his functions within the plot of the Apocrypha. Leaning on the traditions of the Old and New Testament we have endeavored to interpret which of the functions has the Devil of the Apocrypha inherited from Biblical, and which from folk traditions and beliefs. Depending on how frequent is the appearance of the Devil in the Apocrypha, we have listed some of his basic functions and tried to understand their origin and his role.

HUKUK TARİHİ AÇISINDAN HRİSTİYANLIK

Author(s): Mahmut Yılmaz / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 3/2017

This article focuses on the birth of Christianity, the spread of Christianity, the relationship between Christian law and other legal systems of Christian law.

Le Déluge, les savants et la mer Noire : une nouvelle mythologie scientifique ?

Author(s): Laurent Carozza,Albane Burens / Language(s): French Issue: 2/2018

Noah’s Flood is a narrative structure that has cross ages and civilizations. It is above all a deterministic posture in our perception of the relationship between societies and their environment. We attempt in this paper to examine the universal character of the Flood myth, and how some scientists call upon this mythological structure to justify or dress up their studies. Consequently, we try to observe the causal links established by some researchers between the history of climate and societies, to explain the origin of the Noah’s Flood. We seek to understand how scientific discourse was built around the research dedicated to the incarnation of the place, and how today the use of Earth Sciences to unravel the true of the fake is carried out. Furthermore, it is particularly interesting to pore over the links between archaeologists - historians of materiality - and environmental scientists. In this article, we will briefly present our investigations conducted on the populating of the Black Sea coastline during recent Prehistory, and the way we evidenced a landscape (more than 7000 years old), nowadays largely submerged by the floodplain of the Danube delta. Those works have led us to many questions about the existence of a flood in the Black Sea.

Serce rozumne – o państwie, prawie i polityce w dialogu między rozumem a religią

Author(s): Maciej Borsiak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 75/2015

The paper presents and comments on the discussions that took place between cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and philosopher Jürgen Habermas. It concerned the current secularization and a place of religion in a liberal constitutional state. This is an example of how this type of discourse can be carried out in a manner intended to reach an agreement and pointing to the benefits the two „spheres” can draw upon each other. The author attempts to identify a source of a similar diagnosis which is established by both thinkers as well as to indicate how conclusions of the discussions affect the perception of the role of law in the modern state.

PADİŞAHLARIN CARİYELERLE EVLENMESİ

Author(s): Ferhat Şen / Language(s): Turkish Issue: 4/2017

Slavery, banned at the beginning of the last century, has been a reality of life in different cultures and geographies. The male slaves in the Ottoman were raised as statesmen in state and female slaves (concubines) were kept in the harem. Those chosen from among these concubines were the sultan's wife or wife.

Between law and politics: Muslim religious practices in Swiss public schools

Author(s): Fabienne Bretscher / Language(s): English Issue: 20/2017

Switzerland is currently confronted with a strong political movement that aims at restricting civil rights of certain minority groups, in particular Muslims. This has led to several limitations to their religious practices, some of them even approved by popular vote. From a legal point of view, the question arises which role this shift in politics plays in the Federal Supreme Court’s interpretation of the fundamental right to freedom of religion granted by the Swiss Constitution in cases regarding Muslims. By means of a case study in the field of public education, this paper examines how the political environment influences the relevant case law. It arrives at the conclusion that although the Court was at first following the political trend of restricting Muslims’ fundamental rights, it has taken a stronger stand against such tendencies in recent decisions.

Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa pt. Religion, Cooperation, and Conflict in Diverse Societies, Lozanna (Szwajcaria), 4-7 lipca 2017 r.

Author(s): Michał Zawiślak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 20/2017

Międzynarodowa konferencja naukowa pt. Status osoby duchownej we współczesnym państwie, Bańska Bystrzyca – Badin (Słowacja), 11-13 września 2017 r.

Author(s): Michał Ożóg / Language(s): Polish Issue: 20/2017

Język piętnastowiecznej części psałterza floriańskiego. Składnia zdania pojedynczego

Author(s): Marek Cybulski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 29/1993

Podmiot jest w Fl BC wyrażany przede wszystkim mianownikiem różnych części mowy. Przykładów mianownika w tej funkcji jest 936, co stanowi 98% całości. Zaledwie kilkanaście razy podmiot wyrażono w inny sposób.

Nazwy własne i formy od nich derywowane w XVI-wiecznych przekładach tekstów ewangelicznych

Author(s): Danuta Bieńkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 27/1993

Am Beispiel von Ethnonymen, die vier polnischen Bibeltexten aus der 2. Hälfte des 16. Jhs. gemeint sind sog. Biblia Leopolity (Leopolita-Bibel), Biblia Budnego (Budny-Bibel), Biblia brzeska (Brest-Bibel) und Biblia Wujka (Wujek-Bibel) entnommen sind, wurde das Bedürfnis einer vielseitigen Analyse von Eigennamen, insbesondere aber das der semantischen Exploration hervorgehoben, worauf auch begegnede Übersetzungsvarianten schließen lassen.

Świadectwo uniwersalizmu myśli: listy Edyty Stein do Romana Ingardena

Author(s): Beata Garlej / Language(s): Polish Issue: 17/2017

The core of the article constitute the letters that Edith Stein (who later became St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) and Roman Ingarden, whom she met in Gottingen, exchanged between 1917 and 1939. When they met they were both students of Edmund Husserl and were among the members of so-called Gottingen Phenomenologists’ Club that was not only of international nature but also accepted females as its members, which was quite an exception in the first two decades of the 20th century. The issues addressed in Stein’s letters to her friend from Poland centered on two aspects: behind-the-scenes functioning of the phenomenologists gathered around their master (Husserl), as well as the inner path in the course of which Stein’s spiritual metamorphosis takes place. It is obvious that with reference to the former issue, the works and the philosophical views of Edmund Husserl served as the source of intellectual inspiration. The young scholar reached beyond them though. Her philosophical achievements as well as her inner development were deeply influenced by another professor of philosophy, Adolf Reinach, thirty four years of age at that time. The latter problematic plane discussed in the letters confirms that “[t]he biography of Edith Stein is one of the most fascinating life stories not only in modern times. It is connected both with the content of her thought as well as with her life path that was bold climbing towards perfection as well as a great transformation; this transformation has been defined both as the grandest and the most complex one since the change that was the part of St Paul’s, or Saul of Tarsus, life” [in: Anna Grzegorczyk, Ponad kulturami. Uniwersalizm Edyty Stein, Poznań 2010, p. 37; own translation]. This duality of thought, seemingly referring to the realms so distant that virtually impossible to combine, become connected by one feature: the author’s universality of thought which points clearly that Edith Stein’s philosophical attitude reaches the intercultural dimension. Consequently, the brilliance of the author and philosopher becomes obvious, and „stems from the unique combination of cognitive passion with transcendent sense” [Ibid, p. 41]

О современной богослужебной певческой практике старообрядцев Новосибирска (на примере службы мученикам и исповедникам, пострадавшим за правоверие в XVII веке)

Author(s): Olga Swietłowa / Language(s): Russian Issue: 17/2017

In the article the author adheres to the concept of defining the Old Believers as a living tradition that preserved the ancient Russian church singing art. The modern state of liturgical singing practice in the community of the Russian Orthodox Old Believer Church in Novosibirsk is considered. The particular qualities of the Old Believer service to the saints martyrs and confessors who suffered for their faith in the 17th century are analyzed. The author makes a conclusion about the uniqueness of the Old Believer culture, in which, despite inevitable modifications and updates, Old Russian liturgical singing continues to carry its true sacred meaning.

„Rozmyślanie na wsi w Turgielach” Pawła Ksawerego Brzostowskiego

Author(s): Magdalena Ślusarska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 2 (10)/2017

The dissertation presents a preliminary analysis of Pawel Ksawery Brzostowski’s „Rozmyślanie na wsi w Turgielach” – a work that has so far escaped the attention of researchers. It attempts to demonstrate that the meditation, rooted in the rhetorical tradition, bears at the same time certain features of the essay, constituting an interesting example of the author’s implementation of a new literary genre, which gained more and more popularity at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Brzostowski left a rich, albeit not very original literary output. He used various forms of artistic expression. „Rozmyślanie na wsi w Turgielach” completes his previous achievements. Undertaking of a new challenge indicates the attitude of openness on the part of the writer, the readiness to experiment in the field of form and the willingness to broaden the limits of speech. It is also important for better understanding of the history of the essay in relation to Polish literature.