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Tkači Citata

Tkači Citata

Author(s): Adam Walko / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2015

Besides urbanism, intermediality is another common characteristic where the continuity of the Croatian short story of the eighties and nineties can be found. Usually these two characteristics are interwoven; intermedial strategies often create a subtext of urbanism. The adaptations from the newspapers, movies, television, hyper- and cybertext confirm the thesis about the absolute pluralism and the incomplete convention of the prose text, and the lack of the final form as well. The method of quotations, especially the use of intermedial quotations, is probably the most characteristic and visible feature in the Croatian short story of the eighties and nineties. This feature gains in importance if we take into consideration that in the Hungarian short story there is a traditional emphasis on intertextuality. The revolutionary changes in the Gutenberg-galaxy refer to the redefinition of the role of the literary text, the reader and the author. With the phenomenon of computer-technology and the Internet, unlimited possibilities have opened up in the theory and realisation of the evolution/ development of the short story.

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The Construction of Identity in a Consumerist Society: Delillo’s Jack Gladney

The Construction of Identity in a Consumerist Society: Delillo’s Jack Gladney

Author(s): Sanja Matković / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2015

This paper deals with the construction of the postmodern identity of Jack Gladney, the main character in Don DeLillo’s White Noise (1985). Employing (post)modern, social psychology, and psychoanalytic theories of Zygmunt Bauman, Erich Fromm, Jean Baudrillard, and Gilles Lipovetsky, it analyzes the construction of Gladney’s character through his social roles as professor, husband, and consumer in the narrow sense of the word in order to deduce that his consumerist practices have spread to all aspects of his life. This reading reveals a new interpretation of Gladney’s fear of death; it shows that Gladney’s thanatophobia represents a consequence of his atheistic worldview. Namely, unable to find a haven in religion, he unsuccessfully seeks the meaning of life and death elsewhere, mainly in consumerism, which is identified as the source of his alienation from himself, people, and God. This paper suggests that numerous problems of postmodern life are caused by the lack of faith in God and proposes a conclusion that religion itself could be the answer to the difficulties faced by postmodern individuals with fragmented identities such as Jack Gladney.

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Repression, Resistance, and Solidarity in Orwell’s Oceania and Communist Romania: A Situationist Perspective
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Repression, Resistance, and Solidarity in Orwell’s Oceania and Communist Romania: A Situationist Perspective

Author(s): Adrian Solomon / Language(s): English Issue: 3-4/2015

The powerful situational forces that crushed the resistance of the first generation under communism were no longer necessary against subsequent generations: they had activated self-protective needs that eventually led to conformity and weak forms of dissidence; such as “resistance through culture”. The absence of solidarity; one of the new situational forces; hampered dissent. Similar forces are at work in George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four; the world of Ingsoc-ruled Oceania and its heroes: Winston Smith; Julia; O’Brien; Big Brother

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Politropia: retoryka Odyseusza
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Politropia: retoryka Odyseusza

Author(s): Wojciech Ryczek / Language(s): Polish Issue: 5/2015

In the first verse of his epic poem about Odysseus’s return to Ithaca Homer describes his hero using the complex adjective polytropos. Ryczek discusses interpretations of this multivalent epithet, focusing on the most frequent characterizations of ‘the man of twists and turns’ (to borrow Robert Fagles’s English translation of the Greek anthropos polytropos). For Socrates, Plato and Antisthenes, Odysseus embodies practical wisdom; for Sturm, Sokołowski and Rybiński the wandering Odysseus represents a leader in search of wisdom, while Pucci and Peradotto stress that the hero describes the game of signification within the epic tradition. As a rhetorical competency that links invention (the search for effective arguments) with elocution (the use of many rhetorical figures in speech), polytropia constitutes a regulative idea that signals a masterful use of words when it comes to calling a thing by its name. As a figurative art, i.e. the ability to use a broad range of tropes and figures of speech, it remains an attempt to diversify linguistic forms in response to the diversity of the world and the multiplicity of human experiences.

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O residuach struktur mitycznych w Niecierpliwych Nałkowskiej
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O residuach struktur mitycznych w Niecierpliwych Nałkowskiej

Author(s): Grażyna Borkowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

This article tackles two problems: the transgression of the divide between human and animal in Zofia Nałkowska’s novel Niecierpliwi [The Impatient Ones], and the fact that her characters carry uncommon, noble, almost ceremonial names. According to anthropologists and semioticians, but also according to Freud, both questions are linked to the residual mythical structure that dwells in some representatives of contemporary prose. Nałkowska’s case supports this notion. Bruno Schulz already remarked on this characteristic in his ingenious review of the novel in 1939.

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Arachne i Atena. W stronę innej poetyki pisarstwa kobiecego
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Arachne i Atena. W stronę innej poetyki pisarstwa kobiecego

Author(s): Monika Świerkosz / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

This article discusses Nancy K. Miller’s project of arachnology. Świerkosz presents Miller’s reinterpretation of Arachne as a creative woman (rather than a spider) and of Athena, who (contrary to many feminist readings of the myth) also embodies a certain kind of feminine creativity. Thus Świerkosz questions the somatic model of writing that many critics (including G. Borkowska, A. Araszkiewicz, K. Kłosińska, H. Cixous, I. Irigaray, J. Kristeva) view as the only authentic (and anti-phallogocentric) way for women to find expression in art. Building on scholarship on Maria Dąbrowska’s biography and work as a case study, Świerkosz shows that a narrow definition of womanhood impacts our reading, as does literary historians’ tendency to ignore the ambivalent relationship between gender and literature.

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Miłość i inne używki. (Niekochana Adolfa Rudnickiego)
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Miłość i inne używki. (Niekochana Adolfa Rudnickiego)

Author(s): Adrianna Alksnin / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

Alksnin reads Adolf Rudnicki’s novel Niekochana [Unbeloved] through Avital Ronell’s concept of narcoanalysis, trying to sketch out a ‘rejected’ subject who, like an addict, becomes cut off from reality, gets lost in phantasy, and creates a world that is not subject to an economy of rationality and usefulness.

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Trauma i epifania w Piotrusiu Leo Lipskiego i Tłach Stanisława Czycza
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Trauma i epifania w Piotrusiu Leo Lipskiego i Tłach Stanisława Czycza

Author(s): Radosław Pulkowski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

Artykuł zawiera analizę (mini)powieści Piotruś Leo Lipskiego oraz tomu poetyckiego Tła Stanisława Czycza. Ma na celu wykazanie, że głównym celem obu utworów jest próba wyrażania niewyrażalnego, które jest tożsame z traumą oraz zaczerpniętym z myśli Jacquesa Lacana Realnym. Obaj autorzy próbują robić to za pomocą epifanicznego ukształtowania tekstów, wyraźnie wykorzystując zjawisko kontrastu i tym samym poetykę afektywną. Ze stosunku do niewyrażalności Czycza i Lipskiego można wnioskować o konieczności rozpatrywania ich twórczości raczej w kategoriach myśli ponowoczesnej niż nowoczesnej.

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Arkadiusza Żychlińskiego laboratoria antropofikcji
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Arkadiusza Żychlińskiego laboratoria antropofikcji

Author(s): Łukasz Musiał / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

This article polemicizes with Arkadiusz Żychliński’s book Laboratoria antropofikcji: Dociekania filologiczne [Laboratories of Anthropofiction: Philological Investigations], but Musiał also departs from Żychliński’s key concepts. First, he reconstructs the book’s main points, especially Żychliński’s claim that a person’s natural way of interacting with themselves, others and the world is so-called fabulation (i.e. creating a story), which is why homo sapiens as a species was able to surpass the role of being an object in the evolutionary experiment and instead became a conscious subject in it. Żychliński also makes an innovative contribution to traditional philology in that he brings it into conversation with analytical philosophy and the philosophy of language (Donald Davidson), philosophy of mind (Daniel C. Dennett), developmental and evolutionary psychology (Michael Tomasello), and ethology. In the second part of the article Musiał polemicizes with Żychliński’s main points, pointing out – with reference to contemporary cognitivistic theory and the theory of the ‘embodied mind’ – the non-communicative nature of his concept of philology (in broader terms: the notion of fiction).

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SCIENCE FICTION DISCOURSE IN THE USSR AND HUNGARY: INSTITUTIONALIZATION AND INTERACTION IN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNIST IDEOLOGY

Author(s): Alexander Sautkin,Elena Philippova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

The article describes the development of Soviet and Hungarian science fiction (SF) in connection with the scientific and technical achievements as well as ideological changes in the USSR and Hungary. SF is considered as a literary genre with utopian and dystopian elements and as a form of socio-philosophical reflection in the context of social imagination. The research is focused on identifying both general aspects of the development of SF literature and related institutions (magazines, amateur associations) in the USSR and Hungary, and the specifics of their existence in these countries.

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HOLOPHRASTIC CONSTRUCTIONS AS A MEANS OF OCCASIONAL WORD FORMATION IN ENGLISH POPULAR FICTION

Author(s): Marianna Goltsova / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

The article examines the theoretical aspects of holophrasis as a means of occasional word formation in the English language. The purpose of the study is to reveal the peculiarities of holophrastic constructions as they function in modern English fiction. The methodology of this study involves the application of complex methodology via general scientific methods, such as induction, deduction, introspection and analysis. Holophrasis can be defined as an occasional lexical and semantic means of word formation, which transforms a syntactic unit into its lexical equivalent. Although a holophrastic construction comprises several words, it is argued to be processed as one single word. According to their lexical and grammatical characteristics, holophrastic constructions can be either nominative or attributive types. The holophrastic construction, with its complex syntactic structure and built-in predication, is capable of conveying a large amount of expressive information in a concise manner. The cоnteхt of hоlоphrаstic construction use is usually limited by the sentence in which it is used. The emphatic nature, vivid expressiveness, self-contextualisation and ability to conserve linguistic efforts are distinguishing features of holophrastic constructions. They are often used with the aim of adding originality, unique character and vivid expressiveness in modern fiction.

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AFRO-AMERICAN RAP LYRICS VS FAIRY TALES: POSSIBLE WORLDS AND THEIR MEDIATORS

Author(s): Natalia Kravchenko,Maria Prokopchuk,Oleksandr Yudenko / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2021

The article aims to identify possible worlds and their mediators in their metaphorical, symbolic and archetypal properties in fairy tales and Afro-American rap lyrics. The rap lyrics semantic structure involves a great worlds variety. Some of them intersect with the fairy tale magic worlds. The world of death imagery indicated in the rap lyrics by demetaphorized compound imagery with a naturalistic-physiological component, is associated with the archetypally bound fairy tale “the other world”, denoted by fabulous toponyms and fairy topoi. The mediators of these worlds encompass some magical tools and super-abilities, designated by conceptual metaphors, metonymies and hyperbolized similes in the rap lyrics and by narrative means in fairy tales. The oneiric world is mediated by nominations of hallucinogens in the rap lyrics and sacred food and drinks in fairy tales. While the latter mediators add strength or serve as a means of correction of an evil character, based, respectively, on the narrative motifs of redemption and victory of good over evil, the rap oneiric mediators refer to fear and degradation, indicated by visual oneiric images. The mediators of world of inspiration, not appropriate to fairy-tales, use wings (ability to fly and counteract the gravity), designated by conceptual metaphors. The world of wonderful status transformation, inherent to the rap lyrics, is denoted by the symbols of material well-being, based on the archetypal narrative motifs of the hero transfiguration and reward.

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Representations of the Black Sea in Radu Tudoran's Nautical Novels

Representations of the Black Sea in Radu Tudoran's Nautical Novels

Author(s): Roxana Elena Doncu / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2022

Radu Tudoran, the son of a maritime officer, was one of the few writers committed to writing about the sea and seafaring in Romanian literature. Among his nautical novels the best-known are Un port la răsărit [A harbour in the East], Toate pânzele sus! [All Sails Up!] and Maria și marea [Maria and the sea]. The last two were turned into movies by Mircea Mureșan, but only the filmic adaptation of Toate pânzele sus! enjoyed long-lasting success with the public. I will analyse only the first two novels, the first written before the communist take-over, and the second during Ceaușescu's rule, at the high time of national communism. Although Tudoran kept his distance from his brother's (Geo Bogza) communist sympathies, Toate pânzele sus! [All Sails Up!], a classic of adventure on the seas, allowed the nationalist ideology of the Communist party to seep into it.

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The English Patient, A Narrative of Diasporic Identity

Author(s): Georgiana Monica Iorga / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

This paper is a text-applied comparative approach to some thematic aspects of identity formation in a chosen fictional text belonging to diasporic literature in English, at the intersection of various geographical, ethnic and cultural spaces. Rather than aiming at an exhaustive survey of diasporic fictions in English (almost an impossible task, given the amount of such writing that is being produced in the contemporary global age), I shall aim at focusing on a number of recurrent topics approached throughout the chosen literary work. My main intention will be to point out various ways in which the textuality of written fictional text reflects on issues related to migration, nomadism and diasporic identity from a variety of theoretical perspectives, but situated mainly in a postcolonial, transnational and global light. Place and time are connected to memories and homeland as they represent important values for those who live in diaspora (place: where they were born and they spent their childhood or a part of their lives; time: events, customs and traditions associated to a certain moment in their lives).

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Technology and Control from Dystopian Literature to the Present Day

Author(s): Francisc Horvath / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2023

When watching a sci-fi movie or reading a book, people often wonder if those things they find out will be possible in the future. Things that seemed impossible 100 years ago are possible today due to technology. Nevertheless, does this advancement in technology mean only comfort? This article aims to study the topic of technology and control in three dystopian novels. Also, a second objective is constructing an imaginary bridge over time by finding analogies of what it seemed SF for the writers of dystopian novels and what we live today. Accordingly, what writers like Huxley, Orwell, and Bradbury considered the control of people through technology now exists, and it is mundane stuff.

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INTERTEXTUALITY AND CREATIVITY: A.S. BYATT’S POSTMODERN STORIES

INTERTEXTUALITY AND CREATIVITY: A.S. BYATT’S POSTMODERN STORIES

Author(s): Cristina Mihaela Nistor / Language(s): English Issue: 40/2025

Intertextuality, a term coined by Julia Kristeva, came into existence the moment literary critics and theorists realized that things, in general, and language and imagination, in particular, are never created ab nihilo. With postmodern writers, intertextuality has become a particularly useful instrument by means of which many goals could be achieved: writers would take old stories, dust them off, rewrite them, and reinterpret them at the same time, putting their own stamp on the respective texts while giving them a new lease on life. British contemporary author A.S. Byatt, who was fond of inquisitive and imaginative readers, went one step further: she would create texts that stimulate readers by mocking and challenging them. Byattian narratives rely heavily on intertextuality, heteroglossia and metanarratives – that is why deserving readers are always rewarded for their perseverance by the discovery of layers upon layers of texts and meanings, waiting patiently to be decoded. In view of all that, my paper aims to analyse some of the Byattian texts in which fictional characters get a makeover. By following the fantastic thread of the narratives, I will focus on the features and techniques that A.S. Byatt uses in in her endeavour to transform popular stories into postmodern metatexts and write herself in these postmodern tales.

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HUMAN AND NATURE CONNECTION IN ANAYA’S CHICANO REALM: ULTIMA – THE EMBODIMENT OF NATURE’S SPIRIT

HUMAN AND NATURE CONNECTION IN ANAYA’S CHICANO REALM: ULTIMA – THE EMBODIMENT OF NATURE’S SPIRIT

Author(s): Oana-Andreea Ghiță-Pîrnuță / Language(s): English Issue: 40/2025

The present study aims at analyzing the importance of human and nature connection in Rudolfo Anaya’s novel entitled ”Bless me, Ultima” highlighting multifarious aspects that place Ultima, the main female character, and nature in connection to one another in the Chicano realm. The focus is laid upon Ultima and her gift, that of healing by using herbs, roots and medicines provided by nature and picked up by her. The study also presents Ultima’s connection to her owl turning her into the embodiment of nature’s spirit.

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Statuia reînsuflețită/ Karaoke

Statuia reînsuflețită/ Karaoke

Author(s): Dan C. Mihăilescu,Adrian Bodnaru / Language(s): Romanian Issue: 2/2025

This article contains a book review and a short story.

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Central European perspectives of the global campus: Slavic academic fiction after 1989

Central European perspectives of the global campus: Slavic academic fiction after 1989

Author(s): Oksana Blashkiv / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2025

The article discusses non-Anglophone campus fiction based on contemporary Slavic academic fiction. The author maintains that for the study of Slavic campus fiction in the context of world literature, the methodology of area studies and comparative literature is productive since it presents necessary tools for interdisciplinary research. This idea is illustrated by campus fiction written in the countries of Central Europe. The article discussed generic peculiarities of Slavic campus fiction, which primarily is constituted by the socio-cultural context of the area’s university history and the themes, therefore, dealt with by the novels. As the themes common for Czech, Slovak, Polish, and Ukrainian campus fiction the author specifies the problem of identity, cultural memory, and the university’s contemporary challenges. Among the specific features identified in these national literatures, campus metafiction by Slovak and Polish writers is mentioned. The author concludes that Slavic campus fiction offers a unique lens on multilingualism and hybrid identities, shaped by Europe’s intricate history and opens up new possibilities for further research.

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Extraordinary Bodies in Liviu Rebreanuʼs Ion. A Reading through the Lens of Disability Studies

Extraordinary Bodies in Liviu Rebreanuʼs Ion. A Reading through the Lens of Disability Studies

Author(s): Valeska Bopp-Filimonov / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2024

This article aims to develop a Disability Studies inspired reading of the Romanian canonical novel Ion by Liviu Rebreanu. Consequently, the paper focuses on the marginal figures endowed with physical impairments. On the one hand, the novel impressively depicts the ethnic and gender hierarchy in the village society of the time. The hierarchy is closely linked with degrees of disability: the physically impaired and mentally weak have at least one further characteristic of “disadvantage”. This could be a “race” or gender considered inferior and directly associated with a social disadvantage. On the other hand, the analysis reveals how the protagonist’s particularly potent body functions as a foil for contrast and comparison. Even though Ion is the protagonist, he dies in the end. Does the able-bodied then also have no future? A visionary answer lies in the symbolic link between the charactersʼ bodily condition and the Romanian state of nationhood. At the time when the novel is set, the very beginning of the 20th century, the modern Romanian nation, including all Romanians, had not yet been fulfilled. But Ion leaves behind an illegitimate child to be birthed by the apparently most able-bodied woman of the village Pripas. Therefore, he leaves a legacy – and with it, the chance of a prosperous future. This shows how the eugenic debates of the time were also internalized by Rebreanu, as biological strength and the will to survive are positively united and linked to the idea of the (Romanian) nation, while all others are given no chance.

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