O doktorskoj disertaciji Milivoja Mirze Abdurahmana Malića

Author(s): Namir Karahalilović / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 68-69/2015

Milivoj Mirza Abdurahman Malić is one of the first South Slav Iranianists who were educated in Western European university centres. Malić passed the viva voce examination for his doctoral thesis in 1935 at the Sorbonne, and published it in Paris in the same year. The topic of his thesis was Bulbulistan, the work of Fawzī Mostārī, a Bosnian-Herzegovinian author who wrote in Persian and Turkish languages in the second half of the seventeenth and the the first half of the eighteenth century. This article presents a critical overview of Malić’s doctoral thesis.

Български и чешки еквиваленти на някои сръбски фразеологизми от „Моста на Дрина“ на Иво Андрич

Author(s): Pavel Krejčí / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 3/2015

The article presents sixteen Serbian idioms and phrasems from Ivo Andrić’s novel Na Drini ćuprija („The Bridge on the Drina“) and its Bulgarian and Czech translated equivalents. The idioms were selected from somatic and faunic sphere. Тhe aim it to present and describe 1. the difference between the translations in confrontation with the original and 2. the differences between the translations. In the paper we concentrate mainly on differences of formal character.

Hrvatski tradicijski napjevi Međimurja na tragu Havelockovih kognitivnolingvističkih koncepata

Author(s): Lidija Bajuk / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 1/2014

This paper attempts to classify the Croatian traditional songs from Međimurje according to two basic cognitive-linguistic concepts, presented in 1986 in The Muse Learns to Write: Reflections on Orality and Literacy from Antiquity to the Present by American philologist Eric Alfred Havelock. The two categories of traditional songs are: songs passed on by oral tradition, which present the behavior of mythical beings and people in mythical natural or real cultural settings (A), and songs passed on by written word which articulate the "myself" (B). Cognitive linguistics as a contemporary humanistic discipline considers in context the two-way creative correlation between the worldview of the author-performer and the listener – whose personal views reinterpret and redefine the world.

Съдържание (2005 – 2014)

Author(s): Alexandra Dimova,Gergana Stoimenova,Simoneta Sokolova,Andrej Boyadzhiev / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2016

A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma: Deception, Truth and Modernism

Author(s): Roland Boer / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2016

This article deals with the widespread assumption that a significant collection of texts known as the Bible is inherently ‘deceptive’. That is, the Bible does not – it is assumed – say what was ‘really’ going on in the ancient world. The truth, therefore, must be found by going behind or beneath the text (the spatial metaphors should be noted). Here the real story may found, through archaeology or reading the text against itself. This approach may be described as a modernist ‘depth model’, in which the surface attempts to conceal the truth, while the truth itself must be found by going around the surface text. This remains a dominant approach in biblical criticism. However, it cannot be understood without earlier and indeed, in some quarters, current assumptions concerning the realist nature of the text. In this case, the text reflects in a reasonably trustworthy fashion the context of the text, if not the ideological assumptions and positions of the putative authors. Modernist ‘depth models’ may then be seen as attempts to respond to realist assumptions. A third moment is what could be called postmodern: in this case, the distance between surface and depth is challenged, so that the various possibilities become equal contestants for the dominant position. This entails a shift away from the assumption of a singular truth of the text, characteristic of both realist and modernist assumptions, to the understanding of multiple truth claims – not as relative but as absolutes that permit other absolutes. The argument emphasises that these approaches should be seen as dialectically related to one another, rather that mutually exclusive approaches.

За сборника: Мигриращи култури и социални практики, посветен на 10-годишнината от основаването на Академичния кръг по Сравнително литературознание. Съставител Румяна Л. Станчева, 2013.

Author(s): Rennie Yotova / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

About the collection of articles: Мигриращи култури и социални практики [Migrating Cultures and Social Practicies], dedicated to the 10-anniversary of the founding of the Academic Circle for Comparative Literature. Roumiana L. Stancheva (Ed.). Editorial staff: Nikolay Aretov, Ognyan Kovachev, R. L. Stancheva.. Библиотека Голямотовписване. София, Университетско издателство „Св. Кл. Охридски”, Издателскицентър „Боян Пенев”, 2013.

Война на термините или нови стратегии? За сборника: TÖTÖSY de ZEPETNEK, Steven, and Tutun MUKHERJEE (Ed.). Companion to Comparative Literature, World Literatures, and Comparative Cultural Studies. New Delhi, Cambridge University Press India Pvt.

Author(s): Roumiana L. Stantcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

About: Steven TÖTÖSY de ZEPETNEK and Tutun MUKHERJEE (Ed.) Companion to Comparative Literature, World Literatures, and Comparative Cultural Studies. New Delhi, Cambridge University Press India Pvt. Ltd., 2013.

Литературни или културологични сравнения? За сборника: Пътища и пътеки на европеизма на Балканите. [Roads and Trails of the Europeanism in the Balkans. In honor of the 50th anniversary since the Institute for Balkan Studies & Center of... 2014.

Author(s): Roumiana L. Stantcheva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 1/2015

Roads and Trails of the Europeanism in the Balkans. In honor of the 50th anniversary since the Institute for Balkan Studies & Center of Thracology foundation. Antoaneta Balcheva and Yordanka Bibina (Ed.)

Antyliterackie, a więc literacke. O Nikiformach Edwarda Redlińskiego

Author(s): Marta Bukowiecka / Language(s): Polish Issue: 4/2015

This article examines Edward Redliński’s prose volume Nikiforms, a literary work that consists of authentic non-literary texts written by citizens of the People’s Republic of Poland. Redliński described his experiment as a collection of literary ready-mades. Published in 1982, the book was misunderstood by critics of the time, who tried to judge it through traditional criteria of literariness. Redliński’s Nikiforms, however, call for a different interpretative approach – one that discerns literariness not within each single text but in the encounter of different texts, between them, in the idea behind their composition. The non-literary forms included in the collection perform a metaliterary function because collectively they pose questions about boundaries, roles, the form and building material of literariness. Redliński’s book is part of a distinct contemporary trend in Polish literature to highlight non-literary phenomena.

Jana Twardowskiego (o)czarowanie paradoksami. Źródła paradoksów poetyckich — lektura licealisty

Author(s): Magdalena Ochwat / Language(s): Polish Issue: 24/2015

The omnipresence of contradictions and paradoxes in Twardowski’s poems gave me the idea to situate the priestly poetry in the network of philosophical, literary and theological references and inspirations in the context of school education. And, strictly speaking, in the context of a student’s intellectual journey in search for the source/sources of paradoxes in the writer’s poems. The idea for a series of lessons for secondary schools, titled “Sources of Reverend Jan Twardowski’s Poetical Paradoxes”, is not supposed to constitute simply an instruction on how to analyse and interpret Jan Twardowski’s poetry, but it is to show how paradox and this poetry are positioned — in the broader sense — in culture. The article shows that what may turn out to be attractive for secondary school students is pointing to some directions in the poet’s fascination with paradoxes, seeking their roots, reaching not only to the poet’s literary experience, but more broadly — to his biography, theological and philosophical interests, of which the poet often spoke himself.

„Judasz z Monte Sicuro” — lekcja o moralności czasów wojny

Author(s): Lucyna Sadzikowska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 24/2015

The works created in a German concentration camp by Gustaw Morcinek — an author well-known to literary circles and present at schools or in academic perception (though today almost forgotten), and recognizable to the Polish readers thanks to “Łysek z pokładu Idy” (“Baldie from Ida Coal Seam”) and “Wyrąbany chodnik” (“Clear Drift”) — prove that the problems shown in them are still of utmost importance. “Judasz z Monte Sicuro” (“Judas of Monte Sicuro”) — a novel by Gustaw Morcinek, on which this article focuses, gives an honest picture of traumatic wartime experiences, devoid of simplifications and distortions. It may become an important commentary on short stories by Tadeusz Borowski and “The Tin Drum” by Gunter Grass. Regardless of these works’ genesis, the attitudes of their protagonists are similar: they follow a subjective hierarchy of values, rejecting moral norms, and — repeatedly — causing conflicts with their surroundings. In school practice, “Judasz z Monte Sicuro” can be considered a significant work from both the historical and literary perspectives. It constitutes a record created by an eye-witness and chronicler of other people’s observations, and at the same time, it is an original work, written in simple language, unfettered by any rigid principles of the genre, and thus attracting attention with its authenticity and frankness. In school environment, reading “Judasz…” — which is appropriate in accordance with the core curriculum approved by the Ministry of Education — can bring a variety of interesting effects. One needs to remember that literature in secondary schools is primarily an event, whose content is unpredictable, diverse and complicated.

The Personality of Kotys in the Ancient Literary Tradition

Author(s): Dobriela Kotova / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2014

Kotys remains in history as one of the most remarkable individualities in the first half of the 4th century BC. He was the great politician of the Odrysian kingdom, the king who turned the Odrysae into a factor of political life in the Balkans and in the Early Hellenistic world. His character and lifestyle were of particular interest to the ancient writers. Greek 4th century authors understandably painted his image in a deliberately maligned and biased manner, and cast the foundations for his extremely unfavourable reputation for centuries ahead. However, the intensive literary tradition surrounding his personality is actually fuelled by the great and unswervingly followed ambition of that Thracian ruler to find his prominent place in the Hellenic space and to become successfully an integral part of the trends in the Early Hellenistic world. The paper presents the evidence on the personality of Kotys, which has been left to us by authors from different historical periods and genres, and traces the evolution of his image.

„A my nie chcemy uciekać stąd…” – twórczość Jacka Kaczmarskiego wobec stanu wojennego w Polsce

Author(s): Jarosław Ciszek,Tomasz Okraska / Language(s): Polish Issue: XIII/2015

The article is devoted to the life and work of Jacek Kaczmarski during martial law in Poland (1981-1983). First, attention is paid to the life of poet who was in France when decision to impose martial law in Poland was taken. Exile deprived him very important to the bards direct contact with the national audience. Then, the authors undertake the analysis of selected works which Kaczmarski wrote in the period of martial law or otherwise related to it. The main aim of the research is to consider the problem of the role of creator of culture in creating the memory of important historical events.

Запрещенные песни (Песни в записи Л. В. Домановского из коллекций фольклорного собрания РО ИРЛИ)

Author(s): Natalia Komelina / Language(s): Russian Issue: 14/2016

The article deals with an episode in the history of Soviet folkloristic, namely a prohibition of certain genres of folklore. In 1920s there occurs a boom of recording modern urban folklore, but in 1930s the recorded texts were destroyed or concealed in restricted folklore storage of large research institutions. Based on archival materials the article draws conclusions of the reasons for recording unfavorable (criminal, heroic, political) texts and the reasons for placing them into the restricted storage (“spetskhran”). The article is appended with published documents stored in Petersburg archives.

Научна периодика 2011 г.

Author(s): Emiliya Voleva / Language(s): Bulgarian Issue: 23/2011

Content of the main Bulgarian scientific journals for the current year in linguistics, literature, history, folklore, ethnography, archaeology and art studies

Fikcja awangardy?

Author(s): Alina Świeściak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

This article tackles the problem of the avant-garde in most recent Polish poetry. In the first part Świeściak recapitulates arguments in favour of categorizing contemporary art and literature as avant-gardist, then she examines recent poetry from three points of view: as an avant-gardist experiment; in terms of the relationship between autonomy and heteronomy (a problem of the political dimension); and in terms of the influence of new media (cyberpoetry). These perspectives reveal that this poetry contains avant-gardist categories of thought, and they highlight a tendency to draw on avant-garde tools. Nonetheless, Świeściak argues, we are not justified to treat contemporary literature as another phase of the avant-garde. Today’s art and literature both demand new ways of aesthetic cognition and categorization.

Polscy akcjoniści. Przyczynek do genealogii i teorii polskiej sztuki krytycznej

Author(s): Marcin Kościelniak / Language(s): Polish Issue: 6/2015

Karol Sienkiewicz’s book Zatańczą ci, co drżeli [Those Who Trembled Shall Dance] has revived the debate on the genealogy of Polish critical art. Kościelniak enters into the conversation by placing two dramatic works within this framework, namely Tadeusz Różewicz’s Do piachu [Into the Sand] and Helmut Kajzar’s Koniec półświni [The End of the Half-Pig]. He argues that there is structural and political similarity with the Viennese Actionists – the pioneers of critical art. Kościelniak grounds his interpretation of Różewicz and Kajza in Julia Kristeva’s theory of the abject. Addressing the fact that art of the abject tends to be automatically associated with critical art, Kościelniak discusses the limits of art’s critical function.

THE POLITICS OF LOCATION AND SEXUALITY IN LEILA AHMED’S AND NAWAL EL SAADAWI’S LIFE NARRATIVES

Author(s): Leila Aouadi / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2014

This article explores Leila Ahmed’s A Border Passage, and Nawal ElSaadawi’s Memoirs from the Women’s Prison, A Daughter of Isis, and Walking Through Fire. It contrasts their works and argues that location and gender awareness play an important role in the writing of autobiographies. The focus is on showing how El Saadawi’s positioning as a feminist activist in Egypt and Ahmed’s location in the USA determine the texts’ themes and shape the construction of the autobiographical “I.”

Między nature a nurture. Transfer międzypokoleniowy, epigenetyka i „więzy krwi”

Author(s): Anna Artwińska / Language(s): Polish Issue: 1/2016

This article explores two family or generational narratives – Anna Janko’s A Minor Extermination and Sergey Lebedev’s Oblivion – to tackle the question of intergenerational transmission, including from a biological perspective. Artwińska is interested in the inscription of figures and metaphors belonging to the genealogical discourse, as well as in their function in and beyond the text. Janko’s work can be read as a literary manifestation of the concept of epigenetics, while Levedev’s presents the metaphorization of problems related to the image of ‘blood ties’. The two family narratives exemplify how topical the notion of generation is in its genealogical dimension.

O pokoleniach z perspektywy niemieckiej

Author(s): Anna Artwińska,Agnieszka Mrozik / Language(s): Polish,German Issue: 1/2016

Review: Pokolenia albo porządkowanie historii [Generations or the Ordering of History], ed. by Hubert Orłowski, Robert Traba and Holger Thünemann, Introduction by Hubert Orłowski, trans. Izabela Drozdowska-Broering and Jerzy Kałążny, Poznańska Biblioteka Niemiecka, ed. by Hubert Orłowski, Wydawnictwo Nauka i Innowacje, Poznań 2015