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  1. Utopia in Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Utopia is a universal concept, as manifested by the fact that it has attracted readers of five centuries and has influenced numerous writers. It is obvious that people, recognizing the abundant stupidities, corruptions, and injustice... mehr

     

    Abstract: Utopia is a universal concept, as manifested by the fact that it has attracted readers of five centuries and has influenced numerous writers. It is obvious that people, recognizing the abundant stupidities, corruptions, and injustice prevalent in their society, should attempt to plan a better system for living together. Whether they can reach such a society or not is the fundamental question found in most Vonnegut’s works. The utopian schemes in Vonnegut’s works such as the settlement of San Lorenzo in Cat's Cradle, almost always backfire, often bringing about more problems than they promise to solve. Therefore, in this paper, it is aimed to emphasize Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle regarding the concepts of utopia and dystopia as well as apocalyptical notions. Apocalypse can be investigated in Cat’s Cradle and it gives a serious quality to Vonnegut's work. The emptiness of mere survival is painfully described in Cat's Cradle, in which the earth is locked in frozen death

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Amerikanische Literatur in in Englisch (810)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Utopie; Dystopie; Vonnegut; K.; Apocalypse
  2. A study of chekhovian elements in Radi's drama
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: As one of the outstanding Iranian playwrights, Akbar Radi (1939-2007) is known to be influenced by Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov. Occasionally by his critics, he was called as "The Persian Chekhov" but they never expounded comprehensively... mehr

     

    Abstract: As one of the outstanding Iranian playwrights, Akbar Radi (1939-2007) is known to be influenced by Henrik Ibsen and Anton Chekhov. Occasionally by his critics, he was called as "The Persian Chekhov" but they never expounded comprehensively the details of the given epithet which might be derived from similarities, influences and inspirations among Radi and Chekov. By analyzing these similarity cases, this essay attempts to figure out whether this resemblance is resulted from the conscious impressionability. Or otherwise, the similar life conditions of the authors -which caused their parallel worldviews- are displayed in the world of their plays. By analyzing the social, economical and geographical conditions of the authors' lives and also studying the resemblance of the content of their works which consist of different aspects of characterization in their plays and also examining the structure and diction of their plays; this essay is going to give a comprehensive view of the epithe

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Theater; Struktur; Lebensbedingungen; Autor; Einfluss; Analyse; Radi; A.; Tschechow; A.; Charakterisierung; Ähnlichkeit
  3. Rashid Vatvat and Matlubon-Kolle-Taleb
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: This article is based on an attempt to introduce and study a new-found manuscript containing four Hadith books: "Tohfa-al-seddigh, Fasl-al-khetab, Ons-al-lohfan, Matlubon-kolle-taleb." These four Hadith books include Hadiths of the first... mehr

     

    Abstract: This article is based on an attempt to introduce and study a new-found manuscript containing four Hadith books: "Tohfa-al-seddigh, Fasl-al-khetab, Ons-al-lohfan, Matlubon-kolle-taleb." These four Hadith books include Hadiths of the first four caliphs, interpreted by Rashid-al-din Vatvat; distinguished writer of sixth century in Kharazmshahian court. The remarks of two hadith books (Fasl-al-khetab and Matlubon-kolle-taleb) are also changed into persion poem. With a thematic point of view, some scribes have collected these four Hadith books into one book and named it: "Remarks of the four Chosen fellows" or " Hundred remarks of the four prophets fellows". This manuscript is written in Naskh in the same style by Taher

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen anderer Sprachen (890)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Islam; Manuskript
  4. Lord of the flies and implications of tutelage
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: The striking propensity for violence, displayed by a band of British schoolboys, comes to light as a prominent feature of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. It is widely known that the choice of schoolchildren, as the perpetrators of such... mehr

     

    Abstract: The striking propensity for violence, displayed by a band of British schoolboys, comes to light as a prominent feature of William Golding's Lord of the Flies. It is widely known that the choice of schoolchildren, as the perpetrators of such a savagery, finds its roots in Golding's own pessimistic vision of mankind, and his admonitions about inherent evil and fallen nature in all people regardless of their age and nationality. Nonetheless, the circumstances that lead to a decline in civilized values, and give rise to aggressive instincts, are too complicated to be expounded in purely theological terms. Other major factors could contribute to the spread of violence in human relations. This study does specifically elaborate on the tendency among the boys to be under tutelage, and the underlying psycho-sociological state that could prove crucial to the dramatic turn of events on the island. An assessment of tutelage in Lord of the Flies would further illuminate the significance of chil

     

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  5. Das Motiv der polnischen Haushaltshilfen in deutschsprachiger und polnischer Literatur
    Autor*in: Gierlak, Maria
    Erschienen: 2012

    Abstract: "Der Artikel zeigt an ausgewählten Beispielen aus der neuesten deutschen und polnischen faktualen und fiktionalen Literatur das Funktionieren der polnischen Putzfrau als eine symbolische Figur im kollektiven Bewusstsein in beiden Ländern... mehr

     

    Abstract: "Der Artikel zeigt an ausgewählten Beispielen aus der neuesten deutschen und polnischen faktualen und fiktionalen Literatur das Funktionieren der polnischen Putzfrau als eine symbolische Figur im kollektiven Bewusstsein in beiden Ländern zwischen 1980 und 2010." (Autorenreferat)

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Ostindoeuropäische, keltische Literaturen (891)
    Schlagworte: Hausangestellte; Frau; Pole; Arbeitsmigration; Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Stereotyp; Literatur
  6. "Die Wunder der Schöpfung"

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    DDC Klassifikation: Altaische, uralische, paläosibirische, drawidische Literaturen (894)
    Schlagworte: Electronic book text; Literatur; Turksprachen; Mensch
  7. The (in)visible eye of authority: notes on surveillance in Paul Auster's Ghosts
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: In his Discipline and Punish (1995), Foucault describes the plague-stricken city where authorities exercised surveillance to control the contagion of the disease. As Foucault states, the first precaution to take was the strict division of... mehr

     

    Abstract: In his Discipline and Punish (1995), Foucault describes the plague-stricken city where authorities exercised surveillance to control the contagion of the disease. As Foucault states, the first precaution to take was the strict division of space which led to the isolation of dwellers; this spatial partitioning reinforced the notion of pervasive surveillance and paved the way for the modern disciplinary society of which Panopticon was an ideal architectural embodiment. In this paper, we try to show how a combination of the plague-ridden city’s discipline diagrams and Panopticism make the whole scene of Auster's Ghosts. By focusing on the role of writing in power mechanisms depicted in the novel, we illustrate the power-knowledge relations which involve the characters in the process of subjectification and which construct the subject position of the author (Blue) who acts as the (in) visible eye of authority. Then, we argue that Blue's dilemma aggravates mainly because he identifies h

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Amerikanische Literatur in in Englisch (810)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Subjektivierung; Macht; Schriftsteller; Autor; Philosophie
  8. The use of fantasy in Doris Lessing's selected fictions
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was one of the greatest British writers and the oldest winner to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Since 1969, she started to use fantasy in her works as a mode of fictional expression. Fantasy is a genre in... mehr

     

    Abstract: Doris Lessing (1919-2013) was one of the greatest British writers and the oldest winner to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Since 1969, she started to use fantasy in her works as a mode of fictional expression. Fantasy is a genre in literature that contains supernatural phenomena in fictional worlds. This paper's central concern is also the use of fantasy in her works. For her, fantasy is a tool used to separate present day reality. Fantasy allows her to cope with themes that could not have been used in realistic works. This paper explores the question of fantasy in Lessing's selected novels

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Phantasie; Realität; Sprache; Gesellschaft; Sufismus
  9. Analysis of Edward Bond's war plays
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: The War Plays'trilogy (Red, Black and Ignorant, The Tin Can People and Great Peace) presents the scenario of a waste land ‘with apocalyptical shades. The post nuclear environment of the plays reflects the Atmosphere of the historical period... mehr

     

    Abstract: The War Plays'trilogy (Red, Black and Ignorant, The Tin Can People and Great Peace) presents the scenario of a waste land ‘with apocalyptical shades. The post nuclear environment of the plays reflects the Atmosphere of the historical period when it was written. The beginning of the eighties saw the debate about nuclear weapons and strong discussions about the Thatcher administration in this respect. Edward Bond emerged from a group of left-wing writers who joined the experimental fringe theatre in the 1970s. To make sense of this literature, we turn to content analysis to examine the trends and categorize the burgeoning management research of the past 25 years that uses content analysis. In Red Black and Ignorant characters confront the paradox. Society uses dramatists to create the drama it needs but a dramatist is not a conduit. He is responsible for what he writes, not out of duty but because discerning anything means evaluating it and this requires desire and commitment. What a

     

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    Schlagworte: Literatur; Schriftsteller; Analyse; Drama; Verantwortung; Bond; E.
  10. Variants of comprehension of the "own" and the "alien" in anglo-american literature of the end of the nineteenth century
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: The problem of encounter - meeting/conflict of the "own" and the "alien" became especially actual in Anglo-American literature of the end of the XIXth century due to the increasing tension in relations between the newly-born American nation... mehr

     

    Abstract: The problem of encounter - meeting/conflict of the "own" and the "alien" became especially actual in Anglo-American literature of the end of the XIXth century due to the increasing tension in relations between the newly-born American nation and Old Europe on the threshold of World War I. The brightest examples of encounter depiction are revealed in the works by O. Wilde (The Canterville ghost), H. James (Daisy Miller) and M. Twain (Innocents abroad).This study concentrates on the analysis of three works with the similar plot-lines - the arrival of American "innocents", having "new", free-from-prejudice, pragmatic and down-to-earth life approach, to the Old World where they have to face the "old", traditional cultural and moral values. Special attention is paid to O. Wilde's complication of the subject-matter of his story due to the specific choice of the main character - a supernatural being. Thus, the range of problems in "The Canterville ghost" increases from the real conflict of

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Amerikanische Literatur in in Englisch (810)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Pragmatismus; Fremdheit; Weltanschauung; USA; traditionelle Kultur; alte Welt; neue Nation
  11. The appearance of child within in Ian McEwan's The Child in Time
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Child within is a phenomenon that show the existence of a child inside every adults. It could be hidden all through the life of a person, but it does not mean that the child does not exist there. This paper is devoted to Ian McEwan's The... mehr

     

    Abstract: Child within is a phenomenon that show the existence of a child inside every adults. It could be hidden all through the life of a person, but it does not mean that the child does not exist there. This paper is devoted to Ian McEwan's The Child in Time (1987). This novel is about children with rare physical existence of children. It begins while the reader be aware of the abduction of the Stephen Lewis's Daughter, Kate, two years ago. Stephen who is the narrator tries to cope with the grief and problems afterward. He never has stopped looking for Kate and insistently keeps her alive by seeing her in other children and in his mind. The child who is alive in his mind is actually Stephen's own child inside. Stephen's friend, Charles Darke, is the one whose child inside is shown itself. The child inside must be controlled, otherwise; it can cost a lot. They show different reaction toward their child inside and differently deal with it. Stephen can heal himself, but Charles cannot heal h

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Kindheit; Traum; Kind; Roman
  12. Nomadologic Ulysses: pounding overseas
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: A Deleuzian reading of Ezra Pound's the Gypsy and Ulysses by James Joyce is put into practice to link the schizophrenic concept of "nomadology", with diaspora, mysticism, logic, multilingualism, nostalgic inclination towards "change",... mehr

     

    Abstract: A Deleuzian reading of Ezra Pound's the Gypsy and Ulysses by James Joyce is put into practice to link the schizophrenic concept of "nomadology", with diaspora, mysticism, logic, multilingualism, nostalgic inclination towards "change", purgatorial ontology of Adam and Eve before the Fall, and a Protean vision to focus on "capacity" as the sine qua non of "change"

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Philosophie; Nomadismus; Joyce; J.; Schizoanalyse
  13. The enchanted storyteller: John Barth and the magic of Scheherazade
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: During the fifties he was considered to be an existentialist, and absurdist and later a Black Humorist, yet, John Barth proved that he would never subscribe to any specific theory and would make his own world of/about fiction by himself. A... mehr

     

    Abstract: During the fifties he was considered to be an existentialist, and absurdist and later a Black Humorist, yet, John Barth proved that he would never subscribe to any specific theory and would make his own world of/about fiction by himself. A traditional postmodernist as some of the critics calls him; he was obsessed with Scheherazade the narrator of the Thousand and one Nights and her art of storytelling. This essay aims to depict Barth's employment of the frame narrative and embedding structure which are the main devices of Scheherazade's mystifying narratives. Revealing the architectonic structure of his writing, we would demonstrate how traditional technique can bridge postmodernist aesthetics to recreate and replenish the exhausted materials in writings

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Fiktion; Literatur; Tradition; Ästhetik; Erzählung; Postmoderne
  14. James Joyce and alcoholism

    Abstract: This paper will zoom-in upon one of the greatest modernist writers and influential figures of the twentieth century, James Joyce. In this way, following his life’s developments, from his troubled childhood to his frantic life abroad with... mehr

     

    Abstract: This paper will zoom-in upon one of the greatest modernist writers and influential figures of the twentieth century, James Joyce. In this way, following his life’s developments, from his troubled childhood to his frantic life abroad with Nora Barnacle, his literary work and his inspirational sources, we will try to establish whether alcohol consumption hindered or aided his creative process. In order to do so, this article will present events that might have triggered the drinking, the rituals and ‘customs’ of the process, as they seem to be in some kind of interrelation. These facts will be rendered while using close textual analyses of his literary works in the context of addiction

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Einfluss; Alkoholismus; Schriftsteller; Joyce; J.
  15. The study of ideology in The Handmaids' Tale based on Althusser's view
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Ideology has always been the most vital apparatus for each government and dominant groups of society to keep their superior position so that every inferior subject could remain obedient and live like a programmed machine that is required to... mehr

     

    Abstract: Ideology has always been the most vital apparatus for each government and dominant groups of society to keep their superior position so that every inferior subject could remain obedient and live like a programmed machine that is required to operate according to some fixed and rigid codes. Sometimes these codes are so apparent and tangible in the society that breaking them would result in sheer oppression such as impressment, exile and even execution. However in modern era the controlling and domination are not applied through force and physical attempts yet it does not mean it ceased to exist. The traditional ways of oppression are not extinct; yet they remain in new forms, tools and weapons which in Althusser's terminology they are called RSA. Nevertheless there is another difference in modern time; it has been attempted to control the minds of people through other less vivid weapons. These weapons could poison the minds of subjects and control and train them in a way that dominan

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Amerikanische Literatur in in Englisch (810)
    Schlagworte: Ideologie; Gesellschaft; herrschende Klasse; Gewalt; Unterdrückung; Roman; Literatur; Althusser; L.
  16. Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea: an ecocritical reading
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: The present paper seeks to analyze Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea in the light of the theory of ecocriticism. Ecocriticism focuses on the relationships of individuals with nature and how their interactions are portrayed in a literary work.... mehr

     

    Abstract: The present paper seeks to analyze Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea in the light of the theory of ecocriticism. Ecocriticism focuses on the relationships of individuals with nature and how their interactions are portrayed in a literary work. Ecocritics consider nature as an active participant in literary works that possesses agency. Throughout history, religion and industrial developments affected nature and man’s relation to it. Religion put so much value on man that he ventured to destroy nature for his own good and industrialism estranged man from nature to the extent that now nature and culture or civilization are two different entities. Nature and wild life turn into the objects in the hand of modern culture and technology. Wide Sargasso Sea shows how agent of culture, Mr. Rochester exploits and dominates Antoinette as agent of nature since he lost his connection with nature as a native of an industrial country like England. As a woman she is more harmonious with nature as nature

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Roman; Natur; Individuum; Kultur; Technologie; Zivilisation; Ökologie; Rhys; J.; Ökokritizismus; Ökokratismus
  17. La traductología: miradas para comprender su complejidad

    Abstract: Las reflexiones sobre la actividad de traducción y sus resultados han estado marcadas históricamente por el mayor o menor alejamiento respecto de la obra original. También a través del tiempo se ha intentado dar respuesta a la pregunta ¿qué... mehr

     

    Abstract: Las reflexiones sobre la actividad de traducción y sus resultados han estado marcadas históricamente por el mayor o menor alejamiento respecto de la obra original. También a través del tiempo se ha intentado dar respuesta a la pregunta ¿qué es una buena traducción? con la formulación de reglas generales, es decir, prescribiendo. Afortunadamente, hacia mediados del siglo XX, comienza a sistematizarse el estudio de la actividad de traducción y se entiende la complejidad que la sustenta, ya que en ella confluyen aspectos diversos, tanto lingüísticos como cognitivos, culturales o comparativos. De allí en más, los estudios sobre la traducción abandonan la prescripción y asumen una mirada descriptiva y explicativa, que se relaciona con las normas del género discursivo que se traduce, con las normas sociales del público para el cual se traduce y con las que se establecen entre la editorial o cliente y el traductor. Desde las aparentemente ingenuas definiciones de traducción, pasando por u

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Literatur und Rhetorik (800); Soziologie, Anthropologie (301)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Übersetzung; Semantik; Kultur
  18. Gauri as woman protagonist in Mulk Raj Anand's novel
    Autor*in: Yadav, Shashi
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Through this novel "Gauri" Mulk Raj Anand expresses his indisputable concern for the suffering humanity of India. It forces one to ask a few questions about the Indian character of woman. We call the woman as "Mother", "Goddess" and claim... mehr

     

    Abstract: Through this novel "Gauri" Mulk Raj Anand expresses his indisputable concern for the suffering humanity of India. It forces one to ask a few questions about the Indian character of woman. We call the woman as "Mother", "Goddess" and claim that our society always been given due respect to women. At the same time, we also beat them ablaze or turn them out of the house. Mulk Raj Anand's novel Gauri eloquently exposes the hypocrisy of our society. It not only voices a strong protest against ill treatment of women but also explores through the example of Gauri what woman in India should do for her emancipation

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Indien; soziales Dilemma; Transformation; Frau; Menschheit; Mythos; Chauvinismus; Aberglaube; Emanzipation; Erzählung; sozialer Wandel; Mann
  19. The impact of autocracy on Ibn Moataz's poem

    Abstract: It is not an easy task to learn complicated political and social situation of Abbasid history and its impact on the behavior of kingdom and ruling classes. Prince Abdullah ibn Moataz is a poet and author and one-night king who entered... mehr

     

    Abstract: It is not an easy task to learn complicated political and social situation of Abbasid history and its impact on the behavior of kingdom and ruling classes. Prince Abdullah ibn Moataz is a poet and author and one-night king who entered poetry and literature by autocracy spirit. There are issues like description, wine, glory, pray and epics in his poets, his book namely Al-Badie (Niche) and his proses. He is a poet born in political strangulation and observed assigning and withdrawing frequent Abbasid rulers by Turk commanders including the murderer of his father. Then, by his mother's ingenuity, he resorted to poetry and literature. He never forgot these bitter memories. However, it was not only influential in his one-day administration, but also it caused his homicide like previous Caliphs. In present paper, in terms of ibn Moataz's autocratic basis is technically analyzed by his complete poetical works. Also his Shahnameh - type approach on some poetical themes such as description

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen anderer Sprachen (890)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Diktatur; Dichtung; Psychoanalyse; Intertextualität; Abbasiden
  20. Interpretation of dreams and Kafka's a country doctor: a psychoanalytic reading
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Dreams are so real that one cannot easily distinguish them from reality. We feel disappointed after waking up from a fascinating dream and rejoice to wake up knowing the nightmare is ended. In some literary works the line between fancy and... mehr

     

    Abstract: Dreams are so real that one cannot easily distinguish them from reality. We feel disappointed after waking up from a fascinating dream and rejoice to wake up knowing the nightmare is ended. In some literary works the line between fancy and reality is blurred as well, so it provides the opportunity to ponder on them psychologically. The plot of some of the poems, novels, novellas, dramas and short stories is centered on the minds, thoughts, or generally speaking, human psyche. This essay elaborates upon the "nightmarish"-rather than dreamlike-story, Kafka's A Country Doctor, by applying psychological approach. It seeks to discuss the interpretation of some of the incidents of the story according to Freud's "The Interpretations of Dreams". Also, the id, ego and superego, the three parts of Freudian psychic apparatus, as well as their identification with the related characters are discussed

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Literaturen germanischer Sprachen; Deutsche Literatur (830)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Freud; S.; Traum; Deutung; Psychoanalyse; Kafka; F.
  21. Collapsing time, chaotic consciousness: reading Don DeLillo's Point Omega from the perspective of postmodern gothic
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: The intense concerns with time, space and consciousness structure modernist and postmodernist Gothic narratives with the elements been treated much differently in these periods from the previous ages, owing to the hypotheses of great... mehr

     

    Abstract: The intense concerns with time, space and consciousness structure modernist and postmodernist Gothic narratives with the elements been treated much differently in these periods from the previous ages, owing to the hypotheses of great twentieth and twenty first century philosophers such as Henri Bergson, Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre, later to be followed by Gilles Deleuze, for whom the linear spatialized concept of time and the traditional notions of space and consciousness are no more than ideal speculations and to whom the existential views of time, space and consciousness make reasonable substitutes. Don DeLillo's Point Omega is among the postmodern works which touch upon philosophical contemplations on metaphysical dilemmas such as the meaning of true life, ultimate consciousness, unanimity of perception and reality, and extraterrestrial concepts of time and space. It is set in a traumatized present, outside of history while the very absence of future an

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Amerikanische Literatur in in Englisch (810)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Bewusstsein; Zeit; Wahrnehmung; Raum; Realität; Postmoderne; Chaos; Philosophie
  22. Demon lovers versus damsels in distress: an archetypal reading of Robert Browning's my last duchess and Porphyria's lover
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: Each literary work has a world of its own and discovering this world may seem undemanding and straightforward. By contrast, the realm of a literary work might be loaded with hints for a reader who has established a harmonious relationship... mehr

     

    Abstract: Each literary work has a world of its own and discovering this world may seem undemanding and straightforward. By contrast, the realm of a literary work might be loaded with hints for a reader who has established a harmonious relationship with that world. The world depicted by the work may well encourage this reader to pass from the surface meaning toward the heart of the idea. This paper tries to reveal the secondary layer of meaning in two poems by Robert Browning, My Last Duchess and Porphyria's Lover, by focusing on the archetypal elements implemented in them. The recent study explores the archetypal characters playing their roles in the poem by focusing on old archetypes such as the Soul Mate, Damsel in Distress, Innocent youth and Demon Lover. Then it elaborates on the archetypal motifs or patterns such as immortality and scapegoat. Furthermore, the last part of discussion elaborates on Jung's principal archetypes (shadow, persona, and anima) and his theory of individuation

     

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    DDC Klassifikation: Englische, altenglische Literaturen (820)
    Schlagworte: Literatur; Motiv; Dichtung; Verhaltensmuster; Archetypus; Browning; R.; Charaktere
  23. "Everything in me lies"
    Erschienen: 2015

    Abstract: In Sam Shepard's plays, America is full of traditional and mythical symbols. He uses these emblems in order to subvert their meanings and manifest the discrepancies between characters' living in the West and the realities they confront. In... mehr

     

    Abstract: In Sam Shepard's plays, America is full of traditional and mythical symbols. He uses these emblems in order to subvert their meanings and manifest the discrepancies between characters' living in the West and the realities they confront. In his play, A Lie of the Mind, Sam Shepard reflects on the traditional meanings of myth and the erasure of them in the postmodern societies. Furthermore, the postmodern universe in these three plays is bombarded with representation and distortions of reality, and hyperreality which make reality be masked and obscure. The characters enter in simulations of reality after accepting the fact that the true reality doesn't exist. As a matter of fact, myths are not real; they are simulations of the past myths. Media with its glamorous and captivating power is of the most influential mediums in constructing the hyper real

     

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    Schlagworte: Literatur; Tradition; Mythos; Realität; Gesellschaft; Medien; USA; Postmoderne; Shepard; S.
  24. Constructive power and discordant discourses in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra
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    Abstract: The present paper aims to focus on how the circuit of different discourses in Alexandria and Rome contributes to the subject formation in Antony and Cleopatra. Identity, which acts as trap in this play, precipitates the characters from two... mehr

     

    Abstract: The present paper aims to focus on how the circuit of different discourses in Alexandria and Rome contributes to the subject formation in Antony and Cleopatra. Identity, which acts as trap in this play, precipitates the characters from two different countries or contexts into a war through creating binarized categories with heterogeneous possibilities. Mark Antony - one of the Triumvirs of Rome in search for self-actualization strives against his country’s discourse in the beginning, he places himself in the warring discourses of Rome and Alexandria. When in Alexandria, he is inside the discourses of Rome, and when in Rome, he is inside the discourses of Alexandria. Like the nature of the signifier as it can happen and be determined by other contexts, Antony retains references to Rome when he is Alexandria, and establishes himself as a subject and makes his signification possible in this foreign country by relating himself to epicurean concepts other than his own former stoic attit

     

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    Schlagworte: Literatur; Identität; Widerstand; Leistung; Diskurs; Epikureismus; Stoizismus; Shakespeare; W.
  25. Instinct or society?: a Rouseauist analysis of corruption in William Golding's Lord of the flies
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    Abstract: The present study argues that William Golding's Lord of the Flies can be read as a manifest for the natural degeneration of human beings, and that human beings are violent and competent by nature. In doing so, the present article, firstly,... mehr

     

    Abstract: The present study argues that William Golding's Lord of the Flies can be read as a manifest for the natural degeneration of human beings, and that human beings are violent and competent by nature. In doing so, the present article, firstly, draws upon the Hobbesian philosophy of human nature and how it is in conflict with the related ideas of Rousseau. The article, then, analyzes certain elements of the novel so as to show the Hobbesian ideas behind the novel where there is a society of children and the upcoming relations of power and individual desires. The article afterwards argues that human nature, against what the author declares in the Hot Gates (1965) as the degenerated human nature, is not naturally degenerating, but through society this savagery of human being takes place. Ideas of Rousseau are then used thereupon for backing this very argument. Golding's novel launces attack on Rousseau's ideas that society is the agent of corruption in beings

     

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    Schlagworte: Literatur; Instinkt; Roman; Gesellschaft; Korruption; Rousseau; J.