- Informacje o czasopiśmie
- Format
- Czasopismo
- eISSN
- 2067-5712
- Pierwsze wydanie
- 30 Aug 2019
- Częstotliwość wydawania
- 2 razy w roku
- Języki
- Angielski
Wyszukiwanie
- Otwarty dostęp
The Darling Men of Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock : An Early Postmodern Representation of Masculinity
Zakres stron: 7 - 18
Abstrakt
This article examines how Sean O’Casey’s
Słowa kluczowe
- Sean O’Casey
- psychology
- postmodernism
- gender
- deconstruction
- modern drama
- Irish drama
- masculinity
- feminism
- gender roles
- Otwarty dostęp
“She Isn’t Going to Give Up”: Women’s Resilience in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane – A Feminist Reading
Zakres stron: 19 - 28
Abstrakt
While Monica Ali’s novel
Słowa kluczowe
- Monica Ali
- feminism
- postcolonialism
- culture clash
- emancipation
- immigrants
- feminine resilience
- Otwarty dostęp
“See the Child”: Representations of Childhood in Blood Meridian and The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Zakres stron: 29 - 38
Abstrakt
This essay aims to illustrate the way in which the American writer Cormac McCarthy constructs the role of the children in his novels
Słowa kluczowe
- childhood
- Cormac McCarthy
- Jacques Derrida
- logocentrism
- Post-Structuralism
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Give Us This Day Our Daily Absurd, As We Also Have Given It to Our Absurd-mongers! One Look at the Absurd in Romanian Culture
Zakres stron: 39 - 63
Abstrakt
An unpublished piece of prose in the style of Romanian writer Urmuz has rekindled my interest in absurdist writings and/or absurd cases which, in Romanian culture, are associated with the likes of Urmuz, Caragiale or Ionesco. I will ponder here, with the aid of the aforementioned authors and also by comparing their work with Lewis Carroll’s, the absurdist spirit of certain Romanian literary and dramatic pieces, or only of certain scenes therein, to propose a typology of the absurd as distinct from satire (the latter often a companion piece to the former). Mine is an investigation that crisscrosses texts, cultures and ages more than it offers an in-depth analysis by recourse to concepts and theories; asks questions more than it offers answers; plays more than it does sober research; and laughs – lest it should weep.
Słowa kluczowe
- absurd
- uncanny ()
- Urmuz
- Eugène Ionesco
- I. L. Caragiale
- Ion Creangă
- Lewis Carroll
- J. L. Borges
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Cultural Encounters: Glimpses of the United States in Late Twentieth-Century Romanian Travel Narratives
Zakres stron: 64 - 89
Abstrakt
Travel narratives are complex accounts that include a significant layer of factual information – related to the geography, history, and/or the culture of a particular place or country – and a more personal layer, comprising the author’s unique perceptions and rendering of the travel experience. In the last thirty years of transition from a communist to a democratic society, the Romanians have been free to travel to any country they choose; however, during the communist period, especially during the 1980s, travelling to Western, capitalist countries, such as France, Great Britain, Canada, or the United States, was rather limited and fraught with complex issues. Still, Romanian travelers during that time managed to visit the United States, on diplomatic- or business-related exchanges, and published interesting travel stories of their experiences there. Therefore, this essay sets out to capture, from a comparative perspective, the impressions and encounters depicted by Radu Enescu in
Słowa kluczowe
- Romanian travel narratives
- perceptions of the United States
- cultural encounters
- American urban spaces
- late twentieth century
- New York City
- San Francisco
- Otwarty dostęp
‘The Cake is (Not) a Lie:’ Intertextuality as a Form of Play in Digital Games
Zakres stron: 90 - 106
Abstrakt
Since Julia Kristeva’s first use of the term in the late 20th century, intertextuality has given rise to one of the literary theories most frequently applied in the interpretation of texts across different media, from literature to art and film. In what concerns the study of digital games, however, the concept has received little attention, in spite of the fact that the new medium offers a more than fertile ground for its investigation. The aim of the present essay, therefore, is to propose that digital games can be and, indeed, are intertextual in at least two ways. First, we argue, games deliberately refer to other games, which may or may not be a part of the same series. Secondly, they connect with texts from other media and specifically with literary texts. In both cases, the intertextual link can be a sign of tribute, a critical comment, or a means of self-reflection. Ultimately, however, these links are a form of aesthetic play that reveals new similarities between digital games and traditional media for artistic expression.
Słowa kluczowe
- intertextuality
- aesthetic play
- digital games
- game criticism
- game philology
- Otwarty dostęp
Anxiety and Enjoyment in the Foreign Language Classroom
Zakres stron: 107 - 121
Abstrakt
To balance the research that has been carried out on negative emotions, the researchers in the field of second language acquisition (SLA) have recently focused on the role of positive academic emotions and their role in the process of acquiring a foreign language (FL). The aim of the present article is to examine the relationships between foreign language enjoyment (FLE), foreign language classroom anxiety (FLCA) and students’ academic achievement in English in order to prove that these two emotions do not constitute opposite dimensions but may converge and diverge from time to time during the learning process. This article calls for a more dynamic approach to studying emotions and investigating whether and to what extent these two emotions may mutually shape one another and thus affect learners’ achievement in the foreign language classroom.
Słowa kluczowe
- foreign language enjoyment
- foreign language anxiety
- SLA
- positive psychology
- Otwarty dostęp
I vs. We . First Person Personal Pronouns in Political Speeches
Zakres stron: 122 - 135
Abstrakt
The present article reports on a case study that focuses, comparatively, on the extent to which Romania’s Prime Minister Adrian Năstase and UK’s Prime Minister Tony Blair reveal their intentions and thoughts in their investment speeches, by the use of the personal pronouns
Słowa kluczowe
- cooperative principle
- political speeches
- oral communication
- personal pronouns
- power relations