Washington Square

Author(s):  
Henry James

‘She will do as I have bidden her.’ Catherine Sloper is heiress to a fortune and the social eminence associated with Washington Square. She attracts the attention of a good-looking but penniless young man, Morris Townsend. His suit is encouraged by Catherine's romantically-minded aunt, Mrs Penniman, but her father, a clever physician, is convinced that his motives are merely mercenary. He will not consent to the marriage, regardless of the cost to his daughter. Out of this classic confrontation Henry James fashioned one of his most deftly searching shorter fictions. First published in 1880 but set some forty years earlier in a pre-Civil War New York, the novel reflects ironically on the restricted world in which its heroine is marooned, seating herself at its close ‘for life, as it were’. In his introduction Adrian Poole reflects on the book's gestation and influences, the significance of place, and the insight with which the four prinicipal players are drawn. The edition includes an account of the real-life tale that sparked James's imaginative genius.

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 184
Author(s):  
Sari Herleni

This article describes about the figure of children world in a short story “Anggrek Rara” written by Ina Inong, by connecting the social structure in the text and in the real life. After analyzing the social structure in the story, it is found that the plot of this story was the progressive plot, the background was from the social fact that came from inner house and outer house, otherwise the central character were Rara and Bunda. By analyzing social structure of text, it was found that a family (home) is the serious and formal environment while outer house is free and non formal. The result of the research showed that the children short story “ Anggrek Rara” was expected to give the figure outlines of the children world.AbstrakPenelitian ini membahas tentang gambaran dunia anak dalam cerita pendek anak “Anggrek Rara” karya Ina Inong dengan menghubungkan struktur sosial teks dalam karya dan struktur sosial teks dengan realitas. Melalui analisis struktur sosial dalam karya terungkap bahwa alur cerita ini merupakan alur lurus, latar terdiri dari fakta sosial yang bersumber dari rumah dan di luar rumah, sedangkan tokoh Rara dan Bunda adalah tokoh sentral. Melalui analisis struktur sosial teks dengan realitas terungkap bahwa keluarga (rumah) merupakan lingkungan yang sifatnya serius dan formal, sedangkan di luar rumah bahkan bersifat bebas dan non formal. Hasil yang diperoleh dari analisis ini menunjukkan bahwa cerita pendek anak “Anggrek Rara” dianggap mampu memberikan garis-garis besar gambaran kehidupan dunia anak.


2010 ◽  
pp. 2263-2279 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Simonov ◽  
Marco Mussetta ◽  
Riccardo Zich

Since energy use is a type of consumer behavior reflecting the interests to maximize some objective function, the human being activities seen in energy terms might be used to create the social aggregations or groups. Electric energy generated from ecologic sources brings some unpredictability. Authors model the unpredictability of the distributed generation in order to create a tool for minimization. Authors propose the novel method to build real life smart micro grids in the distributed generation context characterized by zero emissions. The proposed tool becomes an instrument to create the social aggregation of users and negotiate locally the “social” energy in real time, strengthening and mastering a virtual neighborhood of the local community.


2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18
Author(s):  
Falk Hartig

China’s global communication activities are mainly perceived as sinister propaganda to mislead international audiences, and related discussions exemplify Western unease about China’s global communication efforts. While not trivializing these efforts, this article objects to some of the assessments and argues in favour of a critical but open-minded engagement with China’s global communication activities. Such an approach should pay attention to potential audiences and should closely scrutinize the real-life circumstances of China’s communicative practices and put them into perspective for its audiences. The article highlights these aspects by analysing the screening of a video in New York City’s Times Square in Summer 2016 and one version of the China Daily supplement, China Watch.


2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-146
Author(s):  
Rakib Farooq Matta

The Kite Runner is a novel by Khaled Hosseini and one of the literary works that presents the social life of Afghan people in each political era of Afghanistan. The aim of this paper is to discuss the impact of the Afghan conflict since the end of 1970’s until the 2000’s, the author describes the impact of the conflict of Afghanistan since the time of Daoud Khan’s coup, the Soviet Invasion, the Civil War Afghanistan, and the Taliban regime. This study used a mimetic approach that compares the actual occurrence with what is found in the novel. In analyzing this novel, the author uses sociological theory of literature by Alan Swingewood, first perspective regard literature as historical documentation and the time of the literary works made. Then the author uses qualitative methods, where the research described in a descriptive form of words or experts from novel and other sources related to the Afghan conflict. This paper focuses on the condition of Afghan society’s life during the Afghan conflicts and the impact of Afghan conflicts as reflected in the novel, The Kite Runner.  


2008 ◽  
Vol 5 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 125-138
Author(s):  
Ksenija Kondali

This paper examines Geraldine Brooks’ latest novel People of the Book (2008) in light of postmodern critiques of history and the desire to explore and signify the past through processes of deconstructing male-centered dominance and (re)constructing histories. The paper highlights ethno-spatial representation that involves intercultural dynamics behind the fate and importance of the manuscript. Drawing on discussions of postmodern views of history and identity construction, I engage the novel against the background of these and other postmodern and postcolonial concerns, also considering intertextual effects stemming from the mixing of genres and sub-genres. Lastly, I offer a reflection about the potential of this fictional account, based on the real-life fate of a prayer book that has testified to the spirit of interfaith tolerance and mutual enrichment of diverse cultures, to provide a context for understanding contemporary preoccupations with heritage, history, memory and identity in Bosnia and Herzegovina.


2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-41
Author(s):  
Rerin Maulinda

A work has a distinctive existence by showing the differences of human fajta, namely the social and economic system. In addition, a work containing cultural undue will be closely related to the customs of certain norms and beliefs. This can be seen in the novel titled KKN In Dancer Village which contains mystical and mythical values using the study of literary anthropology nyoman Kutha Ratna theory. One form of the author's expression is his imaginative thinking and intuition about the points of mystical values and myths that exist in the novel and what it has to do with the real world. Literary anthropology is used to analyze these oin-points. The method used in this research is qualitative descriptive method. Data collection techniques using note-reading techniques and library study techniques. The results of literary anthropology research with mimesis approach show as follows. First, some of the pieces of the story experienced by the characters are directed at mystical things that then give rise to myths that are finally believed by the characters in the story. Second, the mystical values and myths that occur in each piece of the story sometimes occur and appear in the real world. That means it does happen in the real world, not just fiction. Abstrak Sebuah karya memiliki eksistensi yang khas dengan memperlihatkan perbedaan dari fakta manusia, yaitu sistem sosial dan ekonomi. Selain itu, sebuah karya yang mengandung unsur kebudayaan akan berkaitan erat dengan adat istiadat norma-norma dan kepercayaan tertentu. Hal ini terlihat dalam novel berjudul KKN Di Desa Penari yang memuat nilai mistis dan mitos dengan menggunakan kajian antropologi sastra teori Nyoman Kutha Ratna. Salah satu wujud ekspresi pengarang ialah pemikiran dan intuisi imajinatifnya mengenai poin-poin nilai mistis dan mitos yang ada dalam novel dan apa saja hubungannya dengan dunia nyata. Antropologi sastra digunakan untuk menganalisis poin-poin tersebut. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode deskriptif kualitatif. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan teknik baca catat dan teknik studi pustaka. Hasil penelitian antropologi sastra dengan pendekatan mimesis menunjukkan sebagai berikut. Pertama, beberapa penggalan cerita yang dialami oleh para tokoh mrngarah pada hal mistis yang kemudian menimbulkan mitos yang akhirnya diyakini oleh para tokoh dalam cerita. Kedua, nilai mistis dan mitos yang terjadi dalam setiap penggalan cerita terkadang terjadi dan muncul pada dunia nyata. Itu artinya hal tersebut memang terjadi pula dalam dunia nyata bukan hanya cerita fiksi saja. Kata Kunci : Antropologi Sastra, Nilai Mistis, Dan Mitos


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-46
Author(s):  
Arie Lila Utomo ◽  
U’um Qomariyah ◽  
Sumartini Sumartini

Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendeskripsikan fenomea konflik yang dialami tokoh utama dalam novel Re:karya Maman Suherman. Mengetahui bentuk konflik dan upaya penyelesaian konflik yang dialami tokoh utama dalam novel Re:karya Maman Suherman.Pendekatan yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah psikologi sastra Karen Horney yang menitikberatkan sastra sebagai cerminan masyarakat. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalahmengetahui fenomena konflik yang terdapat dalam novel yang kemudian dikorelasikan dengan kehidupan nyata. Korelasi konflik dalam novel dengan kehidupan nyata dapat dilihat dari adanya persamaan konflik yang terdapat dalam novel Re: karya Maman Suherman dengan kehidupan nyata.   The purpose of this research is describe life phenomenon of conflict which is experiencedthe main character in the novel titled Re: by Maman Suherman. Understandingform of conflict and conflict resolution efforts experienced by the main characterthe novel Re: by Maman Suherman. Approach used in this research is psychology literature of Karen Horney which is focusing literature as society reflection. The result of this research is was to knowthe phenomenon of conflict disclosures contained in the novel and then corelating with the real life of society. The corelation between conflict in the novel with real life can be seen from the equation of the conflict contained in the novel Re: by Maman Suherman and in the real life is able to be found from similarity of conflictwhich is existed in the novel and existed in the real life.The approach in this study is the psychology of literature Karen Horney, Results froms this study is the disclosure of conflict present in the novel then correlated with in real life. Correlation of conflict in the novel with of real life can be seen from equation of conflict in the novel Re: by Maman Suherman with real life.


2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 103
Author(s):  
Nuriyatul Lailiyah

In real life we often took identity as something given. Social media gave users the opportunity to present themselves as they wished. Social media gave chances to people to choose the kind of person they wished to be in social medai. People could then construct their identity the same as or different from their true selves in the real world.This study aimed to identify and understand the self-presentation of social media users in the construction of identity in social media and identity in real life. The study was conducted through the methods of phenomenology and avatar research. Data was gathered by by in-depth interviews and observations in informants social media accounts.The results showed several findings, namely: construction of identity in social media take the positive part of identity in the real world, informants consistently set a certain image in the social media in match to their expectations, social media became a mean of users personal branding. Informants also divided into two categories: first, the group that consistently maintain the image they were trying to build. second, groups that occasionally appeared different from the image they wanted to construct.


2019 ◽  
pp. 85-106
Author(s):  
Katherine Isobel Baxter

Chapter Four explores the competing demands made upon young Nigerian civil servants in the colonial administration, through an examination of Chinua Achebe’s novel No Longer at Ease. The chapter contextualizes the social and sexual pressures under which the novel’s protagonist, Obi, buckles through discussion of contemporary popular culture and the experiences of real-life Nigerian colonial administrators. The novel is also discussed in relation to the British colonial texts to which it responds, notably Joyce Cary’s Mr Johnson and Graham Greene’s The Heart of the Matter. Achebe’s own reflections on the social uses of fiction are also considered. The chapter argues that as readers we are invited by Achebe into judgement of Obi, and in doing so we are brought into larger debates about the nation state and the law.


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