A Child of the Jago

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur Morrison
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
East End ◽  
Slum Fiction

‘The Jago had got him, and it held him fast.’ In the worst of London’s East End slums, in an area called the Jago, young Dicky Perrott is used to a life of poverty, crime, and violence. Gang warfare is the order of the day, deaths are commonplace, and thieving the only way to survive. At first Dicky dreams of becoming a High Mobsman – one of the aristocrats of Jago crime – but the efforts of Father Sturt to improve conditions offer him a different path. Dicky’s journey takes him through a savage but colourful community of pickpockets and cosh-carriers, where the police only enter in threes, and where murder erupts with an unusual horror and intimacy. Morrison’s portrayal of the Victorian underclass and its underworld drew attention to the bleak prospects for children living in such surroundings, and it is a classic of slum-fiction. In this edition Peter Miles provides a rich contextual background to the creation of the novel, and the social debates to which it contributed.

scholarly journals PERSOALAN IDENTITAS SOSIAL TOKOH LAKI-LAKI DALAM NOVEL PERSIDEN KARYA WISRAN HADI

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yustity Ayu Novelly ◽  
Samsiarni Samsiarni ◽  
Emil Septia
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Comparison ◽  
Social Mobility ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Identity Problems ◽  
Descriptive Method

This research is based on the background to find out what things that affect the social identity problems which faced by Minangkabau male personage in the novel Persiden which created by Wisran Hadi. This research focused on the issue of male social identity in the novel Persiden. The aimed of this research are, to describe the (1)  misidentification; (2) social comparison, and (3) social mobility of male personage in the novel Persiden. The type of the research is qualitative research. The method which be used in this research is descriptive method. The results of this study indicated that there are 3 issues of social identity experienced by male personage in the Persiden novel. In accordance based on theories of the social identity which stated by Hogg and Abraham, there were (1) misidentification, which was experienced by 4 people of Mamak Rumah Bagonjong; those who feel the position of mamak in their people are worthless, (2) social comparison, which was experienced by 4 mamak Rumah Bagonjong and sumando who did not carry out their position according to the functions; from the issues that was so complicated for people of Rumah Bagonjong who experienced by these men, makes the creation of a series of comparisons of the issues which faced with what should happen,  and (3) social mobility, experienced by 4 people of mamak Rumah bagonjong; from the issue that befall their people, they make changes and movements to get a solution to the problems they were facing.   

scholarly journals The Role of Space in the Creation of the Social Capital of Sofia Students Before the Novel Coronavirus Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-156
Author(s):  
Lucien Peters
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Life Histories ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The paper starts from the notion that the social capital of young persons is an essential part of their well-being and an individual's success in life and society. It presents ethnographic re-search of the role of urban and regional space as one of the factors relevant to the creation of young people’s social capital. The period of research is 2014-2020, until the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic in late February 2020. The principal research method is longitu-dinal ethnographic participant observation in a higher education setting in Sofia, comple-mented by semi-structured interviews and life histories of informants, gathered in informal settings, with members of the post-1980 generations. Informants were aged 19-36, of both genders, and all were known to the enquirer for periods ranging between two and seven years. Their socialization and education took place largely in post-Communist times. The ethno-graphic observation examines the geographical environment of students’ lives, as the space where life takes place is a key factor for the quality of youth people's lives and well-being. Their homes, hometowns, educational institution, leisure pursuits; their potential contacts with other cultures, and other factors which may have emerged during observation, and which may have contributed to the formation of students’ social circles and their attitudes towards civic life, have been examined.

STIL I JEZIK KNEŽEVOG DNEVNIKA U ROMANU „BEZDNO“ SVETLANE VELMAR-JANKOVIĆ

Lipar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (75) ◽  
pp. 229-239
Author(s):  
Ivana Živančev
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Creation

In this paper, we dealt with the specific style and language of “The Diary” of the Duke Mihailo Obrenović in the novel Bezdno by Svetlana Velmar-Janković. We focused on the characteristics of the Slavonic-Serbian language. Our aim was to point out the stylistic and linguistic elements of this language and to analyze the historical and political circumstances that caused its creation. Special attention was given to numerous archaisms, which helped the writer to bring the spirit of this period to life. In order to detect and explain this style and language, we refered to the teachings of Aleksandar Mladenović. While trying to establish which version of the Cyrillic alphabet was actual at that time, we took Petar Đorđić’s book The History of the Serbian Cyrillic into consideration. We tried to explain the social circumstances which were a fruit- ful ground for the creation of this hybrid and inconsistent language thanks to Jovan Skerlić. We came to the conclusion that the Duke was fond of a specific version of the Slavonic-Serbian language – the Dositej version, which preserved the elements of the Slavonic-Serbian language primarily on its lexical level, while morfological and phonological levels remained the same. The Duke’s style and language altered during his writing. Later on, they resembled vernacular Serbian language more. In order to establish the role of archaisms in this novel, we made a list of them and noticed that Russian Church Slavonic, Slavonic-Serbian and Russian words have a dominance over Germanisms, Hungarisms and Romanisms. However, we could expect the opposite, while the Duke had spent almost two decades in the Western countries. The second place belongs to Turkisms, which are really hard to detect, because they became an integral part of the Serbian language.

scholarly journals PROPHETICAL DIMENSION IN KHOTBAH DI ATAS BUKIT NOVEL BY KUNTOWIJOYO

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 283-292
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ayyinna Yusron El Farouq Ghazali ◽  
Umi Machmudah
Keyword(s):  
Social Inequality ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literature Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation

This literature study aims to explain the prophetical dimension in Khotbah di Atas Bukit novel by Kuntowijoyo. The results of the study found that there is a humanization dimension of the Khotbah di Atas Bukit novel which includes strengthening in assertiveness, a sense of social solidarity, and personality. The dimensions of the liberation of novels on the Khotbah di Atas Bukit novel found include the activity of freeing oneself from worldliness, liberation from the social inequality. In the novel dimensions of transcendence the Khotbah di Atas Bukit novel was found to be akidah, khauf, tawakal, raja'. This dimension of humanization, liberation and transcendence represents the ethica prophetic component of prophethood underlying the creation of the Khotbah di Atas Bukit novel.

Anti-utopie et « virtualisation » du réel dans Homo Zapiens de Viktor Pelevine

1969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Laetitia Garric
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Russian Society ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Mass Media ◽  
Soviet Russia ◽  
New Situation

Homo Zapiens, le roman de Pelevine, se présente comme une anti-utopie dans la Russie postsoviétique. À travers un héros naïf qui tente de s’adapter au capitalisme, on découvre la nouvelle réalité sociale de la Russie en même temps que sa virtualisation par les médias. Le héros devenu rédacteur publicitaire invite à suivre un deuxième parcours, celui de la conception des slogans qu’il ne cesse d’inventer. La truculence et l’imbrication des signifiants se font de plus en plus vives dans le roman jusqu’à provoquer un emballement du signe. Le récit invite donc à deux lectures parallèles : une anti-quête de la réalité par un personnage naïf dans lequel on reconnaît la société russe prenant progressivement conscience de sa nouvelle situation dans les années 90; et un étiolement de la langue dans les différents slogans publicitaires. Le roman pose ainsi la question du réel de la Russie postsoviétique comme un vide sur lequel le pays doit reconstruire son identité.AbstractPelevin’s novel Homo Zapiens is a dystopia set in post-soviet Russia. Through the eyes of a credulous hero who tries to adapt to capitalism, the reader discovers the social reality of Russia and its virtualisation by the mass media at the same time. The story then follows the hero through his life as an advertising writer, in particular the creation process of the slogans which he constantly invents. The vividness and the interweaving of the signifiers are gradually increasing in the novel until reaching the point where the signs are almost spinning out of control. The narrative offers two parallel readings: an anti-quest of reality by a naive character which embodies the Russian society becoming gradually aware of its new situation in the 90’s; and the decline of language in the different advertising slogans. The novel thereby portrays the reality of postsoviet Russia as a void on which the country must re-build its identity.

Artistic-professional strategies in the music sector. The case of the jazz scene in Barcelona

2020 ◽  
pp. 145-163
Author(s):  
Marta Casals Balaguer
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Dimension ◽  
Artistic Identity ◽  
Professional Musicians ◽  
Main Research ◽  
Works Of Art ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation

This article aims to analyse the strategies that jazz musicians in Barcelona adopt to develop their artistic careers. It focuses on studying three main areas that influ-ence the construction of their artistic-professional strategies: a) the administrative dimension, characterized mainly by management and promotion tasks; b) the artistic-creative dimension, which includes the construction of artistic identity and the creation of works of art; and c) the social dimension within the collective, which groups together strategies related to the dynamics of cooperation and col-laboration between the circle of musicians. The applied methodology came from a qualitative perspective, and the main research methods were semi-structured inter-views conducted with active professional musicians in Barcelona and from partic-ipant observation.

Analytical Study of Violence Theme in Victoria Schwab’s This Savage Song

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Aggressive Approach ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Right

This research article focuses on the theme of violence and its representation by the characters of the novel “This Savage Song” by Victoria Schwab. How violence is transmitted through genes to next generations and to what extent socio- psycho factors are involved in it, has also been discussed. Similarly, in what manner violent events and deeds by the parents affect the psychology of children and how it inculcates aggressive behaviour in their minds has been studied. What role is played by the parents in grooming the personality of children and ultimately their decisions to choose the right or wrong way has been argued. In the light of the theory of Judith Harris, this research paper highlights all the phenomena involved: How the social hierarchy controls the behaviour. In addition, the aggressive approach of the people in their lives has been analyzed in the light of the study of second theorist Thomas W Blume. As the novel is a unique representation of supernatural characters, the monsters, which are the products of some cruel deeds, this research paper brings out different dimensions of human sufferings with respect to these supernatural beings. Moreover, the researcher also discusses that, in what manner the curse of violence creates an inevitable vicious cycle of cruel monsters that makes the life of the characters turbulent and miserable.

Attention Sustainability Impact on Social Status in the Class

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-46
Author(s):  
Stanislava Varadinova
Keyword(s):  
Social Status ◽  
Communication Skills ◽  
School Dropout ◽  
Learning Material ◽  
Early School ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way ◽  
Positive Environment

The attention sustainability and its impact of social status in the class are current issues concerning the field of education are the reasons for delay in assimilating the learning material and early school dropout. Behind both of those problems stand psychological causes such as low attention sustainability, poor communication skills and lack of positive environment. The presented article aims to prove that sustainability of attention directly influences the social status of students in the class, and hence their overall development and the way they feel in the group. Making efforts to increase students’ attention sustainability could lead to an increase in the social status of the student and hence the creation of a favorable and positive environment for the overall development of the individual.

Aravind Adiga’s The White Tiger: A Socio –Political Study of Poverty and Injustice

IJOHMN ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
RASHMI Ahlawat
Keyword(s):  
Indian Society ◽  
Poor People ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Social ◽  
White Tiger

Aravind Adiga’s Man Booker Prize winning debut novel The White Tiger is sharp, fascinating, attacks poverty and injustice. The White Tiger is a ground breaking Indian novel. Aravind Adiga speaks of suppression and exploitation of various sections of Indian society. Mainly a story of Balram, a young boy’s journey from  rags to riches, Darkness to Light transforming from a village teashop boy into a Bangalore entrepreneur. This paper deals with poverty and injustice. The paper analyses Balram’s capability to overcome the adversities and cruel realities. The pathetic condition of poor people try to make both ends meet. The novel mirrors the lives of  poor in a realistic mode. The White Tiger is a story about a man’s journey for freedom. The protagonist   Balram in this novel is a victim of injustice, inequality and poverty. He worked hard inspite   of his low caste and overcame the social hindrance and become a successful entrepreneur. Through this novel Adiga portrays realistic and painful image of modern India. The novel exposes the anxieties of the oppressed.

KONSEP DIRI “ I “ DAN “ME” TOKOH HIROKO DALAM NOVEL NAMAKU HIROKO KARYA NH.DINI

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Besin Gaspar
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Fictional Character ◽  
Social Customs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Village ◽  
The City

This research deals with the development of  self concept of Hiroko as the main character in Namaku Hiroko by Nh. Dini and tries to identify how Hiroko is portrayed in the story, how she interacts with other characters and whether she is portrayed as a character dominated by ”I” element or  ”Me”  element seen  from sociological and cultural point of view. As a qualitative research in nature, the source of data in this research is the novel Namaku Hiroko (1967) and the data ara analyzed and presented deductively. The result of this analysis shows that in the novel, Hiroko as a fictional character is  portrayed as a girl whose personality  develops and changes drastically from ”Me”  to ”I”. When she was still in the village  l iving with her parents, she was portrayed as a obedient girl who was loyal to the parents, polite and acted in accordance with the social customs. In short, her personality was dominated by ”Me”  self concept. On the other hand, when she moved to the city (Kyoto), she was portrayed as a wild girl  no longer controlled by the social customs. She was  firm and determined totake decisions of  her won  for her future without considering what other people would say about her. She did not want to be treated as object. To put it in another way, her personality is more dominated by the ”I” self concept.

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