The art of hinting and allusions in Sámi literature: a reading of Jovnna-Ánde Vest’s novel trilogy Árbbolaččat

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-22
Author(s):  
Lill Tove Fredriksen
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Coping Skills ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Life Philosophy

Various means for levels of hinting at things or making allusions in the interaction between people are part of traditional Sámi knowledge and communication, aesthetics and interpersonal communication. A reading of the novel trilogy Árbbolaččat ( The Heirs) (1997–2005), written by the Sámi novelist Jovnna-Ánde Vest, shows how the use of hinting and allusions is depicted as birgengoansta (coping skills), an essential art to master in the life of a small community, as a way to deliver a message in a softer tone rather than saying things directly and as a way to avoid conflicts. I especially emphasize the contextual part of the yoik tradition (the ancient Sámi chanting tradition) and how it has functioned as a social device in the Sámi community. It explains the individual’s place within the community, and what people’s worldview and life philosophy tell us about life in a small Sámi village.

Wieland; or The Transformation, and Memoirs of Carwin, The Biloquist

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Brockden Brown
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Spontaneous Combustion ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Actual Case ◽  
Her Family ◽  
American Novels

One of the earliest American novels, Wieland (1798) is a thrilling tale of suspense and intrigue set in rural Pennyslvania in the 1760s. Based on an actual case of a New York farmer who murdered his family, the novel employs Gothic devices and sensational elements such as spontaneous combustion, ventriloquism, and religious fanaticism. The plot turns on the charming but diabolical intruder Carwin, who exercises his power over the narrator, Clara Wieland, and her family, destroying the order and authority of the small community in which they live. Underlying the mystery and horror, however, is a profound examination of the human mind's capacity for rational judgement. The text also explores some of the most important issues vital to the survival of democracy in the new American republic. Brown further considers power and manipulation in his unfinished sequel, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist, which traces Carwin's career as a disciple of the utopist Ludloe.

scholarly journals Ičvič's Travels: Representations of Identity in Petar Milošević's Novel London, Pomaz

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mladena Prelić
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
Love Story ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
The Cold War ◽  
Ethnic War ◽  
And Control

The paper offers a reading of the novel London, Pomaz by Petar Milošević (b. 1952 in Kalaz, Hungary) in the key of individual and collective identity positionings, from the aspect of sociocultural anthropology. The novel, published in 1993, is framed as a love story spanning the East and West, until recently divided by the Cold War, and the protagonists are Serbs from the area around Budapest, a community to which both the author and his main character Ičvič belong. The character's surname, which is actually non-existent, has been formed from the suffixes -ić and -vić characteristic of patronymic Serbian surnames, in the Hungarianized version of -ič and -vič. Through a series of sequences, the novel describes the protagonist's life cycle from Pomaz, a small town between Budapest and Szentendre, where Ičvič was born, and Budapest, to Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Venice and London, and finally back to Pomaz, from the 1950s to the 1990s. Ičvič encounters different people and situations, others' stereotypes and prejudices as well as his own, unfulfilled expectations and the illusion of freedom in a world that has supposedly risen above ideological divisions, while next door, his (former) country is riven by ethnic war, the small community to which he belongs by birth is gradually disappearing, and in the supposed democratization processes following the fall of the Berlin wall, power and control merely take new forms. The situations in which the protagonist finds himself provide the possibility of reading/reading into them the relationship we:others or I:others, in other words, of different identity formations and positionings, not only of Ičvič himself but also of other characters and the collectivities to which they actually or supposedly belong. The assumption is that, despite the significant differences between a literary text and ethnography, a literary work can be used, with due methodological caution, as a source in anthropological research.

scholarly journals Using Design of Location-Based Augmented Reality Experiences to Engage Art-Oriented Girls in Technology and Science

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cathlyn Davis Stylinski ◽  
Amy Kamarainen ◽  
Martin Storksdieck ◽  
David Gagnon ◽  
Ruth Kermish-Allen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Augmented Reality ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Youth Development ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Community Art ◽  
Art Educators ◽  
Art And Design ◽  
Walking Tours

Taking part in creating location-based augmented reality (LBAR) experiences that focus on communication, art and design could serve as an entry point for art-oriented girls and young women towards career pathways in computer science and information communication technology. This conceptual paper presents our theory-based approach and subsequent application, as well as lessons learned informed by team discussions and reflections. We built an LBAR program entitled AR Girls on four foundational principles: stealth science (embedding science in familiar appealing experiences), place-based education (situating learning in one’s own community), non-hierarchical design (collaborations where both adults and youth generate content), and learning through design (engaging in design, not just play). To translate these principles into practice, we centered the program around the theme of art by forming partnerships with small community art organizations and positioning LBAR as an art-based communication medium. We found that LBAR lends itself to an interdisciplinary approach that blends technology, art, science and communication. We believe our approach helped girls make connections to their existing interests and build soft skills such as leadership and interpersonal communication as they designed local environmentally-focused LBAR walking tours. Our “use-modify-create” approach provided first-hand experiences with the AR software early on, and thus supported the girls and their art educators in designing and showcasing their walking tours. Unfortunately, the four foundational principles introduced considerable complexity to AR Girls, which impacted recruitment and retention, and at times overwhelmed the art educators who co-led the program. To position AR Girls for long-term success, we simplified the program approach and implementation, including switching to a more user-friendly AR software; reducing logistical challenges of location-based design and play; narrowing the topic addressed by the girls design; and making the involvement of community partners optional. Overall, our initial work was instrumental in understanding how to translate theoretical considerations for learning in out-of-school settings into an LBAR program aimed at achieving multiple complementary outcomes for participating girls. Ultimately, we achieved better scalability by simplifying AR Girls both conceptually and practically. The lessons learned from AR Girls can inform others using LBAR for education and youth development programming.

scholarly journals A Study on Pride and Prejudice from the Perspective of Social Psychology

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-91
Author(s):  
Loly Yan ◽  
Hong Chang
Keyword(s):  
Social Psychology ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Family Background ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Pride And Prejudice ◽  
Personal Interaction ◽  
Psychological Behavior ◽  
Cognitive Pattern ◽  
Psychology Theory

Pride and Prejudice is one of Jane Austen’s early work. The novel mainly describes different love experiences of five daughters in the Bennet’s family, and shows the daily life in England’s townships from the late 18th to early 19th. Social psychology is usually used as an approach to analyze the psychological activities and behaviors via the analysis of the character’s cognitive pattern, family background and social influence. This article employs Social Psychology Theory to analyze the psychological behavior of Darcy and Elizabeth from the perspective of the first meeting, acquaintance, and love. Besides, the possible reasons that results in the facts of misunderstanding also is the concern of this article. Through the related reasons that made the changes in their attitudes, the answer is social psychology is the keynote that leads to the wrong personal interaction and a fine interpersonal communication.

scholarly journals R. GARY ON IDENTITY AND DIFFERENCE IN THE NOVEL «WHITE DOG»

2021 ◽  
pp. 90-97
Author(s):  
Татьяна Георгиевна Струкова
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
The Novel ◽  
French Author ◽  
Identity And Difference

Статья посвящена исследованию проблемам национальной идентичности, реализации авто/гетеростереотипов в межличностной коммуникации в романе французского писателя Р. Гари «Белая собака». Автор анализирует писательское представление о тождестве и различии, об истоках конфликта, который в XXI веке получил название «расизм наоборот». The article is devoted to the investigation of problems of national identity, realization of auto and getero stereotypes in interpersonal communication in the novel by the French author R. Gary «White Dog». The author analyses the writer’s idea on identity and difference, the beginnings of the conflict that is named «racism inversely» in the XXI century.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Chun Tao in The Sense of Survival

Humaniora ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 852
Author(s):  
Fu Ruomei
Keyword(s):  
Close Reading ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Life Philosophy

In the novel "Chun Tao", Xu Dishan created Chun Tao as a new image of women, who has strong survival spirit, firm life philosophy and independent viability. Although Chun Tao’s life was full of suffering, she never gave up hope. Through the analysis of the survival consciousness of Chun Tao revealed her spirits of independent and self-respecting, also showed the glory of humanity distributed by Chun Tao. Through close reading to analyze the character Chun Tao from the perspective of survival, intend to provide a new angle of observation for the reader to understand Chun Tao.

scholarly journals Pragmatička uloga različitih tipova šutnje u romanu Kafamda bir tuhaflik autora Orhana Pamuka

2021 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 33-65
Author(s):  
Edina Solak ◽  
Mirza Bašić
Keyword(s):  
Interpersonal Communication ◽  
Original Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Contrastive Analysis ◽  
Syntactic Structures ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Turkish Language

In certain conversational settings, silence does not only represent the absence of speech, but it is used as a means of communication conveying different meanings. The objective of this paper is to analyze the pragmatic role of silence in Orhan Pamuk's novel Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık. Examples of silence are registered in the original text of the novel Kafamda Bir Tuhaflık and contrastive analysis was used to compare them with the types of silence presented in the translations to Bosnian language. This was used to try to establish whether certain types of silence have an identical pragmatic value in Turkish and Bosnian language. The analysis compares syntactic structures expressing different types of silence in the original text of the novel and its translations to Bosnian language. Turkish language is the initial language of the analysis. Therefore, syntactic structures expressing different examples of silence in the original text of the novel are compared to the translational equivalents in Bosnian language. The analysis of specific contextual examples shows that the success of interpersonal communication depends to a great extent on accurate knowledge and understanding of different types of silence. The results obtained from the analysis contribute to better knowledge and understanding of different types of silence in different conversational settings and they can serve as a good basis and a good starting point for further research regarding different types of silence.

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