Servants to What Cause

2019 ◽  
pp. 214-229
Author(s):  
Margaret Galvan
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Human Sexuality ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Smith College ◽  
Archival Research ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Gay Community ◽  
Publishing World ◽  
The One

Through these characters and the broad range of The Advocate’s intended audience, Bechdel is able to reflect on subjects of relevance to the gay community at large—like AIDS and associated activism—that often don’t make it into the strips of the fairly idyllic world of DTWOF. By analyzing Servants to the Cause, the chapter not only unravels its narrative structure and grassroots contexts, but also examines the production of the strip itself through drafts of the comic and letters that Bechdel exchanged with her editor at The Advocate. In this analysis and in research across the essay, the chapter draws upon grant-funded archival research of Alison Bechdel’s papers held in the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College, Firebrand Book Records held in the Human Sexuality Collection at Cornell University, and periodicals collections at the Lesbian Herstory Archives and the ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives. To connect Bechdel to the larger world of queer comics culture, the chapter considers the significance of The Advocate’s support of the field of queer comics, juxtaposed against large feminist publications like Ms., which often spurned women’s comics. This positive attitude creates a set of conditions through which not only Bechdel but other queer cartoonists flourish, particularly in the 90s, allowing them to make a living outside of the more conservative comics publishing world through self-syndication in queer periodicals.

PRAGMATIC, LINGUAL CULTURAL SENSES AND ETHNIC SYMBOLS IN ARTISTIC TRANSLATION

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (32) ◽  
pp. 130-148
Author(s):  
Oleh Tyshchenko
Keyword(s):  
Short Story ◽  
Speech Acts ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
The Other ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Expressive Speech ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
English Translations ◽  
The One ◽  
The Master And Margarita

The article considers performative speech acts (expressives, commissives, wishes, curses, threats, warnings, etc.) and generally exclamatory phraseology in the original and translation in terms of the function of the addressee, the specifics of the communicative situation, the symbolism and pragmatics of the cultural text. Through cultural and semiotic reconstruction of these units, their semantic and grammatical structure and features of motivation in several linguistic cultures were clarified. Collectively, these verbal acts, on the one hand, mark the semiotic structure of the narrative structure of the text, and on the other hand, indicate the idiostyle of a particular author or characterize the speech of the characters and the associated range of emotions (curses, invectives, cries of indignation, dissatisfaction, etc.). Several translated versions of M. Bulgakov’s novel «The Master and Margarita» (in Ukrainian, Polish, Slovak and English) and English translations of M. Kotsyubynsky’s novel «Fata Morgana» and Dovzhenko’s short story «Enchanted Desna» constitute the material for the study. The obtained results are essential for elucidating the specifics of the national conceptual sphere of a certain culture and revealing the types of inter lingual equivalents, idiomatic analogues in the transmission of common ethno-cultural content. This approach can be useful for a new understanding of domestication and adaptation in translation, translation of culturally marked units, onyms, mythological concepts, etc. as a specific translation practices. There was further developed the theory of phatic and performative-expressive speech acts in lingual cultural comprehension.

scholarly journals The “sanctity” of marriage – an archaeology of a socio-religious construct: Mythological origins, forms and models

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yolanda Dreyer
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Human Sexuality ◽  
Social Aspects ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Social Constructs ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Biological Reality ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of the article is to argue that the sexual difference between female and male should be regarded as soteriologically indifferent. Though a biological reality of being human, sexuality is profoundly influenced by social constructs and the institution of marriage itself is a social construct. In this article the biological and social aspects are taken into account in a theological approach which on the one hand is interested in the relationship between God and human beings, and on the other in the way in which the Bible elucidates sexuality and marriage. The article indicates that the idea of sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as being equal to Godgiven “holy matrimony” has mythological origins. It focuses on these origins and on the multifarious forms of marital arrangements and models.

scholarly journals DINAMICS OF LEARNING MOTIVATION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS OF ISRAEL (ARAB SECTOR)

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (03) ◽  
pp. 401-429
Author(s):  
Ahlam DARAWSHEH ◽  
Nadia GHALIA
Keyword(s):  
School Performance ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Learning Experience ◽  
Human Action ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Mediated Learning ◽  
Quality Of Information ◽  
Arab Sector ◽  
The One

Addressing motivation as a triggering and supportive factor of educational activity emphasizes the importance of quality of information, learning experience, mediated learning, or positive attitude towards the act of knowledge in achieving school performance. According to the generally accepted conception, following the consultation of the specialized literature regarding the approach of the motivational phenomenon, we can say that motivation lies at the basis of the good functioning of human action components, regardless of the activity or tacquisition level of the one who makes the effort to achieve it.

Where Is Cope's Face?

1983 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 76-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Smith College ◽  
The Face ◽  
The One

Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) willed his body to science. This accounts for a published description of his skull 10 years after his death, the emergence of his skeleton from obscurity 17 years ago, and now the mystery of his face. In this instance "face" means the one which, around 1914, H. H. Wilder of Smith College reconstructed in clay on the face of Cope's skull.

Masks of the Poet, Myths of the People: The Performance of Individuality and Nationhood in Georgian and Russian Modernism

Slavic Review ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 567-590
Author(s):  
Harsha Ram
Keyword(s):  
Popular Culture ◽  
National Culture ◽  
Greek Tragedy ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
Commedia Dell'arte ◽  
Silver Age ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
The People ◽  
Russian Symbolism ◽  
The One

Georgian and Russian modernisms engaged in a conversation that was by no means one-way and in which the chronological development and aesthetic premises of Russian symbolism became curiously inverted. Piecing together this forgotten dialogue allows us to recover a neglected crosscultural and properly Eurasian dimension of the Silver Age. Russians and Georgians alike invoked the mask as a theatrical form and myth as a narrative structure to articulate problems of individual, collective, and national identity. Mask and myth shared two distinct and somewhat incompatible genealogies, the one deriving from the Italian commedia dell'arte and the other from Friedrich Nietzsche's reading of Greek tragedy, both of which corresponded in turn to a typically Russian tension between the “decadent” and “mythopoetic” redactions of symbolism. These genealogies were critically adapted by the Georgians in an attempt to address the perceived needs of Georgian national culture. Aesthetic and philosophical problems concerning the semiotics of the name, the nature of the poetic persona, and the structure of myth came to be related to wider questions proper to an era of crisis and transition: modernity and historical belatedness, the dynamics of cultural importation, the gendered nature of nationhood, and the vexed relationship between popular culture and modernism as an elite cultural formation.

“Think positively”: Parkinson’s disease, biomedicine, and hope in contemporary Germany

2017 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 483-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingrid Metzler ◽  
Paul Just
Keyword(s):  
Parkinson’S Disease ◽  
Parkinson's Disease ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
The Other ◽  
Positive Thinking ◽  
Illness Narrative ◽  
Incurable Disease ◽  
Advanced Therapies ◽  
The Future ◽  
The One

Narratives of hope shape contemporary engagements with Parkinson’s disease. On the one hand, a “biomedical narrative of hope” promises that biomedical research will help to transform this treatable but incurable disease into a curable one in the future. On the other hand, a more individual “illness narrative of hope” encourages patients to influence the course of Parkinson’s disease by practicing self-care and positive thinking. This article asks how these two narratives of hope interact. It bases its argument on an analysis of data from 13 focus groups conducted in Germany in 2012 and 2014 with patients with Parkinson’s disease and their relatives. Participants were asked to have their say on clinical trials for advanced therapies for Parkinson’s disease and, while doing so, envisioned their biosocial selves in the present and the future. Three “modes of being” for patients were drawn from this body of data: a “users on stand-by” mode, an “unengaged” mode, and an “experimental pioneers” mode. Both narratives of hope were important to all three modes, yet they were mobilized at different frequencies and also had different statuses. While the biomedical narrative of hope was deemed an important “dream of the future” that participants passively supported without having to make it their own, the illness narrative of hope was a truth discourse that took an imperative form: having Parkinson’s disease implied the need to maintain a positive attitude.

scholarly journals The use of whereas and whereas-clauses in Swift's The Drapier's Letters

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-45
Author(s):  
Maria Angeles Ruiz-Moneva
Keyword(s):  
Life Time ◽  
Jonathan Swift ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Intended Audience ◽  
Colloquial Language ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Apparent Inconsistency ◽  
Political Conditions ◽  
The One

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was actively involved in the political affairs of the Ireland of his life-time. Even though he belonged to the higher social classes, namely, the Anglo-Irish ruling minority, he sought to make the whole of the Irish population aware of their economic and political conditions, so that his “Countrymen” or “Fellow-Servants” (as he addressed the whole of the Irish) may pursue to improve their situation. In order to become closer to his intended audience, he decided to use several personae or fictional characters. One of these was the drapier, as the identity chosen in most of the series of seven Letters known as The Drapier’s Letters (1724). Although he adopted many colloquial expressions and the register that a shop-keeper would employ, he was fully aware of the legal implications both of the whole issue at large and also of the particular proposals that he was making. This apparent inconsistency was meant to provide the Irish with the tools which he found necessary for them in their struggle to attain better political and economic conditions. It may be hypothesized that one of the aspects illustrating Swift’s use of both colloquial language and the legal register is the connector whereas: on the one hand, as a discourse marker with its everyday meanings; on the other hand, with legal senses. The present paper seeks to explore and systematise these uses.

scholarly journals La representación cinematográfica del VIH/sida: Análisis de las películas estrenadas entre 1981 y 1991 = The cinematographic representation of HIV/aids: Analysis of the films released between 1981 and 1991

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 199
Author(s):  
Álvaro López-Martín
Keyword(s):  
Mass Media ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Social Stigma ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Medical Procedures ◽  
Gay Community ◽  
The Social ◽  
Immunodeficiency Virus ◽  
The One ◽  
Hiv Aids

Resumen: Los medios de masas siempre han tenido una gran influencia en la construcción de la opinión pública. Esto ha quedado patente ante cualquier problema contemporáneo de notable envergadura, como el VIH/sida, cuya presencia en las películas ha servido para crear conciencia e imagen sobre el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana (VIH). El objetivo del presente estudio es analizar el tratamiento cinematográfico que tuvo el VIH en las películas estrenadas entre 1981 y 1991. Es decir, durante la primera década desde la identificación del primer caso clínico de este virus. Para ello se han analizado cuatro producciones: An Early Frost, Miradas en la despedida, La Mosca y Compañeros inseparables. El análisis de contenido de estas películas nos ha permitido determinar cuál es el enfoque común con el que se presentaba el VIH. Por un lado, desde la perspectiva social, se constató que en todas las cintas se hacen visibles los miedos y prejuicios hacia dicho virus, el cual se asociaba (casi) únicamente con el colectivo gay. En contraposición, se aprecia que los procedimientos médicos y las formas de transmisión del VIH mostradas eran correctas, con una mayor precisión y realismo en aquellas películas estrenadas en los años finales del periodo estudiado.Palabras claves: salud; cine; medios de masas; VIH; estigma social.Abstract: The mass media have always had a great influence on the construction of public opinion. This has been demonstrated with any major contemporary problem, such as HIV / AIDS, whose presence in the films has served to raise awareness and image about the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This work aims to know how HIV is represented in the films released between 1981 and 1991. That is, during the first decade since the identification of the first clinical case of this virus. For this, four productions have been analyzed: An Early Frost, Parting Glances, The Fly and Longtime Companion. The analysis of the content of these films has allowed us to determine how HIV was presented. On the one hand, from the social perspective, it was observed that in all the films the fears and prejudices towards said virus become visible. In addition, HIV was associated (almost) only with the gay community. In contrast, it could be seen that the medical procedures and the forms of HIV transmission shown were correct, with greater precision and realism in the films released in the final years of the analysis period. Keywords: health; cinema; mass media; HIV; social stigma.

The Paradox of Integration

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 278-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene ten Teije ◽  
Marcel Coenders ◽  
Maykel Verkuyten
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Perceived Discrimination ◽  
The Other ◽  
Native Population ◽  
Perceived Acceptance ◽  
The One ◽  
The Relationship

This study, conducted in The Netherlands, examines the “paradox of integration” proposition by focusing on the relationship between educational attainment and immigrants’ attitude toward the native population. We found that educational level is related to this attitude in two opposite ways. On the one hand, better educated immigrants had more voluntary contact with the native population, and more contact was associated with a more positive attitude, partly because of higher perceived acceptance and lower perceived discrimination. On the other hand and independently of contact, better educated immigrants had a less positive attitude toward the native population because of lower perceived acceptance and higher perceived group discrimination. The latter findings support the paradox of integration proposition. The pattern of results was quite similar for four different immigrant groups.

THE POEM «THE EAGLE» BY N. GUMILYOV: REPRESENTATION OF THE PERFECT DEATH

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-38
Author(s):  
Arkadiy Chevtayev
Keyword(s):  
World Order ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
The World ◽  
Poetic Text ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Lyrical Subject ◽  
Spiritual Reality ◽  
The One ◽  
Alter Ego ◽  
The Universe

The article discusses the poetics of the poem «The Eagl» (1909) by N. Gumilyov in the aspect of mortal conceptualization of the poet’s literary worldview. It defines the meaning of his third book of poems «The Pearls». It is hypothesized that in Gumilyov’s poetic universe the death is a basis and guarantee of convergence found in the internal and external aspects of lyrical subject self-actualization. The study of this poetic text is carried out by combining structural-semiotic and mythopoetic methods that allow the researcher to detect deep semantic layers of Gumiltyov’s literary self-determination. The analysis of the the poem «The Eagle» narrative structure shows that the lyrical narration of the «ornithological» hero’s («the eagle’s») death represents death as an axiological ideal of N. Gumilyov’s lyrical subject. The sacrificial catastrophic nature of the «eagle» flight and the postmortem fusion of the bird with the cosmic universe becomes an ontological measure of existence. «The eagle’s» death is implicitly likened with an act of creative transformation of existance, due to which it is possible to comprehend secret movements of the world order and convergence of microcosm and macrocosm.In Gumilyov’s conception «the eagle» is presented as objectified outward incarnation of the lyrical hero. Therefore, the «the eagle’s» death is extremely alienated from the subjective «I» on the one hand, and it is inextricably assosiated with its thirst for magical overcoming of the universe laws, it is an act of ultimate existential heroism on the other hand. The bird’s sacral ability to posthumously exercise a «regal flight» in the universe gives this «ornithological » character status of an ideal «double» (alter ego) of the lyrical subject who wants to creatively get rid of death, thereby to achieve the world harmony. The author concludes that the ideal manner of the narrative hero’s death is entirely associated with the attainment of immortality in the light of the inviolability of the universe as a spiritual reality of the created world which possesses exceptional status in N. Gumilyov’s mythology.

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