scholarly journals Change of Place, Space Perception and Topographic Discourse

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-112
Author(s):  
Éva Toldi
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Space Perception ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Representation Of Space ◽  
Sense Of Reality ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The City ◽  
The Universe

Abstract The paper examines the view and representation of space in Terézia Mora’s prose, primarily based on her novel entitled The Only Man on the Continent (Der einzige Mann auf dem Kontinent). In the universe of the novel the perception of space basically determines the individual’s space of action and highly influences his self-image as well as his attitude toward alterity. The city not only functions as space, but also forms a multicultural medium which becomes itself the subject of reflection and metanarration. In the novel the anthropological places and non-places, in Augé’s sense, change their function and thus the borders of referential, mental and virtual worlds are blurred, the notion of space itself is revaluated. The protagonist is the Ulysses of our days; his journeys and adventures mainly take place in his imagination. In the virtual world he loses his sense of reality, which can also be perceived in the narrative procedures of the text: the novel is in fact the protagonist’s quest for identity, his endless monologue, which is interrupted by the omniscient narrator’s comments from time to time. In the meantime the evident intertextual context also gets shape: the text maintains an ironical intertextual connection with James Joyce’s Ulysses.

scholarly journals Bernard Cohen’s Snowdome: somewhere in a postmodern time

2007 ◽  
pp. 185
Author(s):  
Andrés Romero Jódar
Keyword(s):  
Space Dimension ◽  
World Order ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Time Space ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Near Future ◽  
The City

Occidental societies, according to certain visions of a postmodern future as reflected in literature and arts, are heading towards a dystopian decadent world order. It is inside this perspective that I place the following essay with the aim to analyse the representation of Postmodernism and Postmodernity in Bernard Cohen’s experimental work, Snowdome. This novel can be conceived as a complex portrayal of contemporary existence and life in the city. By means of three different narrations and two stories separated by the unstable boundary of time, Cohen depicts contemporary Sidney from a nightmarish present of noise that leads to the complete isolation of the subject in a near future. The novel emphasises the multiplicity of information in contemporary society and the way in which that information becomes a constant noise flooding the city. The individual is unable to grasp a bit of that “pure reality” outside the simulacrum offered by the media and by the terrifying museum. Sidney and Australia become, in Cohen’s work, a prolongation of contemporary North-American invasive culture, based on the power of the TV screen and the falsehood of simulacrum, whereas individuals are plunged into a new time-space dimension which is placed somewhere in a postmodern time.

scholarly journals Procedural Attack! Procedural Generation for Populated Virtual Cities: A Survey

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Werner Gaisbauer ◽  
Helmut Hlavacs
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Worlds ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Procedural Content Generation ◽  
Procedural Generation ◽  
Open Questions ◽  
Virtual City ◽  
The One ◽  
In The Beginning ◽  
The City

On the one hand, creating rich virtual worlds "by hand" like in the game Grand Theft Auto V is hugely expensive and limited to large studios. On the other hand, procedural content generation (PCG) allows tiny teams to create huge worlds like Hello Games did with only four people (in the beginning) for the recently released game No Man's Sky. Following in the footsteps of Hello Games, this paper tries to equip the reader with an overview about the state-of-the-art of how to build such a virtual world, i.e., a populated virtual city with buildings, streets, parks, vegetation, humans, and vehicles, using just PCG assets. Each PCG asset that is envisioned to bring the city to life is grouped and discussed in detail and the latest research trends in PCG are presented together with open questions. Using the above-mentioned PCG assets, instead of months, a city can be built in a mere couple of minutes by a user without much experience in designing 3D assets. The city can then be used for many applications like games, virtual reality (VR), or film.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF EXCESSIVE USE OF FACEBOOK ON THE YOUTH OF KARACHI

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-161
Author(s):  
Yasmeen Sultana ◽  
Sadaf Ghaffar ◽  
Samia Saman
Keyword(s):  
Real World ◽  
Virtual World ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Universities And Colleges ◽  
Physical Conditions ◽  
Teachers And Parents ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
The City ◽  
Academic Lives ◽  
The Universe

This research study has done to identify and investigate the major factors behind the excessive usage of Facebook by the youth of Karachi and what kind of impacts they have to face on various aspects of their lives due to this much consumption of Facebook. In this research paper, the researcher has applied both types of methodology, Qualitative as well as Quantitative. The researcher has selected Karachi (The city of Pakistan) as the universe of the study. The data has collected in the manner of survey forms filled by students of different universities and colleges of Karachi; aged from 18 to 30 and the sample size is 50 in which half of the population includes males and half females and 10 interviews are also conducted from teachers and parents of Facebook users. This research study raises major points related to the extreme usage of Facebook which includes the mental and physical conditions of adolescents, children’s progress in their academic lives, impacts on relationships and disturbance in routine works. The data has collected in a fair way. The results revealed that Facebook repercussion only happens when an individual is using it in an excessive amount. The researcher suggests that using Facebook could be beneficial only if people learns to use it in manageable levels and if they are able to create a balance between the virtual world and real world.

scholarly journals KONSEP KOTA DALAM SINERGI AL-QUR’AN

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 139-156
Author(s):  
Tarranita Kusumadewi
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Human Being ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Subject ◽  
And Function ◽  
The City ◽  
Building Plans ◽  
The Universe

The city is one of important aspects of the earth. The universe has been created with various kinds of creature. However, to be able to survive, there are two important things to do: a) surviving to compete, and b) surviving to live. The human being becomes the subject for any building plans for nation advancement. On the other side, the environ- ment which becomes the object of building plans is frequently ignored. It should not happen as al-Qur'an states that the universe is created for human's benefits based on its Standard and function. When the universe does not function as its standard, there will be a disaster. For that reason, building infrastructure in the city should consider the surroundings, and does not make the nature as the place of throwing away. The building process which synergies with al-Qur'an aims to make people aware and change their behavior for the safety of the universe. In al-Qur'an, it is stated that if the human is not back to his/her 'fitrah' will disappear because of any damages created by human himself.

scholarly journals Nikolay Gogol about Rome and the Roman Carnival

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Елена Дмитриевна Федотова
Keyword(s):  
National Character ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
European Culture ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Great Love ◽  
The City ◽  
The Town ◽  
Artistic Legacy

Статья посвящена повести Н.В. Гоголя Рим , в которой воссоздан образ Вечного города 1840-х годов. В слова героя повести молодого римского князя, возвратившегося в Рим из Парижа, писатель вложил свои мысли и эмоциональные впечатления о Риме: о величии его художественного наследия, об отношении римлян к традиции, о национальном характере. Именно в Риме Гоголь ощутил ту духовную свободу в творчестве, которой был лишен в России. Большой любовью к Италии, ее народу, истории, культуре страны проникнуты строки повести. В Риме сосредоточено множество памятников архитектуры, культуры и искусства. Именно этим интересен предмет художественного изложения и исследования. Являясь эпицентром и источником европейской культуры, Рим в течение тысячелетий привлекал к себе внимание художников в поисках вдохновляющих образов, в том числе образа города. The article is devoted to the novel Rome by Nikolay Gogol, in which the author recreated the image of Eternal town in the year 1840. Into the words of the character of a novel young roman prince, which returned to Rome from Paris, the author put his thoughts and emotional impressions by Rome: about greatness of Roman artistic legacy, about the attitude of the town-dwellers to tradition, about national character. It was in Rome that Gogol felt that spiritual liberty in the creative work, which he was deprived of in Russia. Great love for Italy, its people, history and culture of this country are inherent in the lines of Gogols story. In Rome, many monuments of architecture, culture and art are concentrated. This is what is interesting in the subject of artistic exposition and research. As the epicenter and source of European culture, Rome for thousands of years has attracted the attention of artists in search of inspirational images, including the image of the city.

scholarly journals Oriental Philosophical Systems and Work of Iris Murdoch (on the Example of the Novel “The Black Prince”)

2020 ◽  
pp. 251-261
Author(s):  
R. M. Safiulina
Keyword(s):  
Zen Buddhism ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Black Swan ◽  
Main Attention ◽  
Artistic Vision ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Universe

The subject of study is the originality of the artistic vision of A. Murdoch, which involves in the plot of literary text, the collision and interweaving of various philosophical systems (existentialism, Marxism, Freudianism, neo-Catholicism, pragmatism). The main attention is paid to incorporating Eastern philosophical systems (Zen Buddhism, Sufism) into the work of the writer. The example of the novel “The Black Prince” by A. Murdoch shows the complex interweaving of the life history of the heroes of the work with the philosophical reflections of the author about the laws of the universe, world live order, God, man. The definitions of Zen Buddhism, Sufism, the Sufi Path, as well as the classification of “parking on the Path to the Almighty” are given. The results of a comparative analysis of the novel by A. Murdoch “The Black Prince” and the treatise “Mantiq-ut-tayr” by Sufi author F. Attar are presented. It is proved that Zen Buddhism and Sufism are implanted in the text of the Black Prince novel to create the effect of polyphony of opinions, voices as multidimensionality of being, ambiguity and insufficiency of one interpretation of human actions, as well as any phenomenon in being. An assumption is made about the proximity of the novel “The Black Prince” by A. Murdoch with the theory of Nassim Taleb’s “Black Swan”.

scholarly journals ANALISIS EKOKRITIK DALAM NOVEL KEKAL KARYA JALU KANCANA

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-158
Author(s):  
Apriyanti Sihotang ◽  
Een Nurhasanah ◽  
Slamet Triyadi
Keyword(s):  
Natural Environment ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Environmental Crisis ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Figure Of Speech ◽  
Life Habits ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Universe

This research is motivated by the amount of environmental damage that occurs and the lack of understanding of the position of humans with the natural environment, this study aims to build awareness to care for the universe so that it can form a generation that cares and loves its environment.  This study describe (1) the intrinsic elements of the novel Kekal by Jalu Kancana, (2) the environmental crisis in the novel Kekal by Jalu Kancana with an ecocritical approach. This study uses an approach with descriptive analysis method, which presents facts in the form of descriptions. The theory used in this research is Nurgiyantoro's intrinsic theory and literary ecocriticism, Greg Garrard's environmental crisis. The subject of this research is the novel Kekal by Jalu Kancana, the object of this research is the intrinsic elements and forms of environmental crisis in the novel Kekal by Jalu Kancana. The results of this study are: (1) intrinsic theory of the novels include the theme of environmental damage; a plot divided into five stages; characters and characterizations include Alit, Pepep, Tama, Alit's father, Mr. Murat, Kastia, Riski, Triyogo and Hassan; the background consists of place setting, namely Bandung and the area on the island of Sumatra, time setting (Morning, Afternoon, Evening, Four years ago, September, 2017), socio-cultural background (life habits of people who do not take care of the natural environment); the point of view of the main character's "I" first persona; language includes language variations and figure of speech; moral or mandate, namely loving the natural environment, (2) The environmental crisis in Jalu Kancana's Eternal novel includes Pollution, Wilderness, Apocalypse, Dwelling, Animals, Earth. Abstrak Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh banyaknya kerusakan lingkungan yang terjadi dan kurangnya pemahaman mengenai kedudukan manusia dengan lingkungan alam, serta membangun kesadaran untuk merawat alam semestra hingga dapat membentuk generasi yang peduli dan cinta dengan lingkungannya.  Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mendeskripsikan (1) unsur-unsur intrinsik novel Kekal karya Jalu Kancana, (2) krisis lingkungan dalam novel Kekal karya Jalu Kancana dengan pendekatan ekokritik. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode deskriptif analisis, yaitu menyajikan fakta-fakta dalam bentuk deskripsi. Teori yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini yaitu teori unsur intrinsik Nurgiyantoro dan ekokritik sastra, krisis lingkungan Greg Garrard. Subjek dalam penelitian ini adalah novel Kekal karya Jalu Kancana, objek penelitian ini adalah unsur-unsur intrinsik dan bentuk krisis lingkungan dalam novel Kekal karya Jalu Kancana. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah: (1) Unsur intrinsik novel meliputi tema yaitu kerusakan lingkungan; plot yang terbagi dalam lima tahapan; tokoh dan penokohan di antaranya Alit, Pepep, Tama, Ayah Alit, Pak Murat, Kastia, Riski, Triyogo dan Hassan; latar terdiri dari latar tempat yaitu Bandung dan beberapa daerah di pulau Sumatra, latar waktu (Pagi, Siang, Malam, Empat tahun yang lalu, Bulan September, Tahun 2017), latar sosial budaya (kebiasaan hidup masyarakat yang tidak menjaga lingkungan alam); sudut pandang persona pertama “aku” tokoh utama; bahasa meliputi variasi bahasa dan majas; moral atau amanat yaitu mencintai lingkungan alam, (2) Krisis lingkungan dalam novel Kekal karya Jalu Kancana meliputi Pencemaran (Pollution), Hutan belantara (Wilderness), Bencana (Apocalypse), Perumahan/tempat tinggal (Dwelling), Binatang (Animals), Bumi (Earth). Kata Kunci:  Novel, Unsur Intrinsik, Ekokritik Sastra

scholarly journals "The City as Muse": A Context-Oriented Meta-Historical Reading of Toyin Falola's A Mouth Sweeter than Salt

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim A. Odugbemi
Keyword(s):  
Life Writing ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Other ◽  
Self Awareness ◽  
Self Image ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Common ◽  
Prose Literature ◽  
The City

A number of scholarly and critical arguments have explored the poetics of nonfiction, otherwise called life writing, as a sub-genre of prose literature. Against the common expectation of a detailed concentration on facts about the subject (the self or the other) which has made nonfiction to be seen in some quarters as a concern of history, such critical arguments have shown that this genre has its peculiar, predominant pattern and structure, which make it arguably a concern of the literary enterprise. A part of such argu­ments theoretically postulates that nonfiction is a meta-history, based on its identification of some textual and contextual properties and patterns of narra­tion which transform the life account of the self or other into a meta-historical (and not historical) expression, and therefore makes such writing a concern of literature. In extension of this argument, this paper examines Toyin Falola's memoir, A Mouth Sweeter than Salt, as a genre of life writing and, especially, a form of autobiography, by showing how the setting, Ibadan, in its cultural and social formations, is depicted as having contributed to the self-awareness, self-image and identity of the subject, and how this reflection makes the nar­rative a meta-historical expression.

scholarly journals Les ciutats del cavaller Martorell. La representació de l’urbs en el Tirant lo Blanc

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 35
Author(s):  
Teresa Izquierdo Aranda
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Medieval Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
Literary Description ◽  
The City ◽  
The Universe

Resum: El Tirant lo Blanc és fruit d’experiències personals de Joanot Martorell. L’escriptor projecta en la novel·la una fina mirada al seu temps i, per a traslladar-ho amb vivesa, empra tota la realitat com a instrument de treball, atorgant al corpus de l’obra un vitalisme renovador. El paisatge urbà és l’escenari que forneix la ficció, que complementa la vitalitat psicològica dels protagonistes i enriqueix el seguit dels fets i històries narrades. Esdevé un recurs estètic que permet a l’escriptor enllestir la trama i  guiar la imaginació del lector per l’univers en què es desenvolupa la gesta. El present article analitza la descripció literària de la ciutat per l’escriptor, les seues consideracions estètiques del paisatge urbà per descobrir quina era, en definitiva, la seua percepció del fenomen urbà.   Paraules clau: Tirant lo Blanc, Martorell, descripció, literatura medieval, ciutat medieval.   Abstract: Tirant lo Blanc is the result of Joanot Martorell’s personal experiences. The writer projects in the novel a fine look at his time and, to move it with liveliness, he uses all reality as a working instrument to give to the corpus of the work a renewal vitality. The urban landscape is the scene that complets the narration, which complements the psychological vitality of the protagonists and enriches the series of events and stories told. It becomes an aesthetic resource that allows the author to complete the plot and guide the reader’s imagination for the universe in which the deed takes place. This article analyzes the literary description of the city by the writer and his aesthetic considerations of the urban landscape to discover what his perception of the urban phenomenon was.  Keywords: Tirant lo Blanc, Martorell, description, Medieval literature, Medieval city.

scholarly journals INTERACTION OF OBJECT, SUBJECT AND SYNERGETIC CATEGORIES IN SCIENTIFIC WORK

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 1100-1103
Author(s):  
M. Nazarov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Research ◽  
Scientific Work ◽  
Research Activity ◽  
The Status ◽  
Sense Of Reality ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Specific Community ◽  
Fundamental Categories ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Creative Team

This article is about one of the most fundamental categories of philosophy, the object and the subject, and focuses on its place and role in scientific research. The objective of the research activity is the object in the broadest sense of reality. The researcher acts as a subject, whether it is an individual or a specific community (creative team). Synergetics has gained the status of a philosophical category as a branch of science and is important in the study of significant changes in the universe.

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