scholarly journals The Metaphors of Quests, Labyrinths and the Dance of Kali in Christopher Koch’s The Year of Living Dangerously

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sathyabhama Daly
Keyword(s):  
Moral Dilemma ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Cultural Divide ◽  
The World ◽  
Moral Choices ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Way

Ovid’s myth of the Cretan labyrinth, constructed by Daedalus to hide the Minotaur, the monster that is a result of Pasiphae’s lust, and Dante’s labyrinth of Hell, in The Inferno, are literary allusions that conjure images of imprisonment and moral dilemma. In this paper, I explore the metaphor of the labyrinth in The Year of Living Dangerously (YLD) and the way in which Koch integrates this metaphor with Christian, Hindu and Buddhist myths so as to engage with the cultural divide that continues to influence Christian and non-Christian worldviews. The labyrinth metaphor emerges through the imagery of the novel which focuses on caves, shadows, circuitous paths, entrapment, and moral choices. In the novel, the metaphor of the labyrinth is conveyed through the underworld imagery of Indonesian society and through the Wayang Bar, the citadel of the journalists trapped in a world of political intrigue and of good and evil. Metaphorically evoking the medieval concept of the world as a perilous maze, Koch uses the labyrinth as a way of imaging the search for the sacred in contemporary society.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE ARCHETYPE OF THE WAY ON THE FORMATION OF THE PERSONALITY IN THE NOVEL PAPER TOWNS BY JOHN GREEN

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (97) ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
Наталія Юріївна Бондар
Keyword(s):  
Skin Color ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Historical Method ◽  
Holistic Analysis ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Metaphorical Extension ◽  
Short Time ◽  
Good And Evil ◽  
The Way

The article deals with the influence of the archetype of the way on the formation of the personality in the novel Paper Towns by John Green. The purpose of this article is to determine the originality of the image of an American teenager and to identify the influence of the archetype of the way on the formation of the personality, as well as to consider the archetype of the way as a real path of the character in the novel Paper Towns by John Green, taking into account the individual author’s interpretation. This object of research has been chosen because through it one can comprehend the specifics of the psychology of a teenager and define the artistic features that distinguish the author’s stylistics and worldview. The comprehensive research methodology has been used in the work: the synthesis of the comparative historical method, holistic analysis, elements of mythopoetic and hermeneutic methods. In the novel Paper Towns by John Green mythopoetic consciousness presupposes ontological ambivalent intentions in the archetype of the child / teenager (good and evil children). The metaphorical extension of the archetype of the child / teenager has been revealed in this article. All the images of teenagers are given in the development, on the way to growing up. The originality of the archetype of the way here lies in the fact that it merges with the concepts of Space and Chaos, confirming the idea of the unity of mankind. The metaphors themselves are also peculiar, associated with the archetype of the way: inanimate strings, gradually turning into living blades of grass, intertwined with roots with all that exists. During the search for Margo, Quentin grows up significantly, becomes more tolerant to their friends, and he learns to take responsibility for him. The image of Margo is the image of a rebel against any lack of freedom that it is inevitable in the “golden cage”. It is also revealed how Quentin is influenced by the new world opened during his trips, and his personal environment: for example, Radar opens his eyes to the fact that he does not need to demand too much from others. Both Margo is changed (from a “paper” girl – to a real one) and Ben and Radar are changed (false interests go into the background; everyone learns to expose himself to risks and troubles for the sake of friendship and human salvation). Ben and Radar are also shown in the development, in a short time they learn to understand each other and distinguish false values from true ones. These changes occur with all the teenagers, regardless of their skin color and nationality, and such an interpretation of the insignificance of formal differences is also a new word of the author.

scholarly journals HEROISM IN RUDYARD KIPLING’S NOVEL THE JUNGLE BOOK

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hartini Selian ◽  
Jumino Suhadi ◽  
M. Manugeren
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Rudyard Kipling ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Inquiry ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way ◽  
Descriptive Qualitative

Abstract This study is about heroism in the novel The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling. There are three points of discussion under this title: giving protection, defending rights and gratitude. Defending rights is associated with heroic deeds. A hero is a random citizen that rises to an occasion and performs an action of superhero proportions. Gratitude implies thankfulness or an appreciation of benefits conferred together with a desire, when practicable, to return those benefits. Defending rights is tied to human rights which are universally applicable to one and all. These are the significant components of heroism. One of the relevant and outstanding modern theories of heroism applied here is proposed by Gibbon (2009) stating that hero is just an average man who fights to solve a common problem in today’s society. The study is conducted with Descriptive Qualitative Method proposed by Haughman (2009) in which he states that Qualitative research is a form of social inquiry that focuses on the way people interpret and make sense of their experiences and the world in which they live. Kipling leads children down the jungle path into adventures beyond their day to day imagining and along the way he shows the value of ‘doing for yourself', of 'learning who to trust'. The result shows that heroism is highlighted through the major characters and the conclusive points are some of the significant characters such as Mowgli, Father Wolf, Mother Wolf, Hathi, and Bagheera have done heroic deeds. Their heroism is presented in the forms of giving protection, defending rights and gratitude. Keywords: heroism, human rights, gratitude

scholarly journals Working in the world of the pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 97-102
Author(s):  
Luke Tredinnick ◽  
Claire Laybats
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
The Future ◽  
Information Professionals ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Way

This paper compiles a series of responses from key information professionals to the novel coronavirus pandemic of 2020. Respondents were invited to answer the questions how the pandemic has impacted on their work, and how it might change the way of working in the future. Contributors to the article include Scott Brown, Steve Dale, Denise Carter, Alison Day, Hal Kirkwood and Emily Hopkins.

scholarly journals London Eyes: William Dean Howells and the Shift to Instant Photography

2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Owen Clayton
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
William Dean Howells ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Radical Empiricism ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Movements ◽  
The Way

Owen Clayton, "London Eyes: William Dean Howells and the Shift to Instant Photography"(pp. 374––394) Toward the end of the nineteenth century, one of William Dean Howells's many avid readers, finally meeting him in the flesh, expressed surprise that the famed writer was not dead. Although he had not actually departed from the world, it was true that by this time the venerable "Dean"was at a low ebb. While younger authors were taking the novel in directions about which he was, at the least, ambivalent, Howells was aware that his own best work was behind him. Yet, throughout his career, he maintained a desire to test different literary approaches. In England in 1904, Howells tested a conceit that would allow him to keep pace with the literary movements of the day. This consisted of an extended photographic metaphor: an association of himself with the Kodak camera. He used this figuration to move beyond the philosophical foundations of his previous work. Criticism has largely overlooked this endeavor, which Howells buried away in the somewhat obscure travelogue London Films (1905). This essay shows how London Films used its photographic metaphor to question positivistic observational assumptions, the way in which this was a response to William James's Essays in Radical Empiricism (1912), and, finally, why Howells ultimately went back on his attempt to create a Kodak school in fiction.

scholarly journals HOFFMANN’S REMINISCENCES IN THE NOVEL “THE COLLECTOR” BY J. FOWLES (SCIENTIFIC AND METHODICAL MATERIALS TO THE STUDY OF J. FOWLES’ NOVEL “THE COLLECTOR” IN HEI)

2019 ◽  
pp. 292-302
Author(s):  
O. V. Terekhovska
Keyword(s):  
Research Methodology ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
The Novel ◽  
John Fowles ◽  
Research Results ◽  
Creative Initiative ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Heritage ◽  
Good And Evil

The article deals with the artistic echoes of the ideas of the German romantic author E.T.A. Goffman in the novel “The Collector” by the English postmodernist J. Fowles. The aim of the study is to prove that Hoffmann’s concept of dividing people into inhabitants and artists, burghers and creative persons, ordinary and elected ones, i.e., philistines and enthusiasts, found its artistic echo in the images and situations of the novel “The Collector” by J. Fowles; as well as to generalize and adapt scientific and theoretical material on this problem to the students of philology while their preparation for practical and seminar classes. The research methodology is to extrapolate Hoffman’s concept of enthusiasts and philistines to the text of the “Collector”, as well as to determine the confrontation between these two types of people as one of the leading themes of Fowles’ novel. Research results. It is emphasized that Hoffman has divided all his characters into two unequal groups: enthusiasts and philistines. It is established that in Hoffmann’s stories the world of enthusiasts symbolizes full of life existence with all the richness of ideas, emotions, contradictory and complex feelings typical for a search person; the world of philistines, instead, personifies a dim imitation of a real life, i.e. a “mechanized” existence, in which there is no creative impulses, creative initiative. In his works Hoffman warns mankind of the danger of such existence emphasizing the need to protect the world of enthusiasts. It is proved that Hoffman’s thoughts were prophesied. Less than 150 years later, their echo has found its artistic reflection in the works of modern English writer John Fowles, in particular in the novel “The Collector”. In the images of the protagonists Miranda and Frederick Clegg, John Fowles depicted two opposite worlds, which are considered a symbolic continuation of the confrontation of Hoffmann’s enthusiasts and philistines. Miranda represents a modern type of enthusiast, a search person who is choked with emotions and feelings, intuitively realizing that this is the meaning of her life. Clegg generalizes a modern type of a philistine – an ambitious, limited tyrant, full of hidden malice and hatred for those who are spiritually richer and smarter. Hoffman’s warnings have also come to the fore in the fact that philistines can make enthusiasts their victims, as it is illustrated in the novel on the example of the tragic fate of Miranda. Scientific novelty. Reminiscences of Hoffmann’s ideas about the confrontation between enthusiasts and philistines, generalized in the images and types of “The Collector” by J. Fowles, reminding of the eternal antagonism between love and hatred, good and evil, creative living principles and a mundane existence, constitute the scientific novelty of this article. Practical significance. The results of the study can be used for further research of J. Fowles’ literary heritage. The article will be also useful for the students of philology while their preparation for seminars and practical classes.

scholarly journals Depiction of Women as the Primary Architects of their own Oppression: A Masculinist Critique of El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Abdulrahman Abdulwaheed Idris ◽  
Rosli Talif ◽  
Arbaayah Ali Termizi ◽  
Hardev Kaur Jujar
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Harassment ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Milieu ◽  
Unfair Treatment ◽  
The World ◽  
Egyptian Women ◽  
Male Dominated ◽  
Persistent Violence ◽  
Unpleasant Experience ◽  
The Way

This paper focuses on the presentation of women oppression and emancipation in Nawal El Saadawi’s novel, Woman at Point Zero. The novel is specifically a call and an appeal to the women in her Egyptian society and the world at large on the need to revisit their activities and contribution toward the oppression, suppression, molestation, and brutality of their fellow women. Nawal El Saadawi presents with unique clarity, the unpleasant experience women are subjected to in her male-dominated society (Egypt). The novel aesthetically captures the oppression, sexual harassment, domestic aggression, and intimidation that the Egyptian women are subjected to in her patriarchal social milieu. Through a Masculinist study of the text, this paper not only submits that women create sa conducive atmosphere for the unhappiness of their own kinds but also subverts the author’s proposition of the way forward for the Egyptian women who are disenchanted under the atmosphere that is besieged with unfair treatment of the women. This essay unambiguously argues that El Saadawi’s understanding of women emancipation from the persistent violence on the women is outrageously momentary and unsatisfactory. Indeed, the novel has succeeded in subverting the stereotypical representation of the women as weak, passive, and physically helpless yet, the cherished long-lasting emancipation expected from her oppressed women could not be fully achieved. The novelist portrays a resilient and revolutionary heroine whose understanding of women liberation leaves every reader disconcerted. The paper examines the oppression that the heroine, Firdaus suffers from men and her fellow women and how she eventually achieved a momentary emancipation.

A Novel Approach to First in the World Retrieval of Open Water Vertical Xmas Tree

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Sin Yoong Liew ◽  
El Khalil Heboul ◽  
Mohamad Shahril Majid Bin Allapitchai ◽  
Sattiyaraju Sellapan ◽  
Ahmad Luqman Bin Johan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Exposure Time ◽  
Open Water ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Well Completion ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
The World ◽  
Prolonged Duration ◽  
Reduce Risk ◽  
The Way

Abstract Wells plug & abandonment was carried out in a deepwater field (Field C) offshore West Africa. There were 15 deepwater subsea wells in this field. Thirteen of the wells were completed with Open Water Vertical Xmas Tree (OXT) while remaining two were completed with Enhanced Vertical Xmas Tree (EVXT). In the wells with Open Water Vertical Xmas Tree (OXT), the upper completion tubing and hanger were ran together with the Xmas Tree in a single run. This posed challenges to Operator in retrieving the Xmas Tree. This paper will discuss the novel approach used by Operator in the OXT retrieval. Due to the design of OXT which was different from most of the vertical Xmas Trees (XT) in the world, there were a few challenges in the process of XTs retrieval. If the XTs and upper completion tubing were retrieved in reversal of the way it was completed, it will exposed the well to prolonged duration of single barrier until a BOP can be latched on for subsequent activities. On top of that, the Original Equipment Manufacturer's Completion Workover Riser (CWOR) system and Support Landing Structure (SLS) was not available in full package to be utilized in this project. Furthermore, there were constraints on the rig moonpool space, handling of OXT on surface and clashes between the rig's BOP and existing subsea structures. In managing the risk of well exposure to single proven and monitored barrier during the process of OXT retrieval, Operator has evaluated a few options and came out with a novel approach in the OXT retrieval which managed to minimize exposure time and reduce risk in operations. In contrary to the original principle of well completion here, after a barrier was established in the well, the OXTs was retrieved separately from the upper completion tubing to allow rig BOP to be latched onto wellhead in shortest possible time. To achieve this objective, operations was planned to be carried out on a dual activity derrick rig. Meanwhile, a non-OEM rental CWOR system was used together with Tree Running Tool from the OEM CWOR system to access the wells for intervention work and subsequently retrieve the OXTs. By doing this, the combined CWOR stack exceeded the height limitation at the rig's moonpool. Some modifications were carried out to allow the operations to happen. A novel approach was also used to handle the OXT on surface without the OEM Support Landing Structure - which simplified the operations and reduced HSE risks. Solution was also put into place to enable latching of the rig BOP onto wellheads on Drill Centre although there were risk of clashing initially.

The Cemetery and the Novel

2020 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 357-369
Author(s):  
Peter Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Henry James ◽  
Fictional Characters ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The World ◽  
Literary Characters ◽  
The Way

Abstract This essay revisits the question of the fictional person, largely by way of Proust’s claim that the novel offers us nonexistent persons the better to espouse vision through other eyes: knowledge of the world as experienced by another consciousness. If the New Critical stricture against taking fictional characters as real beings—something other than writing on a page—is correct, it does not account for the way in which we imagine, make use of, and interact with the minds of literary characters. Yet Proust’s understanding of the fictional being cohabits with the inevitable death of real persons. As in Henry James, for instance, character may border on nothingness, on illusion—yet it appears an inevitable illusion, one that we need in order to make sense of our lives.

scholarly journals The Novel “Ararat”: the Way to Salvation

2006 ◽  
Vol 2 (1-2 (2)) ◽  
pp. 118-122
Author(s):  
Svetlana Toumanian
Keyword(s):  
The Novel ◽  
American Writer ◽  
The World ◽  
The Way

The article aims at presenting the attempt of the translator of the novel Ararat by the American writer Elgin Groseclose to reproduce the interpretation of the key message of the novel. The author of the article tries to elucidate the answer to the question: what and who is saved when the world turns into Sodom and Gomorrah?

scholarly journals VIRGINIA WOOLF'S NOVEL “MRS. DALLOWAY”

2021 ◽  
pp. 80-90
Keyword(s):  
Virginia Woolf ◽  
First World War ◽  
The Novel ◽  
World War ◽  
The First World War ◽  
The World ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
First World ◽  
The Way

Following work is dedicated to the novel “Mrs.Dalloway”. The main characters are emotionally endowed Dreamer Clarissa Dalloway and humble servant Septimus Warren-Smith, who was a contusion in the first World War described only one day in June, 1923 year. In fact, the novel “Mrs.Dalloway” is the "flow of consciousness" of the protagonists Clarissa Dalloway and Septimus Warren – Smith, their Big Ben clock is divided into certain peace with a bang. Virginia Woolf believes that "life" is manifested in the form of consciousness, death and time, she focuses her essays on such issues as the role of a woman in family and society, the role of a woman in the upbringing of children, the way a woman feels about the world, the relationship between a modern man and a woman.

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