Making the Chain Longer and Stronger: An Intertextual Reading of Ignatius Mabasa’s Mapenzi

Imbizo ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Mapara ◽  
Beatrice Mapara
Keyword(s):  
African Literature ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Stylistic Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Written Word ◽  
The Relationship

Literary texts are at times anchored in others that have come before them. This article thus notes that the relationship that exists between written works as well as oral works has been an abiding phenomenon since the emergence of the written word, whether it is Sumerian, Greek or Roman. This practice, also called intertextuality, is prevalent today in African literature. Informed by this tradition of intertextuality, the authors analyse Ignatius Mabasa’s novel, Mapenzi, and argue that the use of direct and indirect references to other creative works by the writer goes a long way in enhancing the text’s thematic and stylistic development. The article further observes that the intertextual references found in Mabasa’s novel evidence that he is a well-read artist who sees intersections between what he writes and what others before him have also written about. The article concludes by delineating the differences between plagiarism and creativity, in that an intertextual reading of Mapenzi reveals that as a creative work, besides connections to prior works, the novel has a life of its own, and has in fact carved a space for itself within Zimbabwean Shona literature. The article sums up such intertextual play as hochekoche (interlinkages), the creation of catenae between literary texts.

Complexity as Practice: A Reflection on the Creative Outcomes of a Sustained Engagement with Complexity

Leonardo ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Davis
Keyword(s):  
Complexity Theory ◽  
Scientific Models ◽  
Creative Work ◽  
Research Practice ◽  
Creative Practice ◽  
Conceptual Problems ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship

This article presents a reflection on a body of creative work carried out during four years of Ph.D. research that explored the relationship between complexity theory and music. The article highlights conceptual problems that arose during the creation of the work, especially those associated with the exploration of scientific models for the creation of art. The author does not attempt to offer any final solutions but rather presents the journey undertaken through the combined artistic and research practice as a way of documenting the strategies he developed during this period of creative practice.

scholarly journals CRITICAL STUDY OF IRANIAN MOVIE »NASSEREDIN SHAH, ACTOR OF CINEMA «ON THE BASIS OF THEORIES OF THE POSTMODERN NOVELS

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirzad Tayefi ◽  
Mohammad Hossein Ramezani Fookulaee
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Critical Study ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Postmodern Literature ◽  
Visual Texts ◽  
French School ◽  
Fiction Writers ◽  
Visual Text ◽  
The Relationship

Contrary to the French school of comparative literature, according to which it is merely possible to compare the two written texts in terms of conditions, in the American approach, the adaptation of literary texts to various arts, including cinema, is possible, which leads to a better understanding of literature. Since novels and films have many similarities, they are in many respects similar to each other, and two genres are considered analogous.These commons provide a good ground for discussing a movie from the perspective of a new literary theory and critique, and allow us to use the concepts and terminology we normally know as a tool for discussing the novel to critically explore the structure and art and the themes of the film. On the other hand, in recent years, the term "postmodernism" has been widely criticized about the novel in our country, and many new fiction writers also have a fascination with postmodern style fiction. Therefore, in this research, first, reviewing the views of some of the most important postmodern literature scholars, nineteen techniques used in postmodern novels are explored, and their qualitative method of applying them to Naser al-Dinshah film actor have been investigated.The results of the study show the relationship between literature and cinema (as a visual text) and the ability to compare the two written and visual texts; as many techniques used in the writing of postmodern novels are also with a high frequency have been used in the studied film

Anthology

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Grant
Keyword(s):  
Literary Criticism ◽  
18Th Century ◽  
Close Association ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Politics Of Identity ◽  
Literary Traditions ◽  
Important Object ◽  
Written Word

Anthologies, in the broadest sense of collections of independent texts, have always played an important role in preserving and spreading the written word, and collections of short forms, such as proverbs, wise sayings, and epigraphs, have a long history. The literary anthology, however, is of comparatively recent provenance, having come to prominence only during the long 18th century, when the modern concept of “literature” itself emerged. Since that time, it has been a fundamental part of literary culture: not only have literary texts been published in anthologies, but also the genre of the anthology has done much to shape their form and content, and to influence the ways in which they are read and taught, particularly as literary criticism has developed in tandem with the rise of the anthology. The anthology has also stimulated innovation in many periods and places by providing a model for writers of different genres of literature to emulate, and it has been argued that the form of the novel is much indebted to the anthology. This is connected to its close association with the figure of the reader. Furthermore, anthologies have helped to define what literature is, and been crucial to the canonization of texts, authors, and genres, and the consolidation of literary traditions. It is therefore not surprising that they were at the heart of the theoretical and pedagogical debates within literary studies known as the canon wars, which raged during the 1980s and 1990s. In this role, they contributed much to discussions concerning the theories and politics of identity, and to such approaches as feminism and race studies. The connection between the anthology and literary theory extends beyond this, however: theory itself has been subject to widespread anthologization, which has affected its practice and reception; the form of theoretical writing can in certain respects be understood as anthological; and the anthology is an important object of theoretical attention. For instance, given the potential which the digital age holds to transform how texts are disseminated and consumed, and the importance of finding ways to classify and navigate the digital archive, anthology studies is likely to figure largely in the Digital Humanities.

Auto-Intertext of the Novel of Ivan Turgenev «Stuchit»

2015 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 60-64
Author(s):  
Бобылев ◽  
B. Bobylev
Keyword(s):  
Verbal Behavior ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Ego States ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Other World ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

In this article B. Bobylev analyses the intertextual relations of the novel of Ivan Turgenev “Stuchit” (Knocks) with other stories of the writer. It defines the place of the story in a series of “A Sportsman’s sketches” and the whole work of the writer in general. The article identifies key themes and symbols that define the specifics of the worldview of the author. It affirms the idea of a deep connection of the Turgenev’s image of knocking with the search for meaning, the mystery of human’s existence. It also covers the role mythopoetic tradition in the creation of a system of verbal images of the story and in the development of the idea of parallel existence of the earthly world with the other world. The article studies verbal and non-verbal behavior of the characters, assesses the relationship of peasants and landowners within the theory of ego states of Eric Berne.

scholarly journals Beyond the Boundaries of Realism Monstrous Islands and Literary Hybrids at the Fin de Siècle in Conan Doyle’s, R. L. Stevenson’s and H. G. Wells’s Fiction

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Gay
Keyword(s):  
Fin De Siecle ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Literary Aesthetics ◽  
Fin De Siècle ◽  
The Fantastic ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Geographical Space ◽  
The Way

This article explores the way in which at the fin de siècle, Doyle, Stevenson and Wells chose to set their works on marginal islands in order to spatially escape not only from the bleak reality of the modern world, but also from the constraints of realism, and to reconnect with more imaginative forms of writing. It thus aims to shed new light on the relationship between geographical space and literary aesthetics, and to demonstrate that the island space is especially conducive to generic excursions out of realism and towards the fantastic, the marvellous and even the monstrous, leading to the creation of eminently hybrid literary texts.

scholarly journals MEMORY AND SPACE IN LITERARY TEXTS: AN INVESTIGATION ON NOVELS OF FATIH HARBIYE AND DOKUZUNCU HARICIYE KOGUSU -NINTH SURGICAL WARD-

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 195-212
Author(s):  
Ömer Faruk YÜCEL
Keyword(s):  
Great Influence ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Memory Space ◽  
Surgical Ward ◽  
Life Itself ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study deals with the relationship between memory and space in Peyami Safa's novels. Literary texts are a field of memories by means of imagination or directly from life itself. The author, who can only imagine what he has experienced, takes advantage of memory while writing his text. Therefore, literature constitutes an important resource for studies related to memory. The concept of space that indicates a place where memory is held is an important research object of this study. Because memories, knowledge, experience and life experiences that make an impression in memory always take place in a space. For this, space, besides being a concept that supports memory, actually has a memory itself. Memory spaces emerge as a result of this approach. Memory spaces have a great influence on the formation of social identity. This study also tries to reveal how the memory-space relationship constructs the concept of "identity". Identities which are laid foundation with the world of thought of the society from which the individual comes gain continuity through the memory space. Fatih Harbiye, Peyami Safa’s novel, is a literary work that reflects the east-west, new-old and modern-tradition dualities and reveals the concept of identity in the light of these dualities. This study examines how the relationship between memory and space constructs an identity in Fatih Harbiye's novel. In this study, which draws attention to the direct relationship of memory and space in the shaping of psychological life, the novel Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu – Ninth Surgical Ward- is an important example for the relationship between personal memory and space.

scholarly journals Literary production in Niger: The case of the novel

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aïssata S. Kindo Patengouh
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
African Literature ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Production ◽  
Rural Space ◽  
Cultural Milieu ◽  
Nature Literature

Literature, like all art, is in part geographically and historically determined. Despite its imaginary nature, literature maintains close ties with its context of emergence. African literature is in part an illustration of determinisms of this type and owes a great deal to colonial trauma. Nevertheless, it also draws on autochthonous myths – both old and new – on the colonial heritage, and on new mentalities generated by decolonisation and other factors. However, certain political and ideological choices visible in literary texts underline national specificities. My intention, as a citizen of Niger, is to contribute to bringing Nigérien literature, and the Nigérien novel, in particular, into the limelight. In fact, this production is only just emerging, as the first novel dates back to 1959. This paper focuses on the fundamental problem of the relation between the novel produced in Niger and the Nigérien society, and by extension, the relation between Nigérien literature and the society from which it is emerging. Based on a thematic study, in the spirit of socio-criticism, an attempt will be made to place a selected corpus of eleven novels, published between 1977 and 1993, in their context of emergence. The geographical (spatial and climatic) milieu is omnipresent and dominant in these works; focus on a traditional socio-cultural milieu is recurrent and is still of current importance, while the modern socio-cultural milieu is determinant but not quite as dominant as rural space. These are some of the basic elements composing the backdrop of Nigérien novelistic creation. They suggest aspects of a collective identity. Nonetheless these are not, in themselves, sufficient grounds on which to identify a specific literary production.

Post-communist Interpretation of History in the Albanian Literature in Kosovo

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 91-107
Author(s):  
Lindita Tahiri ◽  
Muhamet Hamiti
Keyword(s):  
Literary Text ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Modernist Literature ◽  
Historical Discourse ◽  
Third Person ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Fictional Truth

This article focuses on stylistic choices in the novel Im atë donte Adolfin (My father loved Adolph) by the Albanian author in Kosovo Mehmet Kraja (2005) as a strategy to generate a post-communist perspective of interpreting history. By blending first-person narration as confidentiality and third-person narration as conventionality (Barthes, 1978), the possessive construction ‘my father’ in this literary text serves both as referential label and deictic, generating dual focalization (Phelan, 2005). The heterodiegetic narrator is positioned simultaneously as a neutral eye witnessing narrator and as a signal of subjectivity. Even in cases of intradiegetic role the narrator remains detached interweaving his voice with the voice of the character. The synchronized overt and distant narratorial stances in this novel correspond with the demonstration of historical discourse as both subjective and factual narration. The relationship between fiction and truth has been widely treated in the post-modern intellectual thought, and as Borg (2010) points out in his study on Beckett and Joyce, the radical narrative innovations are “examples of a peculiarly modernist engagement with the nature of factual and fictional truth” (p. 179), suggesting that in modern literary texts “every event exists factually and fictionally at the same time” (p. 187). As a resonance to Borg’s analysis of modernist literature, in Kraja’s novel the knowledge about history consists of both factual and imaginative elements, bringing “the moment of truth in all its potential” (p. 191).

scholarly journals The Royal Descent and the Past Glory of the Demak Sultanate as the Builders of Coastal Javanese Resistance in the Novel Penangsang (Tembang Rindu Dendam)

2021 ◽  
Vol 317 ◽  
pp. 04022
Author(s):  
Sukarjo Waluyo ◽  
Redyanto Noor ◽  
Ratna Asmarani
Keyword(s):  
Social Environment ◽  
Past History ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
16Th Century ◽  
New Historicism ◽  
The Novel ◽  
The Past ◽  
Take Back ◽  
Father's Rights ◽  
The Relationship

Arya Penangsang was a Duke of Jipang who ruled in the mid-16th century. He is the grandson of Sultan Patah, the founder of the Sultanate of Demak. The Babad Tanah Djawi tells the story of Arya Penangsang killing Pangeran Mukmin to take back his father's rights. Pajang's attack succeeded in killing Arya Penangsang. The bad image of Arya Penangsang was built by the Sultanate of Pajang. Meanwhile, the Mataram Sultanate, Surakarta Palace, and Yogyakarta Palace continued for hegemony. Meanwhile, for the coastal community of Java, Arya Penangsang is a respected figure. The object of research is the novel Penangsang (Tembang Rindu Dendam) which was published in 2010. The purpose of this study is to explain the problem of resistance, namely disobedience in the context of the relationship between power and domination [1]. This study uses library and ethnographic methods by utilizing this new historicism (NH) approach which links literary texts with non-literature. The results of this study indicate three important messages. First, people interpret their social environment in terms of their past history. Second, Arya Penangsang is a prince who became a local hero. Third, past history is a builder of cultural ties.

scholarly journals Transitivity Analysis of Proverbs in Achebe’s A Man of the People

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Emodi Livina Nkeiruka
Keyword(s):  
Literary Texts ◽  
Chinua Achebe ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Systemic Functional Grammar ◽  
The People ◽  
Cultural Element ◽  
Verbal Processes ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Linguistic Structures

The language of literary texts is adorned with proverbs, a cultural element which to some extent has become significant in the growth and development of African literature and in the portrayal of meaning assigned by the writer. This paper explores the relationship between linguistic structures and culturally constructed meaning in Chinua Achebe’s novel A Man of the people by critically examining the transitivity of proverbs used in the work. This study is anchored on Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar. The analysis reveals that Achebe uses more material processes, followed by mental processes and then relational and verbal processes. Furthermore, the types of transitivity process, participants, circumstatials contribute towards the construction of themes reflected in the novel. Based on the results, the paper concludes that Achebe uses a variety of transitivity processes as proposed by M.A.K. Halliday with the exception of existential and behaviour. He uses actors, sensers, carriers, identifiers, to convey message of his novel. Achebe mostly uses circumstances of extent, location, and manner to show that the actions take place in a certain place, time, and at a certain frequency. The paper concludes that Achebe’s use of varieties of processes, participants and circumstances has made his novel interesting and readable.

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