Aproximación a un Estudio Estilístico de la Fraseología Representada en la Crónica Troyana (Juan de Burgos, 1490)

2021 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-461
Author(s):  
Santiago Vicente Llavata
Keyword(s):  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Narrative Tradition ◽  
Selection Of

This article aims to contribute to the knowledge of Medieval Hispanic Phraseology by means of the stylistic analysis of the phraseological units, which are represented in the Crónica troyana (Juan de Burgos, 1490). To achieve this aim, this study is based on the methodological program proposed by Echenique Elizondo (2003), in order to tackle the historical and stylistic analysis of these units. From the selection of two passages referring to amor and to militia in the context of the Matter of Troy, the combinations contained in the Crónica troyana will be analyzed in contrast to the rest of peninsular versions derived from the Historia destructionis Troiae (c. 1287). This is intended to advance the knowledge of the phraseology represented in the narrative tradition of the Matter of Troy in the Hispanic domain.

El compromiso social de Jean-Claude Izzo en Le Soleil des mourants

Babel ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soledad Díaz Alarcón
Keyword(s):  
Translation Studies ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Spanish Translation ◽  
Communicative Intention ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Jean-Claude Izzo, an author committed to reality, recreates in his work Le Soleil des mourants the life of an indigent condemned to exclusion and loneliness. His critique also extends to contemporary society, both urban and dehumanized, and to the institutions and organisms that govern it, incapable of coping with social stigmas. This paper aims to disentangle, through a semantic-stylistic analysis, the homeless figure who stands as the cornerstone around which the story revolves. This paper also tries to identify the textual, linguistic, and cultural singularities that, from a translation studies approach, are regarded as specific translation challenges in this novel. This study puts forth a proposal for the Spanish translation of a selection of passages that support our arguments. The translation decisions are made according to the concept of communicative equivalence (Wotjak 2015) and to the taxonomy of techniques compiled by Hurtado Albir (2008, 269–271). The paper concludes that the concept of communicative equivalence has become a relevant methodology for the translation of Le Soleil des mourants, as it enables the translator to render the denotative elements of the message, the connotative and expressive use of the language, and the author’s communicative intention.

Indo-Persian narrative literature: Cultural translation and rewriting of Indian stories in Persianate South Asia

2020 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 387-412
Author(s):  
Pegah Shahbaz
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Codes Of Conduct ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Cultural Adaptations ◽  
Cultural Elements ◽  
Narrative Tradition ◽  
Narrative Literature ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract The present article aims to study the translation and rewriting process of Indian narratives in Persian during the Delhi Sultanate (1206–1526) and the Mughal period (1526–1858), and to examine their cultural adaptations and strategies of adjustment to the Muslim recipient culture involving a reciprocal exchange of literary and cultural elements and religious interpretations. In the first stage, the features of Indo-Persian narrative tradition are briefly introduced with regards to structure and integral themes and in the second, the acculturation of Indian elements will be analysed according to Islamic principles and mystical thoughts in a selection of literary texts produced by Muslim Persian scholars. The article will focus on the representations of gender in stories and the perception of justice in the Perso-Islamic context to see, in particular, how narratives carried across Indian rituals and women’s codes of conduct to the Muslim readership; in other words, we try to shed light on how the alienated Indian became domesticated in the Persian-Muslim world of thought.

scholarly journals Sien (en hoor!) is glo: ’n voorlopige verkenning van ikonisiteit as retoriese strategie aan die hand van twee kort gedigte

Literator ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
B. J. Odendaal
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Framework ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Rhetorical Strategy ◽  
The Core ◽  
Persuasive Strategies ◽  
Poetic Function ◽  
Selection Of

Rhetorical text description is aimed at exposing the persuasive strategies employed in a text. It entails a description of the selection of topic, but in particular a stylistic analysis. In this article the researcher explores the necessity of interpreting iconic signification in poetry as a rhetorical strategy, mainly on the grounds of the ‘poetic faith’ aroused in the reader by the code-orientated or demonstrative nature of poetry. The icon, the most ‘seductive’ of sign types on account of its resemblant relation to the denotated object, is seen to function as a ‘hidden persuader’ in poetic communication, valorizing the message of the poetic utterance. After analysing two short Afrikaans poems (Ernst van Heerden’s "Voëlverskrikker" and T.T. Cloete’s "God die digter") within this theoretical framework, the researcher concludes that iconicity, at the core of the poetic function in its aspiration towards minimizing the arbitrariness of signification, must be seen as a rhetorical strategy.

THE ECCLESIA THEME IN THE APSIDAL MOSAICS OF ROME AS A REFLECTION OF THE COMMUNICATIVE VISUAL STRATEGIES OF THE PAPAL POWER

2021 ◽  
pp. 126-147
Author(s):  
Irina V. Golubeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Visual Communication ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Aspect ◽  
Political Situation ◽  
The Past ◽  
Widespread Adoption ◽  
Liturgical Texts ◽  
The Church ◽  
Selection Of

A number of researches in recent years have been aimed at revealing the factors that influenced the iconographic program in the apses of the basilicas in Rome as well as at a new, deeper understanding of the semantics of the depicted themes. The paper is focused on the mosaic compositions in Roman apses; it is intended to demonstrate three typical aspects (liturgical, stylistic and political) of the visual papal strategies that are reflected in the encrypted “messages” of the pontiffs in different times. Both iconographic models and inscriptions within the composition – liturgical texts, quotations from scripture – are studied in the connection with the liturgics. In the context of the stylistic analysis, the author considers the pictorial tools used by the Roman artists, thus trying to reveal their appeal to the heritage of the past. A manifestation of such a reference was reflected, particularly, in the widespread adoption of paleochristian models and schemes, which succeeded the reform of the Church, proclaimed by Gregory VII, and also were connected with the concept of Ecclesia primitiva. The political aspect of visual communication is represented in the selection of images of the Roman Church that appeared in the apse. The author seeks to understand the causality associated with the chosen iconographical program and the historical and political situation.

scholarly journals LINGUOSTYLISTIC ANALYSIS OF WORD-FORMING AND MORPHOLOGICAL MEANS IN JOURNALISTIC TEXT

2021 ◽  
pp. 117-125
Author(s):  
NATALIІA DASHCHENKO
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Effective Means ◽  
Meaning Construction ◽  
Stylistic Analysis ◽  
Careful Study ◽  
Parts Of Speech ◽  
Part Of Speech ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
Selection Of

In modern media, materials which are characterized by skillful organization of language tools to reveal the topic and focus on the recipient, are highly valued. Having professional journalistic skills and a thorough knowledge of the language helps to create texts according to such requirements. Actual in this context is the formation of skills in the years of study related to the observation of the linguistic and stylistic skills of practicing journalists. The purpose of the article is to present the sequence and example of linguistic-stylistic analysis of a journalistic text to clarify the place and role of word-forming and morphological means that form the semantic background and communicative orientation of the message. Methodological bases of linguistic and stylistic analysis of word-forming and morphological means are a set of approaches that take into account: selection of the publication according to certain criteria (relevance of the topic, genre, authorship, etc.); the structure of tokens and grammatical features of individual parts of speech that create the semantic and stylistic expressiveness of a particular journalistic text. Among the research methods are linguistic analysis, compositional-textual and functional-semantic analysis, the method of establishing semantic-functional paradigms, the quantitative method, and others. Results of the research. A linguistic and stylistic analysis of O. Suprunenko’s publication «Chym Pakhne Yevropa» («What does Europe smell like?») (Post-Postup. 2008) demonstrates the course of consideration of word-forming and part-of-speech means of a professional text; shows a way of coherent and consistent presentation of their own observations and opinions. In the analyzed text there is objective information, which includes specific names, words with direct meaning, construction terminology, quotes. Subjective information is the author’s reasoning about the topic covered. The tone of its disclosure is informative and skeptical, which aims to provoke a corresponding reaction from the reader. Stylistic originality of the presentation of the theme is manifested in the use of appropriate linguistic and stylistic means: individual innovations, the expressive potential of grammatical categories of nouns, adjectives, verbs, as well as in the creation of ironic imagery. Stylistic analysis of the text by language levels is an effective means of forming language and speech competence, as it develops the skills of identifying stylistic means in the text and determining their functions to reveal the author’s intention. This form of work also has a research and creative purpose, as it encourages careful study of the stylistic potential of certain means of speech and independently explain their feasibility in a particular text.

scholarly journals Egyptian Dystopias of the 21st Century

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 ◽  
pp. 79-94
Author(s):  
Barbara Bakker
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Contemporary Literature ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Speculative Fiction ◽  
Arabic Literature ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Literary Field ◽  
Dystopian Literature ◽  
Narrative Tradition ◽  
Selection Of

During the first two decades of the 21st century an increasing amount of narratives termed as Arabic dystopian fiction appeared on the Arabic literary scene, with a greater part authored by Egyptian writers. However, what characterises/marks a work as a dystopia? This paper investigates the dystopian nature of a selection of Egyptian literary works within the frame of the dystopian narrative tradition. The article begins by introducing the features of the traditional literary dystopias as they will be used in the analysis. It then gives a brief overview of the development of the genre in the Arabic literature. The discussion that follows highlights common elements and identifies specific themes in six Egyptian novels selected for the analysis, thereby highlighting differences and similarities between them and the traditional Western dystopias. The article calls for a categorisation of Arabic dystopian narrative that takes into consideration social, political, historical and cultural factors specific for the Arabic in general, and Egyptian in particular, literary field. Keywords: Arabic literature, dystopia, dystopian literature, contemporary literature, Egypt, fiction, speculative fiction.

Cognitive gadgets and cognitive priors

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Domenico Iannetti ◽  
Giorgio Vallortigara
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Neuroscience ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract Some of the foundations of Heyes’ radical reasoning seem to be based on a fractional selection of available evidence. Using an ethological perspective, we argue against Heyes’ rapid dismissal of innate cognitive instincts. Heyes’ use of fMRI studies of literacy to claim that culture assembles pieces of mental technology seems an example of incorrect reverse inferences and overlap theories pervasive in cognitive neuroscience.

Note on Selection of Coordinate Systems for Geodynamics

1975 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 395-407
Author(s):  
S. Henriksen
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
The Other ◽  
Coordinate Systems ◽  
Mean Sea Level ◽  
The Earth ◽  
The One ◽  
Static Systems ◽  
Selection Of

The first question to be answered, in seeking coordinate systems for geodynamics, is: what is geodynamics? The answer is, of course, that geodynamics is that part of geophysics which is concerned with movements of the Earth, as opposed to geostatics which is the physics of the stationary Earth. But as far as we know, there is no stationary Earth – epur sic monere. So geodynamics is actually coextensive with geophysics, and coordinate systems suitable for the one should be suitable for the other. At the present time, there are not many coordinate systems, if any, that can be identified with a static Earth. Certainly the only coordinate of aeronomic (atmospheric) interest is the height, and this is usually either as geodynamic height or as pressure. In oceanology, the most important coordinate is depth, and this, like heights in the atmosphere, is expressed as metric depth from mean sea level, as geodynamic depth, or as pressure. Only for the earth do we find “static” systems in use, ana even here there is real question as to whether the systems are dynamic or static. So it would seem that our answer to the question, of what kind, of coordinate systems are we seeking, must be that we are looking for the same systems as are used in geophysics, and these systems are dynamic in nature already – that is, their definition involvestime.

Measurements of the Cape Astrometric Survey of the Southern Hemisphere

1978 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 515-521
Author(s):  
W. Nicholson
Keyword(s):  
Southern Hemisphere ◽  
Automatic Measuring ◽  
Measuring Machine ◽  
Final Selection ◽  
Selection Of

SummaryA routine has been developed for the processing of the 5820 plates of the survey. The plates are measured on the automatic measuring machine, GALAXY, and the measures are subsequently processed by computer, to edit and then refer them to the SAO catalogue. A start has been made on measuring the plates, but the final selection of stars to be made is still a matter for discussion.

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