scholarly journals The conceptual metaphor of play in P. Handke’s short novel «The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick»

Author(s):  
Yana Kravchenko ◽  

The paper focuses on determining the peculiarities of the conceptual metaphor of play in Peter Handke’s short novel «The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick». The modern humanitarian discourse views the metaphor not only in its narrow sense (as a means of literary expressiveness) but also in the wide one – as a way of thinking and perception of the world around, which enables defining specific textual strategies aimed at interpreting complex, abstract, and principally incomprehensible concepts with the help of comprehensive, understandable, and mainly visual images. In P. Handke’s novel, the play acquires an ontological status developing into a multi-layer conceptual metaphor and functions as a key to understanding meanings on different levels of text organization – paratextual, informative, compositional, figurative, symbolic, and stylistic ones. The analysis conducted testifies that the play elements and devices can be found in various processes, activities, and people’s behavior because the category of play appeals to universal concepts, such as order, choice, pleasure, strive for results, etc. The play is realized as a complex integrity of worldview characteristics, unity of action, consciousness and communication. In P. Handke’s novel, the play is a model of self-cognition and a strategy of the character’s communication with the world. Since the P. Handke’s novel presents a type of a new subjective protagonist, who is usually a person alienated from the social environment, it is the play that is able to replace the usual behavioral practices and stereotypes in his mind. The play aspect serves as a means of constructing the literary world and helps to convey philosophical ideas. As a conceptual metaphor, the notion of play is actualized in the novel in order to explain complex abstract concepts: a crisis of a person or understanding of human relationships in the modern world. The play discards the principles of determinism and hierarchy being a guarantee of creative freedom and polivariability of events. In addition, the category of play generates an ironic attitude to the surroundings. The play does not intend to stick to reality, but rather to concentrate on urgent problems and stereotypes. The story of Joseph Bloch is a story of growing alienation from reality, exclusion of a person from the social community which has become impossible to comprehend. The play motifs of escape, silence, hide-out, and wordplay are signs of ironic self-identification. The character’s mind reconsiders the values, which highlights the distinct opposition of civilization and nature, rational and mythological, biological and physiological, male and female, etc.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zadrian Ardi ◽  
Indah Sukmawati

Various studies in the information technology revealed that there has been a change in the trend of internet use in recent years. Internet users in the world prefer to spend time accessing the internet through the social media. Social media with a variety of platforms provides special communities with their own uniqueness and allows users to share lots of content. The members involves creates a new social community with various phenomena, both positive and negative. Counselors in the millennium era are required to have the insight andknowledge that is qualified to deal with the well being conditions of individuals from activities in social media. Counselors are also required to have specific skills in providing handling with the condition of well being individuals related to the impact of activities on social media.


Author(s):  
Steve Bruce

Although we can view sociology as a disinterested intellectual discipline that stands aside from the world it observes, sociology is itself a symptom of the very things it describes. ‘The modern world’ summarizes what sociology sees as distinctive about the social formations that concern it, considering modernity, social order, social mobility, and postmodernity. The key sociological proposition that much of our world is inadvertent and unintended is important, not just for understanding why things do not go as planned, but also for understanding why things are as they are. This has serious policy implications, because if we misunderstand the causes of what concerns us, we misdirect our efforts to change it.


2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iqra Khan, Maryam Bibi, Muhammad Amin

The term education has been the living phenomena among the social and cultural lives of the human body that derives the crucial needs and necessities of the modern world. This could be considered as the realistic approach to say- as education provided the positive barrier between the old and new learnings to help bring out the development in the logical and literal minds. The fundamental requirements of education result the possibility when its acquirements are made reachable to the deserving hands. Education is hence freed from all the discrimination and racial comments- welcomes the technological and scientific learnings to those who seeks for it. As, for men, education has been the revolving agenda to succeed in the rushing world and as it’s similar for the women of every religion and culture. With the rising inventions and prominent technological factors, the demanding scope for the educational promotions established the future needs. This need in an outcome prevailed the exceeding desires of women to work side by side with men and to meet the necessities of the coming age. The patterned structures that the society follows, advances the efforts of men rather than women and if it belongs to any religion, Muslim women are the first to face the discriminative attitudes in the work places and learning institutes. But to count their efforts in an extensive manner, there are many of the Muslim women who took charge in the advancement of the technological and the social sciences. This article aims at the perpetual challenges and contributions of Muslim women in their respective work areas. The problems and hurdles they experienced at the social and cultural surroundings. The main objective of this paper is to highlight the difficulties and hardships of Muslim women all around the world and the challenging atmospheres they worked in while giving their utmost for the betterment of society  


2018 ◽  
Vol 212 ◽  
pp. 08026
Author(s):  
Olga Borisenko ◽  
Dmitry Sukharev ◽  
Marina Fomina ◽  
Nataly Kondakova

The article is devoted to the analysis of the problems of economic globalization in China and as a factor of cultural security. A philosophical analysis of the social aspect of China’s regional development. J. Sigurdson, like many researchers, analyzes economic, political factors, technological innovations, regional development programs of China. Our attention was drawn to the fact that he is one of the few Western researchers who analyze social problems. J. Sigurdson gives an analysis of Chinese society in the context of the development of technological systems. He notes that the creation of clusters, the use of new technologies contribute to the development of the social infrastructure of modern Chinese society. It is worth noting that his analysis is based on the historical information approach. In this case, we are not interested in ascertaining the facts presented by him, but in describing the role of innovation systems in the development of the social sphere of Chinese society. Thus, the relevance of this article is due to the need to analyze Western research on the social factor of regional changes in China. The entry into globalization processes and the perception of the economic opportunities of the modern world in China is refracted through traditional culture and allows not only to preserve its own values, but also to successfully adapt them to the realities of the present day on one hand and spread it outside on the other. China plays an important role in the modern economic development of the world. The main task of the Chinese strategy for the development of clusters was to ensure that the results met not only the economic development of the country, but also the rise of the social, cultural component. The Chinese government is aware of the depth of existing problems in society, and how we see new promising plans for the development of China’s economic system. In the artical, we allows us to view modern China not only as a simple element of the world economic system, but rather as one of the leading subjects of economic globalization, actively participating in the world economy and making a significant contribution to the development of the modern world. In our view, it is the integrity of the domestic political and foreign policy course of the country’s development that allowed the Chinese economy and culture to become a visible and important element of the world economy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 747
Author(s):  
Amanda Maria Bicudo de Souza

Abstract: Unlike traditional visions show, metaphors are present not only in literary language, but also in everyday, scientific and philosophical languages. It is through the metaphors that we conceptualize the world and understand the most abstract concepts that we have. Based on this premise, this study investigates the conceptual metaphors found in advertisements of women’s magazines, based on the theories: the theory of conceptual metaphor proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (2002), considerations of Kovecses (2002) about this theory and particular character of metaphors in advertisements, as proposed by Velasco-Sacristán (2010) and Ungerer (2003). The purposes of this research are to examine how the metaphors conceptualize the product advertised and how they reveal the social representation of women. The research was done through analysis of four advertisements taken from the magazines: Nova (Dec. 2008), Marie Claire (Oct. 2008), Cláudia (July 2009) and one advertisement taken from a website, published in 2020. The results show that conceptual metaphors are tools used by propagandists in the creation of advertisements based on stereotypes, representations and ideologies of particular group to which the advertisement is intended. Such resources tend to persuade the reader to purchase the product released.Keywords: metaphor; conceptual metaphor; advertisements.Resumo: Ao contrário do que mostram visões tradicionais, a metáfora não está presente somente na linguagem literária, mas também nas linguagens: cotidiana, científica e filosófica. É por meio das metáforas que nós conceptualizamos o mundo e compreendemos a maioria dos conceitos abstratos que temos. Com base nesse postulado, o presente estudo investiga as metáforas conceptuais presentes em propagandas de revistas femininas, tendo como pressupostos teóricos: a teoria da Metáfora Conceptual, proposta por Lakoff e Johnson (2002), as considerações de Kovecses (2002) acerca dessa teoria e o caráter particular das metáforas em propagandas, como proposto por Velasco-Sacristán (2010) e Ungerer (2003). Os objetivos dessa investigação são verificar o modo como as metáforas conceptualizam o produto divulgado e em que medida elas revelam a representação social da mulher. A pesquisa foi realizada através da análise de duas propagandas, retiradas das revistas: Nova (dez. 2008) e Marie Claire (out. 2008). Os resultados mostram que as metáforas conceptuais são ferramentas utilizadas pelos propagandistas na elaboração das propagandas, com base em estereótipos, representações e ideologias de determinado público-alvo ao qual a propaganda é destinada. Tais recursos tendem a persuadir o leitor a adquirir o produto divulgado.Palavras-chave: metáfora; metáfora conceptual; propagandas.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (S1-Dec2020) ◽  
pp. 37-39
Author(s):  
Uma Maheshwari ◽  
P Nagaraj

The world is unified by the word ‘globalization’ as a result of the growing interdependence of the world’s societies, economies, technologies, cultures, investment and information. Today, everything is accessible at one’s finger tips, because the world is interconnected. There is networking in all walks of life. Communication has become easier than ever and technology has begun to replace human resources. On one hand, globalization claims to have simplified living by interconnecting different parts of the world, but on the other hand, life seems to have become more complicated in the name of sociocultural networking and technological revolutions. The circulation of ideas, culture, language, and material goods as a result of networking, the reason for globalization, has been identified as global cultural flows, according to the social anthropologist and globalization theorist, Arjun Appadurai. The paper aims to look into the socio-cultural, political and economic impacts of globalizationon developing countries like India, with the help of three contemporary novels of the twenty first century Indian English literature – The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga, and Q&A by Vikas Swarup. It explores the aspects of globalization in the select novels, in an attempt to understand the modern world under the influence of globalization, liberalization and capitalization.


Verbum Vitae ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (4) ◽  
pp. 1335-1355
Author(s):  
Marian Szczepan Machinek

The purpose of this article is to elicit and analyze the main interpretative key used by the German exegete Gerhard Lohfink in his reading of the Sermon on the Mount. It does not attempt, however, tracing in detail the scholar's interpretation of the individual passages within that biblical text. In Lohfink’s understanding, the Sermon on the Mount is not addressed directly to all people but only to those who become disciples of Jesus, and who allow themselves to be gathered as the new Israel. By living according to the message of the Sermon on the Mount, communities of disciples become a light to the world, creating a “contrast society” and thereby demonstrating to the world that human relationships can be shaped in new ways. It is only through this mediation of Christian communities that the world at large can discover the message of the Sermon on the Mount which, in the end, is not a set of abstract moral norms, but rather an indication of the way of life appropriate for the social sphere in which God reigns.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 59-62
Author(s):  
Leyla Musa Rzayeva ◽  

William Shakespeare is the most famous writer in England. He was a great poet and playwright. In his works, he wrote about the eternal problems that afflict people: life and death, love, loyalty and betrayal. Therefore, Shakespeare's works, especially tragedies, are popular today. In the tragedy Hamlet, William Shakespeare reworked the plot of a medieval legend and an old English legend about Prince Hamlet, describing in depth the tragedy of humanism in the modern world. Prince Hamlet of Denmark is a humanist figure facing a world hostile to humanism. The spread of evil in society has a negative effect on Hamlet, causing him to become frustrated with his lack of strength. Man and the world are not accepted as they used to be. Thus, Hamlet faces a random crime, not a single enemy, but an entire hostile society, and it is his far-sighted philosophical thinking that makes him feel powerless in the fight against evil. The content of the "Hamlet" tragedy was inspired by the social conditions of England at that time, but its significance went far beyond the borders of one country and one historical period. The picture of oppression and lies, especially oppression, has long been true. This is the interest of Hamlet, who has been fighting alone against evil and injustice for centuries. Key words: Shakespeare, Hamlet, tragedy, murder, love, romance, cruelty, nobility, life, death


2015 ◽  
Vol 59 (11) ◽  
pp. 103-112
Author(s):  
E. Sadovaya ◽  
V. Sautkina

Cleavages between economic growth and social development have deepened in recent decades. This is expressed in the growth of multidimensional inequality and is perceived as a global violation of the social justice principles, which leads to the growth of socio-economic conflicts. These are obviously long-term trends allowing to talk about the complete reconfiguration of the existing social space. This process is largely out of control and has a serious destructive potential. The authors emphasize that the modern high-tech economy is unmanned; high quality and secure jobs with permanent contracts are becoming less affordable. As a result, we are witnessing a shift from principles of the previously established social protection institutions, where access to basic social goods is reduced for a large number of citizens. Reforming the system of state support for citizens becomes a worldwide trend, which leads to an increase in the cost of social services and brings into question the very existence of the welfare state. Thus, in the context of social landscape global transformations in the modern world, the social impact of the unemployment problem has become a key issue for researchers and policy-makers. At present, it is difficult to foresee whether the world will continue to develop within a global perspective and whether the international community will be able to produce common regulatory principles, or we are heading for a period of fragmentation and disunity. The problem is largely politically determined, and its solution depends on whether humanity will be able to overcome the difficult period of controversy and confrontation in the name of development, and if so, on what principles consensus can be reached. Acknowledgements. The research of Elena Sergeevna Sadovaya was conducted with financial support of a grant provided by the Russian Science Foundation, № 15-18-00021 – “Regulating interethnic relations and managing ethnic and social conflicts in the contemporary world: the resource potential of civic identity (a comparative political analysis)”. The research was carried out at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations, Russian Academy of Sciences (IMEMO).


2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (82) ◽  
pp. 50
Author(s):  
Vladimirs Karpovs

In this article the author studies new forms of destructive violent forms of crimes and other deviations among minors. Among the new forms of destructive aggression in the modern world, the author selected the following: violence in schools (physical and mental), cyberbullying, inducement of minors to suicide. The main purpose of this research is to study the materials of criminal cases, police reports in the world about such violations in order to form the reasons for their commission, as well as offer specific measures of social control and their prevention. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the criminological study of such social phenomena. As one of the main conclusions, we are talking about the need to create an updated and detailed policy for the social control of such deviations.


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