scholarly journals The Theme of Infidelity in Ajo Obi: A Reader Response Approach

2020 ◽  
pp. 47-56
Author(s):  
Chioma Magdaline Akaeze ◽  
Jacinta Ukamaka Eze ◽  
Juliana Ginika Mamah ◽  
Virginus Onyebuchi Aruah
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Intensive Study ◽  
Its Analysis

Thematic study is an area in any literary study that cannot be easily overlooked. It is an area that cuts across the three major genres of literature. This paper examines the literary text Ajo Obi which is written by I.G. Nwaozuzu in form of drama with the view of studying the theme of infidelity as portrayed in the text. This work aims at showing the ambiguity of the claim of innocence by the accused in the text. It also brings to light how cultural divergence brings about different interpretations of an action. The data for this study are drawn from intensive study of the literary text Ajo Obi. Following a qualitative research paradigm the study adopts reader response approach in its analysis. Findings show that there is a kind of uncertainty in the claim of innocence by the accused in the text. Again cultural divergence is also found to bring about differences in interpretation of an action.

scholarly journals An Intersemiotic Translation of Nkape Anya Ukwu

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 245
Author(s):  
Christopher Chinedu Nwike
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Information Exchange ◽  
Research Work ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
The Other ◽  
Translation Theory ◽  
Source Text ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Original Message

Translation is involved with the information exchange from a language to the other. This study sets to work on the intersemiotic form of translation by focusing on ‘An intersemiotic translation of Nkape Anya Ukwu’ produced by Chianakwalam, S. W. in 1950 with the purpose of transferring the message of the source text from African orthography to the standard Igbo. In carrying out this exercise, the researcher adopted the phonetic and phonemic orthography a well as the 1984 descriptive translation theory of Toury as the frameworks of the study in order to properly render the ST into a standardized orthography. The study adopted the description in its analysis due to its nature, as it involves a literary text that embodies story telling. So, in order to retell or re-express the ST information in the standard Igbo, the researcher then explicates the same meaning by using standard Igbo orthography, and still maintains the original message without meaning loss. This study equally dwells on a chapter of Nkape Anya Ukwu in its analysis as it is enough to provide all the information that is needed in the study. The study discovered changes in the increase in number and rearrangements in the orthographies. In the course of this study, it is discovered that there is no much problem during the process of this qualitative research work  because, the source text and the target text shares the same cultural background; in other words, they share all most everything in common.

scholarly journals Pemahaman Identitas dan Toleransi Keberagaman Budaya Mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI Melalui Puisi Multikultural Kesusasteraan Inggris: Sebuah Kajian Multikulturalisme

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Sherien Sabbah ◽  
Paramita Ayuningtyas
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Cultural Identity ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
English Department ◽  
Intercultural Understanding ◽  
Stuart Hall ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Response Method

<p><em>Abstrak</em><strong> - Penelitian ini dilakukan untuk melihat </strong><strong>respon </strong><strong>mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI dalam memahami konflik keberagaman dan pemahaman identitas budaya terkait dengan ideologi multikulturalisme melalui puisi  multikultural kesusasteraan Inggris.</strong><strong> </strong><strong>Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kualitatif dengan menggunakan metode <em>reader-response</em> (respon pembaca) dengan subjek penelitian yaitu mahasiswa Sastra Inggris UAI yang mengambil mata kuliah Pengkajian Puisi sebanyak 26 orang. Dengan menggunakan teori  Identitas  oleh Stuart Hall sebagai kajian multikulturalisme dan teori intrinsik puisi, penelitian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan gambaran jelas mengenai respon mahasiswa Sastra Inggris terhadap teks-teks sastra bertema multikultural dan juga gambaran jelas sejauh mana pemahaman lintas budaya mereka. Pada akhirnya hasil ini secara garis besar menunjukkan bahwa pemahaman keberagaman, kepedulian sosial dan toleransi di kalangan mahasiswa sastra Inggris UAI belum baik karena sebanyak 53.86% responden terlihat mengalami kesulitan untuk memahami dan menginterpretasikan isi puisi serta tidak bisa mengaitkan tema puisi dengan kondisi keberagaman di kehidupan mereka sehari-hari. </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong><em>Kata Kunci</em></strong><em> – Multikulturalisme, Identitas Budaya, Identitas Budaya, Tanggapan Pembaca</em></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Abstract</em><strong> – This research </strong><strong>is done to see the English Department students’ response in understanding cultural identity and issues of differences related to the ideology of multiculturalism through interpreting a multicultural poem in English. This research is a qualitative research implementing a reader-response method using 26 students of the English Department in UAI as the subject of research. By conducting Stuart Hall’s theory of Identity as a multiculturalism analysis and theory of Poetic devices, this research is done to give a clear perspective on the students’ response towards a multicultural theme in a literary text as well as giving view on their intercultural understanding. In the end, this research shows that overall these students’ understanding towards the issue of differences and tolerance is unsatisfying seeing that 53.86% respondents were unable to understand and interprete the poem as well as were unable to relate the theme of the poem to the condition around them in reality. </strong><strong></strong></p><p><strong><em>Keywords</em></strong><em> -<strong> </strong>Multiculturalism, Cultural Identity, Poetic Devices, Reader’s Respond, Stuart Hall</em></p>

The limits of literature as liberation: Colonialism, governmentality, and the humanist subject

2020 ◽  
pp. 135050762097897
Author(s):  
M Greedharry
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Structures ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Literary Study ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
History Of Literature ◽  
Forms Of Knowledge ◽  
Colonial Governmentality

Scholars in both the humanities and management remain attached to the idea that literature will set us free. Whether this is because literary text seems unconstrained by our epistemes or reading literature offers a practice through which we will be able to shape ourselves into the people we want to be, many of us understand literature as something that offers us a chance to emancipate ourselves from the regime of knowledge we have now. Nevertheless, as the history of literature as colonial governmentality suggests, literature and literary study have been crucial forms of knowledge-power for creating and maintaining organizational structures as well as producing the willing subjects that make those structures work. This being so, how is it that are we still interested in using literature to make “better” people, whether the people in question are ”better” managers or their subordinates, rather than reorganizing literary study in the contemporary university?

scholarly journals Polyphonizm of narrative in documentary film (On the case of films about P. Tychyna, M. Rylskyi, V. Sosiura)

2019 ◽  
pp. 150-164
Author(s):  
Anhelina Ganzha
Keyword(s):  
Documentary Film ◽  
Space Time ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
Direct Speech ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Screen Reading ◽  
Simultaneous Use ◽  
Documentary Filmmaking ◽  
Time Frames

Narratives in cinema text are seen as narratives of interrelated events occurring within specific space-time frames involving the author, narrator and characters. The intermedical nature of documentary filmmaking complicates its analysis in the coordinates of any research paradigm. However, among the universal categories of reception of film narratives, polyphonicism should be singled out as a means of creating a holistic view of a cultural product. The article offers the authorʼs vision of realization of the polyphonism of the film narrative in the documentaries “I Call You” (2006), “Poeta Maximus” (2008), “So No One Loved” (2008) from the series “Game of Fate”. It is concluded that there is a certain plot-compositional scheme of organization of audiovisual polyphonic narrative in the series. Among the specific figures of the screen narration in the analyzed documentary tapes we see transposition (eg, transition from the direct speech of the presenter to a voice-over commentary on a movie quote), overlay (simultaneous use of the “chronicle of the epoch” with the off-screen reading of an excerpt from an artistic text), photos and video snippets).

Faculty Perspective Regarding Challenges in Implementing Quality Assurance in Zimbabwean Higher Education Institutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 372-385
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Dumbu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Narrative Research ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Quality Education ◽  
Research Paradigm ◽  
The World ◽  
International Boundaries

The study focuses on challenges in implementing quality assurance in HEI in Zimbabwe. Quality assurance has been regarded as the linchpin in HEI delivery. Intensive competition from both local and international boundaries are threatening the survival of HEI if they are not taking cognizance of the importance of quality assurance. The world is becoming increasingly global, hence stakeholders' preferences and tastes are also changing, demanding more and more quality education. The demand for quality assurance is increasing with the dispensation of higher education in the world. The study was premised in the qualitative research paradigm where narrative research design was adopted. Results indicated that numerous challenges surround the implementation of quality assurance in HEI. Therefore, the study recommended a raft of measures to curb those challenges.

Critical Cybersecurity Threats

2021 ◽  
pp. 1973-1988
Author(s):  
Adel Ismail Al-Alawi ◽  
Sara Abdulrahman Al-Bassam ◽  
Arpita A. Mehrotra
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Data Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Secondary Data Analysis ◽  
Common Reason ◽  
Security Threats ◽  
Secondary Research ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
Industry Performance

One common reason for cybercrime is the goal of damaging a business by hacking or destroying important information. Another such reason is the criminal's goal of gaining financially from the hack. This chapter analyzes Bahraini organizations' vulnerability to digital security threats. It has used qualitative research to analyze industry performance. Moreover, with the support of secondary research, it has also explored cybersecurity threats faced by such organizations. The discussion based on secondary data analysis has explored two major aspects of Bahraini organizations and the cybersecurity threats they face. Firstly, the data and finances of both sectors are at huge risk in Bahraini organizations. Secondly, one important aspect of exploration has been to identify the most frequently encountered forms of cybercrime. Its analysis reveals that the kind of cybersecurity threat that a business is most likely to face is cyberwarfare. This may affect two rival businesses while they are competing with each other. Competitors' data may be destroyed or hacked—leading to long-term losses.

E-Literary Text and New Media Paratexts

2017 ◽  
pp. 186-203
Author(s):  
Janez Strehovec
Keyword(s):  
New Media ◽  
Reader Response ◽  
Literary Text ◽  
Complex Interactions ◽  
Linguistic Comprehension ◽  
Bodily Activity ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Original Concept ◽  
Blog Posts

This chapter aims to explore the role of the hybrid reader-viewer-listener as the user of electronic literary projects that demand more complex interactions, including sophisticated ways to navigate. Rather than taking into account just the reader's role in decoding meaning and linguistic comprehension, the new-media-shaped literary text stimulates even more sophisticated reader response, addressing both software recognition and bodily activity. For such an approach, the use of new-media-shaped paratexts as the devices and practices that enable and facilitate one's orientation and navigation within new media contents is also essential. Interfaces, instructions, menus, statements, reviews, blog posts, and documentation belong to the new generation of paratexts, which broaden Genette's original concept relating to print-based literature.

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