scholarly journals Koncepcja fantastyki literackiej Stefana Grabińskiego

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 77-88
Author(s):  
Zuzanna Hanuszewicz
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Literary Works

Already during his lifetime Stefan Grabiński, referred to as “Polish Edgar Allan Poe”, was called “the creator of Polish fantasy” by Kazimierz Wierzyński. As a matter of fact, the author of The Motion Demon series without much ado described himself as a “pioneer of fantasy”. The novelist’s pioneering ambitions prompted him to make attempts to define literary fantasy in the late 1920s and early 1930s in two scientific articles titled Zagadnienia oryginalności w twórczości literackiej [Issues of originality in literary works] and O twórczości fantastycznej. Jej geneza i źródła. (Wstęp do szkicu) [On fantasy creativity. Its genesis and sources. (Introduction to the sketch)], as well as in two interviews: with Kazimierz Wierzyński and Emil Igel. 

scholarly journals ARTISTIC TRANSCRIPTION OF THE EDGAR ALLAN POE'S IMAGERY IN ANTUN GUSTAV MATOŠ'S AND MYKHAILO YATSKIV'S PROSE

2019 ◽  
pp. 181-189
Author(s):  
Anna KOMARYTSIA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Comparative Approach ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
American Writer ◽  
The World ◽  
Creative Style ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The One ◽  
Definition Of

Background: On the one hand, the literary works of A.G. Matoš were studied by Croatian scholars in the context of the philosophy and poetics of modernism. The authors of fundamental studies about A.G. Matoš are Dubravko Jelčić, Dubravka Oraić Tolić, Mladen Dorkin, Zlatko Posavac, Miljenko Majetić and Nada Iveljić. On the other hand, Ukrainian researchers Mykola Ilnytskyi, Solomiya Pavlychko, Oksana Melnyk, and Polish researcher Agnieszka Matusiak analyzed and studied M. Yatskiv's creative style in the context of the aesthetic canons of the modernism. The novelty of this article is in addressing the influence of E. Poe on the literary texts of the Ukrainian and Croatian modernists using the comparative approach. Purpose: This is the first attempt to analyze the influence of E. Poe on A. G. Matoš and M. Yatskiv. This article treats the actual and yet not studied question of a multilayer impact (composition, imagery set) of the American writer on the Croatian and Ukrainian modernist writers. Results: Romanticism writer Edgar Poe undoubtedly influenced Mykhailo Yatskiv and Antun Gustav Matoš, especially with his essay “The Philosophy of Composition”. In this essay the author demonstrates the principle of constructing the plot with the logic and the hidden mechanisms of imagery construction. But in the biography of the American writer we can find facts that poems such as “Nevermore”, “Ligeia” and others weren`t the result of logic, but they were yearning for his wife who passed away being very young. The author of this study found a numerous allusions on the essay “The Philosophy of Composition” by E. Poe, his images of a horror crow and a cat, as well as the images of dead beloved beautyis in many literary works of A.G. Matoš and M. Yatskiv. Croatian and Ukrainian symbolists also used E. Poe`s technique of the total effect. Mystery element is generalized in the literary texts of three authors in the images of the sphinx, which has several meanings. The most common meaning is the abstract definition of something mysterious that needs to be answered. Similarities between Matoš's and Yatskiv's imagery with American writer E. Poe prove, that Ukrainian and Croatian writers were inspired by the world art achievements, creatively transforming ideas that were contemporary both to the romanticism and modernism. Key words: Edgar Allan Poe, Antun Gustav Matoš, Mykhailo Yatskiv, modernism, romanticism, “The Philosophy of Composition”, art scenography.

scholarly journals Contemplating COVID-19 through disease and death in three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 848-863
Author(s):  
Novita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Short Stories ◽  
Thematic Analysis ◽  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Repeated Reading ◽  
Close Reading ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Real Situation ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Social Restriction ◽  
American Classic

Wort-case scenarios depicted in literary works may function to mourn and warn people about the real situation, such as the spread of COVID-19 that has altered worldwide life drastically. This study offers a reflection on the current pandemic time through a close reading of selected American classic literary works. The imagination of fear, isolation, and mask-wearing in Edgar Allan Poe’s short stories is resonant with the new expressions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Three short stories by Poe, i.e., ‘The Masque of the Red Death’, ‘The Cask of Amontillado’, and ‘The Sphinx’ are chosen for examination using the thematic analysis method. Repeated reading of the short stories shows that parallels can be drawn between these stories and today’s phenomenon about anxiety, social restriction, and health protocols. What can be implied from the analysis are as follows: (1) Fear of the disease results in the characters’ added distress, (2) The characters’ aberrant behaviour as to overprotect themselves is exacerbated by the dreadful situation, and (3) Poe’s obsession with dread and death to shock the readers can be historically traced through his own inner predicaments, ill-health, and the 1832 Cholera contagion. In conclusion, the findings resonate with the COVID-19 epidemic’s upshots. 

scholarly journals Semiotic Reading of Edgar Allan Poe's Poem "The Raven"

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 ◽  
pp. 96-101
Author(s):  
Parisa Rostami Balan
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Great Role ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Power Of Words

What do we mean by semiotics and what is the role of semiotics in communication? How can we apply semiotics in literary works? Is that really possible? When we are talking about sign system there are so many questions that rush to our mind which are unanswered, this is because of our infinitesimal knowledge on semiotics and sign system. We have so many authors showing the power of words in their works and they highlighted those words in their masterpieces. So words play a great role in communication and transformation of information and they believe that each word belongs to a system which we call it sign system. In general this paper attempts to show semiotics in general; how, why and when it came into existence and we will apply this approach on a poem called “the raven” by Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe Matches Wits With One of the First Identified Serial Killers!

PsycCRITIQUES ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
James F. Iaccino ◽  
Jennifer Dondero
Keyword(s):  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
Serial Killers

Realizing Justice and Law from Interpreting Literary Works

2017 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 179-209
Author(s):  
Young Jin Kim
Keyword(s):  
Literary Works

The Qur'an in the Novels of Naguib Mahfouz (in Arabic)

2014 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 126-104
Author(s):  
M.A.S. Abdel Haleem
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Nobel Prize ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
Modern Education ◽  
Ubiquitous Presence ◽  
Structural Aspects ◽  
Artistic Talent ◽  
Naguib Mahfouz

With a rich, productive career spanning over 60 years, culminating in the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1988, Naguib Mahfouz's literary works have naturally attracted numerous studies and critiques. These studies have covered a great many aspects of Mahfouz's creative writing, but, perhaps because of the secular, modern education Mahfouz received (both at school and in the Department of Philosophy in Cairo University), and his personal lifestyle, they have concentrated on the socialist, materialist, and structural aspects of his work. Perhaps because of this, one important aspect of his writing has largely escaped attention: his artistic use of the language of the Qur'an. Mahfouz does not signal that a given phrase or reference is Qur'anic, leaving it to blend with the text, and making it easy to miss the fact that the Qur'an played any part in Mahfouz's use of language. However, to a reader who knows the Qur'an by heart the presence of Qur'anic language in his works is obvious, and equally obvious is Mahfouz's artistic talent in using it. Eventually, he himself announced at the end of his life that he had always had an intimate interest in the Qur'an, read it daily, and benefited from it. This article seeks to demonstrate the ubiquitous presence of Qur'anic language in Mahfouz's works, and the skill and subtlety with which he used it.

New Morning: Optimism and Resilience in Tony Richardson's A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 378-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Murphy
Keyword(s):  
Small Town ◽  
Distance Runner ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Long Distance ◽  
Literary Works

Tony Richardson's major contribution to British and international cinema has been obscured by jejune prejudices over his small-town, north of England origins, his parallel career as a theatre director and his eclectic choice of film subjects. This article concentrates on his two most important contributions to the ‘British New Wave’ – A Taste of Honey and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner – in order to demonstrate Richardson's ability to recreate dramatic and literary works as dynamic and innovative films.

: Reading at the Social Limit: Affect, Mass Culture, and Edgar Allan Poe. . Jonathan Elmer.

1997 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 374-377
Author(s):  
Ezra Greenspan
Keyword(s):  
Mass Culture ◽  
Edgar Allan Poe ◽  
The Social
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