REFLECTION ON DIALOGIC FEATURES IN VIETNAMESE NOVELS  OF THE EARLY 21ST CENTURY FROM BAKHTIN’S THEORY

As a focus of introduction since the early 1990s of the twentieth century, Bakhtin’s theroy has significantly influenced the research, criticism and writing activities of the Vietnamese literary circle. Bakhtin’s foundational concepts, especially the dialogical principle, have urged Vietnamese writers to renovate their thinking for novels and their forms of creativity. This article is based on Bakhtin's dialogue theory to identify the movements and renovations of Vietnamese novels in the early twenty-first century. Accordingly, many novels that have gone from “multiphonics” to “polyphony” in the narrative language tone not only demonstrate the intersubjective dialogic feature but also bear the intertextuality dialogic sense. Particularly, novels have been transformed into a language play with endless dialogues between storytellers and characters, among characters as well as among writers, characters and readers, etc.

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Fixing Freud: The Oedipus Complex in Early Twenty-First Century US American Novels

Psychoanalysis and History ◽

10.3366/pah.2011.0091 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 245-264 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Robert Deam Tobin

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Sigmund Freud ◽

Oedipus Complex ◽

First Century ◽

Early 21St Century ◽

American Novels ◽

Early Twenty ◽

Cast Doubt ◽

Human Psyche ◽

Twenty First Century

Representations of Sigmund Freud in early 21st century US American novels rely on and respond to the image of Freud that emerged from investigations by Paul Roazen (Brother Animal, 1969) and Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (The Assault on Truth, 1984), which cast doubt on the validity of the Oedipus complex. Relying on Roazen, Brenda Webster's Vienna Triangle ( 2009 ) links Freud's oedipal thinking to paranoia and male masochism. Working with Masson, Selden Edwards's The Little Book ( 2008 ) takes Freud to task for abandoning the seduction theory in favour of the Oedipus complex. Jed Rubenfeld's The Interpretation of Murder ( 2006 ) rethinks the Oedipus complex as a projection of adults onto their children. All three novels seek to celebrate Freud's understanding of the human psyche, while shifting the focus of the oedipal structure away from the murderous and lustful child toward the adult.

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Buddhist Constitutionalism in Thailand: When Rājadhammā Supersedes the Constitution

Asian Journal of Comparative Law ◽

10.1017/asjcl.2018.16 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (2) ◽

pp. 283-305 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Eugénie MÉRIEAU

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

First Century ◽

Early Twenty ◽

Functional Equivalent ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Constitutional Thought ◽

Classical Account

AbstractThis article adds nuance to the classical account depicting Thailand as a secularized country by documenting how Buddhism informs constitutional thought and practices in contemporary Thailand. Throughout the twentieth century, Buddhist discourses have been used to bypass constitutional provisions in the name of ‘dhamma’ through the reliance on the rediscovery of the doctrine of thedhammarāja(the righteous King). In the early twenty-first century, a second rebirth of the discourse of thedhammarājaled to a further devaluation of the constitution as the supreme norm. The principles of a righteous King (totsapitrājadhammā)were reconceptualized as a functional equivalent to constitutionalism – as constraining the King’s power. This article first examines how modern lawyers used Buddhism as the vehicle to import Western constitutional ideas into the Siamese polity while reconstructing them as part of a royal legacy through the doctrine of the Ten Royal Virtues. It then turns to an analysis of the ever-increasing enshrinement of Buddhism in successive Thai constitutions since 1932. It concludes with an account of the politicization of the righteous King doctrine and its impact on constitutional practices.

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Status gazety „Politika” w Jugosławii Karađorđeviciów (1918–1941)

Sprawy Narodowościowe ◽

10.11649/sn.2014.026 ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 106-124

Author(s):

Konrad Sebastian Morawski

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Strong Influence ◽

Political Authority ◽

First Century ◽

Royal Court ◽

The Balkans ◽

Early Twenty ◽

The Status ◽

Twenty First Century

Status of the newspaper “Politika” in Karađorđevićs’ Yugoslavia (1918-1941)The newspaper Politika was founded on 25 January 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar. Since that time the Serbian Press market has begun to develop, and the Politika permanently has taken the important role up to this day. The newspaper witnessed important events in the Balkans in the twentieth century and the early twenty-first century but at the same time it was also under strong influence of Serbian centers of political authority. One example of such an influence was the status of the Politika in the period during the reign of Karađorđević dynasty in Yugoslavia, in 1918-1941. The newspaper then served a propaganda function for the royal court, particularly in 1929-1934. Then king Aleksander ruled in an authoritarian way and Politika played an important part in the country. The mechanism of functioning of the newspaper in the period of the royal authoritarianism, as well as in the remaining years of the interwar Yugoslavia was thus discussed in the article to help clarify the status of Politika under the rule of Karađorđevićs. Status gazety „Politika” w Jugosławii Karađorđeviciów (1918–1941)Gazeta pod nazwą „Politika” została założona 25 stycznia 1904 roku przez Vladislava F. Ribnikara. Od tego czasu zaczął kształtować się serbski rynek prasowy, w którym „Politika” trwale zajmuje istotne miejsce do dzisiejszego dnia. Gazeta była świadkiem ważnych i doniosłych wydarzeń na Bałkanach w XX wieku i na początku XXI wieku, ale zarazem znajdowała się również w strefie ścisłych wpływów politycznych serbskich ośrodków władzy. Jednym z przykładów takiego wpływu był status „Politiki” w okresie panowania dynastii Karađorđeviciów w Jugosławii w latach 1918–1941. Gazeta pełniła wtedy funkcję propagandową dworu królewskiego, co dało się szczególnie zauważyć w latach 1929–1934. Wtedy bowiem król Aleksander I sprawował autorytarne rządy w państwie, których ważną częścią stała się „Politika”. Mechanizm funkcjonowania gazety zarówno w okresie autorytaryzmu królewskiego, jak i w pozostałych latach międzywojennej Jugosławii został więc poddany omówieniu, które umożliwiło wyjaśnienie statusu „Politiki” pod panowaniem Karađorđeviciów.

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Characteristics of Chinese Composersr Art Songs from the Twentieth Century to the Early Twenty-first Century

Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2018) ◽

10.2991/icadce-18.2018.30 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Yi Liu

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Art Songs ◽

First Century ◽

Early Twenty ◽

Twenty First Century

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The Nature and Legacy of British Imperial Internment

Enemies in the Empire ◽

10.1093/oso/9780198850151.003.0013 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 303-314

Author(s):

Stefan Manz ◽

Panikos Panayi

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

British Empire ◽

First Century ◽

Great War ◽

Early Twenty ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

The Great War ◽

The Way

This chapter begins by highlighting the main findings of the book, including the globalization of internment by the Empire during the Great War and the consequences for individuals and their families, but also the fact that Britain treated those it had incarcerated in a humane way. The chapter examines the return to Germany, its consequences for individuals, and the way in which the German authorities dealt with the former residents of the British Empire. These people, who may not have seen their homeland for decades, made efforts to preserve the memory of their experiences, along with former civilian and military prisoners who came from other states at war with Germany. While the memory of internment may have survived into the interwar years, it disappeared in the second half of the twentieth century, but came back to life in the early twenty-first century, inspired by the centenary of the Great War.

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Claire Chase: Density 2036, part vi. The Kitchen, NYC.

Tempo ◽

10.1017/s0040298219000342 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 73 (289) ◽

pp. 68-69

Author(s):

Hannah Reardon-Smith

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Signal Processing ◽

21St Century ◽

First Century ◽

Twenty First Century

In a 2013 article Claire Chase muses on her dream to commission and premiere the ‘21st-century Density’. This performance demonstrated some of the difficulties with this idea in the actuality of twenty-first-century composition – the Work as it was perceived in the mid-twentieth century is largely displaced; the performer and her body has been rendered visible, her contribution central, and this concert is far more a portrait of Claire Chase than it is of her instrument. But Chase had in fact already accounted for this. ‘Of what will the Density of our time be made?’ she wrote, prophetically. ‘Of osmium? Of signal processing? Of wood? Of carbon? Of flesh? Of air?’

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G. K. Chesterton and Islam

Modern Intellectual History ◽

10.1017/s1479244319000313 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-23

Author(s):

Tom Villis

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

First Century ◽

The Political ◽

Religious Context ◽

Anti Semitism ◽

Early Twentieth Century ◽

Early Twenty ◽

Protestant Christianity ◽

Twenty First Century ◽

Scholarly Attention

G. K. Chesterton's anti-Semitism has attracted much scholarly attention, but his views on Islam have largely passed without comment. This article situates Chesterton's writings in relation to historical views of Islam in Britain and the political, cultural and religious context of the early twentieth century. Chesterton's complex and contradictory opinions fail to support easy conclusions about the immutability of prejudice across time. His views of Islam are at times orientalist and at other times critical of imperialism and elitism. As well as drawing on medieval Catholic ideas about the “heresy” of Islam, Chesterton also links Islam with Protestant Christianity. From another perspective, his views of Islam draw on liberal traditions of humanitarian interventionism and democratic patriotism. Finally, he also used Islam as a symbol of a corroding modernity. This study suggests the need for a historically sensitive genealogy of the evolution of anti-Muslim prejudice which is not predetermined by the politics of the early twenty-first century.

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Xena: Warrior, Heroine, Tramp

Epic Heroes on Screen ◽

10.3366/edinburgh/9781474424516.003.0010 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 141-155

Author(s):

Anise K. Strong

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Ancient World ◽

First Century ◽

Sexually Active ◽

Female Characters ◽

Male Characters ◽

Early Twenty ◽

Twenty First Century

This chapter examines the oldest of the ancient heroes in this section of the book, the mythical warrior woman Xena in the eponymous Xena: Warrior Princess. The show first aired at the end of the twentieth century (1995) and continued through the early twenty- first century (2001). The depiction of Xena is significant not only because of her gender, but also because of the onscreen precedents she set for future characters. The chapter shows that Xena set the trend for women on screen who could be sexually active and polyamorous and not be coded as immoral or deviant. By following a model that more typically applied to male characters of the ancient world, Xena represented a more complicated image of heroism for female characters. Such a representation laid the foundations for a number of later characters, such as Saxa in STARZ Spartacus (2010–13) and Starbuck in Battlestar Gallactica (2005–9).

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