scholarly journals THE TOPOS HOME AS HETEROTOPY IN THE NOVEL BY M. PETROSYAN “THE HOUSE IN WHICH…”

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-181
Author(s):  
Anna A. Bulgakova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Development ◽  
Complex Method ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
World Modeling ◽  
Book World ◽  
Historical Methods

The article is devoted to the study of the topos home as a stable image with spatial characteristics in the book by M. Petrosyan “House in Which ...”. The aim of the article is to identify the possibility of functioning of the topos home in the novel as a heterotopy, i.e. a space that is outside other places, but certainly interacts with them according to the principle of juxtaposition or opposition. To achieve the aim, a complex method was used, including structural-semiotic, mythological, cultural-historical methods, which made it possible to describe the structural and semantic features of the topos home (basic binary oppositions and metaphors that make up the core of the topos), as well as its role on the real, perceptual and conceptual levels of artistic space. The main results of the study include the following statements. The topos home in the book of M. Petrosyan is presented both as a place of action of the characters, as an anthropomorphized environment, and as a space of the author’s consciousness, and as an image-symbol, a space of memory. The concept of “house“ is associated with all aspects of human existence, and therefore the main oppositions that form the structure of the topos home in the novel reveal ontological, axiological, social, psychological, epistemological problems. The topos home approaches the topos world and the paradigm of its subtopos (world is a book, world is a temple, world is a garden, world is a person) and performs a world-modeling function that is actualized in the transitional periods of historical and cultural development. It functions as a heterotopy, overcoming the principle of binarity, suggesting the “opening of time” (a break with traditional, real time, the emergence of perceptual and mythological time), isolation and at the same time permeability of spaces (House, appearance, wrong side are only relatively closed and suggest the possibility of communication), which raises the question of the degree of reality or illusory nature of space through the creation of places-heteroclites (in the novel, this is the exterior, the wrong side, the forest, the mirror, human consciousness, etc.).

scholarly journals Oposisi Biner dalam “Lettres de Mon Moulin” Karya Alphonse Daudet

2022 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-116
Author(s):  
Rifqi Ayu Everina
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Binary Opposition ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Human Reason ◽  
Binary Oppositions ◽  
Alphonse Daudet ◽  
Exclusive Category ◽  
Clear Line

Binary opposition is the most important aspect that can reveal how humans think, how humans produce meaning and understand reality (Culler, 1976). Therefore, the discovery of binary oppositions is useful in providing clues to the workings of human reason. In the context of narrative analysis, binary opposition can reveal how the logic behind a narrative is made. Based on this, this study highlights how the formation of binary opposition contained in the novel "Lettres de Mon Moulin" by Alphonse Daudet uses Lévi Strauss's theory of binary opposition (1955) and structural analysis using Freytag's plot theory (1863). The corpus of the research consists of six stories contained in the novel forming a binary opposition. After doing the analysis, it was found that a pair of words with binary opposition were included in the exclusive category and two pairs of words that were included in the non-exclusive binary opposition category. From these findings, it was found that the author of the novel, Daudet, gave directions on what was good and bad by giving a clear line of separation. This is in line with the context of making stories during the industrial revolution, which mapped the world into two things, namely traditional and modern life.

scholarly journals Social and Cognitive Psychology Theories in Understanding COVID-19 as the Pandemic of Blame

2022 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayoub Bouguettaya ◽  
Clare E. C. Walsh ◽  
Victoria Team
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Psychology ◽  
Political Parties ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Health Communication ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Racial Groups ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

When faced with adverse circumstances, there may be a tendency for individuals, agencies, and governments to search for a target to assign blame. Our focus will be on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, where racial groups, political parties, countries, and minorities have been blamed for spreading, producing or creating the virus. Blame—here defined as attributing causality, responsibility, intent, or foresight to someone/something for a fault or wrong—has already begun to damage modern society and medical practice in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak. Evidence from past and current pandemics suggest that this tendency to seek blame affects international relations, promotes unwarranted devaluation of health professionals, and prompts a spike of racism and discrimination. By drawing on social and cognitive psychology theories, we provide a framework that helps to understand (1) the effect of blame in pandemics, (2) when people blame, whom they blame, and (3) how blame detrimentally affects the COVID-19 response. Ultimately, we provide a path to inform health messaging to reduce blaming tendencies, based on social psychological principles for health communication.

scholarly journals Means of Lexical Representation of Spatial Continuum in Early Stories of I. A. Bunin

2021 ◽  
pp. 191-212
Author(s):  
M. A. Dubova ◽  
N. A. Larina
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Linguistics ◽  
Individual Characteristics ◽  
Lexical Representation ◽  
Wrong Side ◽  
The World ◽  
Representation Of Space ◽  
World Modeling ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Linguistic Material ◽  
Spatial Continuum

The question of ways of creating a spatial continuum in the early stories of I. A. Bunin “On the wrong side”, “On the farm” and “On the Donets”, united by a single principle of nomination and included in the first book of the writer’s prose “To the end of the world” (1897) is considered in the article. The semantics of the title actualizes the spatial component of the author’s linguistic picture of the world, which determined the path of linguistic and stylistic analysis of the linguistic material of stories. The authors pay special attention to the means of lexical representation of space as one of the basic linguo-cognitive categories. The novelty of the research lies in the fact that the language material has been identified, systematized and described, which makes it possible to determine the individual author's characteristics in the creation of the spatial continuum of I. A. Bunin’s early stories. The relevance of the study is due to the appeal to the problems of cognitive linguistics. On the basis of statistical, descriptive and linguo-cognitive methods of analysis, the authors identify and describe the means of lexical representation of the spatial model created in the stories of I. A. Bunin, which is characterized by a clear structuredness and individuality of the author’s approach. In the course of the study, the authors come to conclusions that make it possible to characterize the features of the construction of space in the early stories of the writer, taking into account the individual characteristics of the author's world modeling, and also to analyze the linguistic parameters of the idiostyle of I. A. Bunin.

scholarly journals Lexical and semantic features of the names of herbaceous plants in dialects of the Khanty language

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 400-410
Author(s):  
Fedosia M. Lelkhova
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Semantic Analysis ◽  
Word Formation ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Research Interest ◽  
Herbaceous Plants ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Semantic Classification ◽  
The People ◽  
Plant Names

Introduction. The vocabulary of the plant world of the Khanty language contains a significant amount of information, closely connected with ethno-mentality, ethnography and thinking of the people. In this regard, the study of vegetation seems to be one of the most interesting layers of the vocabulary, since it reflects the degree of practical and cultural development of the surrounding nature. The purpose of the article is to establish the lexical and semantic features of the nominations of wild-growing herbs, the definition of dialectal features. The aim of the research is to identify the nominations of herbs with the greatest possible completeness, to establish the lexical meaning of each name in dialects of the language. The relevance of the topic is determined by the research interest to the study of differences between the dialects in the theoretical and practical terms; the attention recently been paid to folk spiritual and material culture; and the loss of certain plant names in the modern Khanty language. Materials and Methods. The study uses a set of methods and techniques for analyzing linguistic material: the method of semantic classification, lexical-semantic analysis, word-formation, linguistic-geographical analysis, as well as the elements of etymological analysis. The description is the main method for studying names of the plants. The source of the material is based on the vocabulary of the Khanty language, which was collected during field work; the source of Eastern dialects was the materials contained in lexicographic publications. When collecting the lexical material, the observation was conducted mainly on the speech of representatives of the older generation, as well as the people who have a traditional way of life, who retain the patterns of active spoken language. At the same time, not only facts that are in the active vocabulary of speakers were recorded, but also the words related to the passive vocabulary, which native speakers use only in conversations and sharing the memories of the past. Results and Discussion. The study of dialectal material based on the names of plants in the Khanty language is of great research interest. The life of the Khanty people since ancient times is closely connected with nature, the vocabulary of the plant world covers almost all spheres of economic activity of the Khanty, thereby making up a significant part of their vocabulary. In Khanty linguistics, this vocabulary has not yet been the subject of a special and detailed study, which makes it an urgent research task for today. The article identifies the signs that underlie the motivation of plant names and highlights the borrowed words. Conclusion. The collected vocabulary tells about the richness and vastness of phytonymic vocabulary of the Khanty language. The authors collected about 50 Khanty names of wild herbaceous plants in the Northern and Eastern dialects of the Khanty language. As a result of the research, new lexemes were identified and described, and the interpretation of the semantics of lexemes was clarified. Late borrowings of Russian origin are recorded. It was found that some dialect words are not actively used in the modern Khanty language. In flora vocabulary, the diversity and multiplicity of the nomination principles was revealed.

scholarly journals Sex in Stencil Novels Case Study: Readers' Reception of Enny Arrow's Stencil Novel in Surakarta

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariska Puspita Anggraini ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Psychological Factors ◽  
Reception Theory ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Modern Humans ◽  
Erotic Literature ◽  
Before And After ◽  
New Perspective

The phenomenon of sex has always been novel in every era. In Indonesia, for example, Enny Arrow’s stencil novel has been circulating, which has been named as a legend of Indonesian erotic literature. Along with the development of technology, the existence of stencil novels was replaced by DVDs or VCDs, which then continued with the emergence of various sites providing access to pornography. This difference in phenomena certainly makes the meaning of sex for each individual different. This research will analyze the meaning of sex in the stencil novel by Enny Arrow in the eyes of millennial men. The data analysis will focus on social psychological factors using Normand Holland’s literary reception theory. From the data analysis, it can be concluded that there are different views on sexual relations before and after reading the novel. This research is expected to provide a new perspective on the picture of sexuality for modern humans.

Mathematics, Language, Structure: Hermann Broch, the Sleepwalkers

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-92
Author(s):  
Nina Engelhardt
Keyword(s):  
Structural Model ◽  
Cultural Development ◽  
Turn Of The Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Modernist Literature ◽  
Basic Building Block ◽  
Language Structure ◽  
Hermann Broch ◽  
Modern Mathematics

Chapter 2, focusing on Broch’s The Sleepwalkers, analyses relations between mathematics and turn-of-the-century scepticism of language and investigation of form. The novel trilogy engages with research on the relations of mathematics and language, particularly by Gottlob Frege, and with the new approaches that emerge with it: the formalised language of analytic philosophy and literary formalism’s concentration on language as the basic building block of texts. The chapter also investigates how a competition of methodologies in modern mathematics informs the innovative form of the trilogy: it argues that the stylistically experimental third novel is informed by the central debate in the foundational crisis of mathematics, and traces the trilogy’s visions of total disintegration and valuelessness and, on the other hand, renewal through a counter-movement towards a non-rational element of common intuition to formalist and intuitionist approaches in mathematics. With its main focus on ways in which mathematics features as a structural model in The Sleepwalkers, this chapter shows how the trilogy presents mathematics as deeply implicated in the cultural development and explores the role of its modernist transformation for the form of the trilogy and Broch’s conception of modernist literature.

scholarly journals PERSONIFICATION IN THE EMOTIVE PROSE TEXT (IN THE NOVEL "LES VENTS NOIRS" ("THE BLACK WINDS") BY ARNAUD DE LA GRANGE)

2021 ◽  
pp. 115-124
Author(s):  
ALEXEY V. FEDORINOV ◽  
◽  
VALENTINA F. REMIZOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Mental States ◽  
Time Of Day ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Abstract Concepts ◽  
Related Substances ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Physical Abilities

The paper examines the denotata of personification in the novel "Les vents noirs" ("The Black Winds") by Arnaud de La Grange. The quantitative and qualitative analysis of the material under study has resulted in the identification of the main groups of personifications in the emotive prose text: personification of objects, personification of abstract concepts, personification of physical (natural) phenomena. Within each group, subgroups have been identified based on semantic features. The group of physical (natural) phenomena includes denotata of meteorological phenomena, time of day, celestial bodies and the light they radiate. The group of abstract concepts covers a wide variety of denotata related to mental states, mental and physical abilities, moral experiences, military and political terms and the philosophical category of time. It has been figured out that the most frequent examples are personification of objects that include geographical objects, natural objects and related substances, human body parts, and objects related to the war. Those objects and phenomena that play a key role in the development of the novel have been personified. Personification as a part of the lexical system of the novel, serves as the most important means of constructing this emotive prose text.

scholarly journals The Binary Oppositions in Joseph Conrad's Novel Heart of Darkness

2021 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-642
Author(s):  
Asst. Prof. Huda Kadhim Alwan
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Human Nature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Heart Of Darkness ◽  
The World ◽  
Highly Skilled ◽  
Unethical Behaviors ◽  
Binary Oppositions

The novel Heart of Darkness is regarded as one of Joseph Conrad's highly skilled works and seen as an important tale written between the years of 1898 - 1899, and also viewed as an assault on imperialism and unethical behaviors of the European colonizers in Africa in the nineteenth century. The novel displays the author's humanity towards the crimes of the colonists and imperialists throughout the world. In Heart of Darkness, Conrad shows the cruelty of colonialism in Africa through his major character, Charlie Marlow, who realizes the cruel manners of Belgian colonialism during his journey to the Congo looking for the European ivory agent, Kurtz. This novel is a combination of two opposite things. It exposes the author's viewpoint regarding the ethics of the Europeans and the Africans.        This research concentrates on the binary oppositions in Heart of Darkness through Marlow's journey to Africa and exposes Marlow's struggle between his human nature and his beliefs and replies whether his conflict will be effective and bring good results or negative.

scholarly journals CHAOS AND COSMOS IN THE NOVEL BY V.P. ASTAFYEV “THE SHEPHERD AND THE COWGIRL”

2021 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-602
Author(s):  
M.V. Alekseyenko
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
Natural Order ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
World Modeling

The article deals with the opposition Chaos - Cosmos and its functions in the artistic system of the novel by V.P. Astafyev “The Shepherd and the Cowgirl”. War, which brings death and destruction, in the image of the writer, does not relate to the destructive forces of primary mythological Chaos as a special sphere of existence, but to the space of hell, where the natural foundations of both life and death are devalued. Here, paradoxically, any death becomes meaningless, even if it is sanctified by military exploits. The hell of war in the story is contrasted with the images of the House // Cosmos // Paradise as invariant manifestations of natural order, harmony. Their symbolic personification in “The Shepherd and the Cowgirl” is the hut of Lucy. The primordial images of Home // Woman // Man // Love // Paradise are built in the symbolic subtexts of the work into a single cosmized-being paradigm. At the same time, in the initial and final episodes of the story, there is also a reflection of the classical archetypal opposition of Chaos - Cosmos, which performs a world-modeling role. The space of meeting and love between Boris and Lucy is presented here as a space of ambivalent unity of Chaos - Cosmos, while hell and Heaven are devoid of such unity. War, from the point of view of the writer, like the underworld, is alienated from the fundamental coordinates of existence and is an artificially created locus, which in turn alienates human souls from their original natural nature and purpose.

scholarly journals Comparative Investigation of English and Armenian Compound Patterns

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-165
Author(s):  
Sirarpi Karapetyan
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Comparative Investigation ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Semantic Features ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Great Gatsby ◽  
The Great Gatsby ◽  
Syntactic Relations ◽  
Linking Element

The novel “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald published in 1925 is one of the timeless classics of world literature which was investigated from different linguistic perspectives. Its vocabulary is abundant in compound words with a variety of morphological, syntactic, semantic peculiarities. In this paper, we aim at studying compound words in “The Great Gatsby” to illustrate their patterns in English and Armenian. We have investigated the compounds from the morphological-categorial point of view, from the perspective of the syntactic relations between their constituent parts. We have also briefly touched upon some of their semantic features. At the same time, a close attention was paid to the different ways in which compound patterns were translated into Armenian. The study of the main target of the paper is based on Sona Seferyan's translation of the novel “The Great Gatsby” into Armenian. A lot of examples of both synthetic (closed) and analytical (juxtaposed) compounds have been picked out. In Armenian within synthetic compounds we differentiate between those with a linking element, e. g. “աշխարհամարտ” (where “ա” is the linking element) and the ones without а linking element, e. g. “արևելք”. We assume that the peculiarities of compounds revealed in this paper will have significance not only for the description of their characteristic features but also for the general typological characterization of the languages under study.

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