scholarly journals MYTHOREALITY AND CULTURAL SUPER-MEMORY IN VICTORIA KING’S NOVEL «RECLUSE»

Keruen ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
S.V. Ananyeva ◽  
◽  
L. Kotorcha ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
World Literature ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
American Writer ◽  
The World ◽  
Save The Children ◽  
Living Organisms ◽  
Deep Relationship

In the world literature, randomly discovered notes, diary and excerpts are widely used as a technique for creating a new artistic text by being its pretext. In the novel of the modern American writer Victoria King «Recluse» in parallel with the narrative line of «found notes» develops the story about the life and fate of the main character Lydia Sergeevna. The text of the novel includes fragments of ancient legends and myths from the book «Legends and Myths of Ancient Greece», in the margins of which one of the heroines of the novel reads a story about another, former life of the 30-50s of the XX century. Introspection and fantasy, intellectual search, aphoristic, figurative style, folklore motifs are successfully combined in the poetics and style of V. King in order to reveal the theme of the deep relationship of all living organisms on planet Earth. Narrative strategy allows the writer to combine three times – mythical, Soviet and post-Soviet. Temporary layers of the narrative intersect, develop in parallel, alternating both in the composition of the novel and in the memory of the characters. The past becomes a myth and suddenly comes to life, sprouting into the fate of the heroes. This is the skill of the writer as a narrator. The heroines of the novel, without hesitation, come to the rescue, stretch a helping hand to the elderly, save the children. Invisible threads in one instant bind the inhabitants of different countries of the world. The cultural super-memory allows the American writer in the pages of the novel to recreate the image of a Kazakh artist, decorator of the Almaty Opera House – Sergei Kalmykov. Imagological discourse is important as a view from abroad. The image of the artist was described, that of fully immersed in his fairy tales, in the memoirs of the main character of the novel, and in the diary entries Darya Belotserkovskaya. The poetics of the novel is characterized by fantasy motifs that reinforce sadness and grief, and folklore elements (song, folk laments, parable). Central is the parable of the old recluse who remains to grieve in the ashes. The measured, unhurried rhythm of the narrative prolongs the simple, unpretentious story. The drama of what is happening is transmitted through the representation of immutability of human essence and the eternal quest of the soul.

scholarly journals NATURALISTIC IM TURALISTIC IMAGES IN THE NO GES IN THE NOVEL “SISTER CARRIE” B VEL “SISTER CARRIE” BY THE AMERICAN WRITER THEODORE DREISER

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Ulugbek Sayfulloevich Ochilov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Theodore Dreiser ◽  
Great Success ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Literary Works ◽  
American Writer ◽  
The World ◽  
Sister Carrie

The article is dedicated to the problem of study of naturalistic images in the novel “Sister Carrie” by the American writer Theodore Dreiser. In the world literature there is no common approach to the naturalistic literary works. The author of the article tries to consider this problem on the basis of his own research. In his opinion, not only Hurstwood, but Carrie, who had a great success in life, also a naturalistic image because of her moral degradation

scholarly journals Сказочные сюжеты и сюжеты ирландских саг в драматической поэме Н. Гумилева «Гондла» (Folk-Motifs and Plots of the Irish Sagas in Goumiliev’s “Gondla”)

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 193-207
Author(s):  
Marina Guister ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Fairy Tales ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Eleventh Century ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Nineteen Thirties ◽  
The World ◽  
Ugly Duckling ◽  
At Will

The nineteenth–twentieth centuries’ frontier, and onto the nineteen-thirties, is the period when the literature and the folklore of the Celtic and Scandinavian counties were brought into Russia. In this way Nikolaj Goumilev, the author of the drama “Gondla”, translates “Countess Kathleen” by W. B. Yeats and writes his own drama “Morny’s beauty” influenced by some recurring themes of the Irish sagas. The drama-poem “Gondla” is also based on the Irish comparanda, namely on the history and the sagas of the echtrae-cycle of tales. The story takes place in Iceland in the eleventh century; Gondla, the Christian, the son of the Irish king, converts the Icelanders into Christianity. Goumilev himself mentions the sagas about “the hump-backed prince Condla” abducted by a fairy as the source of his drama. The saga of Connla the Fair, or Echtrae Chonnlai, is known to him from the work by H. d’Arboi de Jubainville Cours de Littérature Celtique, as well as, possibly, from the private conversations with A. Smirnov, the first Russian translator of the Irish sagas. The story of Connla contains some widespread folk motifs (cf. S. Thompson’s Motif-index), such as F 302 Fairy mistress, or rather F 302.3.1 Fairy entices man into fairyland. The motifs in question are closely related to those of the Swan-maiden (F 302.4.1 – Fairy comes into man’s power when he stills her wings, and D 361.1 – A swan transforms herself at will into a maiden). The swan-plots are of great importance for Goumilev’s “Gondla”, since the main characters of the drama, Gondla and Lera his fiancée (both Irish) are compared there to the swans persecuted by the wolves (the pagan Icelanders). The motifs are particularly prominent in the case of the Irish folktales and legends. The swan-plots from the Celtic and Slavonic folktales and legends are closely related in “Gondla” to the fairy-tales by Andersen, such as The Marsh King’s Daughter, The Ugly Duckling, The Swan’s Nest and The Wild Swans. The plot of the last fairytale is close to that of the Irish legend about the king Lir’s children transformed into swans (Oidheadh Chloinne Lir). In the same time, this plot is close to the fairy-tale type AT 451 – The maiden who seeks for her brothers and AT 451* – Sister as mysterious housekeeper. The story of this type, with the brothers transformed into swans and a swan maiden as the mother of the swan-children, is literary fixed in the twelfth century in the novel Dolopathos sive de Rege et Septem Sapientibus. The main character of Goumilev’s drama is the poet, the ruler and the priest who baptises Iceland at the same time. As such, he illustrates one of Goumilev’s favourite ideas: the poets must govern the world, as the druids used to do in the distant past.

scholarly journals BIG AND SMALL WORLDS OF CHILDREN CHARACTERS IN ‘A LITTLE PRINCESS’ BY F. H. BURNETT

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 70-78
Author(s):  
Varvara A. Byachkova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Charles Dickens ◽  
Fairy Tale ◽  
Literary Tradition ◽  
Small World ◽  
Protective Mechanism ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Small Worlds ◽  
The World ◽  
Space Organization

The article raises the topic of space organization in writings by Frances Hodgson Burnett. The object of analysis is the novel A Little Princess. The novel, addressed primarily to children and teenagers, has many similarities with David Copperfield and the works of Charles Dickens in general. The writer largely follows the literary tradition created by Dickens. The space of the main character is divided into three levels: the Big world (states and borders), the Small world (home, school, city) and the World of imagination. The first two worlds give the reader a realistic picture of Edwardian England, the colonial Empire, through the eyes of a child reveal the themes of unprotected childhood, which the writer develops following the literary tradition of the 19th century. The Big and Small worlds also perform an educational function, being a source of experience and impressions for the main character. In the novel, the aesthetic of realism is combined with folklore and fairy-tale elements: the heroine does not completely transform the surrounding space, but she manages to change it partially and also to preserve her own personality and dignity while experiencing the Dickensian drama of child disenfranchisement, despair and loneliness. The World of imagination allows the reader to understand in full the character of Sarah Crewe, demonstrates the dynamics of her growing up, while for herself it is a powerful protective mechanism that enables her to pass all the tests of life and again become a happy child who can continue to grow up and develop.

scholarly journals Tradition Versus and Modernity in Laila al-Juhani’s The Waste Paradise: An Intertextual Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1197-1202
Author(s):  
Mohammed Abdullah Abduldaim Hizabr Alhusami
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Short Story ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Narrative Structure ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Saudi Women ◽  
The Core ◽  
The World ◽  
The Status ◽  
Story Writer

The aim of this paper is to investigate the issue of intertextuality in the novel Alfirdaws Alyabab (The Waste Paradise) by the female Saudi novelist and short story writer Laila al-Juhani. Intertextuality is a rhetoric and literary technique defined as a textual reference deliberate or subtle to some other texts with a view of drawing more significance to the core text; and hence it is employed by an author to communicate and discuss ideas in a critical style. The narrative structure of Alfirdaws Alyabab (The Waste Paradise) showcases references of religious, literary, historical, and folkloric intertextuality. In analyzing these references, the study follows the intertextual approach. In her novel The Waste Paradise, Laila al-Juhani portrays the suffering of Saudi women who are less tormented by social marginalization than by an inner conflict between openness to Western culture and conformity to cultural heritage. Intertextuality relates to words, texts, or discourses among each other. Moreover, the intertextual relations are subject to reader’s response to the text. The relation of one text with other texts or contexts never reduces the prestige of writing. Therefore, this study, does not diminish the status of the writer or the text; rather, it is in itself a kind of literary creativity. Finally, this paper aims to introduce Saudi writers in general and the female writers in particular to the world literature.

scholarly journals CELIE: A PORTRAYAL OF AN AFRO-AMERICAN WOMAN'S REJECTION OF TRADITIONAL VALUES

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Ekawati Marhaenny Dukut ◽  
Nuki Dhamayanti
Keyword(s):  
Women Characters ◽  
Alice Walker ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Female Characters ◽  
American Women ◽  
The Color Purple ◽  
The World ◽  
Color Purple

The world of literature can be a medium of expressing the writer's expressions and ideas. Universal topics such as, love, death, and war often become subject mailers in the world of literature. In the novel, of The Color Purple. Alice Walker describes the oppression experienced by Afro American women in the female characters of Celie, Nellie, Shug Avery, Sofia, and Mary Agnes who faced sexual discrimina!ions in a patriarchal society. Womanhood, education, and lesbianism are factors that help the Afro American women to free themselves from traditional values. The Color Purple puts into words the process of its main character, Celie, who tries to reject and escape from the male domination of her world. The other Afro American women characters that help Celie to find her selfidentity represent the manifestation of the rejection of the traditional values. This article. which uses the socio-historical alld feminism approach. is intended to analyse the Afro-American women's rejection of traditional values by focusing on the major character of' Walker's The Color Purple. Celie. as she develops from being a victim of traditional values to the rejoiceful discovery of her selfidentity.

scholarly journals Allusion As The Way Of Rendering Elements Of Ancient Greek Mythology In The Tissue Of Modern Literature

2021 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 505-514
Author(s):  
Mirzaeva Aziza Shavkatovna ◽  
Keyword(s):  
World Literature ◽  
Great Influence ◽  
Modern Literature ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Greek Mythology ◽  
Ancient Greek ◽  
American Writer ◽  
The Way

World literature of XX century has experienced the great influence of postmodermism, which resulted in diversity of styles and refusal of well-known structures and forms. One of the most widely used stylistic devices, characterizing the features of postmodernism, is intertextuality. Appearing only in recent years, intertext become widespread with its own forms, such as allusion, quote and reminiscence. And the novel “Percy Jackson” b y American writer Rick Riordan seems to be an example of the use of intertext-allusion within the work. 12-year-old boy, Percy Jackson, becomes the part of adventeruos, danderous and exciting world of Ancient Greek Gods, legends, myths and heroes. This work tries to study and analyse the importance of allusion to understand the idea of the writer and interpret the used allusions in the first book of Riordan “Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief”.

scholarly journals Types of Existence in the Romance Vilnius Poker by Ričardas Gavelis

2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (27) ◽  
pp. 180-189
Author(s):  
Lina Buividavičiūtė
Keyword(s):  
Human Being ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Modern Conception ◽  
Theoretical Part ◽  
Authentic Existence ◽  
The World ◽  
The Senses ◽  
Homo Sovieticus

The reception of Ričardas Gavelis’s works still remains problematic. The conception of the author’s novels is controversial, balancing between theories of modernism and postmodernism. This article focuses on one of Gavelis’s most significant novels, Vilnius poker. The analysis is based on the assumption that the postmodern structure hides the modern conception of the novel. The aims of the article are to actualize a modernpostmodern poetics and to analyze the types of existence in the romance. The possibilities of an authentic existence are analyzed in contrast to the monological, postcolonialistic “broken human being”. The analysis of the concept of authentic being is based on the philosophies of Heidegger and Kierkegaard. The concepts of dialogical and monological being are based on the works of Bakhtin and Buber. The article is based on hermeneutic methodology and the theory of dialogue. The concept of authentic being is analyzed in the context of existentialism.In the theoretical part, the author describes the problems of authentic dialogical being in general, and analyses the context of existentialism and the differences between dialogue and monologue. In the first practical part, the types of the monological being in Vilnius poker are analyzed. In the second one, the concept of authentic being in Vilnius poker is analyzed.The article draws the following conclusions: the authentic being is dialogical, polyphonic, polemic; the non-authentic being is monologicalsolypsistic-not asking, not polemic, not questioning the secrets of being, and telling only one “truth.” The monological being of the novel Vilnius poker is typical of homo lituanicus and homo sovieticus existential characters. The authentic being characterizes the protagonist Vytautas Vargalys. The dialogism of true existence is expressed by rebellious, unmasking being, the polemic with himself, the gifts of the world (inner monologue), and the others (real dialogue). The authentic being of Vytautas Vargalys is created from the senses (smell), bodies (eroticism), speaking, and musical dialogues. Unfortunately, the main character is unable to fully express his authentic being: the monological atmosphere, broken identity, and non-telling language are the main impediments to living a true dialogical life.

scholarly journals COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF MYTHOLOGICAL NAMES AND MYTHOLOGISMS IN THE ENGLISH AND UZBEK LITERATURE

2021 ◽  
pp. 3-21
Keyword(s):  
Fairy Tales ◽  
World Literature ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Distinctive Features ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Social Views ◽  
The Universe ◽  
Positive Character

It is surprising that in English and Uzbek folklore and literature there are similarities in the expression of mythological images, despite the fact that they are from different language systems and different continents far from each other. British folklore is rich in a variety of images, which, with their distinctive features, have a place not only in English but also in world literature. Such images are distinguished by their versatility and have both negative and positive character traits. No matter which world literature we look at, we can find the translation of myths, legends, and fairy tales in that language which is the indication of how important role such images have in the world literature. The terms mythology, myth, and mythological names are defined differently in various sources. The types of mythological names, on the other hand, have been classified differently as a result of the research carried out by different researchers, each of which has been studied and analyzed comparatively. Studies have concluded that mythology was formed as a system of primitive worldviews and encompassed the philosophical, moral, and social views of our ancestors, the simplest scientific interpretations of the universe and human life, as well as the art of speech, rituals, and various forms of mythological thinking. This article provides a description of the terms myth, mythology and mythological names, their classification by various researchers, as well as information about mythological images in English and Uzbek literature, and comments on their classifications. In particular, information on the history of its emergence, the appearance of the image of witches, elves, giants, trolls, goblins in English myths and fairy tales in different forms and purposes is given. The mythological images of birds and dragons in both English and Uzbek literature have been studied comparatively. The reflections on their similarities and differences in English and Uzbek literature have been analyzed.

scholarly journals Normalcy, Knowledge, and Nature in Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

2013 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Jaquette Ray
Keyword(s):  
Social Model ◽  
Social Constructions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Night Time ◽  
Social Model Of Disability ◽  
Language Knowledge ◽  
The World ◽  
Dominant Society ◽  
Human World

<p>This article analyzes Mark Haddon&rsquo;s 2003 novel, <em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, </em>using a combination of both disability studies theory and ecocriticism.&nbsp; The author argues that the novel&rsquo;s main character, Christopher Boone, presents a social model of disability by challenging dominant society&rsquo;s treatment of him as &ldquo;not normal.&rdquo; Christopher is ostensibly diagnosed with Asperger&rsquo;s Syndrome, although the novel never explicitly labels him as disabled in any way. Through Christopher&rsquo;s views of nature, language, knowledge, and social constructions of disability, we learn that disability is an unstable category, and that dominant society can be disabling.&nbsp; Importantly, though, Christopher&rsquo;s critique of society is, as the author argues, fundamentally environmental. That is, Christopher&rsquo;s views of language, knowledge, and even the more-than-human world itself are central to his destabilization of the category of disability. Christopher&rsquo;s environmental sensibility and critique of society&rsquo;s disabling qualities emerge primarily through his discussions of language, which he finds suspect because it distances humans from the world it describes.&nbsp; Thus, the novel suggests that the disabling features of society that Christopher encounters are the same features that distance humans from nature, particularly through language.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><strong>Keywords:</strong> eco-phenomenology, ecocriticism, <em>The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time</em>, Asperger&rsquo;s Syndrome, nature, language, body, epistemology</p>

scholarly journals The metaphor of stopped time in the novel “The Tin Drum” by Günter Grass

2020 ◽  
pp. 34-40
Author(s):  
Kseniya Sergeevna Oparina
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Development ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Main Character ◽  
Special Contribution ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Ethical Norms ◽  
Günter Grass

The goal of this article consist in interpretation of the major metaphor in G&uuml;nter Grass&rsquo; novel &ldquo;The Tin Drum&rdquo;, &nbsp;and coverage of its interrelation with symbolism of the image of the protagonist Oskar Matzerath. The subject of this research is the metaphor of stopped time. The time stops for Oscar with regards to physical and emotional development. Special attention is given to the fact that the protagonist of the novel, who comes into the world with adult intelligence, deliberately stops his development at the age of three. Using the indicated metaphor, the author of the novel forms the key traits of the image of the protagonists: perpetual child, demiurge, trickster. The novelty of this research and special contribution of the author consists in revelation of direct correlations between the aforementioned traits of the main character of the fundamental problems of human existence. A child who refuses to grow up, symbolizes infantilism and denial of the generally accepted socio-ethical norms. At the same time, G. Grass describes dissolution of the surrounding world and blames specific nation in the crimes against humanity, endowing Oskar Matzerath with the traits of trickster and demiurge. The acquired results can be used in textbooks on the history of foreign literature and culturology; as well as in writing term and graduation theses by students majoring in the humanities.

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