scholarly journals A Vote of Confidence: On the Aims and Functions of Literary History

Tekstualia ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-167
Author(s):  
Żaneta Nalewajk
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Real Chance ◽  
Responsible Manner ◽  
Oriented Research ◽  
Research Tools

The authoress of the article shows literary history conducted in a responsible manner, concentrating on working with sources, precisely setting out its poles of investigation, undertaking reflection on the limits of literariness, and refusing to avoid methodological interdisciplinary reflection (that is, defining the character of the relationship of its own language and its own context-oriented research tools vis-à-vis the languages of other areas of scholarship) – such a literary history may assist in the development of the ability clearly to perceive a situation in which it has come to an auction of methods of working on concepts that create a real chance of integrating knowledge.

Lipsius and the Art of Letter-Writing

1956 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 145-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Catherine Dunn
Keyword(s):  
Sixteenth Century ◽  
Literary History ◽  
Ben Jonson ◽  
Letter Writing ◽  
Prose Style ◽  
History Of ◽  
Prose Rhythm ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Precise Role

“The whole history of the ‘epistle,’ as a literary genre, is full of interest and invites investigation.” — W. Rhys Roberts.One of Professor Morris Croll's earliest essays on prose style was an article on Justus Lipsius, the sixteenth-century Belgian scholar and rhetorician whose name has become identified with the “anti-Ciceronian” school of prose. Croll later studied him as the leader of a triumvirate (Lipsius, Montaigne, and Bacon), and thus clarified somewhat the relationship of English prose style to continental experiments. The indebtedness of certain English writers, like John Hoskyns and Ben Jonson, to the epistolary theory of Lipsius is now well known, but the precise role played by his Epistolica institutio in literary history has never been clearly presented. Because Professor Croll's interests were centered in prose rhythm, he analyzed the Institutio only for the light it shed upon the development of “Attic” prose structure in the Renaissance.

Agricultural Economics and the Agrarian Lobby in Hungary under State Socialism

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 284-308
Author(s):  
Zsuzsanna Varga
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Agrarian Sector ◽  
Agrarian Policy ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Oriented Research

Following the revolution in 1956, Hungary’s agrarian policy went through changes and reforms unprecedented within the socialist block. The most important reform was the abolition of the system of compulsory delivery. This article aims to outline how the political change affected agrarian economics and also highlights the significant role played by some scholars, with their latent presence and their policy suggestions, which the Kádár Government had the courage to support in November 1956. With the emergence of the so-called Agrarian Lobby, of the intertwining networks of politicians, administrators, and scientists of the agrarian sector, the personal and intellectual preconditions had already been in place before 1956. Institutionalization, however, could only come about after the partial rehabilitation of market economy. The post-1956 political leadership could only meet the challenge of re-defining the relationship of the state and the agricultural cooperatives with the contribution of professionals. At the same time, the shape and nature of Kádár era agrarian economic research were also affected by the alliance between the practitioners of the field and the emerging network of agro-politicians and administrators, the Agrarian Lobby. Two key figures, Ferenc Erdei and Lajos Fehér, shared the responsibility for the better performance of agriculture. This paper also pays attention to the way their cooperation on this reform policy-oriented research was realized and the key role it played in the Hungarian agricultural cooperatives’ emancipation from the bonds of the kolkhoz model in the 1960s.

scholarly journals PORTRAYAL OF WOMEN AND NATURE IN KINGSOLVER'S NOVEL FLIGHT BEHAVIOUR

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-28
Author(s):  
Priya E
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Flight Behaviour ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Literary eco -criticism is concerned with the ways that the relation between humans and nature are reflected in literary texts -the relationship of human beings with each other and with their environment. Literature has rich ecological heritage because literary history has many works on romanticism, naturalism, transcendentalism, literature of landscape and frontier literature. This paper aims to portray how Kingsolver used women and nature in her novel flight behaviour.

Natura în romanul românesc (1845-1947)

Transilvania ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 55-62
Author(s):  
Alex Ciorogar ◽  
Jessica Brenda Codină ◽  
Alex Văsieș ◽  
Vlad Pojoga ◽  
Ștefan Baghiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Modes Of Representation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Interactive Relationship ◽  
History Of ◽  
New Type ◽  
Object Of Study ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

A post-anthropocentric epistemological assemblage becomes indispensable in the investigation of the ecology of the Romanian novel. We examine the interactive relationship of various dynamic systems, such as 1) the evolution of the Romanian novel, 2) the modes of representation of the environment, and 3) the social-political history of the autochthonous space. Using a wide range of methodological perspectives, this paper also examines the relationship between literature and the Earth sciences, thus envisioning a new type of literary history where the Romanian novel should be thought as existing within hyper-objects, such as the climate, agriculture, wilderness, pollution, biosphere, cultural politics, capitalism, or geology. The article finally addresses the issue of zoopoetics both as an object of study in the MDRR digital archive (1845-1947) and as a reading strategy, thus, favoring the relationship between animality and narrativity.

A Rose is a Rose is a Hero is a Horse: Naming and Referentiality in the Poetry of Robert Kroetsch and Gertrude Stein

2004 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Casas
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Gertrude Stein ◽  
Robert Kroetsch ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
Philosophical Foundations ◽  
The Status ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Critical Writings

The contemporary Canadian poet Robert Kroetsch claims Gertrude Stein as an important influence on his work. On the surface, there are indeed many similarities between the poetics of Kroetsch and that of Stein. Separated by one generation and one epoch of literary history – from Stein’s Modernism to Kroetsch’s avowed Postmodernism – they are nevertheless both avant-garde poets, with an interest in the relationship of signifier to signified and in the problems and joys of representation. However, the poetry of these two writers diverges radically in meaning-making practices and, finally, philosophical foundations. Although Stein and Kroetsch share a fascination with the unstable relationship between signifier and signified, Stein’s approach seems to suggest that the instability was a problem and source of anxiety in her quest to represent reality, even inasmuch as ‘representation’ became ‘creation’, while Kroetsch’s poetry and critical writings express a joy and sense of play produced by his awareness of the gap between signified and signifier. I have reconstructed the metalinguistics of these two avant-garde writers by comparing poems by Kroetsch and Stein at the level of syntax, lexical collocation and coherence, and conception. Their poems share many themes and preoccupations, including conceptions of ‘naming’, the deconstruction of the signifier, and the status of the text. However, differences in technique are the direct reflection of philosophical differences in art movements at opposite ends of the 20th century.

scholarly journals From Isolation to Violence: Changes of the Domestic Environment in the Iranian Family under COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 86-110
Author(s):  
Svetlana Bankovskaya ◽  
Javad Maddahi ◽  
Tahere Lotfi Khachaki
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Social Problem ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Domestic Environment ◽  
Religious Conflicts ◽  
Iranian Family ◽  
Verbal Violence ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Oriented Research

Domestic violence became a worldwide social problem during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially during the period of lockdown. It has been also experienced in some Iranian families examined in our research. The article presents the data obtained by semi-structured interviews and draws some (so-far tentative) conclusions about the nature of the changes in the regime of relations of the traditional Iranian family, including the intensification of domestic violence, and the prevailing mental/emotional violence. Among the variety of nuances in the types of violence, some of them are already well classified, such as symbolic, physical, and economic. Other manifestations of domestic violence are humiliation and verbal violence, the intensification of restrictions on (or even the interrupting of) a woman’s relationship with her friends and acquaintances by her husband; the husband’s violence against their children; dis-putes over the observance of health tips during the quarantine period, and the intensification of religious conflicts during the period of home quarantine need further study and interpretation. As theory-oriented research, it involves the study of the relationship of various types of violence, starting with the newest ones of self-violence and self-isolation, and getting through the modifications of already-known types of violence which are caused by the first type.

Deuteronomy 28 and the Aramaic Curse Tradition

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Quick
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Near East ◽  
Early History ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Biblical Text ◽  
Ancient Israel ◽  
History Of ◽  
And Function ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

This study considers the relationship of Deuteronomy 28 to the curse traditions of the ancient Near East. It focuses on the linguistic and cultural means of the transmission of these traditions to the book of Deuteronomy. The author considers a broad range of materials, including Old Aramaic inscriptions, attempting to show the value of these Northwest Semitic texts as primary sources to reorient our view of an ancient world usually seen through a biblical or Mesopotamian lens. By studying these inscriptions alongside the biblical text, this study aims to increase our knowledge of the early history and function of the curses in Deuteronomy 28. This has implications for our understanding of the date of the composition of the book of Deuteronomy, and the reasons behind its production. The ritual realm which stands behind the use of curses and the formation of covenants in the biblical world is also explored, arguing that the interplay between orality and literacy is essential to understanding the function and form of the curses in Deuteronomy. Ultimately, this book contributes to our understanding of the book of Deuteronomy and its place within the literary history of ancient Israel and Judah, with implications for the composition of the Pentateuch or Torah as a whole.

scholarly journals Environmentální gramotnost žáků 2. stupně v Žatci – výzkumná sonda

Envigogika ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvie Svobodová ◽  
Roman Kroufek
Keyword(s):  
Elementary School ◽  
Remarkable Difference ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Standard Life ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research Tools

The article presents the results of investigation into enviromental literacy of 12 – 15 years old pupils at elementary school in Žatec, 1019 28th October Square, Žatec, the district of Louny.The study was devoted to three aspects of enviromental literacy: 1) enviromental attitudes; 2) commitment to environmental behaviour; 3) real enviromental behaviour in standard life situations.We took a sample of 67 respondents from Classes 6 to 9 to find out the relationship of the particular components of enviromental literacy – using the adapted  research tools, expanded and modified version of the questionnaire retransmitted; and the effect of gender or age of respondents on detected numbers of chosen aspects.The relationship between the attitudes and behaviour, real and indended, wasn´t proved; the same as the effect of gender on the chosen components of the enviromental literacy wasn´t shown significantly.On the contrary, the results regarding the influence of age of respondents on particular aspects brought more notable findings – there was no remarkable difference in attitudes across the classes, however the results of intended and real behaviour, i. e. intention to act positively for the environment and fulfilling of this intention, decreased depending on increasing age. 

scholarly journals Early Mercian Text Production: Authors, Dialects, and Reputations

2017 ◽  
Vol 77 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 541-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Rauer
Keyword(s):  
Literary History ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
The Political ◽  
Text Production ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Literary Renaissance

Abstract There are suggestions that King Alfred’s legendary literary renaissance may have been a reaction to the efforts of the neighbouring kingdom of Mercia. According to Asser, Alfred assembled a group of literary scholars from this rival Mercian tradition at his court. But it is not clear what early literary activities these scholars could have been involved in to justify their pre-Alfredian reputation. This article tries to outline the historical and literary evidence for early Mercian text production, and the importance of this ‘other’ early literary corpus. What is our current knowledge of Mercian text production and the political and literary relationship of Mercia with Canterbury? What was the relationship of Alfred’s educational movement with its Mercian forerunner? Why is modern scholarship better informed about Alfred’s movement than any Mercian rival culture? If our current knowledge of this area is insufficient for the writing of a literary history of Mercia, a provisional list of texts and bibliography, published electronically for convenient updating, may prove useful in the meantime.

The relationship of the scleractinian corals to the rugose corals

Paleobiology ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 146-160 ◽  
Author(s):  
William A. Oliver
Keyword(s):  
Critical Points ◽  
Scleractinian Corals ◽  
Convincing Evidence ◽  
Early Triassic ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Biologic Factors

The Mesozoic-Cenozoic coral Order Scleractinia has been suggested to have originated or evolved (1) by direct descent from the Paleozoic Order Rugosa or (2) by the development of a skeleton in members of one of the anemone groups that probably have existed throughout Phanerozoic time. In spite of much work on the subject, advocates of the direct descent hypothesis have failed to find convincing evidence of this relationship. Critical points are:(1) Rugosan septal insertion is serial; Scleractinian insertion is cyclic; no intermediate stages have been demonstrated. Apparent intermediates are Scleractinia having bilateral cyclic insertion or teratological Rugosa.(2) There is convincing evidence that the skeletons of many Rugosa were calcitic and none are known to be or to have been aragonitic. In contrast, the skeletons of all living Scleractinia are aragonitic and there is evidence that fossil Scleractinia were aragonitic also. The mineralogic difference is almost certainly due to intrinsic biologic factors.(3) No early Triassic corals of either group are known. This fact is not compelling (by itself) but is important in connection with points 1 and 2, because, given direct descent, both changes took place during this only stage in the history of the two groups in which there are no known corals.

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