A narrativa compartilhada em jogos de rpg e sua influência na formação do leitor

Resumo O presente artigo é resultante de uma pesquisa documental que apresenta o RPG como ferramenta que desperta o interesse em literatura, especificamente a literatura dos cenários onde o jogo se passa, e cujo objetivo foi investigar a influência desse tipo de narrativa na formação do leitor. Discorre sobre o histórico do RPG e sua ascendência na construção literária de um gênero RPGístico, através de uma análise sobre o jogo de interpretação em sua conceituação, elementos e substratos mecânicos, de forma a compreender a importância do lore dentro dos cenários onde ocorre a narrativa. Verifica as dinâmicas entre os jogadores, narrador e autor através do jogo, considerando o compartilhamento da narrativa. Estabelece diferenciação entre a narrativa compartilhada e a coautoria da narrativa. Investiga o metagame e suas influências dentro da narrativa. Realiza levantamento de informações sobre as Night Witches. Desenvolve estudo de caso para verificar a influência da narrativa compartilhada na formação leitora bem como a capacidade do RPG em colaborar com a formação leitora através desse compartilhamento. Utilizamos a metodologia de pesquisa bibliográfica e estudo de caso para desenvolver uma análise epistemológica sobre o tema, investigando conceitos em sua aplicação prática. Constatamos o incentivo à formação leitora ao estimular o jogador a ler mais, sobre o jogo, o sistema, o cenário e outras informações. Destarte, ao inserir o leitor como protagonista, viabiliza aplicar o obtido na experimentação performática e lúdica das experiências literárias, o tornar contador da história e personagem daquilo que ele leu e pode estar lendo. Palavras-chave: Ludicidade; metagame; lore; night witches. Abstract This article is the result of a documental research which presents RPG as a tool to create interest in literature, specifically about the setting of the game and addresses the history of RPG and its influence on creating a literary genre, its objective is to seek the influence of these narratives in reader’s development. This research analyses the role-playing game's concepts, and mechanics to understand the importance of the lore for the game. It verifies the dynamics between players, game master, and author, considering the shared narrative and establishing differences between shared narrative and co-authorship. It also investigates the concept of metagame and its influence within the narrative by collecting information about the Night Witches and developing a case study to verify the influence of the shared narrative in the reader’s formation as well as how RPG assists the reader’s formation by sharing narratives. The results of this study show that RPG encourages the reader’s formation and qualifies the reading process while stimulating players to read more about the game, the system, the setting and other information. The study uses a case study and bibliographical research to develop an epistemological analysis, investigating concepts in their practical application. By inserting the reader as the protagonist, it possible to apply what has been obtained in the performative and playful experimentation of literary experiences, making the reader the story teller and character of what they have read and may be reading. Keywords: Playfullness; metagame; lore; night witches. Resumen Este artículo es el resultado de una investigación documental que presenta al RPG como una herramienta que despierta el interés por la literatura, específicamente la literatura sobre los escenarios donde se desarrolla el juego, y cuyo objetivo fue investigar la influencia de este tipo de narrativas en la formación del lector. Se discute la historia del RPG y su ascendencia en la construcción literaria de un género RPG, a través de un análisis del juego de rol en su conceptualización, elementos y sustratos mecánicos, con el fin de comprender la importancia del lore dentro de los escenarios donde se desarrolla la narrativa. . Comprueba la dinámica entre jugadores, narrador y autor a lo largo del juego, considerando el intercambio de la narrativa. Distingue entre narrativa compartida y coautoría narrativa. Investiga el metajuego y sus influencias dentro de la narrativa. Realiza una encuesta de información sobre las Brujas Nocturnas. Desarrolla un estudio de caso para verificar la influencia de la narrativa compartida en la formación del lector, así como la capacidad de los juegos de rol para colaborar con la formación del lector a través de este intercambio. Utilizamos la metodología de la investigación bibliográfica y el estudio de casos para desarrollar un análisis epistemológico sobre el tema, investigando conceptos en su aplicación práctica. Vemos el estímulo de la formación del lector al animar al jugador a leer más sobre el juego, el sistema, el escenario y otra información. Así, al insertar al lector como protagonista, permite aplicar lo obtenido en la experimentación performativa y lúdica de experiencias literarias, convirtiéndose en narrador y personaje de lo que ha leído y puede estar leyendo. Palabras clave: Alegría; metagame; ciencia; brujas de la noche.

Embodiment is not the answer to meaning: a discussion of the theory underlying the article by Carina Rasse and Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. in JLS 50(1)

This article offers a critical response to the discussion in Carina Rasse and Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. article in JLS 50(1) entitled, Metaphorical Thinking in Our Literary Experiences of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”. My paper reconsiders how different the paradigm of cognitive linguistics, particularly in the tradition of conceptual metaphor research, is to that of discourse linguistics, especially in the hermeneutic tradition. Do the two approaches aim at irreconcilable objectives, particularly as cognitive linguistics is focussed on what happens in people’s heads and/or bodies when creating an utterance, whereas I argue that as language is social, it is about the communication of meaning. Discourse linguistics explores what it takes to make sense, to consciously interpret utterances in their contexts, as what an utterance means is how it is intertextually linked to other related utterances. In other words, the meaning of any segment of an utterance of a text, is the sum of the ways in which this segment has been paraphrased in related occurrences. In this paper, I present the two frameworks from my own, strongly biased, perspective.

Conjuring the Ghost: A Call and Response to Haints

This article discusses haunting as a condition and strategy for Black women in their lived and literary experiences. I use the haint as a key figure for understanding Black women's liminal state as both the ones haunted and the thing haunting and focus on one of the haint's primary manifestations: the hag. Throughout the essay I unpack maligning myths of this specter and center the works of Phillis Wheatley and Lucille Clifton to refigure the hag as a spiritual and ancestral presence.

Los mediadores literarios de los futuros maestros. Exploración de los relatos de vida literaria

This work is part of the research in the field of teaching literature and the profile of the reader and the belief system of teachers in initial training. Its objective is to delve into the literary biography of future teachers, paying special attention to who their literary mediators were, since, possibly, they end up acting as mediation models in their future tasks as teachers. To carry out this research we use an Author Recognition Test to establish the degree of familiarity of students with literature, and the literary life story of the 35 students of the dual degree in Infant and Primary Education at the University of Barcelona, that configure the sample. The results, which are constructed from a qualitative approach to literary life stories and the quantitative data from the Author Recognition Test, show a nuanced relationship between the degree of familiarity of students with literature and the type of literary mediator and literary experiences lived so far.

A Lesson Learned? The Image of Poland during World War II Presented by Recent German Literature and Its Perception in Public Discourses

Based on Wolf Schmid’s Narratology, this article depicts the influence of the so-called abstract dimension on the reception of Kevin Vennemann’s Nahe Jedenew (Close to Jedenew, 2005) and Matthias Nawrat’s Die vielen Tode unseres Opas Jurek (Numerous Deaths of Grandpa Jurek, 2015). The abstract dimension – being, among others, the result of personal beliefs and individual “literary experiences” – helps to understand contradictory opinions about the same work and depends often (but not exclusively) on different historical knowledge and awareness. The reception in the media and academic discourse reveals schemata that cannot be explained by the text alone. I argue that the recipient is highly influenced by the author’s personal background, although it is not about autobiographies – which clearly reduces options for interpretation.

Metaphorical thinking in our literary experiences of J.D. Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye”

This article explores how literary texts, in this case the novel “Catcher in the Rye” by J.D. Salinger, elicit metaphorical thinking as a major part of readers’ interpretive experiences. Our main argument is that metaphorical thinking does not arise only given our encounter with individual verbal metaphors, but emerges in various ways as part of our habitual forms of imaginative metaphorical understandings. Metaphorical thinking is closely linked to embodied simulation processes by which readers project themselves imaginatively into the lives of story characters. Embodied simulation processes capture readers’ rich phenomenological characteristics (e.g., immersion, absorption, transportation) of literary experience. Metaphorical thinking unfolds in hierarchical layers across different time spans during literary reading.

The use and promotion of adapted books in Norwegian public libraries

Public libraries offer a large selection of books. For many library users, one of the highlights of the library visit is to explore this collection in search of interesting books that will provide enriching literary experiences. For some people, however, mainstream books might not be motivating to read, for instance, due to reading impairments, language challenges or inaccessible content. Consequently, most libraries also hold a collection of ‘special books’. In Norway, one example of such a collection is the books developed by the association Books for Everyone. This article explores the organization and promotion of adapted books in Norwegian libraries and is based on two datasets. The first dataset comprises the complete production by Books for Everyone, consisting of 232 titles. These books were examined to get an overview of the material commonly found in Norwegian public libraries, with a focus on the allocation of adaptation types and target groups. This dataset showed a diverse collection of books in six different categories. The majority was in the category ‘Easy to Read’, targeted at a broad variety of user groups. The second dataset consisted of survey data from 178 libraries regarding their organization and promotion of the Books for Everyone collection. The data revealed differences in how public libraries utilize these books, due to, for instance, a lack of knowledge about adapted books and potential target groups. Moreover, for many libraries, these books were regarded as ‘special books’ and were consequently not included in exhibitions or book talks. It may be necessary to pay more attention towards adapted literature in the library community and provide more knowledge about this literature among librarians. The overall purpose of this article is to provide some advice to librarians and other practitioners on how to deal with adapted books in a public library context.

Faithful son of “that land, that air, those mountains, between which his cradle once swayed”. Book review: G. I. Gurkin and Gorny Altai - a genius and a place: an anthology. T. P. Shastina (Ed.). Gorno-Altaysk: AU RA “Literary and Publishing House “Altyn-Tuu”, 2019, 192 p.

The anthology under review contains articles and notes from the Tomsk provincial periodicals of 1907-1917, dedicated to the exhibitions of the Altai artist G. I. Choros-Gurkin and presents a chronicle of the cultural life of Siberia in the 1920s. The book includes rare publications and archival materials, among which the literary experiences of the artist are of particular value. Also included are literary works of the second half of the twentieth century reflecting the evolution of the image of G. Gurkin from a contemporary to a genius of the place. The publication of this work dedicated to the 150th anniversary of his birth demonstrates the growing interest in the work of the Altai artist in the Russian cultural space, which began in the first years of the past century and is associated with such major names of Russian culture as G. N. Potanin, V. Ya. Shishkov, G. D. Grebenshchikov, A. V. Anokhin, I. I. Shishkin, and others.

Albertino Mussato, Epistole metriche Edizione critica, traduzione e commento

The Metric Epistles of Albertino Mussato (1261-1329) are a collection of 20 compositions in Latin verse (of which, 12 in elegiac couplets, 8 in hexameters, for a total of 1,570 verses) composed between 1309 and 1326 and addressed to different recipients. The list of recipients includes friends of the author and representatives of the Paduan political and intellectual élite of the early 14th century such as the judges Rolando da Piazzola, Giovanni da Vigonza and Paolo da Teolo, the notary Zambono d’Andrea and Marsilio Mainardini; masters of grammar and rhetoric such as the Venetian Giovanni Cassio, Bonincontro from Mantua and Guizzardo from Bologna; religious personalities such as the Dominican friars Benedetto and Giovannino da Mantova, respectively lecturer and professor of theology at the Studium Generale of the convent of S. Agostino in Padua; collective recipients, such as the College of Artists and fellow citizens of Padua. After an editio princeps was printed in Venice in 1636 on the basis of a now lost manuscript, a critical edition of the Epistles is published here for the first time, including the complete corpus of the texts in the light of their entire manuscript tradition. The texts are accompanied by an Italian translation and a detailed commentary, which mainly aims to bring to light and analyse the dense intertextuality of Mussato’s poem (in particular classical Latin sources), reconsidering the cultural background of the author and his contemporaries in the context of the so-called ‘Paduan prehumanism’ and an ideal dialogue with Dante’s coeval biographical and literary experiences.

Translating Korean Nature. Translation Strategies in Lithuanian and English Literary Translation

World literatures today often impose a separation of narratives from their geographic and linguistic origins. Translated versions of literary texts that were created and received within local cultural contexts, when translated, enter new, foreign contexts. When translations into many other languages appear, a writer may expect many diverse valuations of one`s work. Literary texts in translation, in fact, are an inseparable from literary experiences for many readers and the study of translated texts has a long-standing tradition. The future of such texts may also lie in the emerging future reading - “distant reading” to quote Walkowitz` use of Moretti`s term. Among the strongest arguments in support of such reading is the possibility, through translated texts, to establish a more aesthetic distance towards the object of a fictional text in translation. Translation gives us as readers a new and different approach towards objects we fail to notice because of their familiarity. Nature scenes and objects may be included among such features of the narrative that could be more aesthetically appreciated in the translated versions. The paper compares translations of nature scenes and objects of Shin Kyung-Sook`s novel into English Please Look After Mom (2011) and into Lithuanian Prašau, pasirūpink mama (2019). The paper reveals the scope of translation strategies of domestication and foreignization through comparison of translation of nature scenes and items into Lithuanian and English.