Life in Palestine Under the Rule of the Ottoman Empire According to Ibrahim Nassralla's Novel: Zaman al-Khoyoul al-Bayda'

This study deals with the Palestinian administrative, economic, political, educational, intellectual, and national dimensions as they are reflected in the stories and events of the historical novel Zaman al-Khoyoul al-Baida' by the Palestinian writer Ibrahim Nassralla, The novel that covers three generations from 1880s to the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. The events take place in a Palestinian village called 'Hadiya ', which serves as a representative of all Palestine. The study proves that the writer emphasizes the Palestinian identity through the stories that he collected from people who lived through the three periods of occupation of Palestine: the Ottoman Empire, the British Mandate and Israel, but the main focus is on the Ottoman Period. Stylistically, the novel has a special printing style. The oral stories are typed in italics in order to distinguish them from written stories. To investigate the information in the people's quoted stories, the events of the novel and the writer's arguments and his descriptions of the life of local Palestinians, the study relies on Paul Hamilton's theory of historicism , which is a critical way of using historical contexts to interpret narrative texts.

DEMONOLOGICAL IMAGES IN THE KARACHAY-BALKAR HEROIC EPOS "NARTA"

В статье рассматриваются демонологические (зооморфные, антропоморфные и зооантропоморфные) образы на материале памятника карачаево-балкарского фольклора героического эпоса «Нарты». Из текстов духовного памятника исследуемого этноса приводятся характерные примеры данных образов, встречающихся в качестве действующих персонажей. Актуальность работы обусловлена тем, что виды демонических персонажей карачаево-балкарского нартского эпоса рассматривались в некоторых трудах исследователей-фольклористов, но все еще этот вопрос не изучен в достаточной мере. Для раскрытия некоторых характерных особенностей антогонистов эпических героев при написании работы использованы текстологический, описательный, сравнительно-сопоставительный и структурно-смысловой методы исследования. В статье проведен сопоставительный анализ антропоморфных образов в мифологических обычаях территориально близких народов Кавказа. Материалами исследования послужили тексты, напечатанные в академическом издании «Нарты», опубликованном в 1994 г. (составитель Т.М. Хаджиева). В нем зафиксированы записи устных рассказов карачаевских и балкарских сказителей, собранные в ходе полевых экспедиций. К категории представленных демонических персонажей карачаево-балкарского нартского эпоса относятся, прежде всего, «эмегенле» − «великаны», «сарыуекле, желмауузла» – «змеи, многоголовые драконы», «алмосту» – «алмасты, антропоморфными существа женского пола», «губула» – «пауками», «джинле» – «джинны», «обур, къуртха» – «старуха-колдунья», обитающие в параллельном от нартов мире. В фольклорных текстах довольно подробно описан внешний вид, место обитания, физические и умственные возможности зооморфных, антропоморфных и зооантропоморфных образов. Мифологические герои несут в себе разрушительную мощь, что является причиной их несовместимости в мире с нартскими богатырями, которые в свою очередь обладают созидательной силой. Следовательно, между ними зарождается вражда (борьба добра со злом). Проведенный анализ показал, что благодаря имеющимся в устных произведениях мифическим образам, устные произведения народного эпоса карачаевцев и балкарцев наполнены богатым воображением и живописным содержанием. The article examines demonological (zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and zooanthropomorphic) images based on the oral monument of the Karachai-Balkarian folklore of the heroic epic "Narts". Characteristic examples of these images are given, who are protagonists in the texts of the spiritual heritage of the studied ethnos. The relevance of the work is due to the fact that the types of demonic characters of the Karachai-Balkarian Nart epic were discussed in a number of research works, but this issue has not yet been sufficiently studied. To reveal some of the characteristic features of antagonists of epic heroes, when writing the work, textological, descriptive, comparative, structural-typological and structural-semantic research methods were used. The article provides a comparative analysis of the anthropomorphic images in mythological customs of the geographically neighbouring peoples of the Caucasus. The materials of the research were the texts published in the 1994 academic edition "Narts" (compiled by Khadzhieva T.M.), which contains records of oral stories of Karachai and Balkarian storytellers collected during the field expeditions. The category of presented demonic characters of the Karachai-Balkarian Nart epic includes, first of all, "emegenle" − "giants", "saryuekle, zhelmauuzla" − "snakes, many-headed dragons", "almostu" − "almasts, female anthropomorphic creatures", " gubula "−" spiders "," jinle "−" jinn "," obur, kurtha "−" old woman-witch ", living in a world parallel to the Narts. The folklore texts describe in some detail the appearance, habitat, physical and mental capabilities of zoomorphic, anthropomorphic and zooanthropomorphic images of the studied epic. Mythological heroes carry destructive force, which leads to their incompatibility in the world with the Nart heroes, who in their turn are the creators. Therefore, a constant enmity appears between them (the struggle between good and evil). The analysis showed that thanks to the mythical images available in oral works, the epic of "Narta" is filled with rich imagination and picturesque content.

Resemiotized experience in classroom interaction: A student teacher’s interactional use of personal stories during teaching placement

One of the most important points of contact that student teachers have with the teaching profession occurs during placement, as placement provides a prime opportunity for them to interact with pupils and to further develop their teaching. In this article, a mediated discourse analytical perspective is employed as a lens to study a student teacher during his final teaching placement, with the aim of exploring how resemiotizations of previous experiences in the shape of oral stories can be interactionally used in the classroom. The data consist of three video recorded oral presentations, two video recorded sessions in a classroom, interview data, and observational field notes. Due to its potential to link past multimodal semiosis to present-time actions, nexus analysis is employed as the method for analysis. By unpacking a student teacher’s use of oral stories in the classroom, the study demonstrates how stories are adaptable resources that can be used to mark proximity to pupils, and thus serve as a means to manage the interaction order in the classroom. This is an activity with relevance for the teaching profession and, by extension, student teachers' development of professional identity.

“Genuine Anecdotes about Peter the Great” by J. Shtelin (at the Origins of Historical Anecdote Genre in Russia)

The article is devoted to the study of the collection of historical anecdotes about Peter the Great by J. Shtelin (1709—1785), first published in 1785 in German in Leipzig. It is proved that historical anecdotes (about Peter the Great) as a genre of literature appeared in Russia in the second half of the 1730s. According to the author, they appeared on the basis of the stories about Peter the Great that were widespread in society. It is reported that the first collection of historical anecdotes about Peter the Great created by Jakob Shtelin is a collection of 34 anecdotes from 1744. It is noted that later on he created collections of 95, 110 and 117 anecdotes. The study has shown that Shtelin's historical anecdotes are the result of a deep literary reworking of the messages and legends he heard. It is revealed that Jakob Shtelin worked on the transformation of the sketches written by him, based on the oral stories he heard, into historical anecdotes for over 40 years. It is argued that as a result, the publication of his historical anecdotes in 1785 was a resounding success in Europe, including Russia, and marked the beginning of the flourishing of this genre in Russia in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Toponyms as a Gateway to Society

Abui is a Papuan language spoken in Alor Island, South-East Indonesia. Although there are rich studies on the Abui language and its structure, research on Abui toponymy, which aids the understanding of language, culture, and society, deserves greater attention. This paper analyzes features of Abui society through Abui toponyms collected using Field Linguistics and Language Documentation methods. It finds that, because place names communicate valuable information on peoples and territories, Abui toponyms reflect the agrarian lifestyle of Abui speakers and, more broadly, the close relationship that the people have with their landscape. Furthermore, Abui toponyms express positive traits in the Abui culture like kinship ties and bravery. Notwithstanding, like other pre-literate and indigenous societies, oral stories are commonly used to explain how places are named. This paper augments the existing Abui toponymic studies on the connection between names and the places they name and provides a deeper understanding of the Abui language, culture, and society.

NILAI-NILAI KEMANUSIAAN DALAM CERITA ANAK MINANGKABAU

(Title: Humanity Values in Minangkabau Children's Story). This article describes human values in oral stories for children from Minangkabau. This issue was raised because many traditional stories are neglected and underappreciated. The stories analyzed were 30 stories by considering the message of the story. The oral story data was obtained by recording and transcribing. Analyzing the story is done by reading it many times so that the news is received. The study results found that the story's message was to respect parents, especially mothers, the value of honesty was carried out under any conditions, to maintain a friendship in all forms of activity, and to restrain emotions in all actions. Keywords: humanitarian values, oral stories, Minangkabau children's stories, and huma­nita­rian values.

Serbian Oral Tales of the AaTh 505-508 Type

Рассказ о благодарном мертвеце (AaTh 505-508) широко распространен в прозаическом фольклорном фонде многих народов мира. В его основе находится повествование о человеке, хоронящем мертвеца, который потом становится помощником и спутником, помогающим герою рассказа в женитьбе и приобретении богатства. В многочисленных исследованиях выделяются, среди прочего, разные варианты этого рассказа, определяются типы, модификации типов и их сложные взаимосвязи, регистрируются мотивы и сюжеты в письменных текстах, анализируются их сходства и отличия в рамках поэтических систем, к которым они относятся. В настоящей работе автор уделяет внимание тем вариантам этого рассказа, которые существуют в сербском прозаическом фонде, их тематическо-мотивной структуре, основным характеристикам главных персонажей в повествовательных ситуациях и событиях, а также сравнению с литературными источниками и элементам взаимопроникновения устных текстов разных жанров: сказки, легендарного рассказа и предания. Сербские устные рассказы о благодарном мертвеце записывались с первой половины XIX в., имеются и записи более позднего времени - второй половины XX в. Зафиксированные в самых ранних перечнях вариантов, эти рассказы свидетельствуют о наличии определенных международных моделей, а также о примерах их модификации в разных масштабах, в зависимости от территории и рамок традиции. The tale of the grateful dead man (AaTh 505-508) is widely known in the folklore of many nations of the world. In it the protagnist buries a dead man who comes alive and turns into the protagonist’s ally and companion and who helps the hero marry and acquire wealth. In this article, the author concentrates on the variants of this folktale type in Serbian, examining their theme-motif structure and the essential characteristics of the main protagonists. She also analyzes their literary sources and the interpenetration of oral texts of different genres (fairy tales, legendary stories and legends). Serbian oral stories about the grateful dead have been recorded since the first half of the nineteenth century; there are also accounts from the second half of the twentieth century. These stories, for which their earliest variants are preserved, reveal the existence of particuar international types as well as of adaptations to particular locations and traditions.

FOLKLORE OF THE PEOPLES OF DAGESTAN

Purpose: The article focuses on the genetic relationship of Dagestan people majority, which was reflected in the archaic layer of culture, on the processes of interethnic historical and cultural interrelations, which are generally characterized with a sufficient intensity in Dagestan. Methodology: The article is a generalizing analysis of multinational Dagestan oral-poetic creativity, the statement of the positions and conclusions on the genesis and the centuries-old functioning of a unique folkloric unity in diversity. Main Findings: Dagestan folklore material, in particular such genres as myths, legends, legends, heroic epic, heroic historical and historical songs and ballads, ritual poetry genres, unconscious lyrics, the fairy epics of its variety, parables, oral stories and anecdotes, proverbs, sayings and riddles are characterized by their commonality and mutual influences, conditioned by the historical and cultural interrelationships of Dagestan peoples. Implications: Dagestan folklore material allows us to draw important conclusions concerning not only the peculiarities of the functioning of folklore in a particular region, but also the general theory of folklore. Novelty: The very syncretic nature of folklore dictates the need for a complex attraction to the object of analysis of the verbal, musical, ethno-graphic and other components of this field of art, which makes it possible to more deeply and broader comprehend the above unity in diversity.

Candi Merak: Antara Peninggalan, Pelestarian, dan Harapan (Sebuah Kajian Filologi)

Many folk stories are recorded in book form (manuscripts), but some are still in verbal form (oral stories). To facilitate and increase the provision of data sources on local wisdom in the form of books (manuscripts), it is necessary to carry out an inventory of these texts, one of which is an inventory of the legend of the origin of the name Merak Temple which is located in Karangnongko District, Klaten Regency. Departing from the above statement, this study aims to inventory the folklore about the origin of the name Merak Temple which is located in Candi Dukuh, Karangnongko Village, Karangnongko District, Klaten Regency. This research uses qualitative methods, namely research conducted to understand what is experienced by research subjects holistically, descriptively in the form of words and language, in a natural and scientific context. This method is used to analyze the legendary text of the origin of the name of the Merak temple. This research is a folklore research. Basically, this research begins with an inventory of the legendary stories in the form of manuscripts. Furthermore, the legend manuscript becomes the object of research, from reading the text of the legend of the origin of the peacock temple, it can be described the data which is the source of local wisdom in it, namely pamali (taboo / taboo) and recommendations contained in the text. The results showed that pamali or taboo is an expression of prohibition that arises in connection with the existence of the Merak Temple in Pura Karangnongko Hamlet. Pamali is trusted and believed by the hamlet community around Candi Merak as a rule that must be obeyed. Pamali found regarding the existence of the Merak Temple in the dukuh community was the prohibition of acting immoral or saying dirty, disrespectful words, spitting, throwing garbage (feces) around the temple. If the prohibition is violated, it will result in the person concerned being injured / unluck. Keywords: merak temple, local wisdom, folklor, pamali