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This article draws upon the ebbs and flows of Julio Cortázar's literary celebrity, ranging from academic centrality to lay cult status, to examine the cultural milieu surrounding 1968. My analysis draws upon world literary theory, literary markets, and the quirks of Julio Cortázar to explore why he is simultaneously central to the Boom and a misfit within it. This exegesis of Cortázar's oeuvre analyzes his wane in popularity and what it says about both the staying power of cultural icons and us as readers today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This article analyses the first major anthology of English-language British LatinX writers published in the UK, Un Nuevo Sol. British LatinX Writers (flipped eye publishing, 2019). The texts included in this anthology of poetry, short fiction and drama explore the configurations, manifestations and representations of the LatinX experience within the contemporary British canon. The multi-layered texts that form this book illustrate how the British LatinX community represents itself through literature in a distinctive way which also questions existing stereotypes and expectations. Un Nuevo Sol is a good example of the diversity of the literary techniques used by British LatinX authors. These techniques cover from code-switching to magical realism, although realism and experimental writing seem to dominate most of these texts. This is representative of the way in which the literary production of this super-diverse community in the UK results in a super-diverse literary style, as illustrated in this anthology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article seeks to understand how Emilia Pardo Bazán engaged with and utilized two iterations of creative writing - the folletín and the didactic novel - repudiated by her male peers in Spain's Restoration literary scene. It does so by engaging closely with La dama joven through publication history and close reading of the novella itself. It does likewise with the later novella, Mujer, while situating the discussion with a broad field of recent criticism on both the period and Pardo Bazán herself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Despite the reticence against the participation of women in intellectual spheres, several among them engaged actively in the debates around the New Science during the seventeenth century. Margaret Cavendish (1623-1673) is one of the most singular figures of her time, in that she did not receive a formal education in philosophy, and yet, by means of a prolific and extravagant outpour, she experimented with a diversity of literary styles and placed her bets on the generic interbreeding of texts. Although Cavendish’s works have often been studied by dividing the creative and literary works from the philosophical ones, reading them side by side seems crucial to understand the role that fancy and poetic imagination plays in the development of her natural philosophy. This paper examines fragments from Poems and Fancies (1653) to assess the role of fancy and imagination in connection to the philosophical ideas of Cavendish. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the theme of economic valuation in writer William Shakespeare's "King Lear" where the protagonist, Lear, consistently evaluates others based on worth and wealth. Topics include the diverse interpretations of the play's economic aspects, a figurative exploration of human value beyond material exchange, and an analysis of dignity as an inherent inalienable quality in the characters challenging traditional hierarchies of value.

The article focuses on the motif of turning in writer William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" examining how the themes of exchange and peripeteia undermine the fatalism suggested by the prologue. Topics include the exploration of turning as an alternative to tragedy through themes of conversion and forgiveness, the connection between the meanings of turn in the play, and examination of a shared language of exchange in context of social, economic, and religious concerns in early modern England.

The present article analyses the approach adopted by distinguished Pakistani historian Dr.Mubarak Ali towards the famous historical writings authored on Sindh by the different writers. The writings comprise noted Persian books written in the medieval period as well as the books written during early modern period by European officers and travellers etc., in English. He is extremely critical of all but one of the medieval era histories due to their apparent omission of the lives of common people. Only the royals, noblemen, religious and spiritual figures find a place in those records. On the other hand, he is all praise for the writings of British officials and other Westerners who gave deserving space to the commoners in their writings. This article aims to critically analyse this approach of Mubarak Ali when reading these texts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay reflects on the sources of Stuart Hall's sensibility, in particular the sense of displacement that pervaded much of his work. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Internal marketing is one of the most important aspects that the company should consider in order to become more efficient and effective in dealing with the business environment. The current paper aims to underline the importance of the employees' satisfaction at the job site in the context of developing a successful internal marketing strategy. The paper presents in a literature review style, the concepts of consumer satisfaction, trust, employee satisfaction as well as pointing out the main activities that are needed to be understood by the companies and at the same time implemented in order to achieve success. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article reviews Peter Weiss's novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance" (1975-1981), focusing on the narrative frame of the international antifascist resistance movement during 1937-1945. The novel centers around a nameless first-person narrator moving between action centers and margins, detailing events in Nazi Germany, Spain, and Sweden. The review primarily discusses the novel's exploration of art and aesthetics as forms of political resistance, emphasizing detailed analyses of key artworks and their interpretations. The article also compares Weiss's novel to works by Foucault and Klemperer, highlighting the role of aesthetic resistance in challenging hegemonic ideologies and perceptions. [Extracted from the article]

Postmodern literature is noticeable for different literary style and approaches. For this reason, postmodernist novelists use legendary stylistic practices like intertextuality, metafiction, and parody etc., for uniqueness and diversity. The paper tends to demonstrate the various elements used by William Golding in his novel „Lord of the Flies?. Golding was a British prominent novelist, who was awarded Nobel Prize in 1983 for his literary distinctiveness. His novel is about boys who are beached on an unknown island and then they reveal their nature. Some remain civilized while others become brutal. The author has written it in the scenario of World War II. Firstly, this paper attempts to investigate the presence of parody and its playfulness, intertextuality, metafiction, and magical realism in Golding?s novel „Lord of the Flies?. Secondly, it further reviews to reveal that how the novelist has involved the reader in the story and impact of his techniques on them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The introduction of the essay establishes a theoretical framework for exploring the idea of aesthetics in relation to literature. It explores the interaction between form and content, emphasising the importance of literary devices as instruments that mould a text's aesthetic attributes. The study investigates how metaphors and similes improve the visual and sensual appeal of language, adding depth and richness to descriptions and comparisons. It does this by using examples from both ancient and modern literature. The study also examines the function of imagery in writing, emphasising how vivid and evocative imagery may immerse readers in the world of the author, transport readers to other situations, and increase their emotions. Additionally, symbolism is examined as a literary technique that gives things, people, and events a deeper significance while also making abstract ideas concrete and relevant. The purpose of this research paper is to emphasise the importance of aesthetics in language and literature by analysing and synthesising different literary strategies. It emphasises how the thoughtful and skilled application of literary methods enhances the reading experience by arousing the senses, evoking emotions, and fostering introspection. In the conclusion, this study emphasises the persistent ability of literature to enthral and inspire while adding to our understanding of language aesthetics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to contribute to the current discussion of world Englishes by showing how English is used in popular music reviews in Russia, a context that has not been addressed in previous research. Drawing on sets of textual and ethnographic data, we argue that English and Anglicisms contribute to the expressiveness and precision of musical reviews, enhance promotion of musical products and become part of the unique identity that ties Russian music fans together. We show how English evokes connections to global contexts in the local community and how Russian speakers use English resources creatively, adapting them to local needs and modifying English musical terms through Russian word‐formation mechanisms, to make them more local. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hermenutics, known as a paraphrase and interpretation philosophy, has been one of the most used interpretation efforts in literature as well as in many fields of science. From the beginning to the present, many explanations have taken place with the influence of the periods in which the author, the work, the environment, cultural factors or all of them were the focal point in the system of understanding and interpretation. Hermeneutic philosophy states that the meaning of the poem cannot be limited with the intention of the poet and adopts the idea that the meaning is not just the poet's world of ideas and symbols but comes into being by the intersection of the reader's or the interpreter's imagination. Among the literary works that can be evaluated in this context, classical poems are undoubtedly the most suitable ones for explanation and interpretation. In this study, the work named Deh Murg, which belongs to Dervish Şemsî, one of the 16th century poets of Classical poetry, will be discussed. Apart from the effect of Dervish Şemsî's period, social and cultural life, literary style on the work, and the reflection of the inspiration he received from the poets of the period and the poets before him on Deh Murg, the similarities and differences of the work with the era in which it was written will be evaluated within the framework of hermeneutic interpretation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

If Patrick Chamoiseau's work on the issue of language has been amply studied, this article intends to shed new light on it through an analysis of its relation to the printed book, as represented in the Martinician writer's novel. The purpose of this article is not only to offer a more developed approach of the contrast between oral and written, which takes into account the role played by print, but also to study the ways in which Chamoiseau creates, through the fictionalized book, his own 'linguistic mythology'. According to Chamoiseau, this is the ultimate goal of literature as it participates in the renewal of linguistic codes. The writer's political posture, which seeks to determine which approach is more legitimate, the oral language or the written, Creole or French, is replaced with an aesthetic posture focused on the contribution of Chamoiseau's personal writing style to francophone literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The greatest challenge to the Arab society of the jahiliyyah, which stands out with its literary merits, was the Qurʾān. On the one hand, this challenge paved the way for the Arab society to question itself; on the other hand, the unique literary features revealed by the Qurʾān enabled the development of the existing language structure of the Arab society. In this sense, one of the forms of expression developed in the field of classical Arabic literature during the Sadru'l-Islam period was the al-ajwibah al-muskıtah (silencing answers) style. In fact, although this style has been used since the period of Jāhiliyyah (the Pre-Islamic Arabia), it entered the literature and became established in the third century of Hijr as a literary style inspired by the Qur'ān. The person who assumed the leading role in this regard was Ibn Abī ‘Awn from Baghdad, one of the writers and scribes of the Abbasid period. Ibn Abī ‘Awn is the first person to bring together anecdotes of this style in terms of character and content with his work named al-ajwibah al-muskıtah. This work, which belongs to Ibn Abī ‘Awn, has the distinction of being the oldest work that has survived to the present day in which anecdotes about the aforementioned style are brought together, and it has been a source for the writers who came after Ibn Abī ‘Awn in this field. The person who is addressed by the alajwibah al-muskıtah style, in which concise words, quick wit and sound proof come to the fore, is somewhat stunned by the word spoken to him and is incapable of responding to this word. This style of expression, in which the features of alījāz and al-iʿjāz (conciseness and incapacity) stand out, uses many rhetoric arts as a tool to silence the speech. Based on this, it can be said that the use of al-ajwibah al-muskıtah brings material and moral values to the person through the effect it leaves on the addressee, and thus clearly reveals the value of the effective word. These silencing answers, which sometimes aim to persuade and enlighten the addressee on a religious issue, sometimes help a person to defend himself against the humiliation and mockery directed at him. On the other hand, this style, which has a humorous expression that cheers up boring environments, allows to express the truth in a witty and elegant way. The person who speaks in this style, which has a wide range of uses and a rich variety of characters, appears as a political figure such as governor, commander, caliph in some examples, while in some examples it appears as a madman or a simple citizen who is struggling to make a living. In addition, examples of this style contain very important information about the political and social life of the Umayyad and Abbasid periods, especially the jahiliyyah period, and touch on many religious and moral principles. The absence of a complete definition and classification of the "al-ajwibah al-muskıtah" style, apart from the names of the works that bring together anecdotes about silencing answers in classical period works, and the lack of a study that deals with all aspects of this style in the modern period has prompted us to conduct this research. While some writers consider this style as a means of expression based on verbal discourse, others attribute the silencing quality of the answer to the precondition of being said on a hostile and conflict basis. However, al-ajwibah almuskıtah is not limited to the features and usage areas specified in these definitions and classifications, but is a more comprehensive expression style. There is no comprehensive academic study on the al-ajwibah al-muskıtah style in Türkiye. Based on the reasons mentioned above, this study will try to introduce the alajwibah al-muskıtah style, which is an expression tool that is often neglected in Arabic language and literature. Then, the features of the style in question and the course of this usage in Arabic literature will be given. Since the scope and usage area of this style is quite diverse, it was preferred to deal with the subject in the context of prose literature, and to give partial examples of verse literature. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study explores the translation of Inaam Kachachi‟s novel The American Granddaughter, a poignant exploration of identity and memory during the aftermath of the Iraqi war. This novel was originally written in Arabic, under the title كيىيددخِحألار ذفيددٌا, in 2008. It has been translated into English by Nariman Youssef in 2010. This study shows how Youssef employs various translation approaches and techniques to successfully transfer the cultural complexity and literary style of the source text into English. By analyzing the accuracy of the translation of the culturally specific terms and expressions in the source text, this study investigates whether the translated text succeeded in capturing the novel‟s cultural context without much loss. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article argues for ventriloquism as a method of (post)qualitative inquiry for appropriating the voice of the Other and amplifying multi-voiced selves. Thinking with embodied figures, ventriloquism captures philosophical conceptions of the subject and object through the self and other. To sustain the existence of "abject" voices, we orient readers' attention to the creative feature of the "material dimension" through literary devices. The deliberate uses of bold italicized text and footnotes are one instance. We propose that the intention of ventriloquial writing is not to find something that exists in that lived experience, but to re-orient our thought to understand be(com)ing the Other within a liminal space. By refusing conventional methodologies, ventriloquism may serve as an ontological response to St. Pierre's (2021) call for experimenting and creating other "new forms of inquiry" (p. 7). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Edith Wharton's reputation as the grande dame of American letters rests largely on her imaginative prose fiction about Gilded Age New Yorkers, whose vices it subtly, yet scathingly, criticizes. In her most autobiographical novel, The Reef, she satirizes members of her society, including her own family and familiars, through characters who not only resemble them but also, for added effect, assume the traits of figures from the myth of the house of Atreus, widely considered to be the evilest clan in literature. In constantly alluding to the Greek, Roman, and post-classical tragedies that comprise the ancient story, Wharton demonstrates how woefully decadent old New York is. Each of her book's main character will be compared with their corresponding historical personage and mythological figure to analyse the transgression they have either committed or suffered. Then, the various relationships between every set of three will be further studied. While some observations will reveal critiques of such wrongs as infidelity, as well as direct attacks on objectionable persons, others will go beyond mere association and suggest that certain aspects of high society are even worse than those found in the wicked household of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Mawwal iis one of the literary arts of poetry that was created for singing. Its initial form was eloquent poetry, which gradually changed to slang with a variety of accents, especially Bedouin. It was classified as a subsection of popular music and became an improvisational musical format known as nūbāt repertoire in the Arabic oriental world (Mashriq). This research examined the history and emergence of the Mawwal and the difference about its origin, then crossed to the etymology of the term Mawwal - Mawwalia and showing all of its possibilities. Also the historical transformations of this poetical form is discussed. The musical form initially originated in Iraq in its quadrilateral form. It then transformed into an alternative form, known as the pentagonal, when it reached Egypt. Afterward, it returned to Iraq and evolved into its heptagonal form. Eventually, the musical form made its way to Syria. Since al-Mawwal al-Sharqawi (heptagonal) is the dominant Mawwal in the nūbāt performance, his literary style has been analyzed and described through dialect, terms and letters used, rhyme, enumeration of poetic verses, paronomasia or pun (similar words) and poetic content (general theme). After that the analysis of the heptagonal Mawwal as a musical form in the Syrian nūbāt was started through models of the Aleppo singer Sabah Fakhri and a comparison with the period before and after him and the differences between each period. Through this analysis, this research attempts to derive a specific musical form for the heptagonal Mawwal form in al- nūbāt, while it is an improvised form and does not have specific musical rules agreed among musicians. This research begins by deconstructing the predominant order of conducting the Mawwal parts in the nūbāt and the repeated parts in it. And then a maqam analysis of each part of the Mawwal and where the vocal and maqami peak lies and where the maqam transitions of the same maqam family or for different maqam families and reference to the stage of musical suspension and conclusion. Finally, an extract a musical form of the heptagonal Mawwal template in this way (A B A) and in more detail by indicating the numbers of the poetic parts A (1 + 2 + 3) - B (4 + 5 + 6) - A (7) is shown. This supports the fact that Sabah Fakhri relied on a certain methodology and style in the performance of his mawāwīl, where he used certain melodic and rhythmic phrases that were repeated in most of them. That is, it was based on rules taken from the heritage form, similar to the mawāwīl that preceded it within the nūbāt and greatly influenced the mawāwīl that followed it. The method of this research is deductive and historical with regard to the process of description and analysis. We have gathered fundamental data from various sources, including the analysis of musical performances, analysis of lyrical texts, observations, and interviews. These sources serve as the main foundation for this research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article explores the concept of "impressionism" in literary discourse and how it impacts the relationship between writers, their works, and readers. It highlights how various authors, such as Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, and Henry James, used the rhetoric of impressions to convey the authenticity of their narratives. Richard Wright's use of impressionism, is discussed as it plays a crucial role in his novel "Native Son" and shapes his approach to defending his work.

The article focuses on the use of Chaucer's works by Thomas More in his writings specifically examining the connections between More's "Utopia" and "The Canterbury Tales." Topics discussed include the allusions to Chaucer's works in "Utopia," More's use of Chaucerian references around the theme of authority, and the potential influence of "The Summoner's Tale" on Book I of "Utopia."

Clarice Lispector is one of the most important Brazilian writers of the 20th century. In her writings, she explores the limits of the Portuguese language and creates her own literary style. The article will map some of her aesthetic searches that are, at the same time, vital. The article is organized through two moments: a biographical one, in which relevant aspects of her life that will have an echo in her work are indicated; and another focused on her fiction writing, in which the aesthetic commitment of her books is highlighted. The Hour of the Star is the title of her latest novel, a title read by Hélène Cixous as an anticipatory metaphor for her own death. We return to it as a trope, no longer to refer to its finiteness but to celebrate its opportune rereading outside Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In Part III of the book, Buikema offers a rigorous interrogation of calls for decolonising public spaces with close attention to the #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall movements in South Africa. Graph: TVGN2023.2.006.LAHI fig1.jpg Rosemarie Buikema (2020) I Revolts in Cultural Critique i Maryland (United States): Rowman & Littlefield 204 pages €35,99 (E-Book) ISBN 978-1-78661-404-9 What happens when we engage with traumatic facts and narratives from the past?. [Extracted from the article]

The relevance of this research is determined by the importance of the development of the Secession style as a component of Ukrainian culture in the nineteenth and twentieth century, which influenced the creation of unusual techniques, specific themes, and combinations of visual and expressive means. The authors' study aims at defining the essence and characteristics of floral motifs in the literary writings of Mykhailo Zhuk, a representative of the Secession style in painting and literature. The leading methods of research on this issue are methods of analysis, synthesis, deduction, generalization, and comparison of approaches, which will help determine the main essence and features of the Secession style in the writer's work. The article presents various approaches to the study and interpretation of this process as a style in the Ukrainian verbal and visual arts of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries; analyses the works of scientists and researchers engaged in the study of plant motifs in the writings; draws attention to the tales of Mykhailo Zhuk; proposes various methods of interpretation of folk motifs and style concepts of Secession art, which are presented through the prism of the worldview of the Ukrainian nation. The materials of the article are of practical and theoretical value for students studying literature, folk motifs in art, and Ukrainian folklore, which will help them develop their creativity, their own worldview, and professional readiness. Also, the information may be relevant to future writers, artists, scholars, art teachers, and literary critics, who will be able to investigate more thoroughly all of the multifaceted activities of Mykhailo Zhuk. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the significance of gardens in playwright William Shakespeare's era and their representation in contemporary times. Topics include the recreation of Tudor gardens in Stratford-upon-Avon, the global presence of Shakespeare Gardens, and the portrayal of gardens in Shakespeare's plays.

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Paying attention to the frequency of use is also a key aspect in the characterization of literary style. In this case, the linguistic resources utilized by authors are important because they contextualize them within their time, context, and cultural movement. Rare linguistics elements are not less relevant, that is those used only by one or a few authors. We analyze examples that confirm the methodological relevance of Corpus Linguistics, translation and analysis of PUs so that we can better understand what makes Catalan classics unique in what referes to their verbal art. To do so, we focus on UPs -[verbal] locutions-with rare occurrences and in some cases with only 1 or 2 occurrences (or up to 5, always in a few authors or even in one single author). We have analyzed examples of single (or rare) occurrences of the great Valencian poet Ausiàs March. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper highlights and describes the characteristic linguistic and stylistic features of Milan Petrović's memoirs. The aim of the paper is to single out and describe the basic linguistic and stylistic features of the language by applying grammatical and linguistic criteria and methods. Given that it is a memoir, we tried to determine whether elements of a literary-artistic or scientific functional style prevail in the book. Eight memoir texts by this author are included in the analysis. The conducted analysis of Milan Petrović's style and language in his book suggests several important conclusions. His style is simple, the sentence is narrative, never structurally complicated, with a small number of clauses in its composition. It is an essayistic-scientific style, with many literary touches, with conscious literarization, carried out with the aim of achieving greater beauty of the language. In addition to all this, in the language of Milan Petrović we also find purely scientific linguistic features, such as decomposed predicates, the frequent use of adverbs, as well as the author's 'we', and many historical facts. As for the grammatical features, his language does not differ much from the modern Serbian language. Given that Milan Petrović lived and worked in the area of the Šumadija-Vojvodina dialect, which became the basis of the standard Serbian language, there are very few deviations from the norm in his language. On the other hand, the narration, as well as all the linguistic features underlying his memoirs, represent their most immanent characteristic. That is why we cannot view his memoirs exclusively as a scientific-historical text, but as a literary text, which also contains certain scientific elements.

Inspired by Terry Newman’s literary and sartorial analysis of writers in her book Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore, I analyze James Baldwin’s literary and sartorial style using excerpts from his works and archival photography. I also add a signifier/signified analysis using social semiotic theory. According to De Saussure, there are two main parts to any sign, the signifier, which connotes any material thing, and the signified, which is the meaning that is made of that thing by the receiver. Social semiotics changes the focus from the sign to the way people use semiotic resources to produce communicative artifacts, collectively. In the semiotic tradition, I extend the literary text (Go Tell it on the Mountain, Another Country, and Just Above My Head) to a larger reading of the culture in which it was created and to the more universal structures that are inherent within it. Clothing is also considered a critical semiotic resource because it is viewed as a sign that signifies a particular meaning. In my analysis, I illuminate how Baldwin’s sartorial style is a mirror (signifier) to reflect his literary style and reflects the creative and spiritual (signified) essence of his work, connected to and with collective Black narratives of style.

Langston Hughes, contributed significantly to the Harlem Renaissance and wrote a variety of works, including plays, novels, poetry, and newspaper articles, all of which focused on the African American experience. American poet, activist, dramatist, writer, and journalist Hughes also wrote plays. He was among the first to invent jazz poetry, a brand-new literary and aesthetic style. One of the most significant authors and thinkers of the Harlem Renaissance, an African American aesthetic movement that celebrated black life and culture in the 1920s, was Langston Hughes. Hughes's upbringing in the mostly African American neighbourhood of Harlem had an effect on his artistic abilities. His words had an impact on American politics and literature. He shared the same sense of racial pride as other participants in the Harlem Renaissance. Through his poetry, novels, plays, essays, and children's books, he promoted equality, denounced racism and injustice, and celebrated African American culture, humour, and spirituality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Over the past few years, China's cultural landscape has seen the emergence of several authors from among its migrant laborers, or "new workers." Fan Yusu and Xu Lizhi are the most representative. Their literary production, which draws on their personal experiences and tells their workplace stories, is an artistic configuration entirely different from both mass culture and high literature. This article analyzes the significance of this new worker literature from three perspectives. First, since the 1990s, new workers have been using the traditional medium of literature to speak with their own voices, which is particularly remarkable in the age of the internet. Second, workers' culture spaces like the Picun Literature Group, from which Fan Yusu emerged, not only support ordinary laborers' active interest in writing but also represent a specific cultural practice that has come into being in the post-Mao era. Third, the fact that a large number of new worker writers are "borrowing" from the language and style of 1980s literature generates a productive relation between the critical spirit of that literature and the alienating conditions under which the new workers labor. Although seen as marginal by many, new worker literature is of great cultural value for contemporary China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While the correspondence of the Black British writer, musician, butler, and shopkeeper Ignatius Sancho has long been recognized as pioneering in its use of the sentimental literary style to articulate anti-racist and anti-slavery positions, his music has largely evaded serious interpretative consideration. This essay considers one way in which Sancho apparently used music to convey his moral messages. His song 'Sweetest Bard' and his instrumental dance piece 'Mungo's Delight' suggest that he adopted and reappropriated the persona of the 'wise fool', a figure well known to eighteenth-century readers from characters such as Shakespeare's Falstaff, Sterne's Yorick, and Cervantes's Sancho Panza. Understanding these two pieces of music through the lens of the wise fool helps to elucidate Sancho's use of music as a means of calling attention to the prejudices of white British society. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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La Guirlande de Célimène is a column published from June 19 to August 15, 1898 in a journal called "La Presse". Jean de Tinan, Émile Métrot and Henri Vernot respectively play Célimène, Philinte and Alceste, the main characters of The Misanthrope. La Guirlande de Célimène belongs to the «epistolary fantasies», which are part of the experimental columns proposed by "La Presse", during the revival of the daily newspaper, at the turn of the 1890s. With a humorous purpose, La Guirlande de Célimène relies on a constant gap between its prestigious original text and its subject matter, which is rooted both in political news and in current events. The references of the chronicle allow us to better understand Molière's influence beyond the theatrical sphere, and in the very codified space of the newspaper column. In this way, La Guirlande de Célimène questions the transformations of a high-school culture in the new writing spaces offered by newspapers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The main objective of this article is to investigate the naming technique in Maphalla's drama Tahleho. Naming is a very important tool used in various African cultures to convey certain messages, either to an individual, family members, or a community. The naming of various objects is linked with the socio-political factors of countries where anthroponyms and toponyms are found. Naming in literary work also plays a role in any genre. Many African authors use a certain naming technique to achieve their objective. Names are bestowed on characters with a purpose. Maphalla seems to have used a certain naming technique to develop his story. In literary works, choices of names should not be undertaken randomly but should contribute to the development of the elements of the genre. Characters are given names to show their significance in the development of plot structure, characterisation, theme, and style in literary art. This study will adopt literary onomastics, which is concerned with the significance of names in literary works to investigate the naming technique used in Tahleho. To achieve this, Maphalla's drama Tahleho will be analysed, looking specifically at the naming of characters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]