Literary Theory - Science topic

Literary criticism teaching materials provided on campus only focus on theory and very few opportunities to appreciate literary texts directly through reading and understanding literary criticism published in various sources. Learning literary appreciation, including literary criticism, should not only be about memorizing literary theories, but als...

Nowadays, one of the most crucial goals of teaching English as a foreign language is to foster learners' intercultural literacy and critical and creative thinking in order to promote their intercultural communicative competence. Literature has regained its position in the language curriculum through the new evolution in Applied Linguistics and Lite...

Text reuse, encompassing direct citations, paraphrases and allusions, represents a key aspect of intertextuality – a concept central to literary theory since the 1960s. This paper highlights how computational methods, particularly automatic text-reuse detection, can illuminate the complex system of intertextual exchange that informs 18th-century li...

En la primera parte de este artículo, en diálogo con la noción de nominalismo de Theodor Adorno y de novelización de Mijaíl Bajtín, se identifica un posible vaso comunicante entre prosa, novela y arte contemporáneo, basado en una compleja dialéctica entre arte y antiarte. En la segunda parte, con base en una discusión sobre la orientación documenta...

This study explores the concept of hyper-textuality within Alice Oswald's "Dunt: A Poem for a Dried Up River," situating the poem within a postmodernist framework. The central problem of this analysis lies in understanding how Oswald's work embodies and challenges the notions of textuality, fragmentation, and intertextuality typical of postmodern l...

This essay scrutinizes little-discussed aspects of intermediality by working with contamination and strategies of estrangement. Drawing on scholarship on intermediality at the intersection of literary theory and comparative literature, such as Elleström’s Media Borders, Multimodality and Intermediality , Rajewsky’s Systemkontamination , and Fornäs’...

In the 20th century, comparative literature and cognitive poetics came into contact with classical Indian literary theory, based on a systematic classification of the states of mind manifested as the aesthetic experience of emotion (rasa) in the viewer or listener, actualized through the suggestiveness (dhvani) of the text. This paper proposes a cr...

This article examines two Navajo Nation (Native American) female poets’ works in the context of environmental studies, ecopoetics and climate change. Luci Tapahonso and Laura Tohe remain critically neglected female poet laureates of the Navajo Nation for a variety of potential reasons mentioned herein. By considering ecopoetics and concerns with cl...

Nosso objetivo neste estudo é, de forma geral, oferecer uma leitura possível das cartas de Etty Hillesum, já que a maioria dos estudos no Brasil que existem sobre esta escritora se concentra em seus diários. De maneira mais específica, buscamos responder a algumas perguntas, dentre estas, a de como pensar na correspondência desta mulher de espiritu...

The symbolic value of the journey has been widely explored in literary theory, educational science, history and philosophy. However, is it possible to approach travel from a theological point of view? The aim of our article is to answer this question. In order to do so, we essentially seek a biblical and theological-spiritual foundation for our res...

La profesora de la Universidad de Girona (UdG) Eugenia Fosalba se centra en la trayectoria del poeta español a través de datos históricos extraídos de material de archivo inédito en combinación con una detallada contextualización cultural de su obra. **Girona, 2 de septiembre de 2024.** La profesora de la Universidad de Girona (UdG) Eugenia Fosalb...

Literature serves as a reflection of diverse life experiences, values, beliefs, and cultures within specific communities. Through various literary forms, awareness of societal problems becomes evident. In the context of a Filipino family, a mother symbolizes hope and light. The strength of families often lies in how mothers embrace their responsibi...

Résumé L’objectif principal de cet article est de démontrer, dans l’argumentation de « L’essai comme forme », de Theodor Adorno, l’existence d’un ensemble cohérent de prolégomènes à une théorie dialectique de la critique littéraire. Il s’agit de voir dans quelle mesure les attributs de la forme de l’essai peuvent être compris comme des principes d’...

This article aims to present two complementary issues related to the contemporary perception and understanding of the essay. The first part explores various definitions of the term “essay.” As a distinct form of discourse and a separate literary genre, the essay has been the subject of extensive literature (relevant to both general literary studies...

This article delves into the intersection of literature and legal normativity through the lens of Ismail Kadare’s novel Broken April. It explores how literary theory enhances philosophical analysis of law by examining the novel’s portrayal of the Kanun, a set of customary laws in Albania, highlighting the complexity of legal normativity and the imp...

Annabela Rita [URL:http://sites.google.com/site/annabelarita1/] Doutorada, com Agregação e dois pós-doutoramentos em Literatura, é professora aposentada da Universidade de Lisboa, investigadora integrada do Centro de Estudos Globais (CEG) – Universidade Aberta e colaboradora do CECS - Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade da Universidade do...

Yeats's concept of "gyre" and "double gyre," used in the poem The Second Coming, is influenced by Hegel's idea of dialectic, where two opposite movements, thesis and antithesis be it in history, philosophy, politics, and theories-lead to higher integration (synthesis). Sometimes this has also resulted in anarchy but later it does maintain peace in...

This paper addresses the work of the Austrian poet Friederike Mayröcker (1924–2021) with an interdisciplinary approach contextualised within Cognitive Poetics and Cognitive Literary Theory studies. The specific focus of this study is the voice and the meaning produced through the proposed notion of a ‘poetic spoken atmosphere’. The poetic spoken at...

This PhD research thesis, titled Broken hearts: writing the representation of trauma and trauma recovery in a post-trauma romance novel, comprises a creative artefact and accompanying reflective exegesis. The primary aim of the thesis is to make an original contribution to the fields of literary theory, trauma theory, and literary trauma theory by...

El artículo aborda, a partir del primer romanticismo alemán (Frühromantik), la concepción de un fundamento teórico relativo a la toma de conciencia de una verdad conflictiva que se manifiesta históricamente. Este fundamento contrasta con el concepto de teoría de la ciencia moderna, y trata de recuperar algunos rasgos de la noción antigua (más allá...

Literature and the arts are vital locations for the analysis and construction of thought-initiated-realms and these realms allow us to reflect upon our role and place in this world. The effects of literary constructions are very real which can underpin hope, violence or exclusion and impact personal responses or public acts. Literary imagination ca...

Russian formalism, the literary theory that developed in Russia in the early 1920s, considers that without imagery, there is no art. This might go hand in hand with Eliot's theory of "the objective correlative." This paper focuses on how objective correlative, symbols, myths, and narrative combine in Raffo's play Nine Parts of Desire help to unders...

This study examines the representation of women living with disabilities in Shahira Al-Hassan's novel Cochlea's Secrets. This is an important endeavor as it highlights fiction's role in advocating for women with disabilities, particularly in the Arab region. Such a study is crucial for increasing awareness and support for women with disabilities, e...

This study analyses Carving in Possibilities (2001); Chemical Landscapes Tales (2006); Separation (2002); and Star Wars, one letter at a time (2005), four digital literary texts which are purposively selected from Volumes 1 and 2 of Electronic Literature Organization's Electronic Literature Collection. The four texts are analysed relying on hyperte...

The possibilities of generated cultural production have undergone fundamental changes in recent years, leading to a rethinking of existing approaches to the text and the artwork as such. To grasp this process, Zuzana Husárová and Karel Piorecký propose the term “neural network culture,” which captures a wide range of generative practices and recept...

This comparative study delves into the nuanced realm of resistance literature originating from the conflicted territories of Kashmir and Palestine. It seeks to examine and juxtapose the literary expressions emerging from these regions, shedding light on their shared themes and narratives that articulate resistance against political oppression, occu...

The article is devoted to an expeximent in analyzing the category «observer» in U. Eco's novel «The Name of the Rose». The first part of the paper analyzes methodological prerequisites for the study of the category «observer» in the works of M.M. Bakhtin, identifies the range of philosophical concepts necessary to comprehend the category. The secon...

Julian Barnes’ Flaubert’s Parrot (1984) is an experimental novel in which the narrator Geoffrey Braithwaite searches for parrots, multiple biographies, and truth(s) about the life of Gustave Flaubert. On the other hand, the novel has an infrastructure about Braithwaite’s personal life and grief that flows simultaneously with the surface layer of th...

Quien conozca de cerca la historia del siglo XIX, ha trazado necesariamente una relación de familiaridad con los movimientos europeos. Esa apertura hacia el exterior coincidió, en una línea lógica y consecuente a nivel histórico, con la apertura a los otros y la construcción del Estado-Nación. Esa especie de anhelo febril por el viaje y la búsqueda...

Intertextuality is a key concept in literary theory that challenges traditional notions of text, signification or authorship. It views texts as part of a vast intertextual network that is constantly evolving and being reconfigured. This paper argues that the field of computational literary studies is the ideal place to conduct a study of intertextu...

At the beginning of the twentieth century, Eastern and Western literature began to gradually converge. Western realist literary theories from the 19th-century European realist movement, represented by Balzac, had a profound impact on modern Chinese literature. This influence is especially evident in the creation of novels. The True Story of Ah Q is...

A partir del caso judicial de los llamados «ángeles de la muerte» o «enfermeros asesinos» se exploran las relaciones entre verdad y ficción en el proceso penal uruguayo. El nuevo diseño institucional impuesto por la reciente reforma procesal penal exige un esfuerzo de comprensión de los juegos de verdad en el discurso jurídico y su articulación con...

Este artículo explora las derivas poliamorosas de la nueva narrativa queer en el ámbito hispánico. Tomando como objetos de estudio las novelas Huaco retrato (2021) de Gabriela Wiener y Lo que hay (2022) de Sara Torres, y con una metodología que imbrica los estudios LGTBIQ+ con la teoría literaria, analiza las escrituras poliamorosas de la disidenci...

Mahesh Dattani as a dramatist of modern India has shown his concern for the fringe issues, the issues of hijras who were either avoided as a non-issue or a taboo for they were not the subject of the mainstream society.The present paper deals with Seven Steps Around the Fire that focusses on the plight and predicament ofthe class. The methodologies...

Time, an abstract yet pervasive concept, permeates every aspect of existence, shaping our experiences and interactions. While commonly perceived and measured through clocks in everyday contexts, time remains one of literature's least explored yet profoundly influential themes. Its omnipresence impacts all domains, yet time is perceived differently...

A partir de 2009, el darwinismo literario adquirió un creciente reconocimiento en las universidades estadounidenses y en países de habla inglesa. Esta nueva corriente de teoría y crítica literaria apenas ha sido recibida en España. Por una parte, este artículo expone sus principales presupuestos teóricos y ofrece una crítica del empleo espurio que...

This article relates the philosophy of space and time to literary theory to explore narrative structure, in writings by Dino Buzzati, Ford Maddox Ford, and Marcel Proust.

This paper examines the interplay of two different but related disciplines namely, Psycholinguistics and Deconstruction. While the former belongs to linguistics, the latter belongs to literary theory. The paper is by the fact that epistemological pluralism would be a convenient theoretical postulate that will anchor polemics over the conflation of...

This paper explores the tropes of subversion in Ebi Yeibo’s White Masks. It examines how African poetry employs subversion as a tool for challenging social norms, political structures and cultural conventions. The study makes use of the Marxist literary theory in an attempt to undermine traditional literary forms, and engage with issues such as cla...

Prólogo del libro Reapropiaciones: mujeres, arte y espacio, volumen que examina el trabajo de diferentes mujeres creadoras del ámbito hispánico e iberoamericano que establecen, a través de su producción, una reflexión sobre el sentido del espacio. Este espa-cio es entendido como lugar de elaboración tanto de los propios discursos que le otorgan su...

Reapropiaciones: mujeres, arte y espacio examina el trabajo de diferentes mujeres creadoras del ámbito hispánico e iberoamericano que establecen, a través de su producción, una reflexión sobre el sentido del espacio. Este espacio es entendido como lugar de elaboración tanto de los propios discursos que le otorgan su significación como de los que ge...

This paper undertakes a comprehensive examination of Chetan Bhagat's prominent novels through the lens of literary analysis, focusing on the intricate interplay of language dynamics within his narrative framework. Drawing upon a variety of theoretical frameworks and methodologies, particularly those rooted in linguistic analysis, the study seeks to...

Abubakar Gimba's exploration of societal issues, especially in Sacred Apples is a portrayal of his uniqueness as a writer, creativity and national development. This paper explores wifehood dichotomy and gender diffusion in relation to the Nigerian millennium era. It explores the following areas in relation to literary/gender studies: communalism an...

Creative Flight is an international half-yearly open access peer-reviewed e-journal in English. The aim of this journal is to give opportunity to all writers to publish their originality in the field of literature and literary theory. In order to maintain quality based publication, the journal, instead of publishing literary outputs rapidly follows...

Referencing Felski (2008, 2015) and Klages (2017), this précis postulates that literary theory acts as a crucial guide for interpreting literature and understanding its cultural context. By adopting various theoretical perspectives, we enhance our comprehension and appreciation of the relationship between literature and society. This approach allow...

How can an extension of the legal perspective with the idea of narrative unity be presented using the law and literature movement? Considering law as a complex semiotic object that is a product (and carrier) of culture makes it possible to see elements of narrativity from a theoretical and legal perspective. This is a significant phenomenon, especi...

Cet article porte sur le thème de l’autonomie corporelle des femmes, plus spécifiquement le droit à l’avortement, la violence de genre envers les droits reproductifs, notamment le contrôle stricte des autorités de l'État en Roumanie pendant les dernières décennies de la dictature communiste et la période qui suit la chute du régime en 1989 jusqu’à...

Creative Flight is an international half-yearly open access peer-reviewed e-journal in English. The aim of this journal is to give opportunity to all writers to publish their originality in the field of literature and literary theory. In order to maintain quality based publication, the journal, instead of publishing literary outputs rapidly follows...

This study examines the technical methods used by Michael Crichton to blur the lines between factual information and fictional elements in his novel The Andromeda Strain. The creative use of scientific terminology and artistic documentation that supports a sense of reality plays a role in creating a certain blurring that works to enhance the blurri...

Creative Flight is an international half-yearly open access peer-reviewed e-journal in English. The aim of this journal is to give opportunity to all writers to publish their originality in the field of literature and literary theory. In order to maintain quality based publication, the journal, instead of publishing literary outputs rapidly follows...

El artículo analiza las obras de Jorge Semprún Ejercicios de supervivencia, El regreso de Carola Neher y Gurs, una tragedia europea, centrándose en el modo en que se relacionan con las narraciones a través de las que el autor reconstruyó su experiencia como prisionero en el campo de concentración de Buchenwald. En concreto, se muestran las analogía...

El tema de estudio del presente trabajo se inscribe dentro de la revisión axiológica, desde una perspectiva feminista, de las lecturas y modos de lectura que nos han configurado como lectoras y como sujetos sociales. Bajo estas ideas, se abordarán tres aspectos: por un lado, la firma del contrato sexual por parte de las mujeres, por otro, el adulte...

La literatura se ha ocupado de reproducir un estereotipo social al que se ha calificado de “loco”. En el mundo clásico ya nos encontramos con la imagen de Orestes, afectado de la manía. Bajo este término se presenta a Don Quijote a los ojos de los que lo observan y leen. La utilización de calificativos y descripciones que el narrador usa en la obra...

Poema del poeta granadino Juan Carlos Abril

En 1944 hasta los años 60 las ideas sobre la función del espacio doméstico en España experimentaron transformaciones radicales. La apertura de España en 1953 a relaciones diplomáticas y económicas con una comunidad internacional más amplia hicieron que los arquitectos y los urbanistas tomaran más consciencia sobre la inmensa brecha entre la viviend...

Secretos de lucha, documental producido por la compañía filmográfica francesa S.M.A.C, es la ópera prima de la directora Maiana Bidegain (1977), nacida en Bayona, Francia. Hija de exiliados de la dictadura cívico-militar uruguaya (1973-1985), en este film Bidegain intenta desvelar una historia familiar plagada de silencios que refleja una historia...

En su novela Cosmos (1965), Witold Gombrowicz describe la creación compulsiva de una cartografía inasimilable: un ‘mapa’ idiosincrásico que crece espontáneamente de la mirada de su narrador, envolviéndolo en una estructura cambiante e inestable que sutilmente guía sus acciones. Este ensayo propone que Gombrowicz, después de más de 20 años en Buenos...

En este artículo examino seis obras dramáticas españolas pertenecientes a la corriente popular que debaten los movimientos sociales, económicos y étnicos que podían darse entre los diferentes estamentos a través de matrimonios entre clases sociales, etnias o culturas dispares en el último tercio del siglo XVIII. Entre las obras cotejadas, mi anális...

El número que aquí presentamos explora producciones culturales y teorizaciones que abordan o se ubican en los límites reales e imaginarios de la experiencia y del conocimiento. El objetivo es promover el planteamiento de alternativas, metodologías, modelos de convivencia y aproximaciones epistémicas desde las que repensar nuestra relación con la hi...

Desde el momento de la inspiración poética hasta el momento de su recepción, los límites de la literatura permanecen en el ámbito del cerebro humano. Desde las primeras manifestaciones literarias de la historia, escritores y artistas han intuido y explorado las huellas de la creatividad, así como las similares experiencias sensoriales que el ser hu...

Los que puedan entenderse como límites de la literatura se plantean en estas páginas como liminares, es decir, como la linde que separa dos espacios, como frontera, por lo que no impiden sino que dan paso a la entrada y la salida del espacio literario. Se presentan casos del devenir de textos científicos a la literatura y también de otros de la ser...

La propuesta del largometraje de Luis López Carrasco, El año del descubrimiento (2020) —ganadora del Goya a Mejor Montaje y Documental—, se ha unido al género del documental experimental peninsular con una singular reflexión sobre la historia de la lucha obrera de finales del siglo XX. La creatividad de su propuesta de montaje ha convertido a esta...

Westren New Criticism was a formalist movement in literary theory. New criticism developed as a reaction to the older philological and literary history that dominated literary criticism in the middle decades of the 20th century, which focused on the history and meaning of individual words and their relation to foreign and ancient languages, compara...

El artículo reconstruye el diálogo que, entre las décadas de 1950 y 1970, tuvo lugar en los estudios literarios rioplatenses en torno de la categoría literatura fantástica. El punto de partida es “Ensayo de una tipología de la literatura fantástica (a partir de la literatura hispanoamericana)” que Ana María Barrenechea publica en 1972. La propuesta...

This essay attempts to describe a new field of research in contemporary literary theory, defined in terms of performative, dramatic, and dramaturgical interactions and relations. The focus is placed on the dynamic movement of concepts and categories, as it allows theory to keep up with the constant new developments in literature and culture. These...

As it is believed, Africa is the cradle of humankind, where humans also left for other parts of the world during the slave trade and also during World War I and II. At the abolition of the slave trade, many African descendants settled where they could call home, like in the Caribbean islands and other parts of the world, as a result of the ancestra...

Digitization has carved out the migration patterns of immigrants over the recent years of increased technological interventions in human mobility. Migration infrastructures, which typically refer to the physical, commercial, humanitarian, and governmental modes of operation, are multidimensional in nature. Digital infrastructures are equally import...

JLT Talks offers a new format for discussing current topics in the field of literary theory. It was inspired by the focus of this special issue, which foregrounds the practice of literary theory. Although the amount of praxeological work has increased in recent years, there are only a few studies that deal specifically with literary theory. The par...

The concept of »realism« has resurged in contemporary literary debates, driven by calls for literature and theater to engage more deeply with its political responsibilities. Following its prominence in the 1930s and 1960s, the past two decades have seen renewed calls for a more realistic approach in German literature. Authors like Matthias Polityck...

This research has as its object of study the work TheHandmaid's Tale (1985), by Margaret Atwood, and its adaptation for television created by Bruce Miller. In this way, the work aims to discuss Hutcheon's adaptation theory (2011), studies on intermediality and cinematographic points of view, in addition to an analysis of silences and the presence o...

O presente artigo revisa as estratégias adotadas por diversos autores ao aplicar a intertextualidade à música. Originária da teoria literária, a intertextualidade examina o cruzamento de textos e seu diálogo. Na música, trata das relações entre realizações musicais, tanto anotadas quanto gravadas, completas ou de trechos. O objetivo deste artigo é...

Introduction. Recent years have seen a significant shift towards the pervasive use of figurative narratives in mediated political communication. Narrative practices, previously analyzed exclusively within the framework of literary theory, have become a kind of «language games» of modern politicians in their communication with potential voters and o...

Este trabalho busca-se analisar a literatura na perspectiva negra. Neste sentido um autor que pode ser trabalhado em sala de aula é Bruno de Menezes. Poeta modernista que consegue dar ao negro uma posição até então subestimada por outros autores. A partir da leitura de Bruno de Menezes os alunos podem ser convidados a fazer sua própria poesia. Dest...

Literature has always been read in various ways, some of which struggle to uncover the latent ideologies behind its aesthetics. Postcolonial theory is, by definition, the best in this regard. This study compares Ama Ata Aidoo's Anowa and Maishe Maponya's The Hungry Earth through postcolonial perspectives. The study uses a qualitative method, analys...

The term ‘magic realism’ extensively refers to the style of writing or technique that includes magical and supernatural events narrated realistically. This research investigates the elements of magic realism in Nick Joaquin’s select short stories, The Mass of St. Sylvestre, Dona Jeronima, and May Day Eve, as juxtaposed with reality, specifically on...

The main aim of this article is to examine the meanings of the song “As vitrines”, by Chico Buarque (1981)BUARQUE, Chico. Almanaque. Ariola, 201 640, 1981. 1 LP.. The paper takes up critical texts that interpreted the song, but proposes an original deciphering key, extracted from the form of the work itself. With an interdisciplinary perspective an...

End of Narrative: The end of a narrative is as important as its beginning. Does closing end there after reading and finishing a narrative, or does it continue in the reader's mind? Do the words end with the last sentences of the narrative, on the last page, and does life stop there? Is there such a thing as the end? These questions are not new, th...

As one of the representatives of Western literary theories, Ezra Pound not only made outstanding contributions to the development of the Western translation theory, but also promoted the communication between Chinese and Western poetics. His translation practice is rich and far-reaching. He also proposes the creative translation method. For example...

Unity of Effect is a literary theory proposed by Edgar Allan Poe, an American short story writer of the Romantic period. The theory holds that characters, setting, plot and theme of a fiction should serve to achieve the designed effect of the fiction. Edgar Allan Poe puts his self-invented theory into practice by applying it to his short stories. T...

Review of: Skibsrud, Johanna (2024). Fool. London and New York: Routledge. The latest in the series, New Literary Theory. Editors Andy Mousley and Jeff Wallace.

O objetivo principal deste artigo é examinar os sentidos da canção “As vitrines”, de Chico Buarque (1981). O trabalho retoma textos críticos que interpretaram a canção, mas propõe uma chave de decifração original, extraída da própria forma da obra. Em perspectiva interdisciplinar e viés ensaístico, a análise mobiliza instrumentos da teoria literári...

El presente artículo es un análisis cinematográfico, con base en la propuesta y la guía de interpretación de Lauro Zavala, de la novela El murmullo de las abejas de la narradora regiomontana Sofía Segovia. El objetivo es demostrar que es posible analizar una obra literaria que aún no ha sido llevada a la pantalla grande desde una perspectiva cinema...

At the intersection of creative text generation and literary theory, this study explores the role of literary metaphor and its capacity to generate a range of meanings. In this regard, literary metaphor is vital to the development of any particular language. To investigate whether the inclusion of original figurative language improves textual quali...

Chetan Bhagat's One Indian Girl stands as a compelling text that warrants closer examination in the context of contemporary literature and feminist discourse. This research article embarks on a comprehensive exploration of the novel, with a particular focus on its representation of postfeminist culture and its intricate intersections with global co...

Este artículo aborda el estudio de la teoría del cuento, la cual forma parte de la teoría literaria y semiótica, y para estudiarlo es necesario conocer algunos aspectos teóricos básicos del cuento, como su definición, características, tipos y estructura. A continuación, llevamos a cabo un análisis estructural de un cuento de la colección de cuentos...

A story of Dean Jocelin's dream of a spire on his cathedral which would symbolize man's praise of God, is an investigation of two different world: the spirit and the flesh, the faith and the reason and it moves towards an emphatic resolution. The novel is scrutinized as to the author's imagination in presenting conflicting ideas in tension in a con...

La Amazonia ha sido escenario de conflictos geopolíticos que dieron lugar a algunas guerras binacionales. Entre Colombia y Perú la guerra tuvo como hecho detonante la toma o recuperación de la ciudad de Leticia el 1º de septiembre de 1932, lo cual ha sido estudiado desde la historia militar y política con base en fuentes biográficas y de prensa. Si...

The research aims to explain the causes of social inequality on women, the effects of social inequality on women, and the types of social inequality on women in Khaled Hosseini’s A Thousand Splendid Suns. The analysis uses literary theory sociology. The primary data used is a novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns. This research uses qualitative descripti...

Introducción: A través del concepto de la otredad, clave en la literatura y la filosofía, El lobo estepario explora las complejidades de la identidad y la alienación en su protagonista, Harry Haller, basándose en las teorías de Emmanuel Lévinas y Paul Ricoeur. Metodología: Se aplicaron teorías literarias y filosóficas contemporáneas, especialmente...

Cet article propose une lecture de Temps et récit II de Paul Ricœur. Ce livre qui porte sur l’idée de configuration du temps dans le récit afin d’assurer la continuité entre la préfiguration du récit et sa refiguration, et qui cherche à comprendre la spécificité du récit de fiction par rapport au récit historique, est un discours à trois dimensions...

Através da obra Harry Potter e do direito na literatura, o presente artigo tem como objetivo analisar os sujeitos de não-direitos, dos quais os elfos domésticos – personagens fictícios da obra – são um exemplar dentro do “sistema sociedade bruxo” que a autora cria. Nesse sentido, busca-se verificar a condição de sujeito de direitos dos elfos domést...

This article aimed at studying the use of discourse digital (DL) literature in the English teaching context. Qualitative method with a library research approach was used in this work. To study the discourse, several papers from scholarly journals were downloaded, highlighted, interpreted, and analyzed. To analyze them, this article utilized Braun &...

Entrevista com a professor Júlio França, em que ele comenta aspectos importantes sobre o desenvolvimento das vertentes da literatura insólita no Brasil.

This study offers a critical analysis of Gothic motifs and Orientalist themes in William Beckford’s Vathek with a view of how the latter contributes to the construction and reproduction of the ideological boundaries between the East and the West which are underpinned by cultural and moral differentialism. This way, the research illustrates how fear...

In Mark Twain's 1884 chef-d‘œuvre, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (HF), the voice of innocence—personified by Huck Finn—evolves as a graphic reflection of his unique social and ethical standing, portraying him as a nonconforming, Adam-like wanderer seeking refuge in nature and searching for a distinct identity. Employing literary theory, this a...

This paper explores the core principles and lasting impact of Formalism, a revolutionary literary movement that emerged in the early 20th century. By emphasizing artistic form and literary devices over content and social context, Formalism challenged traditional notions of art and literature. The paper examines the key principles of Formalism, incl...

Purpose: The aim of the study was to assess the gender representation in postcolonial African literature. Materials and Methods: This study adopted a desk methodology. A desk study research design is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing resources preferably because of its low cost advantage as...

This study provides an in-depth examination of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited," focusing on the influential role of setting in shaping the narrative's dramatic elements. Through a nuanced analysis, the research investigates how the depiction of 1920s Paris serves as a catalyst for character motivations and actions, thereby driving the plo...

In the vast and labyrinthine landscape of literary theory, navigating the dense thicket of texts can be a daunting endeavour for both seasoned scholars and curious students alike. As the tendrils of theory intertwine with the rich tapestry of literature, understanding the intricacies of critical discourse becomes essential for engaging with texts i...

Este artigo tem como objetivo verificar a aplicabilidade do conceito de atitude na análise de textos literários. Na primeira parte, recupera alguns aspectos da discussão teórica sobre esse conceito, tentando identificar possíveis nexos para a prática de representação na literatura. Na segunda parte, busca ilustrar alguns de seus potenciais como ins...