World Literatures - Science topic

Objective: This article delves into the classic period of Korean literature, focusing on the coverage of universal issues within the literary works of that era. The objective of the article is to analyze and identify the universal themes and issues addressed in Korean literature during the classic period, highlighting their relevance and impact on...

In recent years, the ‘great divide’ between major and minor literatures has been shrinking continuously under the impact of globalization, postcolonialist theories, aspirations at creating a new World Literature and rewriting a more encompassing ‘Western Canon’, one that would include authors and works representative of more diverse cultural and li...

In Toboso Yana’s anime Black Butler, she pairs the figures of the child detective with Jack the Ripper to arrive at a complex array of meanings. The Ripper figure continues to have one of the most popular afterlives following its original context of Victorian Britain, with numerous contemporary iterations and adaptations of the 1888 murders visible...

This study focused on analyzing Minahasa famous folklores called Toar Lumimuut and Sigarlaki Limbat. Despite just being folklores in the past, due to their popularity, they have been preserved officially in writings and have been considered as local treasure of Minahasa. In order to give them better spot in revitalization due to globalization that...

This article aims to examine the role of Arabic as a language across eras through a literature review approach. Arabic has a long history as a literary, scientific and religious language that has had a major impact on various fields of knowledge and daily life. Using the literature review method, this article investigates the development of the Ara...

Indian Diasporic Literature with its presence all over the world has gained gained its new currency in postcolonial and discussed topics in world literature today. This is because number of immigrants voluntarily or involuntarily settle in another country. The reasons could be various - migrations, jobs, marriage, business etc.Since diaspora has em...

Superior mesenteric artery (SMA) syndrome is a rare condition characterized by small bowel obstruction due to compression of the third portion of the duodenum by the SMA and the abdominal aorta. Also, known as Wilkie’s Syndrome, it has a reported incidence of 0.1–0.3%. Confirmation of SMA is classically demonstrated by the decreased aortomesenteric...

Languages are equivalent in that they are, in essence, perceived as a means of communication within a given group. However, this primary functionality is not the essence of our thinking. It is, of course, important, but it includes a beyond that interests us: the representativeness of language on the literary chessboard. The latter seems crucial to...

Proceedings of an Interdisciplinary Global Seminar on Understanding and Interrogating Fourth World Literatures, held during 7-9 September 2009 at Acharya Nagarjuna University.

Ecocritical analysis of Fire on the Mountain by Anita Desai has posed a tremendous threat to human society as well as the mother planet. The extensive overuse of natural resources has left us on the verge of economic failure. The rainforests are being cut down, fossil fuels are rapidly depleting, the seasonal cycle is disrupted, ecological disaster...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Introduction. Hip instability in the form of subluxation, regardless of its etiology, leads not only to the early onset of coxarthrosis, but also to the formation of excessive pelvic anteversion and hyperlordosis of the lumbar spine. The absence in the world literature of a description of possible changes in the parameters of sagittal balance in th...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

Jane Eyre, written by Charlotte Brontë and first published in 1847, has been translated more than five hundred times into over sixty languages. Prismatic Jane Eyre argues that we should see these many re-writings, not as simple replications of the novel, but as a release of its multiple interpretative possibilities: in other words, as a prism. Pris...

: History is a witness that in all the big revolutions which occured in the world, literature not only took part in them but also determined the correct direction of those revolutions. Iqbal is also one of those guardians of freedom, who deeply observed the political conditions of his era and like a visionary leader, brought the Muslims out of the...

India is a global hotspot for irrigation-induced groundwater withdrawal, leading to widespread lowering of water levels, in turn resulting in disproportionate access to irrigation supplies among farming communities. Efforts to mitigate the situation, however, have fallen short, largely due to technocentric vision (e.g. microirrigation adoption) of...

Architecture in Contemporary Literature artfully weaves the tapestry of architecture with the eloquence of modern literary masterpieces. In this follow up to their earlier work on architecture in fictional literature, the editors have carefully selected 31 significant works from contemporary world literature, offering a fresh educational approach t...

The purpose of our study is to map the literatures that belong to the Iberian worlds, in order to reveal the complex relations that the national literatures that constitute these worlds have developed through time. To this effect, this research is located at the convergence of two phenomena: the conceptual turn from comparative literature into worl...

This article examines the ways in which distant reading, as a facet of the digital turn in the humanities, has affected the study of literature, with particular attention to the ways the digital turn has impacted the examination of authorship, genre, and style. In the process, it reflects on the ways in which distant reading developed both as a con...

Abstract: The context in which modern young readers grow up is more complicated and demanding than the context in which readers grew up at the end of the last century, and the beginning of this century when mobile phones were the privilege of adults for establishing fast and functional communication. The overall development of science, especially p...

Entretien avec David Damrosch, Professeur de Littérature comparée à l’Université Harvard et Directeur de l’Institute for World Literature. Réalisé par Despina Jderu le 28 juillet 2022 à Mayence, Allemagne. Traduit de l’anglais par Despina Jderu in Colloquium Helveticum 52/2023: Neue Formen der Literaturgeschichte.

ADAM International Review was the longest-running literary journal published under a single editor in Europe in the twentieth century. Edited by Miron Grindea from 1936 until his death in 1995, the magazine promoted ‘active humanism’ and ‘comparative’ or ‘world literature’ as the grounds for cultural re-evaluation and international collaboration, f...

INTRODUCTION: Taking into account the prevalence of postoperative pneumonia and the increase in the number of surgical procedures, forecasting its development is an urgent task that allows taking measures to reduce the frequency of its occurrence by optimizing the perioperative period. Despite their value, the existing scales for predicting postope...

Textbooks are the basic course resources that every student can access during the education process. For this reason, textbooks should be prepared with this awareness and within the framework of the curriculum of that course. Turkish textbooks are also the books that serve as a source for teachers and students in the Turkish lesson process. Turkish...

Erving Goffman's status as a great social scientist today seems relatively secure. Many commentators highlight his extraordinary capacities to pinpoint the fine-grained details of human behavior in the “interaction order”. But if Goffman's brilliance in this respect was deeply rooted in his various and interlocking personal, existential, social, an...

This paper considers the professionalization of literary studies in Australian universities. It traces ways in which its interdisciplinary formations have been shaped not only by the cultural contexts of colonialism and postcolonialism, but also by institutional factors and budgetary pressures. Nevertheless, it argues this framework has also create...

Background. Vascular surgery is a high-risk procedure, and most interventions carry a greater than 5% risk of an acute cardiac event. Direct reconstruction of aorto-iliac-femoral segment is associated with a 2.8% perioperative mortality, whereas extra-anatomic bypass has an 8.8% mortality. Arteriosclerosis obliterans is a growing public health conc...

Relevance Multiapical deformities (MD) of the lower limbs - there're hard and widespread orthopedic pathology. Unfortunaly, there're not found any works with a comprehensive assessment of modern views on the problem of treating patients with multiapical deformities of long bones. Purpose. Using the world literature, to identify the modern position,...

Introduction If non-odontogenic abscesses and phlegmons (all purulent inflammations where the etiology is not a diseased tooth) of the neck are not promptly treated, they can lead to serious complications and even end in the death of the affected patient. Classical markers of inflammation such as plasma concentration of leukocytes (WBC), neutrophil...

Global development and scientific and technological progress are intensifying the use of mineral raw materials (MRMs)-the necessary basis for the production of high-tech products. The advanced producing countries of these products are in dire need of various raw materials, which are critical and, as a rule, are supplied from third countries. Strate...

Existentialism, a very important literary movement of the twentieth century, occupies a very important place in the world literature. The major proponents of this theory are Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus and others. The key features associated with the existential literature are the depiction of sense of ali...

The Covid-19 pandemic, though less prominent in the headlines than in 2020 and 2021, is still with us today and has become part of our cultural memory. This article looks at the loftily titled Decameron Project (2020), an international volume of what may be called ‘lockdown fiction’, commissioned by The New York Times Magazine. In the following, sp...

This paper considers literary translation as a process that is both transformative and disruptive. Translation engenders movement, not only across languages, but it moves ideas from the centre to the periphery, and from the periphery to the centre. I argue that the translation of literature facilitates the movement and transfer of social narratives...

The study adopts textual analysis as its method. This is done within the theoretical framework of post-colonialism as proposed by scholars. This study is interested in the discussion of the novel The Lonely Londoners as a significant example of world literature written in English. The Lonely Londoners exists as a genre belonging to the literary per...

Keywords: Gender dynamics. Language. Im-mobility. National/world literature. This article approaches the discussion on world and national literature from an interactive gender angle, pointing to a hybrid multi-scaling of their components. It probes Anna Akhmatova’s and Ingeborg Bachmann’s gender and language performance within two (re)imperializin...

The study compared the long-term results of thymectomy from traditional open thoracic/sternotomic and endovideosurgical access in 98 patients with thymus tumors. All patients were divided into two groups depending on the thymectomies performed from various surgical approaches. The control group consisted of 34 patients in whom surgical intervention...

The analytical review presents data from the world literature, which discusses the relevance of vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia associated with human papillomavirus (uVIN). The incidence of uVIN is steadily increasing, especially in young women, and 1011.2% of cases can progress to vulvar carcinoma. More than 50% of uVIN cases are associated with...

The World Literature debate has spawned a set of discussions on the role of postcolonial literature, which prompts a redesigning of the current understanding, circulation, and teaching of certain cultural fields. In this context, Latin American literature has a particularly problematic position, mainly due to is (post)colonial condition, which this...

From classical Greece and Rome through the annals of various world literatures, poesy has been held to be an art charged with utilitarian functions. It is this role that Aristotle, Horace, Sidney, and others have variously defended in their treaties. On the African landscape, the case is no different. From traditional to modern eras, poetry has bee...

The article analyses the literary heritage of the classic Turkmen literature Magtymguly Pyragy. The general work of the poet and its specific directions, the poet's role in the development of academic ties, folk relations, artistic features of his work, etc., are taken as the object of study. Makhtumkuli Fraghi wrote unique poems. His works are fas...

This course at Harvard University examined the Ancient masterpieces of World Literature. First, the term world literature, which was created by Goethe, was discussed, and then works such as Gilgamesh's epic, Iliad and Odyssey, One Thousand and One Nights, Ganji's Tale, and Lusiadas were examined. In this course, great professors such as Martin Puch...

This literature review presents an analysis of diagnostic methods and treatment of a relatively rare and highly malignant tumor – primary fallopian tube cancer, which is poorly studied and difficult to diagnose. The study of the fallopian tube disorder is very relevant, as the fallopian tube mucosa can be a source of "serous carcinogenesis" for ser...

Classics of world literature that have enjoyed appreciation for centuries are finding a different level of expression and criticism through their film adaptations from the opening of the twentieth century. With the rapid growth and gigantic popularity of film industry throughout the century, it has already become a discipline of academic interest,...

The study's aim is to determine the effectiveness of word maps in improving students' vocabulary skills at the University of Cebu - Main Campus, A.Y. 2020-2021. Based on the findings, a vocabulary enhancement plan was proposed. Specifically, the study sought answers to the pre-test scores of the control and experimental groups, the post-test scores...

The article is devoted to one of the most urgent problems of pediatrics – the malabsorption syndrome caused by lactose intolerance in children of different age periods. Lactose intolerance refers to the inability of the intestinal enzyme systems to break down lactose, which manifests itself clinically. In fact, lactose intolerance is a clinical man...

A review of world literature and Ukrainian researches on the most common requests to gynecologists among military women, on the structure of pathology and treatment methods was made. Special attention is paid to the hormonal contraception, namely combined oral contraceptives (COCs) in the usual and continuous regime (avoiding the hormone-free inter...

Uncle Tom's Cabin and the "Black Lives Matter" movement are two different themes, but both are related to racial discrimination. For the novel, it depicts the story of a slave named Tom, and describes the pain and inequality brought about by the slavery through the experience of Tom and other characters. This novel caused great repercussions around...

Introduction/Background Anaplastic large cell lymphoma associated with a breast implant (BIA-ALCL) is a rare form of T-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma first described in 1997 and officially recognized by the WHO in 2016. The diagnosis is made based on aspiration of the fluid around the implant and the positivity of the CD30 sample. In the world literat...

Marko Juvan’s monograph focuses on Slovenian modernism of the 1960s and 70s from the perspective of the systemic theory of world literature. It is interested in the interplay of literature, theory, and the transformative politics of the student movement in “the long 1968” and in the position of Slovenian modernist literature in the Yugoslav sociali...

[Draft only. Do not cite.] Known internationally for launching the world's longest-running Communist insurgency that continues to this day, Jose Maria Sison (1939-2022) wrote extensively about the national, scientific, and mass-oriented cultural program of the National Democratic (ND) movement in the Philippines. The speeches and essays that compri...

Poems in praise of the Prophet (al-madāʾiḥ al-nabawīyya) is an important literary genre in Muslim cultures. One of the significant examples of this genre is a poem known as al-Burda written by al-Būṣīrī's (d. 1249). In addition to being the most popular piece, al-Burda has also received much scholarly attention, but remains understudied in the disc...

Education for the XXI Century is oriented on language education, linguistic cooperation and wider communication. The development of broad cultural ties of Ukraine with the whole world allows you to build brighter prospects in the international economic, political and cultural cooperation of our country with the different countries of Europe, Asia,...

The research aims to actualise the experience of foreign language education in the formation of students’ civic identity in the Russian gymnasium of the 19th and the early 20th century from the historical and axiological perspective. Taking into account the principle of historical and temporal correction, the author correlates the conceptual fields...

يناقش هذا البحث الدور الحيوي والبارز الذي لعبته المرأة في مجال الأدب عامة، وفي مجال الشعر خاصة، ويشخص الكيفية التي تميزت بها شخصيات الشاعرات في التاريخ الإنساني، سواء أكانت هذه الشخصيات من الحضارات القديمة أو كانت من أيامنا المعاصرة الحديثة. لقد صار لدينا في كل قطر أو دولة أو إقليم فن شعري نسائي متميز بطرحه وبتصوره وبأخيلته وإيقاعاته. وفي مستوى آخر...

This first-ever English translation of Nur Baba offers a unique window into Sufi lodges, social dilemmas, and intellectual life in turn-of-the-century Istanbul. Inspired by Karaosmanoğlu’s personal experiences with Islamic mystical orders, it is a story of illicit romance and spiritual inquiry, depicting a colourful lodge of Sufi dervishes led by...

This article presents the concept of interpretation, hermeneutics, and the reception of the literary text in the consciousness of the reader, which is at the center of the problematic field of literary science. Awareness of the locality of traditional interpretation methodologies leads to the search for other ways of interpreting artistic work. At...

This article examines the criticizing techniques as a method to develop the reader's response from one side and to shed light on the writer's intention in order to solve some of the social and political problems. Parody is one of these techniques that was widely used by many writers in modern and postmodern literature. The study identifies a fairly...

Keywords English: The article considers the translation and reception of Italian literature in Slovak before and after the year 1989. The purpose is to introduce a new perspective on the evolution of Italian literature in Slovak, starting from the ideologically determined translations before 1989 to those after 1989 which were no longer influenced...

This article offers an overview of the visibility of smaller literatures in two prominent British literary translation awards: the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize and the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation. In contextualizing this exploratory study through a brief recapitulation of the concept of smaller literatures within broader notions of world lite...

In contemporary discussions on the condition and further perspectives of World Literature the moods of disappointment and disillusionment seem to dominate. Reservations concern World Literature in its complexity – its canon, potential multilingualism, existing hierarchies and often contradictory conceptualizations. The crisis of World Literature is...

https://www.mdpi.com/journal/humanities/special_issues/J7QHHZ767F Against all odds, the Covid-19 outbreak that caused the global pandemic at the beginning of 2020 spurred new hopes for an altered future. The shutdown of the world prompted technological solutions for better distance communication, hopes for global solidarity, hopes for solving the c...

BACKGROUND Intraneural cysts involving the tibial nerve in the knee region (popliteal fossa) are rare. According to the articular (synovial) theory, which posits a joint origin for this pathology, these cysts originate from either the superior tibiofibular joint (STFJ) or the tibiofemoral (knee) joint. As tibial intraneural cysts arising from the t...

This book links world-literary studies with anthropology and ethnography. It shows how ethnographic narratives can represent a compelling point of departure for world-literary explorations. The volume compares the travel writing and fiction of Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling as colonial ethnographic narratives; the militant writings of C...

In world literature, the task of artistic interpretation of global social problems, comical reflection of vices contrary to national and universal ideals is gaining urgent importance. This trend rose to a new stage of development as it was nourished by the ancient traditions of comic-humoristic direction in children’s literature. This article analy...

In recent years, there has been a renewed focus on the role and visibility of smaller languages and their literatures in various domains. Indeed, in exemplifying burgeoning scholarly attention on literary production in less widely-spoken, minority, or historically disfavoured languages and dialects, the book reviewed here examines these demotic ton...

Call for Papers for ACLA’s 2024 Annual Meeting The ‘Minor’ in World Literature: Reconfigurations, Recognitions, and Resonances

The article deals with Spanish set expressions that include a foreign proper name. The study overviews phraseological units, as well as proverbs and sayings included in the most important Spanish lexicographical works. Dealing with an onomastic (onymic) component requires the description of idioms, their origin, meaning and the degree of linguistic...

Poetry, in Asia, is not just language but encompasses elements of the world, history, culture, and ethnicity. influence of Asian poetry in world literature has been slow and focused mainly on the global publishing industry rather than on its readers. With technological advancements, industrialization, urbanization, and globalization, materialism an...

The prevalence of obesity in the modern world is increasing. Obesity is an independent risk factor for some rheumatic diseases and also worsens their course. The presence of chronic joint disease can make it difficult for obesity to reduce activity, creating a vicious circle where joint pain makes exercise difficult and being overweight exacerbates...

Introduction World literature data indicate the involvement of inflammatory cells in the pathogenesis of palmar fascial fibromatosis. However, there are no data on possible changes in peripheral blood leukocyte indices in patients with Dupuytren's contracture (DC) in comparison with healthy people. Aim To assess the diagnostic significance of neutr...

The subject of this article is the semiotic interpretation of James Joyce’s Ulysses and its Armenian translation. The latter is a significant achievement in literary translation not only because the original text is one of the unique masterpieces of world literature, but also because the Armenian translation is so masterfully done that it is worthy...

During the COVID-19 pandemic and emerging from it many people went through depressive states, sometimes with a lethal outcome. Depression, however, can be caused by numerous factors not expressly necessitating a global cataclysm, invariably remaining a particular personal response to a perceived strong sensation of discomfort and loss of meaning in...

Comparative literature is an academic field dealing with the literature of two or more linguistic and cultural groups. It is an interdisciplinary field whose practitioners study literature across national borders, across time periods, across languages, across genres, across boundaries between literature and the other arts (music, painting, dance, f...

This paper introduces a teaching experiment that uses a set of local translations of a European medieval text—in this case, Korean translations of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales —as teaching texts in the Korean classroom alongside the original work. Students compare a range of translations dating from all periods of the 20th century, including one from...

In the expansive landscape of world literature, the notion of “the minor” materializes as a nuanced and intricate realm, concurrently exposing and obscuring voices from the periphery. The term “minor” has often been associated with secondary status within the literary landscape. The twenty-first century witnessed a resurfacing of multilingualism,...

Relevance. The number of patients with diabetes mellitus is growing all over the world, including its severe complications, such as diabetic neuroosteoarthropathy. Restoration of support ability, creation of conditions for the healing of ulcers are a difficult task for traumatologists - orthopedists, especially in connection with the need to compen...

World literature (W.L) as a discipline has received a significant momentum since the19th century. The origin of world literature can be traced back to Weimar , where we can find Goethe’s prolonged discussions with Eckermann on the reception of numerous literary works of several cultures and languages. It begins with the discussion on the evolving t...