Studia Anglica Resoviensia T. 12 (2015)https://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/1627https://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/retrieve/074670a1-198d-4c5a-8061-053a5a2613fe/2024-03-28T21:22:18Z2024-03-28T21:22:18Z191„The Phonology of Welsh” by S.J. Hannahs. Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. xiv, 183. ISBN: 978-0-19-960123-3Czerniak, Tomaszhttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16462022-11-29T16:37:36Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: „The Phonology of Welsh” by S.J. Hannahs. Oxford University Press, 2013. pp. xiv, 183. ISBN: 978-0-19-960123-3
dc.contributor.author: Czerniak, Tomasz
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z„The English Language through the Prism of the Centuries”, Klaudia Bednárová-Gibová, Prešov: Filozofická Fakulta Prešovskej Univerzity, 2014. 95 pp. ISBN 978-80-555-1092-7Duda, Bożenahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16452022-11-29T16:14:28Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: „The English Language through the Prism of the Centuries”, Klaudia Bednárová-Gibová, Prešov: Filozofická Fakulta Prešovskej Univerzity, 2014. 95 pp. ISBN 978-80-555-1092-7
dc.contributor.author: Duda, Bożena
2015-01-01T00:00:00Z„Teaching Adaptations”, D. Cartmell, I. Whelehan (Eds.) Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 195 pp. ISBN 978-1-137-31112-3Rokosz-Piejko, Elżbietahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16442022-11-29T15:07:12Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: „Teaching Adaptations”, D. Cartmell, I. Whelehan (Eds.) Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 195 pp. ISBN 978-1-137-31112-3
dc.contributor.author: Rokosz-Piejko, Elżbieta
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Role of Buddhist Philosophy in Aldous Huxley’s „Island”Warchał, Małgorzatahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16432022-11-29T15:18:14Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: The Role of Buddhist Philosophy in Aldous Huxley’s „Island”
dc.contributor.author: Warchał, Małgorzata
dc.description.abstract: Aldous Huxley’s last novel, „Island”, presents the utopian, peaceful society of Pala, a secluded island in the Pacific Ocean. Selected principles of Mahayana Buddhism constitute the cornerstone of Pala’s political, educational and agricultural systems and serve as the main source of moral values for its inhabitants. By introducing characters who represent both Palanese and Western mentality, the author presents the clash of Western and Eastern cultures and, as a result, unmasks the destructiveness of Western greed, materialism and militarism. Moreover, the novel constitutes a reflection upon the spiritual and intellectual benefits of Buddhism, as it presents the peaceful coexistence of the inhabitants of Pala and their pursuit of self-improvement, knowledge and spiritual enlightenment. The following paper aims to confront the views and attitudes of characters who represent the East and the West as well as to trace Buddhist motifs in Huxley’s novel in order to examine their role both in all aspects of Pala’s culture and in the philosophical message of „Island”.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZTaming of the Rake: From a Man about Town to a Man at Home in „The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall” by Anne BrontëMarciniak, Marlenahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16422022-11-29T15:07:04Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: Taming of the Rake: From a Man about Town to a Man at Home in „The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall” by Anne Brontë
dc.contributor.author: Marciniak, Marlena
dc.description.abstract: In „The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” Anne Brontë considers one of the most burning questions of the Victorian period, i.e. the problem of male domestic violence. The novel contributed to the public debate on the defects of the legal system which discriminated against women and made them totally dependent on their fathers and husbands. However, the writer’s diagnosis of the social issue does not focus on the formal aspects only, as she believed that political action should be accompanied by a farreaching reconceptualisation of nineteenth-century models of femininity and masculinity. Brontë suggests that legal reform is not enough to eliminate such pathologies as marital abuse. She tries to dismantle stereotypes not only about female weakness and submissiveness, but also about male dominance and authority to demonstrate that men should be sentient and responsible participants in home life. The successful spiritual metamorphosis of four male characters: Lord Lowborough, Ralph Hattersley, young Arthur Huntingdon and Gilbert Markham is subject to scrutiny in the present paper in order to evidence that moral training embracing domestication of men was one of the keys to family bliss.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZHistory and Fiction: Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o’s VisionKlimkova, Simonahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16412022-11-29T15:04:23Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: History and Fiction: Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o’s Vision
dc.contributor.author: Klimkova, Simona
dc.description.abstract: Since postcolonial writing has always been rooted in the historical process of colonization, the narratives, especially in the early stages of postcolonial literature, bore an imprint of the historical development in the colonies. With local writers often addressing the pressing historical and political issues of that time and authors being seen as „beacons, soothsayers, and seers of political movements” (Boehmer), literature became implicated in the turmoil of public happenings. The paper seeks to examine the relation between history and fiction as presented in Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s early novel „A Grain of Wheat”. Thiong’o, who is known for his zealous political activism, sees literature not only as a medium which reflects social reality but rather as a creative process that is conditioned by historical social forces and pressures. The paper challenges the concept of fiction as representation of history but also ruminates upon the role of Thiong’o’s writing within the context of Kenyan historiography.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZJewish Religious Identity in Chaim Potok’s NovelsDziama, Annahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16402022-11-29T15:51:26Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: Jewish Religious Identity in Chaim Potok’s Novels
dc.contributor.author: Dziama, Anna
dc.description.abstract: Chaim Potok was a scholar, rabbi, and a novelist who wrote about the conflict between Judaism and the secular world and the discord within Judaism. His novels frequently portrayed observant Jewish communities and families in a loving and respectful way, opening a window onto the insular Jewish American world. The strength of his writing is in his ability to dramatize universal question of faith, commitment and identity among, mostly, Americans of Jewish roots. The article aims to discuss religious conflicts in Potok’s „The Chosen”, „The Promise” and „In the Beginnings”.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZExploring „The Dark Tower”: Stephen King’s Postmodern EpicBuday, Marošhttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16392022-11-29T15:37:51Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: Exploring „The Dark Tower”: Stephen King’s Postmodern Epic
dc.contributor.author: Buday, Maroš
dc.description.abstract: This paper focuses on the postmodernist conceits of Stephen King’s postmodern epic, „The Dark Tower” series. In his septimology, King examines the very foundation of literary fiction as well as criticism by combining metafiction, intertextuality and the contemporary scientific multiple-worlds theory into a postmodernist chaos of information. King essentially presents a universal model which is composed of purely symbolic composites that encompass the four basic pillars of creating a written text, i.e. the author, objective reality, fictional universe, and language as a medium of written discourse. Furthermore, by dividing intertextuality into its intrinsic and extrinsic form, in combination with the multiple-worlds theory, King renders the opposition of high vs. low culture literature inert. He does so through the element of colliding fictional universes, therefore an act he positions in parallel with the flattening of the worlds of high and low culture, thus creating a vision of culture which functions on the principles of equality.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZWilliamite Propaganda in the Anglo-Dutch RevolutionBorus, Györgyhttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16382022-11-29T16:07:44Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: Williamite Propaganda in the Anglo-Dutch Revolution
dc.contributor.author: Borus, György
dc.description.abstract: The primary aim of this essay is to provide a revision of the events of 1688-89 in England, which – for over three hundred years – have been known as the ‘Glorious Revolution’. I wish to argue that without the military intervention of William of Orange, Stadholder of the United Provinces, the Revolution would not have taken place, thus it would be more appropriate to refer to these events as the ‘Anglo-Dutch Revolution’. Williamite propaganda – which the paper describes in details – played a crucial part in the success of the Revolution, as well as in the shaping of the interpretation (the so-called Whig interpretation) of the events after 1689, which dominated historiography for almost three hundred years. There is special emphasis in the essay on the analysis of the most important instrument of William of Orange’s propaganda, the “Declaration of Reasons” (issued on 30 September 1688), which justified the invasion and explained the Prince’s intentions.
2015-01-01T00:00:00ZA comparative analysis of Polish and English idioms containing words from bird classWilkosz, Sylwiahttps://repozytorium.ur.edu.pl/handle/item/16372022-11-29T15:04:42Z2015-01-01T00:00:00Zdc.title: A comparative analysis of Polish and English idioms containing words from bird class
dc.contributor.author: Wilkosz, Sylwia
dc.description.abstract: The principle aim of the article is to shed light on the differences between Polish and English idioms containing words from BIRD class. Among the illustrated examples some of the Polish instances include “mieć kaczy chód”, “głupia gęś” or “ptasi móżdżek” in comparison to their English equivalents. Additionally, the English cases concerning idioms outlined in the article involve “to take to something like a duck to water, to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs” or “to count one’s chickens”, etc.
The article consists of three main parts. The first one presents a brief description of the phraseological unit in general as well as it constitutes an attempt to classify different types of the units and an abundance of the terminology connected with the phenomenon. Moreover, the next section explains in detail what exactly the term “idiom” denotes according to diverse authors, i.e. Seidl, Weinreich, etc. Furthermore, in the last part of the article the idioms with words from the class BIRD are analysed. Not only particular examples of the idioms are compared with their equivalents in another language but also the origin of the presented idioms is clarified. Finally, all the conclusions are listed in the summary.
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