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'Heroes' and Characters in the Novels of Sun'allah Ibrahim (2006)
Journal Article
Starkey, P. (2006). 'Heroes' and Characters in the Novels of Sun'allah Ibrahim. Middle Eastern Literatures, 9(2), 147-157. https://doi.org/10.1080/14752620600814228

Tilka l-rā'ia, uncallāh Ibrāhm's short novel first published in 1966, has been widely regarded as a seminal work that heralded a major change of mood in modern Egyptian fiction. In the sequence of some six novels that have followed it, the author has... Read More about 'Heroes' and Characters in the Novels of Sun'allah Ibrahim.

Literary Theory in Practice: Rethinking Tynjanov’s 'The Wax Figure.' (2006)
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Ivleva, V. (2006). Literary Theory in Practice: Rethinking Tynjanov’s 'The Wax Figure.'. Russian Literature, 60(2), 127-157. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ruslit.2006.09.001

This article examines Iurii Tynianov's novella ‘Voskovaia persona’ (‘The Wax Figure’) in light of his ideas about tradition and innovation as outlined in his collection of articles Arkhaisty i novatory (Archaists and Innovators). In the novella, Tyni... Read More about Literary Theory in Practice: Rethinking Tynjanov’s 'The Wax Figure.'.

Policies and Practices of Transition in Soviet Education from the Revolution to the End of Stalinism. (2006)
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Byford, A., & Jones, P. (2006). Policies and Practices of Transition in Soviet Education from the Revolution to the End of Stalinism. History of Education, 35(4-5), Article 419-426. https://doi.org/10.1080/00467600600713070

This essay introduces the major themes of the special issue by presenting the period between 1917 and 1953 as a time of intense yet ambiguous ‘Sovietization’ of education, a complicated era of turbulent sociohistorical ‘transition’ that cannot be red... Read More about Policies and Practices of Transition in Soviet Education from the Revolution to the End of Stalinism..

Responsible Ruins: W. G. Sebald and the Responsibility of the German Writer (2006)
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Ward, S. (2006). Responsible Ruins: W. G. Sebald and the Responsibility of the German Writer. Forum for Modern Language Studies, 42(2), 183-199. https://doi.org/10.1093/fmls/cql007

THIS OBSERVATION from Andreas Huyssen comes in the context of a generally positive consideration of the work of W. G. Sebald. In the same article, Huyssen expresses admiration for this work, “which gains some of its power precisely because it remains... Read More about Responsible Ruins: W. G. Sebald and the Responsibility of the German Writer.

Manon through the lens of Clouzot (1948): ‘images troublantes et précises’ (2006)
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Wynn, T. (2006). Manon through the lens of Clouzot (1948): ‘images troublantes et précises’. French Cultural Studies, 17(1), 73-85. https://doi.org/10.1177/0957155806060796

If cinema may potentially recast what is most fundamental to literature, Henri-Georges Clouzot's version of Prévost's Manon Lescautassumes its duty to show the once hidden heroine by transferring the novel to the early days of post-war France. Follow... Read More about Manon through the lens of Clouzot (1948): ‘images troublantes et précises’.

Genesi e prima fortuna di Pianto antico (2006)
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Caruso, C. (2006). Genesi e prima fortuna di Pianto antico. Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, CLXXXIII(601), 32-64

Carlo Caruso ripercorre la genesi di "Pianto antico" di Giosue Carducci giovandosi dell'esame delle varianti d'autore presenti nei due manoscritti testimoni della lirica. Particolare attenzione viene inoltre dedicata dallo studioso alla struttura met... Read More about Genesi e prima fortuna di Pianto antico.

Metaphor Scenarios in Public Discourse (2006)
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Musolff, A. (2006). Metaphor Scenarios in Public Discourse. Metaphor and Symbol, 21(1), 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327868ms2101_2

This article investigates structural aspects of source domains in metaphorical mappings with regard to their manifestation in public discourse data. Specifically, it analyses the organization of source concepts into mininarratives or "scenarios" that... Read More about Metaphor Scenarios in Public Discourse.

Die Darstellung des Unlesbaren: Korrespondenzen zwischen Arnims 'Kronenwächtern' und Kafkas 'Schloß' (2006)
Journal Article
Nitschke, C. (2006). Die Darstellung des Unlesbaren: Korrespondenzen zwischen Arnims 'Kronenwächtern' und Kafkas 'Schloß'. Neue Zeitung für Einsiedler, 4/5, 7-20

Der intertextuell und historisch ausgiebigen Recherche nach motivischen Vorlagen zu Kafkas Schloß eine weitere hinzuzufügen, scheint auf den ersten Blick heuristisch unergiebig: Mit dem Verweis auf die Korrespondenzen zwischen L. Achim von Arnims Kro... Read More about Die Darstellung des Unlesbaren: Korrespondenzen zwischen Arnims 'Kronenwächtern' und Kafkas 'Schloß'.

Atlantic Nessologies: Image, Territory, Value (2006)
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Hernández Adrián, F. (2006). Atlantic Nessologies: Image, Territory, Value. Studies in 20th and 21st Century Literature, 30(1), 20-43. https://doi.org/10.4148/2334-4415.1613

This essay addresses the emerging field of Atlantic Studies and questions the status of "the Atlantic" as an object of study. Rather than assuming a self-evident grid where Atlantic cultural phenomena oscillate between such poles as "centers and peri... Read More about Atlantic Nessologies: Image, Territory, Value.

A note on the authorship of Voltaire’s 'La Fête de Bélesbat’ (2006)
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Wynn, T. (2006). A note on the authorship of Voltaire’s 'La Fête de Bélesbat’. French Studies Bulletin, 27(101), 99-101. https://doi.org/10.1093/frebul/ktl037

On 15 May 1760 Voltaire wrote to the historian and parlementaire Charles-Jean-François Hénault: ‘Songez vous bien, mon illustre confrère, que de tous ceux qui assistèrent à l'extrême onction que je donnai au curé et à cette fête que vous embellîtes,... Read More about A note on the authorship of Voltaire’s 'La Fête de Bélesbat’.

Psyché ou la mondanité mise en scène (2006)
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Rollin, S. (2006). Psyché ou la mondanité mise en scène. Papers on French seventeeth century literature, 33(64), 11-28

Psyché appears as “society life on stage” because society life serves as a reference value as well as a matrix for this drama. The play praises the beauty of appearances and an ethics of pleasure through archetypal characters whose models are taken f... Read More about Psyché ou la mondanité mise en scène.

The Russian Intelligentsia Now (2006)
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Byford, A. (2006). The Russian Intelligentsia Now. Forum for anthropology and culture, 3, 289-292