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This paper discusses the concept of absurdity in literature as a feature of modern human bereft of God. It compares and contrasts two cannons of the Theater of the Absurd in the West and the East, Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot (1956) with Tawfiq Al ...
Kadhim Dahawi Abbas Al-quraishi +2 more
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Performance at B. Iden Payne Theatre, UT-Austin. Choreography: Laura Cannon (Transmigration of Angles/70 years); Kent de Spain (Sentinel); Andee Scott (and so it goes); Theresa Hardy (Absurd Heroes).
Scott, Andee +4 more
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Absurdalizacja rzeczywistości jako chwyt w twórczości Wieniedikta Jerofiejewa
This essay analyses “the absurdity of reality” as a literary technique in selected excerpts from the works of Venedikt Yerofeyev. “Absurdity” is more than distinctive style in Yerofeyev.
Jakub Adamiak
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Przedmiotem analizy w artykule jest Przemiana (1915) Franza Kafki. Autorka podejmuje próbę uchwycenia różnorodnych aspektów fenomenu przestrzeni kafkowskiej w kontekście funkcjonowania motywu murów/ścian/sufitów w tym bodaj najsłynniejszym opowiadaniu ...
Brygida Pawłowska-Jądrzyk
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EMBRACING THE ABSURD CONDITION OF EXISTENCE IN SAMUEL BECKETT'S ENDGAME CHARACTERS
This research initially attempts to determine characteristics and characterization of the characters; Clov, Hamm, Nagg, and Nell, as well as how it represented the concept of absurdity.
Restu Dwi Gilang Permana, Dewi Kustanti
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Abstract This paper examines the gap in number skills between socioeconomically disadvantaged and non‐disadvantaged children in the first year of compulsory schooling in England. Past research mostly relies on statutory assessment data collected towards the end of the first year of school and does not show the attainment gap associated with ...
Martin Culliney, Joanne Robson
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Abstract Previous research concerning Global South doctoral students in the United Kingdom has mainly situated their experiences within adaptationist paradigms, emphasising cultural adjustment and assimilation into Western academic norms. Such studies often depict students as passive recipients, overlooking their agency and the transformative potential
Peng Zhang +3 more
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Differences in Immediate and Delayed Suggestibility Among Children With Dyslexia and Controls
ABSTRACT The primary aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dyslexia and suggestibility in children, and the extent to which this relationship is accounted for by performance on Word Tasks. Participants comprised 95 children with dyslexia and 109 controls.
Gisli Gudjonsson +2 more
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The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, or the promise of “something further”
Initially criticized for its generic confusion and singular narrative choices, Herman Melville’s The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade (1857) was rehabilitated by twentieth-century critics who praised its modernity. By staging a trip on the Mississippi, the
Thomas Velasquez
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ABSTRACT Objective Recovery from anorexia nervosa involves psychological and social adjustments that extend beyond weight restoration. Online forums increasingly serve as spaces where recovery experiences are openly shared, including accounts of “extreme hunger” during refeeding—a phenomenon that has not been reported in the clinical literature.
Léonie Langanay +6 more
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