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Konzeptualisierung der Ironie in Aphorismen und anderen humoristischen Kurztexten
Linguistische Treffen in Wrocław, 2020 Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist ein allgemeines Bild von Ironie sowie ihre Funktionen im öffentlichen Raum darzustellen. Es wird auch angestrebt zu schildern, wie Ironie aus soziologischer und (pragma-)linguistischer Perspektive aufgefasst werden kann.
Iwona Wowro
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THE PROBLEM OF SOVEREIGNTY, INTERNATIONAL LAW, AND INTELLECTUAL CONSCIENCE [PDF]
, 2014 The concept of sovereignty is a recurring and controversial theme in international law, and it has a long history in western philosophy. The traditionally favored concept of sovereignty proves problematic in the context of international law ...
Lara, Richard
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New Phytologist, EarlyView.Summary Evidence for the ongoing biodiversity crisis rests on assessment of a small fraction of described species, with major knowledge gaps for most organisms, including plants. Here, we highlight how digitised herbarium specimens can be used to accelerate and improve estimates of recent and ongoing plant extinctions.
Aelys M. Humphreys +4 more
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Public Administration Review, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The federal government, and its budget process, are facing unprecedented challenges. The federal debt is at historic levels, the process is in disarray, and the constitutional balance of powers is being challenged as never before. The debt, driven by growth in entitlement spending, stands at $38 trillion and is projected to continue to grow if
Carolyn Bourdeaux +4 more
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Неофилология, 2020 The specifics of the diary as a genre of literature is considered. An attempt is made to understand the genre nature of the diary and identify the characteristic features of its narrative structure.
Zh. K. Salkhanova, A. S. Utebekova
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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno
Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines Taddeo di Bartolo's depiction of Hell in the Collegiata di Santa Maria Assunta, the mother church of San Gimignano. In a striking departure from similar scenes of the period, the fresco, painted in the early fifteenth century, emphasizes the obesity of the sinners—suggesting a deliberate visual critique.
Stefania Roccas Gandal
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Biografia intelektualna Emila Ciorana (Emil Cioran's Intellectual Biography) [PDF]
Analiza i Egzystencja, 2011 On the formation of Cioran’s vision of the world and man, influenced largely his belonging to precisely this and no other nation. Romanian fatalism, inability to illusions, seeing the inevitable, the Romanian people’s faith in the fact that sin and ...
Sławomir Piechaczek
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The Aphorism and Play in the Artistic Paradigm of the Novels by Crébillon-fils [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2016 The article examines the function of ludic poetics and the role of aphorisms in the novels by Crébillon-fils: “L’Ecumoire, ou Tanzaï et Néadarné.” “Les Egarements du cœur et de l’esprit,” and “Le Sopha.” It argues that the specificity of the artistic ...
Natalya V. Lidzerhos
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A knowledge broken. Essay writing and human science in Montaigne and Bacon” [PDF]
, 2016 Literary theory and criticism over the last three decades have shown an increasing interest in studying the cognitive and critical relevance of the “essay” for modern history and culture .
Ferrari, Emiliano
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