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Towards a poetics of the lower body (Faina Ranevskaya’s literary heritage)

open access: yesШаги
Faina Ranevskaya (1896–1984) was a famous Russian comedic and dramatic actress, many of whose utterances eventually became aphorisms. The article, based on documentary sources, analyzes the peculiarities of Faina Ranevskaya’s speech, in particular, her ...
B. Ju. Norman
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Folklore attitudes of Yagub Mahir’s poetry

open access: yesStudia Humanitatis, 2022
The paper examines the moral and didactic aspects of lyrical and satirical poet Yakub Mahir’s poetry, who wrote and worked in the second half of the 22th and early 21th centuries in the literary milieu of Shaki city (Azerbaijan).
Adishirinov Kamil Fikrat
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The ideology behind the translation of an Islamic moral ethic book: A case study of Al-Ḥikam’s aphorisms

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities, 2022
This research investigated the ideology behind the translation of an Islamic moral ethic book, i.e. Al-Hikam, from Arabic into English. Such ideology can be examined through a textual equivalence analysis, which focuses on the cultural form and ...
Muhammad Yunus Anis   +3 more
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Antonina Horokhovych as a Researcher of Lesia Ukrainka’s Aphoristic Discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Проаналізовано монографію Антоніни Горохович «Поетика Лесі Українки і її афоризми» (Вінніпег, 1980), систематизовано погляди інших учених на це дослідження. З’ясовано основну тезу праці А.
Hromyk, Yurii   +3 more
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Functions of aphoristic units in the Russian language

open access: yesRussian Language Studies, 2022
In modern Russian studies, much attention has been paid to the study of proverbs and catch phrases as the main varieties of language aphorisms (aphoristic units). In this regard, it is relevant to determine their own linguistic characteristics, including
Eugene E. Ivanov
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Slanted Truths: The Gay Science as Nietzsche's Ars Poetica [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This essay derives its focus on poetry from the subtitle of Die Fröhliche Wissenschaft: “la gaya scienza.” Nietzsche appropriated this phrase from the phrase “gai saber” used by the Provençal knight-poets (or troubadours) of the eleventh through ...
Hall, Joshua M.
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A knowledge broken. Essay writing and human science in Montaigne and Bacon” [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Harnessing the benefits of herbarium specimen digitisation for inferring recent and ongoing plant extinctions

open access: yesNew 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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Obesity and the Politics of Taddeo di Bartolo's Inferno

open access: yesRenaissance 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
wiley   +1 more source

Синтактико-семантические особенности русских и словацких языковых афоризмов

open access: yesStudia Rossica Posnaniensia, 2020
The article compares/contrasts the syntactic and semantic features of language aphorisms in Russian and Slovak. The Russian and Slovak language aphorisms have a priori axiological modality and are capable of referemental use, as potential acts of ...
Ján Gallo
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