Transitions in Nabokov Studies

Nabokov and World Literature

In his paper "Nabokov and World Literature" Charles Stanley Ross thinks through the relationship between comparative literature and cultural studies by considering the absence of Nabokov's work in The Norton Anthology of World Literature. The problem seems to be that Nabokov's works are not susceptible to the kind of varying interpretations favored by the Norton's editors, although in practice,...

Nabokov, Teleology, and Insect Mimicry

ترجمه بخشی از کتاب "critical readings in translation studies"

چکیده در دنیای پیچیده ی امروز، تغییرات زیادی در زندگی بشری در حال وقوع اند و شاهد رقابت های بسیار فشرده ی جوامع در دستیابی به فناوری برتر و قدرت بیشترهستیم. به نظر می رسد که فرد وجامعه مجبورند به طریقی در وضعیت خویش دگرگونی ایجاد کنند تا از قافله ی علم، فناوری، و پیشرفت عقب نمانند. رشته مطالعات ترجمه نیز از این قاعده مستثنا نیست. علی رغم وسعت روز افزون پژوهش در این حوزه و میان رشته ای بودن مطال...

Ultrasonic Studies of Phase Transitions

Ultrasonic s t u d i e s of phase t r a n s i t i o n s and of some r e l a t e d phenomena i n various systems a r e b r i e f l y reviewed. The responses of high frequency < u l t r a s o n i c ) s t r e s s waves t o order parameter changes and t o p r e t r a n s i t i o n a l f luc tua t ions a r e discussed. lhphasis is given t o recent inves t iga t ions of anharmonic e f f e c t s i n u...

Studies of Structural Patterns at Phase Transitions

The work described in this thesis comprises two distinct components. In the first part, Monte-Carlo computer simulation methods are employed within a finite-size scaling framework to investigate both universal and non-universal behaviour in two scalar models, the 1-d 04 model and the 2-d Lennard-Jones fluid. In both these models the properties of interest are obtained from studies of the large-...