This paper critically explores the centrality of intertextuality in the production and appreciation of Chinua Achebe’s fiction, mainly, his political novel that deals with militarism, Anthills of the Savannah (1987). Intertextuality deals with relations among texts: no text is an island. The departure from author-centred theory of literary criticism to unrestricted and diversified one, followin...

This study examined whether, in a community sample of Israeli adults (N = 335), benign (i.e., affiliative and self-enhancing) and injurious (i.e., aggressive and self-defeating) humor styles mediated or moderated the relationship between self-criticism and neediness, two traits that confer vulnerability to depression, on the one hand, and levels of depressive symptoms, on the other. There was n...

Challenging an attitude toward fallibility in medical practice which they see as outdated and detrimental to patient care, the authors suggest a new approach to self-evaluation and peer review by physicians. Arguing that knowledge grows from recognition of error, they submit ten proposals aimed at the development of a new professional ethics that would encourage physicians to admit and analyze...

The Hebrew word שׂרקים in Zechariah 1:8 is a mysterious word. disappearance of the from rest Book and unknown meaning itself are reasons for this mystery. does not only abandon two colours: black horses spotted (dappled) but also verse adds or sorrel ones, which recorded 6:2–3 6:6–7. appearance 1:8, therefore, creates disagreement colours with In addition, Gelston states that probably to ancient...

Many vague details are still surrounding the unpublished Persian text of Hašt Bihišt VI, which its author, Idrīs Bidlīsī (1457–1520), dedicated to reign Murād II (1421–1444, 1446–1451). An understanding state affairs under before attempting textual criticism is vital in this context. Of significant advantage readiness sources supply quite prolific material concerning sophisticated language VI. ...

In this paper, an exchange of letters between the philosopher Jacques Derrida and architect Peter Eisenman is used as a catalyst to discuss the material qualities of glass and its relationship with the concept of transparency in architecture. In his criticism of an architecture devoid of human qualities, Derrida uses glass, defined through Walter Benjamin’s writings, as a hard and cold material...

This study aimed to explore the function and frequency of textual metadiscourse markers (MDMs) in scientific English and Persian texts. Based on the qualitative and quantitative analysis of textual markers characterizing the selected genre, four different textbooks, two written in English and two in Persian were analyzed to identify the textual metadiscourse categories (including logical marker...