names as markers of identity are a source of a wide variety of information. this paper explores the names of characters to show the sociocultural factors which influence the choice of names and the effects that the names of these characters have on the roles they play. using a variety of personal names from ayi kwei armah’s fragments, buchi emecheta’s the joys of motherhood, and nawal el sadaaw...

in the second half of 20th century, the german thinker wolfgang iser developed a theory of reading literary texts that opened up new horizons in literary studies. by focusing on the reader instead of the writer, iser introduced new ways of reading. he subsequently extended his literary studies, went beyond the conventional domains, and developed a novel area of research which he named “literary...

Godly sorrow and despair were spiritual rather than corporeal and could only be overcome through God’s grace. Here the author looks to devotional literature and spiritual autobiographies, including much welcomed writing by women. Protestant theologians characterised godly sorrow as a positive, even joyous, experience. The physical body, particularly the broken, softened heart, provided a langua...

We analyze the rank-frequency distributions of words in selected English and Polish texts. We compare scaling properties of these distributions in both languages. We also study a few small corpora of Polish literary texts and find that for a corpus consisting of texts written by different authors the basic scaling regime is broken more strongly than in the case of comparable corpus consisting o...

the translator of a literary text has to observe the semantic sense of the words, the weight, the cultural setting, and other technical features of the original text to yield an acceptable translation in the tl. the accomplishment however is not that easy, for the translator meets some major impediments in performing the task. a translator who is familiar with different critical approaches, a t...

The effectiveness of speech communication depends on the immersion in uniqueness and specificity national culture through knowledge reality. A literary text transmits background experiences, which process perception are not only interpreted by a reader, but also form value universals. Dialogue as intercultural is due to impact addressee, that is, pragmatic approach contributes to: 1) tolerance ...

Abstract The aim of the article is to present a study literary text from discursive perspective focusing on development discourse competence in English language. It new approach EFL methodology which highlights relation between holistic understanding comunication, social phenomena and language structures their use. European educational policies favour as key factor boosting students' communicat...

Th is paper explores the approach to the construction of literary tourism site from the perspective of authenticity which is a keyword in heritage tourism. Since MacCannell (1973, 1976) introduced the concept of authenticity into studies of tourism motivations and experiences in 1970s, the various notions of tourism authenticity can be summarized into four types of theories objective authentici...