translation is an indispensable tool for communication between the diverse linguistic groups. it opens new horizons for the people living in a country so that it makes changes and improvements in their society, especially in the literature. through the translation process, some literary principles and elements are introduced into the home literature which did not exist before. these features em...

Translation is an indispensable tool for communication between the diverse linguistic groups. It opens new horizons for the people living in a country so that it makes changes and improvements in their society, especially in the literature. Through the translation process, some literary principles and elements are introduced into the home literature which did not exist before. These features em...

Cruickshank and Collins [2] ‘Advancing Leadership in Sport: Time to Take Off the Blinkers?’ has created something of a furore around the effectiveness and suitability of dark leadership traits and behaviours. This paper attempts to clarify some of the conceptual issues discussed within their paper, while also redressing a number of literary misrepresentations. Finally, the potential limitations...

This study examines how reading habits affect people’s sensitivity to word distributions in literary and non-literary writing. We manipulated eight literary and non-literary passages, creating modified versions that had lower word chunk frequencies but higher individual word frequencies than the originals. Subjects were then asked to rate the passages’ quality of writing. Results showed that su...

Drawing on the concept of “literary interference” developed by pioneer polysystem theory, Itamar Even-Zohar, and expanded other scholars, as well various interpretations intertextuality, this article compares two twentieth century thinkers: French writer, philosopher, literary theorist Maurice Blanchot Romanian-born essayist philosopher Emil (E. M.) Cioran. The uses Even-Zohar’s notion “channel...