the domain of the study of myths and its evaluation in literary criticism has always been in the process of development. however, myth critics sometimes put theme, symbol, and motive into one structure so that what is considered as a theme in one case can considered as a myth, in another. nevertheless, there is a vast difference between these words, atlthough there is no consensus among the cri...

D Pereboom’s Living Without Free Will (2001) is an outstanding book that rightly changed the debate over an ancient problem. I am certain that Free Will Skepticism, Agency, and Meaning in Life will join the first book as a must-read for anyone in the world interested in these foundational issues. The main pillars of the account remain, including incompatibilism between free will and determinism...

one of the main features of contemporary poetry is to deal with various political, social and cultural issues around poet besides richness and personal aspects in art and indirect form. but in the meantime, the emerging technique of mask should be known as one of the most artistic areas of expressing poet concerns and emotions in human and objective form. sayyab in line with other counterparts,...

Three experiments examined the hypothesis that it preferentially refers to the most salient entity in a discourse, whereas that preferentially refers to a conceptual composite. In Experiment 1, eye movements were monitored as participants followed spoken instructions such as, Put the cup on the saucer. Now put it/that. . .. The preferred referent was the theme (cup) for it and the composite for...

in a structural analysis, the “rebellion & decline” theme creates a narrative structure in which eleven stories of shāhnāmeh – equal to 3.18 per cent of the whole epic – are included, which makes it the tenth largest sequence of the shāhnāmeh. this narrative structure (sequence) consists of initial tranquillity, the king’s rebellion, his decline, and ultimate tranquillity. the epical theme of r...

Starting from the critics’ observations about structure of Microcosmi, essay focuses on key role played by love story between protagonist-narrator and his wife Marisa, a sort rewriting Orpheus Eurydice’s myth. Convergences variations classic vulgate myth pseudo-rewriting Microcosmi are highlighted. The also Indian Savitri Sátiavan, to understand source many substantial and, in particular, rever...