CONSTRUCŢII IDENTITARE – LINGVISTICĂ & DIDACTICĂ. REVERBERAŢII ALE MODELULUI CULTURAL FRANCEZ ÎN CONTEXT EUROPEAN ŞI UNIVERSAL - LINGVISTICĂ & DIDACTICĂ

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Romanian,French,Russian,Italian

We live in a dialogical world, where models – either active or latent – establish the configuration of our identity constructs and of our intellectual framework. It is hence impossible to clarify, within the limits of one colloquium, the entire spectrum of issues entailed by this complex topic, which already gathers together a myriad of interpretations under its umbrella. While excluding the mythicizing attitude on the French cultural model, we can clearly state that its spirit, along with the Greek and Roman ones, is immanent to the European and universal cultural landscape, thus contributing to the coherence of their forms. The three volumes of scientific research in the series of Identity constructions. Echoes of the French cultural model in a European and universal context are illustrative of this fact. At its first edition, this colloquium hopefully inaugurates a wonderful and long-lasting tradition. The papers presented during this event will reach the interested audience via these volumes that have benefitted in time from new contributions, which directly or indirectly reflect the impact of the driving models. Our purpose was to provide plenty of exposure space to all the contributors who were interested in this topic. This publication aims to promote an interdisciplinary approach of certain issues that are in the contact zone between linguistics and literature, and beyond, via multiple perspectives in various national, multilingual and international contexts. Structured in three volumes, Literature, Literature & cultural Studies; Linguistics & Teaching Methodology, the series aims to be a means of cultural contact, academic dialogue, open to not necessarily convergent ideas.

Naratsi. Yagwpi

Author(s): Dante Alighieri / Language(s): Romany

First translation of the Romany language of the classic work of Dante Alighieri`s "Inferno".

Wiedza niezdyscyplinowana. Meandry międzyobszarowości

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Wiedza niezdyscyplinowana. Meandry międzyobszarowości (“UndisciplinedKnowledge. Meanders of Interdisciplinarity”) is a result of a conference under the same title, which was organized by University of Silesia College of Interdisciplinary Individual Studies in 2015. The character of the conference allowed for a meeting of students, graduates, scientists and academic teachers involved in creating different forms of interdisciplinary individual studies across Poland. Basing on these experiences, the book contains considerations upon a state of interdisciplinary colleges, the notion of interdisciplinarity, as well as some propositions of application of interdisciplinary scientific methods. First part of the volume, Wiedza i dyscyplina? Na drodze do uniwersytetu międzyobszarowego (“Knowledge and Discipline? Towards an Interdisciplinary University”) contains three articles on the subject of university practices and various forms of organization aiming to create scientific and social areas in which interdisciplinarity could be developed. Simultaneously, authors consider dangers and risk associated with these solutions. Ewelina Suszek in her text Między reżimem a anarchią. Problem specjalizacji i interdyscyplinarności (“In-Between Regime and Anarchy. The Problem of Specialization and Interdisciplinarity”)focuses on the problems with specialization in modern humanities as presented in “Enemies of promise: publishing, perishing and the eclipse of scholarship” by Lindsay Waters. Daniel Kontowski’s Co niszczy studia międzyobszarowe w Polsce? Fałszywe wyjaśnienia i poczucie wyższości (“What Destroys Interdisciplinary Studies in Poland? False Explanations and a Sense of Superiority”) presents an in-depth analysis of crisis of Polish Interdisciplinary Individual Colleges. 风 Karolina雅 Pawlik 宋 in Pomiędzy, czyli tu indziej. Kwestia dyscypliny z szanghajskiej perspektywy (“Betwixt, that is Herewhere. The Question of Discipline from Shanghai’s Perspective”), basing on her experience as a student and an academic teacher, compares conditions of higher education in Katowice and in Shanghai.Four subsequent chapters form the second part of the volume, titled Portale i prospekty. Humanistyka na przejściu (‘Portals and Prospectuses. Humanities on the Passage’). Texts in this part are focused on the issue of applications of interdisciplinary approaches to modern humanities. Ryszard Koziołek’s Filologia i John Wayne (“Philology and John Wayne”) presents a vision of new humanities as a social and political force, able to mediate and soothe conflicts. Piotr Bogalecki in his text Dyletant, amator, błazen – humanista w dobie międzyobszarowości (“Dilettante, Amateur, Jester – a Humanist in the Era of Interdisciplinarity”) thinks over different possible stances a humanist can adopt, while obliged to interdisciplinarity. Jan Zając’s Nowe perspektywy w badaniach nad recepcją – przypadek portalu lubimyczytać.pl (“New Perspectives in the Reception Studies – the Case of an Internet Portal lubimyczytać.pl”) is an interdisciplinary, psychological, sociological and philological study on a reception of literature, using opinions posted on the Internet by readers as an research material. Karolina Wycisk in her Taniec jako intersztuka. Neurokognitywiści w badaniach nad tańcem (“Dance as Inter-art. Neurocognitivists in Dance Studies”) examines the influence of neurocognitivism and its methods over the dance studies. The third and last part of the book: Nieludzkie – nieobce. Posthumanizm jako międzyobszarowa praktyka badawcza (“Non-human – Non-alien. Posthumanism as an Interdisciplinary Research Practice”) is focused on the subject of posthumanism as a particular interdisciplinary research field. In three chapters, contained in this part of the volume, authors reflect on a problem how exceeding traditional, humanistic approach could enrich or jeopardize research conducted within the humanities. Miłosz Markiewicz in Przeciw dyscyplinie. Obietnice posthumanistyki (“Against Discipline. The Promises of Posthumanism”) argues that posthumanism, complicating relations between humans and other beings, simultaneously abolishes borders between scientific field and disciplines. Jakub Gawkowski’s Ichtiologia jako nauka pomocnicza historii sztuki (“Ichthyology as an Auxiliary Science of Art History”) is an example of practical application of posthumanist methods, by using some tools of ichthyology to present fishes as a potential subject of art, rather than object, and to criticize unethical artistic practises considering fish. The last text in the volume, Marcin Kozera’s Transcendentny posthumanizm jako radykalna hybryda ducha i materii (“TranscendentPosthumanism as a Radical Hybrid of Spirit and Matter”), explores similarities and differences between posthumanistic theories and mysticism of the Far East.

Comunicare, cultură şi societate. Culegere de studii

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian

This volume is a collection of studies written by academics from the “Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad, the West University of Timisoara, the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu and the University of Novi Sad. Most of these studies were presented at the annual conference organized by the “Vasile Goldis” Western University of Arad with the occasion of the annual event known as the Academic Days of Arad.

Potocki (Jan) – w duetach. (Ze światowcami w aneksie)

Author(s): Janusz Ryba / Language(s): Polish

The book consists of two parts: the first and proper one: „Potocki (Jan) – w duetach” / „Potocki (Jan) – in duets”] and an annex: „Potockiego naturalne „uniwersum”: światowcy” / „Potocki’s universe: the socialites” /. The first, core part is comprised of seven sketches grouped into four sections tackling distinct topics. The first group: „Duety rodzinne” / „Famly duets” / includes the sketches: „Kobiece „société” oświeceniowe: Anna Teresa Potocka” / „The female „société” of the Enlightenment: Anna Teresa Potocka” / and „Kilka uwag o Bernardzie (synu Jana) Potockim” / „A few remarks on Bernard Potocki (the son of Jan)” /. The second group – „Duety towarzyskie” / „High socjety duets” /, includes: „Stanisław August Poniatowski i jego niesforny poddany: Jan Potocki” / „Stanisław August Poniatowski and his naughty subject” / and „Dwaj hrabiowie: Jan Potocki i Edward Raczyński” / „The two counts: Jan Potocki and Edward Raczyński” /. The sketches that fall into the third group – „Uczone duety” / „The Learned Duets” / – are: „Poszukiwacze Prawdy: Blaise Pascal i Jan Potocki” / „The truth seekers: Blaise Pascal and Jan Potocki” / and „Julius Henrich Klaproth: uczeń Jana Potockiego” / „Julius Henrich Klaproth: the student of Jan Potocki” /. The last group, „W duecie ze służącym” / „Duet with the servant” / includes the sketch: „Ibrahim, Turek Jana Potockiego” / „Ibrahim, Jan Potocki’s Turk” /. The annex, „Potockiego naturalne uniwersum: światowcy” / „Potocki’s universe: the socialites” /, includes four articles: „Rozkosze światowców: konwersacja” / „Conversation: The socialites’ delight” /; „Przydomki oświeconych” / „Nicknames of the enlightened” /, «Wachlarz: oświeceniowy „gadżet”» / „The fan – gadget of the Enlightenment” /, and „Sztuka umierania światowców (oświeceniowych)” / „The enlightened socialites’ art of dying” /. What is characteristic of the core part of the volume is the method of characterizing the protagonist, that is depicting him as compared/confronted with another (real) character; (thus the title: „Potocki in duets”). The sketches included in the annex in turn mostly tackle the customs and fads of the high society milieu wherein Potocki lived and created, consequently, it is the part where the four vibrant characteristics of the ways of the high society of the Enlightenment have been discussed: the culture of the conversation, the custom of giving men of fashion nicknames (glamorous, graceful, ingenious ones), the women’s habit of ceaseless fanning, and the cosmopolites’ inclination towards scheming meticulously the scenarios and circumstances of leaving this world. The author’s intention was to combine and present the above not unlike a colorful fresco depicting the culture of the Enlightenment – with Jan Potocki as its main protagonist.

Między literaturą i polityką. Benjamin Disraeli na tle swoich czasów

Author(s): Andrzej Diniejko / Language(s): Polish

The book talks about the life, literary and political activities of Benjamin Disraeli, the son of Jewish immigrants, in youth a dandy with exotic looks, as well as a popular writer, and in the mature life a charismatic statesman who became the leader of the Conservative Party and held the office of the prime minister twice in times of the greatest splendour of the British Empire implementing many significant reforms.

Święto języka. Szkice o relacjach między światem, słowem a umysłem ludzkim

Author(s): Paweł Majewski / Language(s): Polish

The book consists of seven chapter-studies. The first one features an extensive analysis of Genezis z Ducha by Juliusz Słowacki, the second is an interpretation of letters written by Arthur Rimbaud from Africa, the third deals with The Letter of Lord Chandos by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, the fourth – with The Bald Soprano by Eugène Ionesco, the fifth – with the Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, the sixth – with some rarely noted aspects of the philosophy of Democritus and of Greek skepticism, while the seventh is an attempt at comparing the account of the psychosis of the elderly Daniel Paul Schreber with the mystical states of Emanuel Swedenborg.

Szekspir na blogu

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Polish

Pieśni szarej godziny. Elegie staroangielskie z Kodeksu z Exeter

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Polish

A translation and philological study of 7 lyrical poems from the Old English Exeter Book dated to the 10th century. The text of the works and the facsimiles of the 17 pages on which they had been written present the poems in their original form, emphasizing the manuscript context of these works and the archaic form of early medieval English. The poems are an example of early medieval literature in a vernacular language as well as an element of English literary culture. They feature the themes of the loneliness of the wanderer and the prayers of the pilgrim, as well as of love, loyalty, hatred, humility and pride, and of man in the face of God’s glory and history.

Polsko-niemiecki słownik etykiety językowej

Author(s): Małgorzata Marcjanik,Silvia Bonacchi,Agnieszka Frączek / Language(s): Polish,German

An alphabetical collection of Polish polite phrases with their German counterparts and usage context. The main part of the dictionary is preceded by a theoretical introduction concerned with bilingual comparative studies in the linguistic politeness of Poland and Germany.

Jakość w kształceniu językowym. Rozważania teoretyczne i praktyczne rozwiązania

Author(s): / Language(s): English,Polish

Tradycja i współczesność w badaniach nad językami słowiańskimi. Księga jubileuszowa dedykowana Profesor Annie Zych

Author(s): / Language(s): Russian,Polish

Gramatyka historyczna języka polskiego w testach, ćwiczeniach i tematach egzaminacyjnych

Author(s): Krystyna Długosz-Kurczabowa,Stanisław Dubisz / Language(s): Polish

A collection of exercises, which supplements Polish Historical Grammar. It includes multiple choice tests at different difficulty levels, open answer tests and examples of exam questions, which aim to teach the users historical language analysis as well as to enable them to synthesize and define core problems, i.e. to show the most important tendencies in language development and the processes resulting from them.

Żywot kobiety swawolnej

Author(s): Ihara Saikaku / Language(s): Polish

Kōshoku ichidai ona is one of the best-known novels of the seventeenth-century Japanese writer Ihara Saikaku. It consists of six volumes, each containing six stories and illustrated by Yoshida Hanbeia. It shows the story of life and love of the titled, nameless character. It is a confession of a nun, born in an aristocratic family, raised at the court, educated in arts, who becomes a daimyō concubine. When sold, she finds herself in a brothel, where she pursues a courtesan career.

Compound nouns and phrasal nouns in English and Polish

Author(s): Bożena Cetnarowska / Language(s): English

The present monograph discusses compound nouns and juxtapositions (i.e., phrasal nouns) in Polish and English, focusing on the interaction and competition between the processes of coining both types of linguistic units. The phrasal nouns under analysis include combinations of classifying adjectives and nouns in any order, for instance, English electrical engineer, hard disk, Polish inżynier budowlany ‘construction engineer,’ zimowe opony ‘winter tyres’; coordinate noun-noun juxtapositions, such as Polish torba-worek ‘holdall bag,’ kelner-barman ‘waiter and bartender’; and combinations of nouns and genitive attributes (English women’s college, Polish dom studenta ‘student hall of residence’). Constraints on forming compound nouns in Polish are illustrated. Compound nouns and phrasal nouns are divided into classes according to the typology of composite expressions postulated by S. Scalise and A. Bisetto. Emphasis is placed on demonstrating that phrasal nouns exhibit a mixture of phrasal and word-like properties. Difficulties are pointed out in drawing a strict and non-arbitrary border between morphological compounds and syntactic phrases, and in identifying subtypes of phrasal nouns which differ in their degree of similarity to regular noun phrases. The phenomenon of univerbation (i.e., morphological condensation) in the Polish language is discussed. The framework adopted in this monograph is the theory of Construction Morphology, formulated by G. Booij, who shows that principles of Construction Grammar can be applied felicitously in the analysis of morphologically complex words. Construction Morphology has been adopted mainly by researchers who study Germanic and Romance languages. In the present monograph construction schemas are proposed for selected types of compound nouns and phrasal nouns in Polish and English. The mechanism of schema unification is employed in order to represent the internal structure of interfixal-suffixal formations in Polish. It is demonstrated that the model of Construction Morphology is particularly felicitous in the study of phenomena at the border of syntax and word-formation, such as interaction and competition between morphological compounds and phrasal lexemes. Although the linguistic data under analysis come mainly from Polish and English, multi-word units from other Indo-European languages are mentioned where appropriate. Theoretical considerations are supported by numerous examples culled from on-line corpora, such as the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the National Corpus of Polish (NKJP).

O języku i stylu „Ogniem i mieczem” Henryka Sienkiewicza. Studia nad tekstem

Author(s): Aleksander Wilkoń / Language(s): Polish

Ab inferis ad rostra. Przywoływanie zmarłych w retoryce rzymskiej okresu republikańskiego

Author(s): Damian Pierzak / Language(s): Polish

Weredyczki, sawantki, marzycielki, damy… W kręgu kobiecego romantyzmu. Studia i szkice z kultury literackiej kobiet okresu międzypowstaniowego

Author(s): Maria Berkan-Jabłońska / Language(s): Polish

The monograph is concerned with the literature created by women in the Polish inter-uprising period of the 19th century – mostly forgotten today. The sketches included in the book are an important complement to the picture of those times. The author ponders over the unique characteristics of those literary proposals against various tendencies of the era.She points out that their presence in Polish writing seems significant not inasmuch as it has inherent artistic or aesthetic values but because it is a testimony of a cultural partnership. Besides, the reader has a chance to look closer at the figures of women who, countless obstacles notwithstanding, persisted in undertaking creative work. The author is painting their portraits by using scientific tools, but she does it with undeniable passion.

Bitnicy

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Unconventional biographies, interesting characters and individual talents of the most important American writers born at the turn of the 1930s and 1940s and belonging to the Beat Generation. The publication presents the profiles and works of the authors who became the icons of the Beat Generation, so-called the second lost generation of the young, vulnerable Americans, rebelling for freedom like in “Howl” by Allen Ginsberg. The title Beatniks are, among others: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Joyce Johnson, Diane di Primy and Richard Brautigan.

From Mentalism to Optimality Theory

Author(s): Monika Konert-Panek / Language(s): English

The work discusses the notion of the basic phonological segment from the perspective of selected European and American phonological theories. The discussion consists in the analyses of specific phonological problems in accordance with the tenets of a given framework, starting with the Kazan School and ending with the Optimality Theory. The goal of this study is to show the differences in the methodology and predictions of each framework that prove significant in the process of establishing the basic phonological unit. The dissertation elaborates on the data from English, Polish, German, and Russian.