- Research Article
- 10.4000/14104
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- René Alladaye
Qui a tué Jay Gatsby ? De prime abord la question ne semble pas se poser. L’auteur du meurtre est George Wilson, le garagiste, dont on retrouve le cadavre à quelques mètres de celui de sa victime. Persuadé que Gatsby est responsable de l’accident dans lequel Myrtle, sa femme, a trouvé la mort, il l’a abattu avant de retourner l’arme contre lui. Un examen plus précis du texte, mené en ayant recours aux méthodes de la critique policière, ce courant fondé par Pierre Bayard, sème cependant le doute. La fiabilité discutable du narrateur, Nick Carraway, autant qu’un certain nombre d’anomalies concernant les enquêtes menées après les trois morts violentes qui marquent la fin du roman, obligent le lecteur critique à remettre en question cette apparente évidence. Wilson, coupable trop idéal, pourrait bien n’être que la victime collatérale d’un double homicide. L’objet de cette étude est, in fine, de démasquer le véritable assassin.
- Research Article
- 10.4000/14105
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Olivia Coulomb
This paper argues that the practice and teaching of Asian spirituality is a powerful tool to learn about people as well as oneself. Not only does Buddhism promote a right way of life but it also underpins emotions that beget rightful feelings, actions and reactions. As a matter of fact, in King Lear most characters see their lives completely altered because they let their emotions get the better of them. The reception of their feelings largely paves the way for their irrational emotions. Nonetheless, Edgar stands apart from this pattern. Accepting his fate, his behaviour is one of rational acceptance and stoic wisdom. When others would be mad with rage, he merely concludes with “Edgar, I nothing am” (2.2.171). Neither does he intend desperate actions but only humbles himself: “Whiles I may scape / I will preserve myself, and am bethought / To take the basest and the most poorest shape / That ever penury in contempt of man / Brought near the beast” (2.2.155-9). From this perspective, I would like to argue that Edgar’s reception of emotions is fully part and parcel of his distinctive uniqueness. Indeed, although Shakespeare’s knowledge of Asia and its spirituality was quite imprecise and he probably never set foot in this part of the world (Dobson), the way Edgar receives his hardship without drastic passionate reactions underlines an ongoing learning curve akin to some elements in Asian spirituality.
- Research Article
- 10.4000/14yoq
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Kerry-Jane Wallart
- Research Article
- 10.4000/140zv
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Anne Chassagnol + 3 more
- Research Article
- 10.4000/14yoh
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Emma Bell
Taking the small coastal village of Collieston in Aberdeenshire as a case study, this paper explores how practices of “community-led place-making” and “commoning” – from social activities to community ownership projects – can enrich local democracy and counter processes of “remotisation” that often leave citizens feeling isolated and disempowered. Drawing on a series of in-depth qualitative interviews with local residents, councillors and representatives from the voluntary sector, the paper demonstrates that the success or failure of community-led projects depends on the extent to which they are co-constructed in both formal and informal settings, and highlights the importance of adherence to inclusive and deliberative democratic principles that enable all members of the community to take direct control over local affairs and to make their voice heard. It also explores the wider political context in which local projects are developed, particularly in that of austerity whereby community-led projects can become a way of offloading government responsibilities onto communities without effectively empowering them. It highlights the importance of financial and practical support from local and national government if grassroots practices of commoning are to be successful at countering processes of remotisation and fostering a positive sense of place.
- Research Article
- 10.4000/1410u
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Jean Berton
Critique théâtrale de The Tailor of Inverness, de Matthew Zajac, mise en scène Ben Harrison. Trois représentations à la Cité des Arts et à l’Université Savoie Mont-Blanc de Chambéry des 20-21-22 novembre 2024 (Premières représentations au festival international off d’Édimbourg en 2008). Fil conducteur de la « review » : « A story of many journeys ».
- Research Article
- 10.4000/14106
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Irène Vilquin
Régulièrement évoqué par les historiens du suicide, le manuscrit anonyme « Whether it be dampnation for a man to kill hym self » (1578), longtemps attribué à John Harington, ne fut que très rarement cité en tant que production textuelle à part entière. Pourtant, porté par un héritage littéraire et théologique riche, le document opère une rupture avec la tradition improbatrice de Saint Augustin, modifie la lecture élisabéthaine des suicides bibliques et antiques, et semble ainsi se faire l’écho des prémices d’un contre-discours sur le geste suicidaire. Cet article se propose de mettre en regard ce texte avec différentes productions littéraires qui lui sont contemporaines afin de comprendre l’importance de la forme dialoguée dans la création et la circulation d’idées hétérodoxes dans l’Angleterre de la première modernité.
- Research Article
- 10.4000/14yp0
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Stacy Olive Jarvis
This article explores a series of issues related to the advent of recording technology and its role in the evolution of piano performance in Europe and America. The aim of the study is to demonstrate the significance of early recordings for the development of 20th-century musical culture; it examines the impact of recorded musical works on the practices of performers and on piano artistry as a whole. The focal point of the analysis is recordings of works by Sergei Rachmaninov, including those made by the composer himself as well as by other artists. The paper considers the development of recording technology in the 20th century America. The study also addresses the emergence of new cultural and historical meanings, exemplified by Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances. The author traces the evolutionary nature of interpretative art and identifies an evolving range of performance techniques.
- Research Article
- 10.4000/14yoa
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Apolline Weibel
Quoi de plus universel que la filiation ? Si l’expérience de la maternité demeure intrinsèquement unique, peu d’institutions sociales semblent transcender autant d’aires temporelles, culturelles et géographiques que l’ascendance. Dès lors, le maternel apparaît comme un composant universel à travers les espèces. Les études féministes, queer, décoloniales et posthumanistes dénoncent cependant les schèmes profondément patriarcaux, eurocentrés et essentialisants qui sous-tendent cette institution, ainsi que sa propension à perpétuer l’hégémonie de la filiation biologique et hétéronucléaire. Il semble néanmoins peu pertinent d’y substituer un modèle parental neutralisé et « post‑maternel », exacerbant de fait l’invisibilisation des enjeux matrilinéaires et des maternités non-normatives. Poursuivant la désontologisation amorcée par Adrienne Rich dans Of Woman Born (1976), cet article interroge le clivage du maternel et de l’universel au prisme de la pluralisation contemporaine des maternités, qui vient déstabiliser l’hégémonie des conceptions universalistes du genre et de la parentalité.
- Research Article
- 10.4000/141n3
- Jan 1, 2025
- Miranda
- Giuseppe Pantano