Classical Literature Research Articles

РОЗВИТОК ЕМОЦІЙНОГО ІНТЕЛЕКТУ МАЙБУТНІХ ФІЛОЛОГІВ

This article is dedicated to the illumination of theoretical foundations and peculiarities of the interpretation of the concept of “emotional intelligence”. In particular, attention is focused on several models of emotional intelligence presented in classical psychological literature: the ability model of J. Mayer, P. Salovey, D. Caruso, the model of D. Goleman, the model of R. Bar-On. Within the framework of this study, an experimental investigation of the level of emotional intelligence of first-year philology students of the bachelor’s degree at Rivne State University of the Humanities was carried out based on N. Hall’s emotional intelligence test. As a result of the obtained data, it was concluded that the integrative level of emotional intelligence of first-year philology students of the bachelor’s degree is at a rather low level. This indicates the need for its development in society as a whole and in the educational environment in particular. Since the modern world dictates conditions in which the demand for a highly qualified specialist in the labor market today depends not only on his professional qualification, but also on the ability to communicate with people, make non-standard decisions, the ability to resolve conflict situations or the ability to prevent them, possession of critical thinking, the ability to adapt to new life conditions, etc. That is, a high level of development of emotional intelligence today can ensure highly competitive ability of a specialist and contributes to the building of a successful career in the chosen field. Relevant and promising in this regard is the need to introduce at the state level into the educational process (at all its levels) elements of training that would contribute to the development of emotional intelligence of education seekers and in particular the philological direction.

Developing an Understanding of Artistic Imagery through the Analysis of Character Systems in Literary Works

This article explores the importance of a systematic analysis of characters in literary works for a deeper understanding of the content and the author’s intent. Various approaches to classifying characters (main, secondary, episodic) and their roles in creating the philosophical, social, and psychological dimensions of the text are examined. Using examples from Russian classical literature, the study analyzes how the character system helps to reveal central themes and conflicts, highlighting the layers and depth of the work. Recommendations are provided for employing character system analysis in educational settings, promoting critical thinking and analytical skills among students.

Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry, Pharmacology and Therapeutic Potential of Su‘ad Kūfī (Cyperus rotundus L.): An Insight

Background: Cyperus rotundus, an important medicinal plant belonging to the Cyperaceae family, is therapeutically used in many traditional systems of medicine, such as Unani medicine, Ayurveda, Siddha, Homeopathy, Chinese medicine, etc. Aim: The prime goal of this review is to provide a scientific basis and classical references for clinical use and further scientific exploration of Cyperus rotundus. Materials and Methods: This systemic review was carried out after searching Unani classical and other ethnobotanical literature and published research work available on PubMed, SCOPUS, Science Direct, Google Scholar, Research Gate, etc. Results: Cyperus rotundus L. is the accepted botanical name of Su'ad Kūfī, Nagarmotha, or Nutgrass as referred in Unani and other traditional medicines. It is grown in India, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, the Pacific Islands, South America, Africa, the Middle East, North America, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Europe. Usually, the rhizome of this important medicinal plant is therapeutically used for various ailments, including indigestion, constipation, dysentery, neurogenic gastralgia, skin diseases, mental weakness, cardiac weakness, nervine weakness, palpitation, weakness of stomach, flatulence, retention of urine, amenorrhea, dribbling of urine, etc. It contains many important secondary metabolites, including flavonoids, tannins, glycosides, monoterpenes, sesquiterpenes, sitosterol, alkaloids, saponins, terpenoids, essential oils, sugar, protein, amino acids, etc., which have been reported to possess antibacterial, anti-tumour, anticonvulsant, antidiabetic, anti-diarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory, antilipidemic, antimalarial, anti-obesity, antioxidant, hepatoprotective, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective pharmacological activities. Conclusion: It is concluded that abundant bioactive compounds identified and separated from Cyperus rotundus possess potential medicinal values on different systems of the body.

WORLD LITERATURE IN HUNGARIAN TRANSLATION ANTHOLOGIES IN SLOVAKIA

The study draws on minor literature theory and cultural theory of literary translation. As a case study, it analyses Olivér Rácz’s Csillagsugárzás (1978), an anthology of translations from world literature into Hungarian in Slovakia, and also compares it with the volumes by László Cselényi (1986) and Árpád Tőzsér (2002). In Hungarian literature, the anthologies compiled during the modernist period can be attributed mainly to the oeuvre of the poets who grouped around the literary journal Nyugat, and like the journal, these anthologies are linked to Western literature, complemented by the canon of classical antique literature. This initial tendency changed radically, especially after the Second World War, when the ruling ideology expected the literature of the socialist bloc to be represented. The collection of poems under analysis draws on this tradition but also seeks to incorporate Slovak and Czech literature into the world literary canon, given its minority position, while also making use of ideological and manipulative gestures.

Life profile of Chittattinkara N. Krishna Pillai Vaidyan: A genius and compassionate legend of Ayurveda

Abstract Shri Chittattinkara N. Krishna Pillai Vaidyan was an Ayurvedic physician of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, who started his career in 1948, which continued for nearly 63 years. From childhood onwards, he helped his father to prepare and dispense medicines. He started his clinical practice at his home, which was later developed into the “Lakshmi Narayana Ayurveda Research Center” to train students of Ayurveda. He traveled across the state to collect genuine drugs to prepare medicines authentically. He received the “Vaidyakalanidhi” degree in Ayurveda with top honors from the esteemed Government Ayurveda College in Thiruvananthapuram. He was also a qualified “Netravisharada” specializing in treating Netra Rogas (ophthalmology). He incorporated Rasa (minerals and metals) preparations in his practice and prepared Rasa drugs in his pharmacy with Puta pits (measurement of heat) and other necessary equipment. He was an expert in Nadipareeksha (pulse diagnosis) and diagnosed diseases using traditional Ayurvedic methods. He had mastery over classical Ayurvedic texts and literature, such as the Susrutha Samhita, Charaka Samhita, and Ashtanga Hridaya. As an eminent physician, he successfully treated numerous patients with conditions that modern medicine could not cure. He never charged consultation fees to his patients. He was a socially committed person and was one of the eminent personalities who uplifted the worthiness of Ayurveda throughout his lifetime.

Water Troubles: Peruvian Capitalists, Mining Infrastructure, and the First Copper Bonanza

This essay examines struggles over a water drainage tunnel as a window into the politics of mining, infrastructure, and national development in early twentieth-century Peru. It argues that the Peruvian mining elite operated as an organized network of entrepreneurs, mobilizing capital, environmental technology, and the power of the state to challenge the rising hegemony of US interests in Peru's copper corridor. Unlike the classic literature on nineteenth-century mining in Peru, which has presented Peruvian mineowners as a struggling bourgeoisie, this study focuses on this group's innovations and dynamism in the wake of the copper bonanza. It also studies its discursive strategies, which appealed to preexisting skepticism of free trade and anxieties about foreign influence. Altogether, this essay contributes to the literature on US imperialism and capitalist penetration by centering local actors and studying US hegemony as a contentious and contingent process.

Literature Review and Perspectives on Digital Customer Orientation in the Context of Digitization

With the advent of the digital era, the entrepreneurial environment has changed dramatically. Driven by demand and technological innovation, various types of platform enterprises have emerged and developed into a digital ecosystem dominated by core platform enterprises, with members of the industry evolving in a collaborative and mutually beneficial manner. For start-ups with "new entry deficiencies", only by further embracing the digital ecosystem can they make better use of complementary resources to achieve growth. Through a review of the classic literature on digital customer orientation at home and abroad, the concept, composition, measurement and application of digital customer orientation are systematically reviewed. The study shows that digital customer orientation is a concept different from customer orientation, a way for companies to provide real-time and customized customer experiences by embracing digital ecosystems, and that it plays a key role in the process of embracing digital ecosystems by start-ups. The shortcomings of digital customer orientation research are summarized and future research directions are proposed with the aim of promoting the further development of digital innovation research.

Relation and Relationships Between Folk Literature and Classical Literature: Taking Autochthony as a Case Study

Relation and Relationships Between Folk Literature and Classical Literature: Taking Autochthony as a Case Study

Blockchain in energy: literature review in the context of sustainability

This paper has two equally important research objectives. The first aim of the research is to identify key research areas addressed in scientific publications that simultaneously relate to blockchain, energy, and sustainability. In turn, the identification of green research areas in these publications is the second research aim. The indicated research aims were achieved on the basis of a bibliometric review of 205 scientific publications from 2017-2023 (Scopus database). By means of a systematic literature review, 25 different key research areas were identified. In turn, the classic literature review identified 18 green research areas (e.g. green blockchain). At the same time, no green issue was identified as a key research area. The results can inspire researchers looking for research gaps around blockchain and sustainability issues. Among the recommendations for stakeholders, the need for further research around blockchain technology, the development of a regulatory framework, or educational issues were highlighted.

Névhasználati stratégiák a klasszikus századforduló epigrammagyűjteményeiben

At the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the acceptance of criticism as a genre was controversial in Hungarian classical literature. On the one hand, contemporary interpreters debated who had the authority to write criticisms; on the other hand, the critical and pedagogical principles of the reviewer’s opinion were often questioned; and thirdly, the genres in which literary works could be criticised were also under discussion. In many instances, these questions were addressed through the conscious use of author’s names, as critics expressed their opinions anonymously, under pseudonyms, or in reviews under their own names. At that time, epigrams were considered a more acceptable form of critical expression than printed reviews. This paper is based on the collections of epigrams in Ferenc Kazinczy’s Tövisek és virágok [‘Thorns and Flowers’] and those published by the members of the Aurora Circle (József Bajza, Károly Kisfaludy, György Stettner, Ferenc Toldy, and Mihály Vörösmarty) in the journal Kritikai Lapok [‘Critical Papers’] under the titles Kritikai pálya-ágak [‘Critical Career Branches’] and Pályalombok [‘Career Leaves’]. It analyses the aesthetic, critical and rhetorical roles played by the author’s names and other proper names in the poems. By examining the author’s names in the collections of epigrams and the proper names created in the poems through various rhetorical devices, a new perspective can be taken on the aesthetic, critical, canonising and career-building aspirations behind the volumes. Furthermore, the texts examined reveal the specificities of the naming practices of the two generations of writers.

Retelling: a New Genre or an Insufficiently Investigated “Old” Notion?

The article focuses on the phenomenon known as “retelling”. The mass reader, both domestic and foreign, perceives retelling as one of the neterature genres. The word “retelling” is borrowed from the English language. According to the English-language publications concerning retelling, in modern mass consciousness this concept corresponds, on the one hand, to the methods of borrowing and processing plots, known in European culture since antiquity, on the other, to a system of primary and secondary features, reproduced in mass literature texts. However, neither American nor British literary criticism knows such a genre. Foreign literary critics use the term “adaptation”, which implies one type of the text transformation: from a literary work to a theatrical production or film. Russian researchers apply the term “adaptation” to the alterations of classical literature for theatre, cinema, television and computer games. Although in the English language culture retelling is perceived as a new, recently emerged phenomenon, the first authorʼs adaptations of classical works appeared at the beginning of the 19th century. The collection of stories “Tales from Shakespeare”, written by Charles and Mary Lamb can be considered the first example of a “retelling” adaptation. The “Preface” to the stories contains the principles, formulated by the authors. According to the given principles they reworked Shakespeareʼs plays for childrenʼs reading. These principles fall under both the concept of “retelling” and the concept of “adaptation”. The research shows that though “retelling” is perceived as one of the characteristic features of modern culture, this phenomenon existed as a conscious way of creative working with text for at least two centuries. This phenomenon is not a genre, but a set of techniques for transforming a text, a still insufficiently studied universal of literary creativity.

Politico-Administrative Culture and Public Service Reform in Post-Independence Kazakhstan

Classical organizational management literature draws clear parallels between organizational culture and climate and effective use of power and influence as key to successful policy implementation of reforms in public sector organizations. On the other hand, the public policy literature, in particular, policy transfer as a strand within policy studies, emphasizes the role of the national context, more specifically, ‘facilitators’ and ‘constraints’ of ‘‘politico-administrative culture” within the national context, as crucial to understanding processes of transfer, convergence, and diffusion of public policy. There is a plethora of studies by Western scholars of public management who have successfully utilized these theoretical underpinnings to study the effectiveness of public service reforms in mature policy environments such as the UK, the US, Australia, New Zealand, and others. However, the public policy and comparative public management literature only offers a limited number of case studies from developing, middle-/upper-middle countries, which rely on concepts of organizational management in addition to narratives on the impact of policy learning from global doctrines, such as Weberianism, New Public Management (NPM), and New Public Governance (NPG), and national politics, on the implementation of administrative reforms in those contexts. Kazakhstan, as a resource-affluent post-Soviet country and a bastion of modernization and ‘open government’ in Central Asia or the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in the post-Soviet era is a case in point. Based on ethnographic research consisting of interviews with elite academics, civil servants, and think-tank activists, as well as reviews of OECD and government strategy reports in Astana, the findings point to a potential abatement of the impact of context constraints such as large power distance and collectivist behavior by context facilitators such as those surrounding the use of ‘trilingualism’ and public diplomacy towards reforms in Kazakhstan particularly in recent years.

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) in Heritage Education: A Multimedia Approach to ‘Phra Aphai Mani’

Even though classic literature has cultural and educational value in heritage education, students often have trouble becoming interested because of the archaic language, a lack of good learning materials, the idea that the literature is not relevant, and complicated plots. This research aims to enhance heritage education by identifying barriers and drivers in youth engagement with classic Thai literature and exploring how Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles could be applied to increase motivation in learning classic literature through multimedia. Ten interviews with experts, 100 on-site questionnaires filled out by students aged 15–25 years, and a multimedia e-book were used together in this mixed-methods study. As a case study, the researchers asked both experts and students to read the Thai classic poem “Phra Aphai Mani: Escaping from the Sea Witch” and make suggestions for how it could be better. The results show that there are barriers to heritage education, such as ‘the story is not connected to the present’ (mean = 4.52/5), ‘archaic vocabulary and language barriers’ (mean = 4.36/5), and ‘learning materials’ (mean = 4.25/5). Surprisingly, Thai students showed more positive attitudes towards literature courses than expected based on international trends. Key drivers for enhancing heritage education include ‘classic literature in modern, easy-to-read language’ (mean = 4.65/5), ‘including multimedia’ (mean = 4.58/5), ‘the plot/story adapted to the current era’ (mean = 4.50/5), and ‘new presenting technologies’ (mean = 4.49/5). Next, as an innovative way to improve heritage education, this study developed a free e-book titled “Phra Aphai Mani: Escaping from the Sea Witch”, which includes motion graphics and other multimedia elements. This research contributes to knowledge by demonstrating how UDL can be applied to classic literature within heritage education, enhancing understanding of student needs, and creating more effective, inclusive multimedia teaching methods for preserving and transmitting cultural heritage.

Traditions of classical literature in the work of modern Russian and Tatar writers from the Republic of Tatarstan

Traditions of classical literature in the work of modern Russian and Tatar writers from the Republic of Tatarstan

Drama as an Aid in Academic Learning and Creative Writing: The CBS Radio Mystery Theater

A comprehensive radio series of 1,399 episodes which originally ran seven nights a week from January 1974 to December 1982. The series dealt with a very large expanse of subject matter, not only in classic and modern literature and history, but also at times featured basic facts in the areas of the sciences including chemistry, medicine, astronomy and physics. As a result, the series served, and continues to serve as an effective educational tool in addition to being a source of entertainment very similar in style to the audiobook. It also serves as a virtual template for the study of the art of storytelling and creative writing.

Εντροπη: Shame and Identity Formation in the Letters of Ignatius of Antioch

Since the 1980s, biblical scholars have started to employ the framework of “honor and shame” to study the culture of the ancient Mediterranean region. However, this application of the social–scientific honor–shame model has led to “massive generalizations of ‘honor’ and ‘shame’”. In particular, when focusing on the concept of honor/shame rather than its lexemes, the social–scientific school ignores the nuanced nature of each Greek word group related to shame. By studying classical Greek literature, Douglas Cairns further points out a puzzling situation that the word group αἰδώς contains polarized meanings of both “to shame” and “to respect”. In this paper, we examine the puzzling double meanings of “to shame/to respect” by focusing on the use of the word group ἐντροπή in the letters of Ignatius of Antioch. This paper argues that the word group ἐντροπὴ serves a rhetorical purpose of protecting the church’s identity by rejecting beliefs/customs that are unacceptable to Christianity and promoting unity in the churches through obedience to church authorities. This paper also explores the fundamental epistemological issue of understanding emotion words in its ancient context. It provides a provisional definition for ἐντροπή, that it is a self-inhibitory emotion of sensitivity to one’s proper place in social interaction to protect one’s self-image.

The Respiratory Reflex of Cough: A Comparative Study of Contemporary Medicine and Unani Concepts

Cough suddenly and frequently helps to remove mucus, irritants, foreign substances, and bacteria from the airways. It can be a symptom of a respiratory infection like the common cold, bronchitis, tuberculosis, influenza, smoking, or other health issues. Contemporary texts describe several kinds of coughs, including acute, chronic, and subacute coughs, coughs that produce or do not produce mucus, and specific types like Reflex cough, voluntary cough, and evoked cough. In Unani texts, cough is referred to as diseases rather than symptoms. it is also called as “Sual” in Arabic, “Surfa” in Persian, khansi in Hindi, and cough in English. In Unani medicine, Sual is attributed to three causes: Ashab-e-badiya (extrinsic factor), Asbab-i- Wassila (intrinsic factor), and Iltehab (inflammation). The primary categories of Sual identified in Unani texts are Sual yabis and Sual Ratab, which are further subdivided into various types. This paper examines the concept, causes, types, and treatment approaches to Sual/Cough as described in both classical and modern literature. Keywords: Cough, Sual, Surfa, Modern concept Unani literature, sual yabis, sual ratab.

Pushkin and Dostoevsky in Russian Rock Poetry

The article deals with Russian rock poetry, whose authors strive to overcome cultural and personal decay by turning to classical literature and absurdist aesthetics. The rock poet chooses either Pushkin or Dostoevsky as the central and at the same time supporting figures of Russian culture, and his self-determination – the self-determination of a genius of the 20th–21st centuries – occurs precisely at the intersection of myths about two, at first glance, polar cultural heroes («solar» Pushkin and «shadow» Dostoevsky). An appeal to the figures of Pushkin and Dostoevsky, as well as a cultural dialogue with their texts, occurs as follows: on the one hand, the genius seems to be brought down to the modern author’s level, and on the other, the themes and motifs covering the foundations of Russian spiritual culture are affirmed, re-actualized and adapted to new contexts. The purpose of the study is to prove through an intertextual approach that rock poetry can be viewed as a phenomenon of elite culture, since the value paradigm of the texts of rock poets is traditionally built through the juxtaposition of ideal and real plans. A rock performer himself is a «slave of honor» and a «poet» who is invariably placed in opposition to the reality around him. Absurdist aesthetics, techniques of comedy and deconstruction «renew» and at the same time complicate the long-familiar image.

A GHAZAL NOT INCLUDED IN THE DIVAN OF MUHIBBI AND TAHMIS BY ŞEMSI TO THIS GHAZAL

In classical Turkish literature, there are poems which are not included in the divans of poets, for various reasons. Mecmuas/collections of these poems, and poets not having a divan, are important resources. It is possible to find unknown poems or poets in some archival documents, in addition to collections. One of the aforementioned archive materials is registered in file number 324 and folder number 27 in the sources of Ottoman Archives at Topkapi Palace Museum MA.e, the Directorate of State Archives. The document includes 41 ghazals (lyric poems, a form with its roots in seventh-century Arabia that is composed of five to fifteen structurally and thematically autonomous couplets), 1 tahmis/making five, 4 stanzas/quatrains and 1 distich/couplet written by 8 poets. This document containing 18 ghazals of Muhibbî and nazires (imitation, interpretation, reply in kind) written after his poems has some parallels with the nazire mecmua/imitation collection edited by Mehmed Izzî, probably in the 16th century. There exist 13 imitations written by Bâkî to Sultan Suleiman in the document authenticating the collection organized by Mehmed Izzî and including unknown poems of the poets such as Dâʻî, Khalîl, and Şemsî. The document also includes a imitation competition reported by Gubârî. What makes the document the relevant to this study is that it includes a poem not included in the Divan of Sultan Suleiman published by both Ak and Yavuz, and a tahmis written on his poem by a poet with the pseudonym Şemsî. In this study, firstly it was examined whether the poem in question is by Sultan Suleiman or not, later examining if this tahmis might belonged to which Şemsî. As a result of the study, it is clear that the poem belongs to Muhibbî, and İsfendiyarzâde Ahmed Şemsî (Shemsî) Paşa (Pasha) -one of the 16th century poets- has made a tahmis to this lyric poem.

Conscientiousness vs. Cultural capital: Which matters more for academic achievement in the Hong Kong educational landscape?

This study examines the relative impact of conscientiousness and cultural capital on academic achievement among university students in Hong Kong, within the broader East Asian educational landscape. Focusing on objectified, embodied, and institutionalized forms of cultural capital, we use fixed-effect hierarchical regression analysis to assess their influence on students’ GPA, while controlling for academic effort, attitude, and socio-economic background. The findings reveal that objectified and embodied cultural capital have limited effects on academic success, indicating that traditional cultural assets such as classical literature or highbrow cultural practices play a minor role in this context. Conversely, institutionalized cultural capital, including recognized qualifications, shows a modest positive association with GPA, though its significance diminishes when other factors are considered. Most notably, the study underscores the dominant role of conscientiousness—reflected in students’ academic effort and attitude—as a stronger predictor of academic achievement. These results challenge conventional views on the primacy of cultural capital in education and advocate for policies that prioritize the cultivation of personal attributes like conscientiousness alongside cultural knowledge to enhance academic outcomes in East Asia.