Collection Of Stories Research Articles

MİLAN KUNDERA – “GÜLMƏLİ MƏHƏBBƏTLƏR” HEKAYƏSİNDƏ MƏHƏBBƏT İDEYASI

Milan Kundera – The Idea of Love in the Story "Laughable Loves" Summary Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, Milan Kundera was a student when the Czech communist regime was established in 1948, and later worked as a laborer, jazz musician and professor at the Institute for Advanced Cinematographic Studies in Prague. His books were banned after the Russian occupation in August 1968. She and her husband settled in France in 1975, and in 1981 became French citizens. He is the author of the novels "Joke", "Life is Elsewhere", "Goodbye Waltz", "Book of Laughter and Forgetfulness", "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" and "Immortality" and a collection of short stories "Laughable Loves" – all originally in Czech. His most recent novels, Slowness, Personality, and Ignorance, as well as his non-fiction works, Roman Art and Betrayed Will, were first written in French. The core of the themes that the author will work on in his later novels, as well as the original and innovative narrative methods in the development of these themes can be found in Kundera's "Laughable Loves", written with the greatest pleasure and delight. It can be said that the story book, which took ten years to write, is very different in terms of both content and form. In Kundera's stories, men persecute women with their "erotic passions." Married, single, old and young men face social difficulties, accept the loss of time and economic difficulties and try to attract women. Kundera beautifully reflects the universal challenges they face during this marathon. "Laughable Loves" is about raising the power of expression and aesthetics, as well as the successful depiction of this universal event – with humor.

The Significance of a Feminist Geopolitical Analysis in Mahasweta Devi’s The Hunt and Douloti the Bountiful

In the inspiration of bringing alternatives to Critical Geopolitics and Subaltern Geopolitics, Feminist Geopolitics has been employed in this paper. Feminist geopolitics traverses upon the discriminated, marginalized community’s lives and events as well as it connects their exploitation with power production. This feminist geopolitics’ analytical approach demonstrates connections of geopolitics power production with everyday life of Indian tribal people. While reading Indian Tribal community as a subaltern in the works of Mahasweta Devi, through feminist geopolitics we have analyzed violence, displacement, and resistance of tribal women. In geographical imaginaries, the land of tribal protects and strengthens women; simultaneously the tribal land displaces and destroys. The article investigates two questions, 1. What is the role of land in the lives of tribal women? 2. What is the need of mother land for tribal women? It also focuses on two women, whom the dominant geopolitics had marginalized once, but then, the research gap states, how one (woman) could survive through epitomic influence on geography and another could not survive due to displacement. Moreover, the gap insists on how the power relation operates inside and outside the tribal border as well as the interest, knowledge and power of elite’s invades the tribal community after the independence. The qualitative method (textual analysis) is used for research analysis, and Arya (2020) defines that “textual analysis is a type of qualitative analysis that focuses on the underlying ideological and cultural assumptions of a text” (Arya, 2020, p. 173). Hence, this method utilizes the theoretical approaches of the feminist geopolitics theory for the study of the two short stories of Mahasweta Devi. In this article, Imaginary Maps (1995) a collection of short stories by Mahasweta Devi, translated by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak from which The Hunt (1995) and Douloti the Bountiful (1995) (two stories) have been analyzed for discussion.

Collection of Short Stories Lukisan Untuk Papa: Reflective Sociological Analysis Class and Social Affairs Through Short Stories Focusing on Titled Stories Aku Ingin Pulang

This article tries to analyze the class or social conflict reflected through one of the short story titles, especially the one entitled Aku Ingin Pulang from the short story collection Lukisan Untuk Papa by Nanan Ginanjar. Through descriptive qualitative analysis by critically reading literary works which will then be identified. The depiction contained in the literary work is not only a narrative plot, but also a reflection of the social, cultural and political conditions prevailing in Indonesian society through a series of words that the author tries to describe through his writing. There are sixteen short story titles contained in this short story collection book which of course contains various types of social life including conflicts that generally occur in the surrounding community such as conflicts between families, economic conflicts, and cross-generational conflicts. However, this discussion only focuses on the short story entitled “Aku Ingin Pulang”. The results of the study: (1) Ari as the main character who misses his life in the village. (2) Ari's father's efforts to improve the family's economy by betting his fate in the capital have reached a deadlock. (3) The existence of several lower middle class families living under the flyover is a real picture that occurs around the village.

Gender Representation in Contemporary Indian Women Writers

This research paper delves into the nuanced exploration of gender representation in the literary works of two distinguished contemporary Indian women writers, Arundhati Roy and Jhumpa Lahiri. The investigation encompasses a historical analysis of their narratives, scrutinizing their impact on societal perceptions and the evolving discourse surrounding gender roles. Arundhati Roy's seminal work, "The God of Small Things," serves as a focal point for examining her adept dismantling of traditional gender norms within the socio-cultural fabric of India. Concurrently, Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer Prize-winning collection of short stories, "Interpreter of Maladies," provides a diasporic lens through which gender intersects with cultural identities. The paper progresses through individual analyses of Roy and Lahiri's works, unraveling their unique approaches to gender representation. While Roy challenges societal expectations in India through vivid portrayals of characters breaking free from established norms, Lahiri navigates the diasporic experience, intricately weaving the intersectionality of gender with cultural identity. Common themes and divergent approaches between the two authors are explored, contributing to a broader dialogue on gender representation in contemporary Indian literature. As the narrative unfolds, critical reception and scholarly debates surrounding Roy and Lahiri's works are considered, shedding light on the dynamic nature of gender representation within diverse cultural landscapes. The research also anticipates future trends, emphasizing emerging themes such as intersectionality, global feminist perspectives, and the integration of technology in shaping narratives. Ethical considerations and the advocacy for inclusive publishing practices are discussed, recognizing the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. This research aims to amplify the voices of women in literature, providing a comprehensive understanding of their experiences while paving the way for a more inclusive and equitable literary landscape.

Narration in the novel ”Soad and the military” by Najm Wali

This research deals with addressing the character in the novel (Suad and the Military) by the expatriate Iraqi novelist (Najm Wali)، who is considered one of the well-known novelists in the Arab world in general and in Iraq in particular، especially outside the Arab world. The research plan is based on three types of characters: (the main character)، (the secondary character)، and (the developing character)، and is preceded by an introduction to the novelist character، as it is one of the most important and important narrative components in the novel، as it specializes in the study of characters from The external and internal aspect and the effective role that it possesses to reach the detection of various aspects، such as the psychological aspect and to clarify the various individual differences، by distinguishing between the external physical image، and the internal psychological image، and through the novelist's description of it. And its role in taking positions in order to reach a complete picture of it and its definition in the linguistic perspective، and then the terminology، followed by the most important results reached by the research، and the references used in it. * Najim Wali، born in 1956، was born in the city of Al-Amara، left Iraq in 1980 and now resides in Germany. He holds a BA in German literature from the German (Hamburg University) and Spanish literature at (Completense University) in Madrid. Concordia) in (2018)، and his novels: (The War in the Tarab neighborhood) in (1989)، (A place called Kumait) in (1997)، (Tal Lahem) in (2001)، and (The Picture of Youssef) in (2005). )، (Angels of the South) (2009)، (Baghdad Malboro) (2012)، (Sarah’s Sin) (2018)، and two short story collections: (Mary’s Last Night) (1994)، and (Waltz with Matilda) (1999)، (The Book of Baghdad، a Civilian Biography) in (2015)، and finally his novel (Suad and the Military)، which is his last work، as it was published last year.

Lexical Construction of Character Names in the Collection of Short Stories "Robohnya Surau Kami" By A.A. Navis

This research aims to analyze the lexical construction in the short story collection "Robohnya Surau Kami" by A.A. Navis. The lexical construction that is focused on is the lexical construction of the characters in the short story collection. This research uses a descriptive qualitative approach and a corpus linguistics approach. The corpus linguistic application used in this research is the KORTARA application (Korpus Nusantara). The data collection technique used in this research is documentation techniques, which are sourced from the corpus. The documentation technique used in this research comes from the corpus files contained in the corpus linguistic application (Korpus Nusantara). The corpus target of this research is a short stories corpus. This research uses computational linguistic analysis techniques. The computational linguistic technique in this research goes through several stages, namely identification, classification, interpretation and conclusion Based on the research that has been carried out, several types of character construction have been obtained, namely (1) gender terms, (2) kinship terms in Indonesian, (3) kinship terms in Minangkabau, (4) personal names, (5) country names, (6) common nouns , (7) creator/creator, (8) formal profession/position title, (9) non-formal profession/position title, and (10) pronoun.

Redefining active mobility from spatial to social in Singapore

IntroductionWalking is an active mobility option with health and social benefits. Many cities including Singapore are expanding pedestrian infrastructure and creating walkable neighbourhoods. But the connection of neighbourhood walkability and walking behaviour among residents, especially older adults remains less examined. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between everyday walking behaviours and neighbourhood design characteristics. MethodsUtilising generative focus group discussions with 12 participants, including older adults, this exploratory research collected personal and collective stories on residents' walks around Singapore's high-rise, high-density public housing neighbourhoods of Tampines Town, including their attitudes, aversions, and aspects of environmental barriers and enablers for walking. ResultsAll 12 participants had walked in their neighbourhoods during the 7 days preceding the focus group discussion. A key motivation for walking in the neighbourhood was everyday life activities and needs, such as to get out of the house, walking for food, groceries, work, exercise, and health, reinforcing the pivotal role of these opportunities in residents’ active mobility life space and the availability and accessibility to these local facilities. Drawing on their everyday lived experiences, participants shared their conception of walkable neighbourhood, the adequacy of neighbourhood places for walking, the environmental barriers and enablers. Older participants spoke about walkable environments helping them to reach essential destinations safely every day and contributing to not only their physical health but also social and mental health (through contact with nature and interaction with neighbours and others within the neighbourhood). Where they would walk is often influenced by their perception of the place, sense of safety, and the presence/absence of services. ConclusionsThe findings lend local priorities for walkable neighbourhoods based on what residents think and blending social consensus. The policy implication is a need to consider both place enhancement and people's experience, including experiential micro-social and psychological aspects and their interlinkages when designing inclusive walkable neighbourhood.

Factors of non-linearity in the collection of stories “Severance” by R. O. Butler

Factors of non-linearity in the collection of stories “Severance” by R. O. Butler

The World of Color in I.A. Bunin's short story "Henry": coloratives and sense of Motherland

The composition, semantics and functioning of words with color meanings (coloratives) are of interest to researchers specializing in various fields of scientific knowledge. The relevance of studying this group of words is determined with an important trend: to describe the facts of culture fixed in the units of the language, as well as to highlight culturally significant information in them. This tendency is manifested in the study of the writer's language. The analysis of coloratives, their composition and role in Ivan Bunin's multi-genre works is actively conducted, but it is often carried out without focusing on a specific work of art. The article analyzes the coloratives functioning in the text of the story «Henry» (a collection of short stories «Dark Avenues»), which is called a gloomy, or twilight, story. The analysis showed that the writer uses about 120 coloratives in the text of the story, most of which denote bright («daytime») colors (Rus. лиловый, индиго, янтарно-коричневый, цвета луковой шелухи). The nature of the selection of words naming the main colors of the spectrum and their shades in the text of the story shows the author's likes and dislikes. Semantic, lexicographic and linguocultural analysis of landscape and portrait descriptions is carried out against the background of materials from the National Corpus of the Russian language (the Main and Poetic subcorps). The analysis has shown that the coloratives become for the author not only a means of accurately and figuratively describing the world around them, but also a way of expressing the hero's condition and his attitude towards Russia and Europe.

Ethnonyms in “On a Chinese screen” by W.S. Maugham: a lexical and corpus-based analysis

In the article the topic about the recreation of ethno-cultural information based on linguistic and corpus analysis of the work of the famous classical British writer S. Maugham, consisting of a collection of short stories “on a Chinese screen” was considered. Subject of analysis is in science, is established that ethno-cultural information is directly related to the knowledge, experience, beliefs, traditions of a particular country. Classical British literature, including the book of S. Maugham, is distinguished by a unique, authentic, artistic, realistic description at the interconnection of different cultures. It was found out that S. Maugham's work, which was written during his travel to China, reflected on the cultural, spiritual values, traditions of the Chinese country, for which he felt with his heart, covered issues that have not lost their relevance to this day, such as inequality in society, cultural diversity, modernization at the cross-cultural relation and the influence between East and West, etc. The result of the article is related to S. Maugham's work, ethnonyms were collected using the esearching way, the frequency of their activity in literary books was determined through the Google Books NGram Viewer, search engine from 1880 to 2019, the frequency and lexical meaning were distinguished by a lexical and corpus-based analysis.

Self-Realisation at the Risk of Tranquillity in a Carceral Social Environment: A Critique of ARABY by James Joyce

James Joyce’s collection of short stories under the title Dubliners is a landmark contribution to Irish literature that reveals the frustration of the Irish people of his time. While many of the short stories there deal with men and women, old and young, “Araby” specifically concentrates on a juvenile. The carceral social atmosphere prevailing in the environment limits his space to the nearest possibilities of pleasure and drives him in a direction determined by his libidinal energy. Unfortunately, a young woman much older than him becomes the centre of his interest and later the target of his love. Urged by his desire for the woman’s company, he makes a trip to an oriental bazaar amidst so much chaos to purchase a token of love for his dream sweetheart. His escapade from the beginning to the end of his trip is full of discouraging incidents, but he finds his way to the stalls. Ultimately, he gets alarmed and frightened before a police interrogation that goes on at a stall. The dormant carcerality engineered by a panopticon in the vicinity of his house shows its true nature at the bazaar. That puts an end to the project he has embarked on in his mission to win the young woman’s love. Covering the entire scenario, the paper treats the story as a report on juvenile delinquency in a carceral environment.

Dimensions of Religiosity in a Collection of Short Stories “War Breaks Again In Gaza” (Satu Pena Palestine Humanitarian Anthology)

Dimensions of Religiosity in a Collection of Short Stories “War Breaks Again In Gaza” (Satu Pena Palestine Humanitarian Anthology)

TEMPLE OF THE SUN BY I.A. BUNIN AND SYRIAN STORIES BY S.S. KONDURUSHKIN: INTERSECTION POINTS

The article is devoted to the personal and creative connections between Ivan Bunin and the forgotten writer Stepan Semenovich Kondurushkin (1874-1919). Known cases of communication between writers are described in detail: correspondence, meetings, as well as their reviews of each other’s work. From 1898 to 1903 Kondurushkin worked as a teacher in the Middle East at the invitation of the Imperial Orthodox Palestinian Society. In 1901-1902 Kondurushkin began to write the first journalistic and literary texts about the East. Bunin traveled to the East in 1903, 1907, 1910-1911 and 1913, to publish the first sketches of the future book Temple of the Sun - since 1908. Both authors carefully read each other’s works. The article compares the two-volume collection of stories by Kondurushkin Syrian Stories (1908-1910) and Bunin’s Temple of the Sun (1917). Both authors speak about the East in the words of sacred texts and model a certain mythological space, where they are not just observers, but also participants in the process - they experience the myth together with the acting heroes, and are also endowed with the ability to act within the myth. In addition, both authors are characterized by the exploitation of the metaphor ‘East is the grave’, in which the problem of ‘time’ as a category is leveled and reduced solely to understanding everything in the category of ‘space’. The history of the East after the time of myth does not exist for the writers, and therefore the East is ‘buried’ under the slabs of sacred texts. Special attention is paid to the representation of the image of Moses.

Humanization and Transcendence Aspects in Kuntowijoyo’s Short Story Collection Persekongkolan Ahli Makrifat (The Conspiracy of Makrifat Experts)

In the study of prophetic literature, there are three important aspects, namely aspects of humanization, liberation, and transcendence that appear in literary works. These three aspects, which are the pillars of prophetic values, are found in most of the works of Kuntowijoyo, a Muslim scholar, historian, and writer who is also the initiator of prophetic literature. This research focuses on the humanization and transcendence aspects in a collection of short stories Persekongkolan Ahli Makrifat by Kuntowijoyo. The research uses a qualitative method with descriptive analysis. The data analysed and described by the content of the prophetic aspects that become the focus of this research. The data were collected by recording sentences from some of the short stories in the short story collection book Persekongkolan Ahli Makrifat. The Data analysed and interpreted based on Kuntowijoyo's prophetic literary theory. This research found that in the short story collection Persekongkolan Ahli Makrifat, there are two prophetic aspects that have powerful messages. These aspects represent a prophetic message about the importance of realizing the balance between divine consciousness and human consciousness in life.

A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean: A Collection of Stories Curated by Leïla Sebbar. Edited by Lia Brozgal and Rebecca Glasberg. Translated by Lia Brozgal, Jane Kuntz, Rebekah Lois Vince, and Robert Watson

<i>A Jewish Childhood in the Muslim Mediterranean: A Collection of Stories Curated by Leïla Sebbar</i>. Edited by Lia Brozgal and Rebecca Glasberg. Translated by Lia Brozgal, Jane Kuntz, Rebekah Lois Vince, and Robert Watson

Review of Connections in the clinic: Relational narratives from team-based primary care.

Reviews the book, Connections in the Clinic: Relational Narratives from Team-Based Primary Care edited by Randall Reitz, Laura E. Sudano, and Mark P. Knudson (2021). This book is an edited collection of poems and stories reflecting the personal nature of the mission, vision, and practice of integrated primary care. This collection reflects the biopsychosocial model, which has been growing steadily in research and practice over the last few decades. These stories from the frontlines illustrate the increased awareness of the strong mind-body-interpersonal and team connections that are a critical part of a successful primary care system. This book is intended to be inspirational for anyone working in a primary care clinic. The editors describe the central purpose of the book is to find meaning in the relationships that are created in team-based primary care. This is a book where these stories are collected to expand our recognition and appreciation of the full diversity of patterns in our personal and work lives. The collection of stories is intended to inspire readers to actively practice their own reflections and learnings and encourages sharing them with others. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

Afroqueerness, Heteropatriarchy, and Transnationality: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah’s The Sex Lives of African Women

In her anthology, The Sex Lives of African Women (2021), Ghanaian writer and blogger Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah includes thirty-two stories of Black African and Afro-descendant women of different ages and sexual orientations to openly discuss queer and identity issues, family and religious dynamics, sexual freedom and pleasure, and abuses and resistance against heteropatriarchal structures. In this paper, I will first introduce Sekyiamah as a newly emerging African voice in the contemporary writing panorama and briefly examine her story collection. Second, I will discuss how gender and sex were conceived in Africa in precolonial times and how queerness and lesbianism are interpreted in the African feminist tradition. Third, I will show how Sekyiamah’s anthology can be read as a transnational Afroqueer archive by discussing some of the stories included in her volume. Significantly, I will draw on Chantal Zabus’s conceptualisation of “margins” (Zabus 31-32) to capture those spaces of free expression, openness, and resistance against colonial, nationalist, and heteropatriarchal power structures from which Afrosporic women express and manifest their often “dissenting” identities, exercise their agency, and fight for their fundamental human rights.

Expressive oppositions in the strange love affairs from Phanariot Bucharest, by Doina Rusti

In this article, the expressive oppositions from the collection of stories The strange love affairs from Phanariot Bucharest by Doina Rusti are analyzed. The expressive phenomena in speech or in a literary work are characterized by diversity. In common speech and fiction, there is a core of communication (what is communicated) and an expressive area (how to communicate). Frequently, the facts of style are generated by the contrast between the elements of the core and those of the expressive area. The stylistic highlighting of some text sequences takes place through various expressive oppositions, within a context. In the analysis of a text under this aspect, stylistic processes will be considered as bipolar structures formed by context (predictable element) and contrast (unpredictable element), as well as stylistic marks (implicit and explicit). The most common way is to insert a word in the text that is different from the code used by the writer (borrowing, archaism, neologism, regionalism).

EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY INDIAN SOCIETY: THEMES AND NARRATIVES IN ARVIND ADIGA'S “BETWEEN THE ASSASSINATIONS”

This research paper examines the collection of interconnected stories titled "Between the Assassinations" by Arvind Adiga, published in 2008. The paper explores the various themes and narratives presented in the novel, which provides a snapshot of life in the fictional town of Kittur on India's southwestern coast. The study delves into the captivating portrayal of contemporary India, focusing on themes such as caste discrimination, religious tensions, and the impact of urbanization on small towns. Through a comprehensive analysis of the novel, this research aims to shed light on the social, political, and cultural complexities depicted by Adiga, highlighting the struggles, dreams, and aspirations of diverse characters from different walks of life.

“My Story is Not a Pink Story”: Enabling Care in a Research-Creation Practice with Parents of a Disabled Child in Inclusive Trajectories

ABSTRACT With growing attention to including parents and eliciting their voices in the inclusive journey of their children, this paper discusses a process of research-creation. With examples of parents making podcasts about meaningful moments and feltness/felting, we explore parents’ positions and development of strategies in creating inclusive childhoods for their children with disabilities. Our investigation showed how storytelling workshops and the making of podcasts became a process of enabling care. It created a space where parents explored possibilities, actively shaped inclusion and functioned within interconnected networks. We discuss the way parents used the research-creation practice and their collective stories to (1) generate and apply present and future images of their child, (2) consciously invest in and appreciate connections, (3) interact with specific intentions, and (4) become activists and go public.