English Literary Texts Research Articles

Exploring the Value and Affordances of Psychoanalysis in the Teaching of English Literary Texts in South African Secondary Education

Teachers and learners at South African secondary schools face a variety of challenges, of which some are psychological, emotional, and hidden from the untrained eye. It is, therefore, crucial to search for methods or theories to help learners with emotional and psychological challenges. The study explored and interrogated one overlooked theory that could help in this regard: the psychoanalytic theory. This Freudian theory is believed to offer a different kind of literary criticism which focuses on the subconscious mental activities and unusual behaviours in literary texts to resolve psychological challenges in education and society. The study investigated the nature, affordances, teaching methods, and challenges and solutions associated with the theory. The study also revealed some practical benefits of the theory for English literary education and life in general. Additionally, the study found that the theory is valuable in equipping teachers and learners with psychoanalytic knowledge and skills to critically analyse English literary content. The study also established that psychoanalytic abilities can help identify and resolve psychological challenges in an educational environment and society in general.

Lingual Means of Creating Cinematic Effect in the English Literary Text

The article is devoted to the cinematic effect within a descriptive language register of the English literary text. The article reveals the essence of cinematic effect as a literary technique based on cinematographic montage composition style that is the use of certain compositional-syntactic means to create brisk, dynamic description and represent a viewer’s shifting perspective. Cinematic effect enhances the plausibility of the literary text and should be considered more than just an imitation of
 cinematographic montage techniques but rather a lingual reflection of the natural process of perception and interpretation. The article reveals the concept and characteristic features of the descriptive language register of a literary text as a model
 for representing events, where the speaker describes what is actually observed at the moment of speech through sensory experiences. The article provides a thorough analysis of linguistic means of creating a cinematic effect within the framework of the
 descriptive language register of a literary text. The special attention is paid to lingual means that manifest the perception by various modalities, and their role in creating a cinematic effect within the descriptive language register of a literary text. The author concludes that the use of the reproductive register is predefined by the genre peculiarities of the material under study, since the way of representing events within the framework of the descriptive language register is most conducive to conveying viewer’s shifting perspective, the effect of the reader's direct presence at the events described, i.e. cinematic effect

Text, Discourse, Dicteme, Language Personality as Basic Concepts of Text Linguistics

The study is devoted to the consideration of the terms, which are the most frequently used and significant for the formation of meaning in linguistics. The relevance of the study is, on the one hand, determined by the variety of approaches to their definition and interpretation, and, on the other hand, by the necessity to specify them to facilitate academic communication and linguistic analysis. The purpose of this work is to consider a number of such concepts and substantiate our approach to them and their interpretation. The study uses both general theoretical and linguistic research methods. Particular attention is paid to phenomenological analysis while considering the terms themselves, as well as semantic, categorical-constitutive, positional and pragmatic analysis while studying empirical material. There are considered the concepts of text, discourse, dicteme as a text unit, language personality of an author, or a narrator and a reader/listener. The article analyzes differences between the text and discourse concepts. The work substantiates heuristic potential of a dicteme as a minimum text unit. The dicteme is studied both - from elementary and holistic approaches, as a fractal that forms the space of the whole text according to synergistic laws. The study emphasizes the ideological role of a linguistic personality both at the stages of creation and consumption of a text. There is carried out a linguistic analysis of an English literary text in order to identify denotative and conceptual information in its ideological and aesthetic manifestation in it. The study highlights the role of strong positions of text in the transfer of conceptual information and considers the function of influence in an artistic and media works, which, in the first case, is mainly emotive in nature, and, in the second, manipulative. It underlines the interdependence of the conceptual priorities of the creator and consumer of a media text.

Peculiarities of the Lexis of Domestic Conflict Discourse in Arabian Countries on the Example of English Literary Texts

The aim of the study is identification of the specifics of the Arab domestic conflict discourse in the context of English literary texts. In this work, the following methods were applied: the method of discourse analysis, the descriptive method. At the first stage of this work, the history of the formation of the concept of "discourse" was studied. Then we explored the pecularities of conflict discourse and its types. The next step was to identify the main causes of conflict situations. At the final stage of the study, the pecularities of domestic conflict discourse in the Arabic linguistic culture were analyzed on the example of Jean Sasson's English-language novel "Princess". The results of this study can be used as part of training courses in such disciplines as intercultural communication, sociolinguistics, linguoculturology, and a practical course in English. The study may be of interest to specialists in the field of translation studies, cultural studies, sociology, and psychology.

Reshaping the Anglo-Saxon Scop

Abstract This article identifies two frequently occurring motifs in novelistic adaptations of Beowulf that compellingly corroborate the fictional subversion of the narrative: the scop as the forger of the truth and personal profit as the catalyst for composition. Moreover, this article observes how these novels exist within a complex intertextual network, demonstrating how contemporary authors artfully recast Old English literary texts into their work and suggesting the influence of earlier retellings for the employment of either one or both motifs.

Reader Response Approach for Enhancing Literary Comprehension in an EFL Context

This article examines the impact of Reader Response Approach (RRA) on learners’ autonomy in interpreting literary texts in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classes. The research involved graduate-level students and teachers from two public universities of Nepal, through Participatory Action Research (PAR). Data were gathered from two Focus Group Discussions (FGDs), twelve classroom observations, and two Key Informant Interviews (KIIs), involving a total of 54 participants. The analysis, based on the principles of socio-constructivism, revealed that RRA-based classes provided students with greater freedom and ample opportunities to engage in discussions on literary texts, connecting them to their personal beliefs and values by fostering their active participation.

Investigating Machine Translation Errors in Rendering English Literary Texts into Arabic

Machine translation is a machine that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to translate texts between languages without human intervention. Machine translation approaches translate text or speech from one language to another, including the contextual, idiomatic and pragmatic issues of both different languages. The present study aims to analyze the translation of literary texts selected from different novels, plays, and poems and clarify the method for translating them from English into Arabic. This study also aims to discover machine translation errors in rendering English literary texts and clarify the translator's role in transferring the rhetorical impact on the reader who reads the (TT). This study hypothesizes that translators(students) face difficulties regarding words and structures when translating literary texts from English into Arabic because they misunderstand rhetorical devices. So they tend to use machine translations that translate literally, such as (Google Translate, Reverso translation and Bing Microsoft translation). This study adopted two models: First, Newmark's translation model (1988b), which includes two basic types of translation: semantic and communicative. This model is used widely in the analysis of literary texts. Second, Harris (2018) linguistic model theory of rhetorical question and the general purpose of the rhetorical devices to analyze the data. Finally, the study ends with the conclusions that all machine translation programs (Google Translate (GT), Reverso Translation (Reverso. T), Bing Microsoft Translation (Bing. M.T) in rendering English literary texts from English into Arabic are unacceptable and have more problems because these programs are just machines and cannot think or feel as well as all these machines renderings are meaningless and ambiguous. So Human translation is better than Machine Translation because the first uses communicative translation while the other uses semantic translation.

Exploring the Subjectivity of English Academic Discourse in the Context of Big Data

Abstract This study develops a sentiment analysis model for English academic discourse based on word information to effectively understand and analyze the sentiment tendencies in English literary texts. The structure of the model includes word embedding layer, character-level feature extraction, word-level feature extraction and feature fusion and classification layer. The word embedding layer realizes the mapping between word vectors and word vectors by microblogging pre-trained word vectors. The character-level feature extraction session uses a multi-window convolutional layer to capture N-Gram information. In contrast, the word-level feature extraction obtains deeper semantic information through a Bi-LSTM layer and fuses it with character-level information to enhance robustness. The feature fusion and classification layer further combines these features and determines the fusion weights through a linear layer to achieve sentiment classification. In performance tests, the model achieves 92.5% sentiment classification accuracy on the standard dataset, an improvement of about 6% compared to traditional methods. In particular, the accuracy is improved by 5% when dealing with text with sentiment polarity transition, showing good adaptability. In addition, using 657 positive and 679 negative sentiment words as seed words effectively expands the sentiment lexicon and enhances the comprehensiveness and accuracy of sentiment analysis.

Representing Culture in Translation: An Insider-Outsider Analysis of Arabic and English Literary Texts

Representing Culture in Translation: An Insider-Outsider Analysis of Arabic and English Literary Texts

Translation transformations application in the process of psychologism rendering in English literary discourse

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities and translation transformations application while rendering psychologism from English into Ukrainian. The main scientific results are obtained applying a set of general scientific and special methods of research, namely: analysis and generalization of scientific literature on the problems of psychologism rendering in the process of translation; theoretical generalization, analysis and synthesis; holistic and integral approaches to the study of translation transformations; comparative, descriptive and analytical methods. Psychologism is an important element of a literary work that allows the reader to understand the inner world of the characters, their thoughts, feelings and experiences. When psychologism rendering, linguists often apply the following techniques to reproduce the psychological state of a character: using an internal monologue, dialogues, descriptions of appearance or the environment; using stylistic devices: metaphors, epithets, hyperbole and similes to enhance the psychological effect; taking into account cultural peculiarities. The author highlights that to achieve adequate translation the translator uses transformations to ensure that the translation text conveys all the information contained in the source text to the fullest extent possible, strictly adhering to the norms of the target language. The most frequently used translation transformations in the reproduction of psychologism are lexical transformations that adequately convey the semantic, stylistic and pragmatic features of the lexical unit, taking into account the norms of the target language. The main transformations in this group are semantic development, conceptual substitution, decompression and compression. As the analysed examples show, these transformations are often combined with each other and acquire the character of complex translation transformations, which is a necessary tool for preserving the specificity of psychologism in the English literary discourse text translation into Ukrainian.

The forming of English literary texts and semantics of components of sentence

The forming of English literary texts and semantics of components of sentence

An Inquiry into the Translation of English Literary Metaphors Based on Text Mining Techniques

Abstract In this paper, the vector space model is used to convert the English literature text to be processed into a feature vector composed of feature items, and after adding weights to the feature items, it is composed into an N -dimensional space. After calculating the text similarity using the vector angle cosine, the knowledge base of English literature metaphors and an automatic recognition model are constructed by combining them with a Bayesian classification algorithm. Starting from the research purpose, we determine the research object and tools and analyze an example of English literary metaphor translation through the combination of simulation analysis and statistical analysis. The results show that the running speed of NBC is 10.2% faster than that of CFC, the speed of SOFMC is 70.1% faster than that of CFC, the accuracy rate of NBC is 32.8% higher than that of SOFMC, and that of CFC is 41.8% higher than that of SOFMC, and in terms of the combined running speed and accuracy rate, NBC performs better than SOFMC and CFC, i.e., it shows that the Bayesian classification algorithm is useful for dealing with English metaphor recognition and Chinese translation with excellent performance. In terms of lexical translation accuracy, the translated English literary metaphor texts with labeled lexical categories are significantly higher than the translated English literary metaphor texts without labeled lexical categories, with a difference value of 6.31%. This study extends the scope of cognitive linguistics research and offers a guiding reference value for translating English literary metaphors.

Гиперболизация в современных английских художественных текстах

The aim of the paper is to identify in a systematized manner various means and ways of expressing hyperbolization in the speech of characters in modern English literary texts. The research is novel in that it is the first to systematize a variety of hyperbolic means in English-language fiction that allow achieving a certain emotional impact on the addressee. The paper analyzes the contexts of the use of exaggeration in the speech of 25 characters in the works of modern English writers: India Knight’s “Comfort and Joy” (2010), Sophie Kinsella’s “Finding Audrey” (2015) and “Love Your Life” (2020), and for the first time summarizes hyperbolic ways of expression in the maxims of modern English society. The study examines such hyperbolic means as hyperbole, hyperbolic metaphor, metonymy, irony, antihyperbole, meiosis and litotes. The results of the study showed that the hyperbolic ways contribute to the creation of a colorful image, comic effect, as well as an emotional and manipulative impact on the reader. The analyzed material revealed the existence of lexical, grammatical and stylistic ways of expressing hyperbolization, which are actively used in the speech of modern native speakers.

The use of adjectives as a means of changing the time continuum within a literary text

The subject of the study is the exaggeration and understatement of time in modern English literary text through the use of adjectives. The object of the study are adjectives, which are presented as a means of depicting an exaggerated and understated time continuum. The author examines in detail the semantics of such lexemes as brief, quick, fleeting, ancient and slow. Particular attention is paid to their changes within the framework of combinations with other lexical units, during which time periods are stretched or narrowed. In this work, the author implemented the following methods: the method of component analysis, the method of contextual analysis, the method of linguostylistic analysis. The main conclusion of the study is the identification of the lexemes brief, quick, fleeting, ancient and slow as indicators of exaggeration and understatement of time within the English literary text of the fantastic genre. The use of the analyzed lexemes in different forms of degree of comparison of adjectives, as well as as part of comparative phrases, is noted. The above lexemes can express the speed of actions performed, and the time spent by the heroes is either deliberately drawn out or passes instantly. Also, hyperbolic time can be a way of reflecting the authenticity of the existence of peoples and the world as a whole. It is worth noting that some author's neologisms were identified.

LANGUAGE ECOLOGY OF CONTEMPORARY TRANSLATOR’S DISCOURSE

The paper considers the axiological problems of postmodern translator’s discourse in the aspect of the ecology of language. The object of the study is the contemporary translator’s discourse, its subject is the changes in the axiological linguistic scale of this discourse in the postmodern paradigm, reflected in the language (the “text lifting” strategy). The material under consideration is the contemporary translations of the English literary texts into Russian. The paper aims at the revealing of the contemporary translation discourse axiological constants and their linguistic ecology status in the contemporary translator’s discourse, including the situations of political correctness. The linguistic ecology problems of the postmodern translator’s discourse are connected, firstly, with the contemporary global and democratic tendency to transfer the authenticity of the source text, its style and lexis, and secondly, with a decrease in the standards of translation ethics and aesthetics. Translation ethics in such situations is often subordinated to postmodern anti-aesthetics, which challenges the basic principles of the classical Soviet translation tradition.

Linguistic Means of Reflection of Characters’ Mimic Gestures in the English Literary Texts of the XIX Century

The complex research of the mimic gestures of characters and their reflection in the English literary texts of the XIX century is carried out. The article reveals common patterns in the functions of nonverbal components of communication that regulate interpersonal relationships and express human emotions in different communicative situations. The national sociocultural and etiquette differences of nonverbal means that were characteristic of stereotypical behavior of the inhabitants of England in the XIX century are substantiated. An invariant (expression of face, smile, look) - variant (semantic and stylistic units) model of organization of means of communication to denote the mimic gestures of characters in the English literary texts of the XIX century is also revealed. Moreover, common patterns and differences in language marking the mimic gestures depending on the positive / negative / neutral reactions of characters in literary communicative situations are identified. Methodological principles of studying kinesics in the paralinguistic aspect are finally determined. Keywords: Communicative Situations, Mimic Gestures, Lexemes, Literary Text, Verbal and Nonverbal Interaction.

Translation Challenges and Strategies in Urdu Translations of English Literary Text

Introduction: In the domain of literature and literary writings, where intricate processes facilitate cross-cultural communication, translation has been employed to enlighten and educate audiences regarding the customs and cultures of other groups. Significant differences exist between the source and target languages, English and Urdu, which consequently leads to the manifestation of the fundamental distinctions that inevitably influence translation shifts. Examining oblique translation strategies, including equivalence, transposition, modulation, and adaptation, this study conducts a comparative analysis of Elif Shafak's novel Honour and its Urdu translation by Huma Anwar, titled Namoos. Purpose of the Study: Based on Vinay and Darbelnet's (2000) model of translational shift, the purpose of this study is to examine the diverse translation strategies utilized by a translator when converting a source text (ST) to a target text (TT). The research objectives are further accomplished through the application of Vermeer's Skopos Theory of Translation. Methodology: A meticulous examination of the translation at the word, phrase, and sentence levels, in addition to a system of simple random sampling, followed by convenience sampling, comprised the data collection procedure. To ascertain the translator's application of translation techniques and evaluate their efficacy, the gathered data underwent qualitative analysis. This study investigates the general effects of the numerous instances in which these translational shifts are evident on the target text. The theoretical framework of Comparative Stylistics of French and English: A Methodology for Translation (1958), which Vinay and Darbelnet established, provides the foundation for this investigation. Where oblique translation and direct translation have been identified as the two primary categories of translations and subsequently subdivided into their respective subcategories. Findings: As determined by the study, to accurately convey the intended meaning and message to the target audiences, the translator utilized several translational switchboard operations and techniques. By employing these strategies, the translator has not only preserved the fundamental nature of the source material but also guaranteed that the translated rendition is sensitive to the cultural sensibilities of the intended beneficiaries. Conclusion: The translator has succeeded in producing an accurate and impactful translation that conveys the intended message by utilizing these strategies to surmount the obstacles presented by linguistic, cultural, and contextual differences. Overall, the study determines that the translator ensured that the text remained accessible and meaningful to the intended audience while remaining faithful to the original. In doing so, the translator performed admirably.

TRANSLATIONAL SPECIFICITY OF OXYMORON RENDERING IN ENGLISH-UZBEK LITERARY TRANSLATION

The main objective of this article is to explore the challenges and strategies involved in translating oxymorons from English to Uzbek while maintaining the intended meaning, style, and impact of the original text. Oxymorons are literary devices that use two contradictory terms together to create a unique effect. They are commonly used in English literature to convey complex meanings and emotions. However, translating them into another language can be challenging because the contradictory terms may not have equivalent counterparts in the target language. The objective of this study is to identify the difficulties and specificities of translating oxymorons from English into Uzbek, and to develop effective strategies to overcome them. The study will analyze a variety of English literary texts that contain oxymorons, and their translations into Uzbek, to identify common patterns and challenges. The study will also examine the impact of different translation strategies on the overall meaning and style of the translated text. This will involve analyzing the translations in terms of their accuracy, fluency, and style, as well as their ability to convey the intended meaning and effect of the original text.

The Effectiveness of Using REACT Model for Teaching Literary Texts to EFL Preparatory School Students

Literature is generally used in English language teaching for the development of knowledge about the language . REACT (Relating, Experiencing, Applying, Cooperating and Transferring) model has been used as a model in teaching English literary texts . This study aims at investigating its effectiveness for teaching literary texts to EFL preparatory school students through:
 1-assessing the average level of the 5th year preparatory school students' achievement in English literary texts.
 2-finding out whether there is any significant difference between students' achievement of the experimental group and that of the control group in the posttest.
 3- finding out whether there is any significant difference between the students' achievement at the recognition level and that at the production level of the posttest.
 4- finding out whether there is any significant difference between the experimental group's achievement in the pretest and posttest.
 A sample of ninety EFL fifth year preparatory school students have been randomly selected from Al-Kansaa Preparatory School for Girls during the academic year(2021-2022), that represents (73.17) of its original population and divided into two equal groups, i.e. experimental and control groups. Both groups have been equalized in their age, their parents’ educational achievement, and their previous year achievement in English.
 The required data has been collected and analyzed statistically. The obtained results indicates that REACT model is more effective than using the conventional method for teaching literary texts. Finally, the study ends up with some conclusions and recommendations.

Феномен интердискурсивности в контексте формирования авторской картины мира в жанре фантастики

The article is dedicated to the analysis of the cognitive mechanisms of making the author’s world view in the context of discourse interaction. The article deals with the with the elements of scientific discourse functioning in English literary texts. The research aims at revealing correspondences between scientific notions and literary concepts constituting the author's world view. As the article shows, being the elements of discourse, the mental structures determine the procedures of generation and interpretation of the literary fiction text. Viewed from the cognitive aspect, such procedures consist in constituting a new cognitive image of the world on the basis of various discourse markers (scientific terms, syntactic patterns, etc.). Considering the semantic potential of scientific discourse markers, the author reveals the influence of the scientific worldview on the author’s world view. The analysis of text fragments enables the author to conclude that the study of discourse interaction can prove useful in text analysis as it may help in revealing the specificity of an author’s world view and a reader’s interpretation of the text. The realized perspective of the research allows us to reveal an important line of interaction between the scientific and literary world views.