Evolution Of Genre Research Articles

Science Fiction in the Post-occupation Iraqi Short Story in English Translation

English translations of Arabic literary works have interacted with -and possibly influenced- the Western context of science fiction literature. This thesis investigates how the English translations of post-occupation Iraqi short stories possibly contributed to the evolution of the Western science fiction genre. The study seeks to explain the relationship between post-2003 Iraqi literary works -that are a diverse range of corpus- as well as the possible influence of their translations and their counterparts in Anglophone literary systems. The research particularly focuses on Iraq +100 and The Corpse Exhibition and Other Stories of Iraq by Hassan Blasim. Blasim’s edited anthology, Iraq +100, is a prominent element in this study as it is analyzed to illustrate the interrelation between Arabic science fiction and Western traditions of this genre of fiction. As the roles of this edited anthology and short story collection are addressed and discussed in terms of the interaction between Anglophone and Arab literary systems, the study discusses the science fiction theories of Thomas Lombardo (2006) and Darko Suvin (2010). The primary objective of this study is to analyze the two selected books as they are introduced to the Western world and scrutinize how these books can be considered as a response to the evolution of the science fiction genre. Moreover, the translated works of post-occupation Iraqi short stories deal with the political and social impacts of the situation in Iraq after 2003. This thesis follows up by proposing that the anthologized English translations of these Arabic post-occupation Iraqi texts have contributed to the making of a dialogue between Arab and Western cultural and literary canons as well as traditions. The study also analyzes the short stories of the Iraqi writers, as illustrative of a specific expression of post-2003 Iraqi fiction that depicts the terror of violence in Iraq by delivering scenes of excessive violence in their texts. All in all, this study appears as an interdisciplinary work as it engages with translation studies, literary studies, history, and in a way, political science.

Paths of genre evolution of the Constance Saga in the second half of the 14th century

Paths of genre evolution of the Constance Saga in the second half of the 14th century

New tendencies of genre evolution of romantic piano sonata: F. Schubert's Sonata E flat major D 568

New tendencies of genre evolution of romantic piano sonata: F. Schubert's Sonata E flat major D 568

Unravelling Dystopia in Dreams of Resurrection: Searching for Meaning Amid Chaos

Amidst the global COVID-19 epidemic, there has been a growing surge in the popularity of dystopian literature, notably in the Arab world. This analysis delves into a unique piece of this literature, Ahlam Al Qeyamah (2018) by Egyptian writer Mohammad Gamal, translated as Dreams of Resurrection and released in 2021. This paper not only explores the dystopian characteristics included in the novel and their connection to the pandemic but also highlights the unique narrative style and thematic elements that set this work apart. The novel, which ignited substantial controversy in the Arab world, portrays a virus spreading in Egypt via tourists at an international airport. Gamal's narrative delves into the intricacies of a dystopian society, gradually unveiling its depths as the novel progresses. This paper presents the characteristics of classic dystopian writing as a structure for examination and offers a concise summary of the genre's evolution in Arabic literature. The discourse emphasizes shared components and discerns specific themes in Dreams of Resurrection. The results suggest that the work conforms to Erika Gottlieb's defining characteristics of dystopian literature, clearly placing it within the category. Furthermore, this interpretation emphasizes that dystopian literature does not support senseless suffering but instead aims to discover significance in a world devoid of meaning and to provide purpose among disorder.

A Study of Musical Influence Networks and Genre Evolution Based on the Pagerank Approach

The aim of this study is to investigate the definition of musical influence networks and the construction of multilayer directed networks. By analyzing the provided dataset, the parameters of an artist's musical influence were evaluated and a musical influence network was constructed using the Pagerank method. The study also extends the single-layer network parameters to a multilayer network and proposes a centrality measure based on node degree. In terms of genre analysis, the musical eigenvalues of each genre were calculated using MATLAB software and evaluated by a similarity comparison model and an influence comparison model. The results showed that there was a high degree of similarity between certain genres, and the influence of pop/rock music was the most significant. In addition, the changes and relationships of different genres over time were analyzed through multiple spatio-temporal networks, and the results showed that new musical genres have emerged over time, some of which have similar musical characteristics to existing genres.

Genre Evolution in the Epics of “Farkhod and Shirin”

Mumtoz adabiyotimizda poetika ilmi alohida ahamiyatga ega bo'lib, tahlil va talqinning asosiy obyekti sifatida salmoqli o'rin egallaydi. Ushbu maqolada turkiy adabiyotda mavjud ikki yirik asar - Alisher Navoiy va Lamii Chalabiylarning "Farhod va Shirin" dostonlari qiyoslanilgan. Farhod obrazining genezisi, navoiyshunoslikda amalga oshirilgan tadqiqot-lar borasida olimlarning fikrlari o'rganilib, tahlil qilingan. Shakl jihatidan Navoiy masnaviysidan farq qiluvchi Usmonli turk shoiri Lamii Chalabiy-ning "Farhod va Shirin” dostonidagi lirik janrlar xususida so'z yuritilib, vazn va shakl nuqtayi nazaridan farqli o'rinlar tahlilga tortilgan. Qiyoslar natijasida dostonlarning kompozitsiyasiga xos xususiyatlar, qahramonlar tasviri, voqealar ifodasida she’r navlarining o'ziga xosligi masalalari ochib berilgan. Har ikki ijodkorning mavzuga yondashishdagi o'xshash va farqli tomonlari aniqlanilgan. Badiiy mahorat masalasi, asar arxitektonikasi hamda hajm nuqtayi nazaridan ijodkorlar ijodi qiyosiy o'rganilib, ilmiy xu-losalar chiqarilgan.

Image of Vlad III Basarab in German Sources of the 15th-16th Centuries

The article is devoted to the problem of the emergence of German texts about Dracula in Germany in the 15th-16th centuries and their genre evolution associated with a change in the linguo-pragmatic task. The links between the works about Dracula belonging to different genres are considered: the handwritten pamphlet of the Benedictine monks from Lambach, the historical episode in the “Chronicle of Constance” by Gebhard Daher, the poetic arrangement of “About the villain called Dracula the Voda of Wallachia” by the court poet Michael Beheim, an entertaining story in early printed editions – “folk books”. The article shows how, depending on the historical situation, the evaluative position and goals of the compilers of the texts changed, and what effect this had on specific linguistic features, primarily lexical ones. he works of Antonio Bonfini and Teodor Kuritan do not seem to have influenced the German Dracula narratives: even the later German texts are close in content to the Lambach manuscripts.

Stages and Pedagogical Conditions for Forming Performance Phrasing Skills of Future Musical Art Teachers in the Process of Teaching Playing Wind Instruments

The article presents the justification of the step-by-step methodology of forming future musical art teachers’ culture of performing phrasing in the process of learning to play wind instruments. The problem of formation of the specified professional quality, which is considered as a segment of performance training that ensures the quality of the artistic-figurative disclosure of the meaning of a musical work, has been actualized. The essence and component structure of the culture of performing phrasing, which is made up of certain relevant performing skills, and the criteria for their assessment make it possible to classify three levels of their formation: high – “meaningful expressive phrasing”, medium – “aspiration for expressive phrasing”, low – “weak perception of phrasing”. Three stages are presented, according to which the introduction of pedagogical conditions is carried out, each of which aims to positively influence the components of the culture of performing phrasing. At the first stage – motivational-setting – the pedagogical condition of stimulating a meaningful attitude towards the skills of performing phrasing is introduced, which affects the component: “motivation of artistic-technical excellence”. At the second stage – practice-oriented – such pedagogical condition is introduced as the purposeful assimilation of various forms and types of phrasing in the context of the evolution of styles and genres, which affects the component: “competence in working on the performing repertoire and musical texts of pieces”. At the third stage – self-methodological – the pedagogical condition of the activation of methodological self-efficacy in performing and educational processes is introduced, which affects the component: “artistic-communicative content of creative-performing and pedagogical interpretation of musical works for wind instruments (solo, ensemble)”.

The Evolution of Film Genres: A Historical Analysis

Since its beginnings more than a century ago, cinema has undergone tremendous change as both an artistic medium and a cultural phenomenon. Changes and improvements to film genres are illustrative of this progression. looking back at the development of film genres from their inception all the way up to the current day. historical events, trends, and critical variables that have moulded cinematic genres. early film genres including silent comedies and melodramas emerged at this time, marking the beginning of cinema. Next, it explores how innovations in technology, such sound and colour, influenced the evolution of genres. Examining cinema history in chronological order, this study reveals pivotal epochs of experimentation and invention, such as the silent film era, the Hollywood musical heyday, and the blockbuster era.keywords:- Film Genres, Film History, Cinema Evolution, Genre Development, Silent Film Era, Sound in Film

Tematyka chłopska w literaturze czeskiej drugiej połowy XIX i w XX wieku

The article is devoted to the Czech rural prose of the second half of the 19th century and the 20th century. Using a chronological perspective, the author presents the work of the most important representatives of the trend (e.g. Božena Němcova, Vítězslav Hálek, Karolína Světla, Josef Holečk, Josef Knap, A.C. Nora and others), as well as the changes in the methods of creating rural images, peasant characters – abandoning a stereotypical approach in favor of realistic-ethnographic descriptions of space and the world of nature, customs and traditions of the Czech people. She pays attention to the evolution of genres, which took place at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The texts that began to emerge at that time were at the border between fictional literature and documentary­‑reportage (e.g. Drašar by Teréza Novákova), family chronicles (e.g. a cycle Naši by Josef Holečk), novels belonging to critical realism (e.g. Zapád by Karel Václav Rais). Moreover, the author describes the influence of ruralism on the Czech literature in the 20th century (e.g. the introduction of colloquial speech and dialect). She mentions the assumptions of this trend, whose program was created by Josef Knap in his essay K severovýchodu, published in 1925 in the magazine „Sever a východ”. Ruralism was supposed to be a counterbalance against avantgarde trends of the 1920s and 1930s, bringing together conservative authors, who were critical towards the city and attached to the idea of a Czech village as an enclave of “true Czechism” and a peasant as “a custodian” of national traditions. As examples of superlocal and naturalistic image of peasant reality after the First World War, the author mentions the work of A.C. Nora, who – as opposed to ruralists – was interested mainly in causes of conflicts among families, the egoism of peasants, as well as divisions within rural community.

Дихотомия стратегий умиротворения и раздражения как основа коммуникативного поведения немецкоязычных поэтов-хайкаистов

Introduction. The article considers the genre of German haiku as an element of a communicative act stipulating certain dialogue between the addresser (haiku poet) and the recepient (reader).
 The aim of research is to identify communicative strategies and tactics representing the communicative behavior of contemporary haiku authors. Methodology and research methods. The research work used methods of systematization and generalization of the scientific material, descriptive-analytical method, method of linguistic and stylistic analysis of the text. Results. It has been shown that the author's intention in the texts of modern German haiku is explicated through two basic strategies — tranquility and annoyance. Each strategy is represented by a set of main tactics. In particular, the strategy of tranquility includes tactics of observation and adaptation, the strategy of annoyance involves tactics of breaking the taboo topics, intimidation, and creating a negative mood.
 In the 21st century, due to the haiku genre evolution and transformation of the social values it is possible to adopt a micro-diachronic approach to the research of changes in the communicative behavior of haiku poets in the light of the communicative strategies dichotomy. Previously haiku poems were composed exclusively according to the canons of Japanese poetry. This fact also determines the relevance of the study.
 Scientific novelty lies in the study of the specifics of communicative strategies and tactics, the norms of artistic communication in terms of German haiku genre.
 The practical significance is determined by the possibility of using the obtained scientific results in special university basic courses on literary translation, discourse theory, linguistic and stylistic interpretation of the text.

THE ANTI-IMPERIAL GENRE PARADIGM OF THE CANADIAN POST-VICTORIAN NOVEL

The paper offers a comprehensive analysis of discursive anti-imperial models in Canadian post-Victorian novels. The set tasks relate to detailing the features of this genre paradigm. In particular, attention is focused on the study of its historical, literary, and cultural context. The explanation of the socio-historical background typical of classical English Victorianism, provided in the paper, helps to trace the evolution of the related genre on Canadian soil. Its reinterpretation was prompted by the polyethnic and cultural ‘mosaic’ of the country, which became a prerequisite for the emergence of original models in modern sociology, cultural studies, and fiction.
 The study postulates the idea of an anti-imperial paradigm of the genre within the Dominion of Canada. Hence, the process of transforming the discourse of the Victorian novel into the post-Victorian one is demonstrated to be determined by the peculiarities of the post-colonial multicultural structure of the country, which manifests itself at the thematic, cognitive, psychological, and poetic levels. For the purpose of comprehensive analysis, the research is based on the plurality of historical and philosophical foundations within the field of ethics. The range of methods encompasses syncretic, cultural-historical, psychoanalytic, ‘close reading’, genetic, and gynocriticism.
 The study led to the observation that the social pattern of the Victorian era (a strict religious and moral code, the pretext of which was Protestantism, mysticism, etc.) permeated Canadian prose as an echo of English Victorianism. There was an ontological dialogue between the Victorian era and post-Victorianism, between individuals and the times in which they lived. The relationship between literature and individuals of different cultural and historical periods had an evolutionary character. The evolution of the genre of the Canadian post-Victorian novel, particularly in the works by L. M. Montgomery, B. Moore, and M. Atwood, is related to the multifaceted style, which involves the use of diverse elements from various aesthetic forms. This synthesis is the result of an experiment with both new and traditional literary models in Canadian literature. The correlation between the classical and post-Victorian genres shows the functionality of such means as satire, pastiche, and simulacrum in the latter. These tools transform the Victorian novel into an ‘anti-Victorian’ one. The examination of the modern version of the classical genre demonstrates the heterogeneity of meanings, their layering and transmission, a new role and conceptual load, motivated by purely national means of explanation.
 Over the course of an extended journey through time, the traditional Victorian models, adopted in the literature of the metropolis, had been transformed on Canadian soil. They acquired unique qualities, expanding the field of event and poetic content of the works by Canadian authors and demonstrating their solid post-Victorian anti-imperial discourse.

THE POETIC FEATURES OF THE CHRONOTOPE PHENOMENON

This article deals with the concept of the literary chronotope and its poetic features occurring in modern novels. The following article analyses topical problems of modern literary criticism, the essence, theoretical foundations of the forms of the chronotope, the influence and connection of genre evolution on the storyline, the architecture of a work of art, the basis for creating a plot, drawing up a composition based on the author’s creative intent and the ideological content of a work of art and the perception of reality in the work as a literary process.

Pojawienie się bluesa w Polsce. Przypadek inwersji w ewolucji gatunku muzycznego

The emergence of blues from the aesthetics of the so-called “big-beat” in Polish popular music is a process that largely coincides with a parallel phenomenon observed in other European countries. With the expansion of rock and roll in the UK during the 1960s, many beat performers (e.g. The Rolling Stones, The Animals) turned towards blues aesthetics, attempting to imitate black American performers. It should be emphasised that this was done in isolation from the cultural context and “root” performance tradition and was a kind of experiment that, despite some cases of apparent stylistic deviation from the blues genre, brought many positive results, such as the emergence of the blues-rock subgenre or the penetration of blues elements into hard rock and progressive rock. The article’s title uses the term “inversion”, reflecting the reversed order of genre evolution. In Europe, blues did not imply the development of jazz or rock and roll, but through these genres, musicians and listeners became interested in the blues form and used its elements to transform the beat style into rock, eventually developing traditional blues performance. This article attempts to reconstruct the process of adapting blues in Poland and transforming the beat into a blues-rock style. The analysed phenomena’ chronological framework reaches back to jazz’s beginnings in the interwar period, while the clear boundary marking the emergence of blues-rock and its emancipation is the release of Breakout’s Blues album in February 1971.

Arctic cinema: from horror through dramas and thrillers To Action movies and fiction (Part I)

The article considers a number of genres of Arctic films in the world cinema. Among them, some of the most common are horror films (horror), thrillers (part I), dramas, science fiction and action films (part II). The socio-political climate of the times determined the evolution of genres and influenced their semantic content and structure. Their formation and production flow has a calendar milestone. In the second half of the twentieth century, after the end of the Great Patriotic War, a cold war began between two blocs of states with different socio-economic systems led by the USSR and the USA. It was she who strengthened the militaristic role of the Arctic not only in the military-industrial sphere, but also in the cinematographic one. Hollywood, as part of the political and ideological machine of the United States, immediately responded with its films. The screen was politicized in the general range of Cold War sentiments. Conducting atomic tests, the appearance of the atomic bomb in the USA in 1945 and in the USSR in 1949, “flying saucers” from space, noted in 1947, brought to life horror films, science fiction and drama. The heroes of the films were monsters that descended to earth from outer space or rose from the depths of the ocean, all kinds of mechanical and biological monsters awakened by nuclear tests. In parallel, western cinema constructed models of anti-Soviet orientation. The purpose of the films was to amuse and captivate the viewer into an illusory world and at the same time, to shock, amaze, terrify and excite him with scientific or pseudoscientific fiction. This goal remains the main one for most fantastic horror and thrillers. Some of them preached violence, cruelty, conflict, degradation of the human personality. Aggressiveness, programmed in the person himself, is increasingly, manifested in Arctic thrillers and action film.

Mapping movie genre evolution (1994 - 2019) using the role of cultural and temporal shifts: a thematic analysis.

The gratification each person seeks through a movie is different. Sometimes a person would seek information through movies or use them for educational purposes, and some might watch movies to escape into a world of fantasy or humour. Keeping in mind the diverse and ever-changing needs of the audience, the primary objective of this study is to observe the evolution of movie genre and content preference in India, which is one of the largest and culturally intriguing movies producing nation across the globe. To attain the objective, the researchers have thematically analysed the top five revenue grossing movie genres over a span of 26 years (1994 to 2019) in Bollywood. More than 100 storylines have been analysed to develop genre trend graphs and the results indicate a sharp decline in the popularity of romantic and family dramas, whereas comedy and action movies have witnessed an overall growth with romantic comedies (romcoms), being the most stable amongst the top five. Several societal factors like the changing family structure, education level, access to dating applications and even terrorism have been considered to elucidate the evolving psyche of the audience. The theoretical understanding of the result is derived from the uses and gratification theory, cross culture communication theory, and Bandura's social cognitive theory. Conclusions: This study would provide film-makers with a guide to understanding the changing movie genre preferences in India, which in turn would help them to produce economically profitable movies in future.

The Evolution of Film Genres: A Comparative Analysis of Hollywood and Bollywood

This paper provides an analysis of the themes, narratives, and stylistic elements in Hollywood and Bollywood films across various genres. It investigates the reception and critical reception of these films, as well as their box office performance and cultural impact. Additionally, it explores the influence of digital technologies on genre conventions, such as visual effects (VFX) and virtual reality (VR), and how they have opened up new opportunities for filmmakers. The challenges and opportunities in genre evolution, including the cross-pollination and emergence of hybrid genres, are also examined. The conclusion highlights the ever-evolving nature of the film industry and the importance of filmmakers in pushing boundaries and captivating audiences.

Intertextuality of the Personosphere as a Factor of Meta-Genre (Clifford Simak “Shakespeare’s Planet”)

The article under studies deals with the issue of regeneration of genre forms of science fiction literature through its evolution. In the context of topical issues of poetics, it outlines the genrological status of science fiction and fantasy in terms of genre modifications – genre, genre variety, sub-genre, mega-genre, and meta-genre. Particular emphasis has been placed on the fact that the evolution of science fiction into a meta-genre format is due to a number of factors, such as the simulative nature of the chronotope of possible and parallel worlds, the change in the anthropological vector of texts, and the involvement of samples of other art forms (intermedial components). In addition, the activation of intertextual narratives in the personosphere (which becomes an important parameter of the meta-genre) has been identified as a marker of the genre evolution of fantasy. The creative activity of the American classic of science fiction prose Clifford Simak (1904–1988) may be regarded as a typical example of how science fiction writers appeal to “other authors’ texts”. This research relies on the analysis of his novel “Shakespeare’s Planet” (1976), in which the reader’s attention is mainly focused on the intertextual parameters of the personosphere, which significantly expands the hyper-real chronotope of the science fiction world. The works by William Shakespeare are identified as the prototexts for fantasy texts. Interpreted by Simak, the Shakespearean imagological narratives are implemented through quotations, reminiscences, anthropological allusions (the use of Shakespeare’s characters’ names), as well as through the introduction of the figure of Shakespeare himself into the fantasy personosphere. What is more, the figure of the English classic occasionally appears as the very center of the personosphere, its confocal axis. It has been determined in the article that the mystified and ironic story of Shakespeare’s timeless existence ferments the internal content of the fantasy text. Besides, the personosphere of a fantasy novel with several fictional narratives also includes the classic’s texts, such as “Hamlet”, “Twelfth Night”, “The End Praises the End”, “The Comedy of Errors”, “King Lear”, “Macbeth”, “Othello”, “Pericles”, “The Taming of the Shrew”, “Richard III”, and “Titus Andronicus”. In this case, in Simak’s “Shakespeare’s Planet”, they perform the function of additional (implicit) narratives, and, consequently, as a particular (intertextual) link in the personosphere. In conclusion, the article claims that the consistent generation of new literary genre formats in the field of the cultural continuum is an immanent feature of the complex literary process, which can be fully realized only with the help of the reader’s rich receptive background.

Mapping movie genre evolution (1994 – 2019) using the role of cultural and temporal shifts: a thematic analysis

Background: The gratification each person seeks through a movie is different. Sometimes a person would seek information through movies or use them for educational purposes, and some might watch movies to escape into a world of fantasy or humour. Keeping in mind the diverse and ever-changing needs of the audience, the primary objective of this study is to observe the evolution of movie genre and content preference in India, which is one of the largest and culturally intriguing movies producing nation across the globe. Methods: To attain the objective, the researchers have thematically analysed the top five revenue grossing movie genres over a span of 26 years (1994 to 2019) in Bollywood. More than 100 storylines have been analysed to develop genre trend graphs and the results indicate a sharp decline in the popularity of romantic and family dramas, whereas comedy and action movies have witnessed an overall growth with romantic comedies (romcoms), being the most stable amongst the top five. Results: Several societal factors like the changing family structure, education level, access to dating applications and even terrorism have been considered to elucidate the evolving psyche of the audience. The theoretical understanding of the result is derived from the uses and gratification theory, cross culture communication theory, and Bandura’s social cognitive theory. Conclusions: This study would provide film-makers with a guide to understanding the changing movie genre preferences in India, which in turn would help them to produce economically profitable movies in future.

Aristotle's Early Treatises as a Clue to Interpreting of Plato’s Euthyphro

In this article, the author seeks to reconsider the chronology of the dialogue «Euthyphro», which is usually considered to be Plato's earliest dialogue. Having shown the incongruity of the traditional early dating, the author, proceeding from the idea of the genre evolution of Plato's work, places the dialogue among the school ones, written against the background of the composition of Plato's «Laws». In order to corroborate the thesis, the author refers to the early works of Aristotle, who had a significant role in Plato's Academy. On the basis of the «Topics» and «Sophistic Refutations» it is shown how Aristotle reflected in his works the realities of school disputations, as well as work on certain problems reflected in the «Laws» and elaborated in school dialogues. The author substantiates the thesis that Aristotle's «Topics» and «Sophistic Refutations» reflect not the previous disputes of sophists, but the state of sophistic schools, contemporary to Aristotle. Taking into account the focus of Aristotle's early works on his and Plato's opponents, the Megarics, the author suggests that the aporetic character of school dialogues is a reflection of the Megarics' eristics. The direct parallels with the early works of Aristotle permit us to see in the dialogue «Euthyphro» an example of academic discussion of a certain theme of the «Laws» – the relationship between justice and piety, the author of which was one of the members of the Academy, who was inspired by Plato's «Theaetetus» and in some respects was in disagreement with his teacher.