Works Of Fiction Research Articles

Communist Prison Camps as Sites of Memory and Legacies of Dissent: Belene and Goli Otok in Bulgarian and Croatian Cultural Memory

This article investigates how two Communist forced labour camps, Belene in Bulgaria and Goli Otok in Croatia, became sites of memory and remain icons of political repression and state-organized torture. The article discusses how the public memory of the two camps has been shaped through vivid depictions in former inmates’ memoirs and in works of fiction. It analyzes recent debates about the preservation and institutionalization of these sites of memory and about what, whom, and how to commemorate. As a further step, it investigates how the camp sites have attracted visitors interested in so-called dark tourism. The article explores the creation of a literary tradition of memory by tracing the writings that have helped to establish Belene and Goli Otok as sites of memory of political repression in Bulgaria and Croatia, and it examines the processes involved in the construction of the physical sites as heritage sites and tourist attractions.

Electric Ladyland: Anticolonial Solarpunk as Infrastructural Resistance in Two Works of Speculative Fiction

Electric Ladyland: Anticolonial Solarpunk as Infrastructural Resistance in Two Works of Speculative Fiction

Marxismo y ciencia ficción en Peter Frase

In this text we propose a reflection centered around the theoretical-methodological approach adopted by Peter Frase in Four Futures, which seeks to combine social theory and science fiction, which he called “social science fiction”. Based on theoretical discussions about the epistemological assumptions inherent to scientific and artistic approaches, about the cognitive value of science fiction works, as well as about the connection of these works to the social and political context of the 20th century, we seek to determine to what extent the proposed approach por Frase can enrich the contemporary social debate.

Dystopian Fiction: Can it Enable us to Think Critically about Gendered Violence and Power?

This article discusses the issues of power sex, gender, and the law with regard to identifying and controlling violence against women. It discusses these concepts within dystopian works of fiction and their application, both actual and potential, to real life. The novels and films below have been selected for their perceived relevance to the author as examples of dystopian fiction, but importantly they engage with Gadamer’s concept of language and socially and historically affected consciousness. Hence, the themes, but also their reception, are products of their time and place. The central themes of the novels will be those typical for dystopian fiction, such as power, governmental control and loss of individualism. However, other themes particularly pertinent to feminist dystopian fiction are also investigated, such as imagining a matriarchal society, misogyny and misandry, sexual violence, and the limitations upon the behaviour of individuals, usually female, but not always. Feminist theory has engaged with ‘essentialism’, both arguing for an essential difference between ‘males’ and ‘females’, but also disputing essentialism for limitations upon the sexes. One criticism of such works is that they are based upon biological sex and as such promote a dichotomous essentialism. However, since this article is discussing violence against women, biological or gendered, it is not engaging with the subtlety of multi-faceted ‘gendered’ identities, except in the stereotyping of such ‘attributes’. The selected novels have enabled different interpretations over time, due to the diversity of readers, and of social norms, values, and beliefs. Whether we can distance ourselves from our socially and historically embedded understandings through these works of fiction, to critique the contemporary world is discussed. Arguably, for Attwood the critique and change potential is not guaranteed, for: “Humanity is so adaptable. Truly amazing, what people can get used to, as long as there are a few compensations.” This article argues that, crucially, with what, and with whom, we identify, are influential in our interpretations.

Gender Based Violence: Reflections on the World Envisaged in “After Dark” by Jayne Cowie: Using Literature to Critically Explore Current Legal Responses to GBV in the Home and in Public

This special issue of The International Journal of Gender, Sexuality and Law, edited by Claire Bessant and Kayliegh Richardson, brings together academic voices from across law and criminology in discussion of the issue of gender-based violence (GBV). Many of the ideas included in this special issue were presented previously at a 2022 conference funded by the Society of Legal Scholars, titled ‘Gender Based Violence: Reflections on the world envisaged in “After Dark” by Jayne Cowie’. That conference sought to use the book ‘After Dark’ as a focal point for a multi-disciplinary discussion about how society and the law should respond to tragedies such as the deaths of Sarah Everard and Ashling Murphy but also to the issue of violence against women. Building on the academic discussion that took place at that conference, this special edition firstly considers some of the legal interventions discussed in After Dark and their potential application within the real world. The second part of the special edition, then considers the potential benefits of using literature and other fictional works to stimulate discussion around legal issues.

INDIVIDUAL PECULIARITIES OF THE SPEECH BEHAVIOR OF A FEMALE REBEL IN TAMARA HORIKHA ZERNYA’S NOVEL "DAUGHTER"

Rebellion as a form of deviant behavior has been studied by psychologists, sociologists, literary critics and linguists. In linguistics, this type of behavior (speech behavior in particular) can be studied through the lens of various fields of knowledge — linguistic personology, pragmatics, gender linguistics, psycholinguistics, etc. This study is an attempt to analyze rebellion as a peculiar type of personal behavior at different levels: verbal and action, which was expressed in specific words, phrases and actions. The relevance of the chosen topic lies in the fact that, firstly, rebellion is described within the framework of psycholinguistics, taking into account the archetypes identified by Carl Jung on the basis of the novel "Daughter" by Tamara Horikha Zernya about the war that began in 2014; secondly, the dynamics of rebellion in all its manifestations is observed: in the speech behavior and in the specific actions of a young woman who consciously resists in the occupied territory of Donetsk. The purpose of the study is to analyze the manifestations of a woman’s individual rebellion expressed by linguistic means in different communicative situations and in the process of auto-communication. The object of the research was the protagonist’s dialogues and monologues in the process of the occupiers’ military actions. The subject of the study is the linguistic means of expressing the increasing level of rebellion in a woman’s mental state as a counteraction to enemies. The research material is the text of the fictional work of the documentary book "Daughter". In the process of analysis, the following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, descriptive method, inductive method, as well as the method of psycholinguistic and contextual-interpretive analysis. The Daughter experiences different mental states, as evidenced by her speech. During peaceful times, she does not use rude words. With the enemies, she switches to the language of the occupiers, puts on different masks: a frightened girl, a grown woman and a sister who rejoices in the "liberators" as well as a brave fighter etc. The prospect for further research lies in the analysis of contemporary texts about the war, which describe the rebellion of Ukrainian heroes.

Personality Rights and Real Person Fictions: Do The Real Person Get a Say?

In this rapidly evolving world individuals have found various ways to express themselves and share that part of them with the world. In this modern age anyone with smart device and an internet connect can become a celebrity and with the same items anyone can create fictional works that are based on those and other celebrities. These creations are generally referred to as Real Person Fictions (RPFs). RPFs can bem short stories, poems, artworks and even full length novels. These works help creators practice their craft, bond with a community and break the bounds of reality but what happens if this right of the author to express themselves starts interfering with the real person’s right to publicity and privacy? Celebrities have expressed the implication of harmful portrayals in these RPFs which have had real life implications. The growing trend of commercializing RPFs on a big scale adds an incentive to look into this issueand address it as a bud. The concept of personality right is well established in India however the lack of codification of the same has led to contradictory judgments and blurred lines of boundaries. In this regard this article attempts to address the issue of personalityright or the right to publicity when it comes to real person fictions. This paper is divided in three parts. The first part deals with definition of real person fictions and how it differs from the existing classifications of fictional creations. The second part analyzes the efficiency of existing Indian laws when it comes to governing RPFs and the implication of the same. The third chapter provides informed suggestions for an enactment to govern personality right in India.

COGNITIVE-MATRIX ANALYSIS AS A TOOL FOR EXPLORING CULTURAL IDENTITY OF A FICTION AUTHOR: A STUDY OF M. PORTER’S “A GRANDMOTHER BEGINS THE STORY”

The present paper belongs to a series of articles with a focus on ethnospecific concepts and identity construction in multicultural fiction from a cognitive-functional perspective. It seeks to take a new look on ethnospecific concepts, namely those which belong to an author’s idioconceptual subsystem, the latter being understood as a unique configuration of concepts in one’s mind, and constitute cognitive matrices. In accordance with N.N. Boldyrev’s research, the term «cognitive matrix» is used to denote a system of interconnected cognitive contexts which open onto different conceptual domains. The aim of the study is to demonstrate the potential of using cognitive-matrix analysis to reveal the connections between the cognitive contexts in the structure of an ethnospecific concept which unfold in a work of fiction, as well as the conceptual domains they are related to, on the one hand, and the many facets of an author’s cultural identity on the other. The paper outlines the results of the cognitive-matrix analysis of the concept BISON as represented in the novel “A Grandmother Begins the Story” by M. Porter, a Canadian writer of Métis background. Detail is given on several cognitive contexts in the structure of the concept in question pertaining to the following conceptual domains: NATURE, HISTORY, SPIRITUAL CULTURE, SPACE, TIME. The results obtained show that the ways in which the ethnospecific concept BISON functions in the text under consideration are affiliated with the writer’s identity and allow her not only to implement her creative ideas but also actualize her cultural identity in fiction.

Progressive Laments and/on Partition: The Cost of Freedom in Khadija Mastur’s Aangan (1962)

During the 1947 Partition, the new manifesto of the All-India Progressive Writers’ Association (PWA), which had committed to portraying the ‘radical changes’ within Indian society, demanded ‘neutrality’ from its writers to dissuade ideas of communalism. Using Khadija Mastur’s 1962 novel Aangan (The Women’s Courtyard), this paper analyses women’s writing as embodying, and yet encoding ambivalence towards, the PWA’s directives on progressivism. In the novel, Mastur takes readers behind the scenes of established narratives, destabilising preconceived notions of men’s freedom-fighting and its aftermaths. This utilisation of women’s Progressive Partition literature will thus showcase women’s history of dissent in the Indian subcontinent’s freedom struggle through the interweaving of autobiography within the literary landscape of their fictional works.

Post – Partition Chaos in Mohan Rakesh’s "The Claim"

This paper attempts to analyze the representation of the Indo-Pak partition violence and the chaos aftermath in fictional works especially focusing on Mohan Rakesh's short story "The claim" using the critical insights of trauma theory. An effort is made to show how Rakesh is different from general fictional writers who just write from single perspective and never try to be realistic in the act of representation. Such writers either use the language of otherness or martyrdom. It means, they either glorify or villainies Hindus or Muslims. In contrast, the writer is nearer to reality in presenting the suffering related to partition violence. This research work reveals how Rakesh does not blame any side but artistically shows the real trauma caused by the event of partition to simple people. He presents all four main characters as victims of the partition event and attempts to expose the chaotic situation in post- partition India. It shows how Rakesh blames the bureaucracy of India for making the situation more traumatic by delaying the task of providing compensation for the victims of the partition. Analyzing the data from the primary text using the critical ideas of trauma theorists especially Gyanendra Pandey about the violence, trauma and representation, this paper discusses about the literary representation of the cultural trauma. It tries to reveal how realistically Rakesh presents the continuity of the chaotic situation in India even after the partition event.

South African Allegories in Richard Jefferies’s After London; or Wild England (1885)

This paper argues that Richard Jefferies’s After London (1885), often praised as a pioneering work of speculative fiction, has not been sufficiently understood within the context of late-Victorian imperial expansion. While After London is frequently read in tandem with Jefferies’s nature essays and speculative fiction like H. G. Wells’s The Time Machine (1895), I locate the novel within the generic conventions of lost world fiction, a subgenre of the imperial romance associated with masculine adventure tales. Analysing After London’s parallels with, and potential influences on, H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines (1885), published later that same year, I argue that Jefferies’s unflattering portrayal of English ‘Bushmen’, coupled with the geography of Wild England, gesture emphatically to South Africa. In turn, the motif of a ‘relapse into barbarism’ serves to rationalise the fantasies of terra nullius [‘nobody’s land’] and extractive treasure hunting that Felix Aquila, the quixotic hero, enacts. By connecting After London to Haggard’s highly influential fiction and drawing on Jefferies’s writings about British colonialism in South Africa and the conventions of travel literature, cartography, and ethnography, this paper provides a more complete understanding of Jefferies’s contributions to the canon of lost world fiction.

Fighting Windmills: Quixotism and Old/New Issues Facing Humankind

The most recent reimagining of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote (1605) —Salman Rushdie’s Quichotte (2019)— represents the volatile identities in American society under the conditions of blurring a line between fact and fiction. Exploring quixotism as the conflict of idealism vs realism elucidates the idea of humans who fight with the windmills in their heads. Against the background of this conflict, topical concerns are vividly highlighted to remain constant throughout the centuries, considering specific historical and sociocultural circumstances. The impact of this binary opposition on the worldview of the people of that time and the modern ones, created by Cervantes and Rushdie correspondingly, is a primary focus of the article. Both novels share a symbolic reflection of the world through the distinct aesthetics of a work of fiction that moves them beyond metafictional narration. A comparative study of the diachronically different stories emphasises a similarity of the strong questions raised about the societies whose ideals quixotes reflect.

Interpretation of the Tiger Trappers Novel by Ivan Bahrianyi in the Ukrainian Cinematography of the 1990s and Musical Theatre of the 2020s

Attention is paid in the article to the landmark event of modern Ukrainian culture – the book celebrating its anniversary in 2024 – Ivan Bahrianyi’s novel the Tiger Trappers and the rethinking, interpretation of this work in the modern Ukrainian artistic space, in particular in cinematographic and theatrical texts. This year, 80 years have passed since the world saw the adventure work with autobiographical elements, which resonated not only at home, but also abroad. And this is not surprising, because Tiger Trappers has been translated into many languages of the world and had a circulation of over a million copies. Ivan Bahrianyi has submitted to a wide audience a very Ukrainian in spirit and worldview action, which even today in the 21st century is able to interest young people with its truthfulness and insight, its thirst and desire for freedom. The film version of the Tiger Trappers novel, which has appeared in 1994 at the Ukrtelefilm studio is analysed in the investigation. A well-known figure of Ukrainian culture Rostyslav Synko is a director and screenwriter of the film. The film text is based on the original source, but there are also differences those testify not only to another time period, the other era in which the film was shot, but also to certain new accents, a new vision, a reinterpretation of Ivan Bahrianyi’s novel about the young aviator Hryhorii Mnohohrishnyi. According to the plan of the author of the film story has another name. He is called Andrii Chumak in the film. There are also the other details those differ in the novel and in the fictional strip of the same name. And this is quite natural, because it is about the author’s interpretation, reinterpretation of a well-known work. The film of the same name also draws the viewer’s attention to the two Ukraines of the main characters: to the distant, dreamed-of real Ukraine with Golden-topped Kyiv and to the Second Ukraine, which immigrants, exiles from their native land, have built for them in the Far East in the bloody 20th century. In our time, this motif acquires new shades, because again, already in the 21st century, there are Ukrainian immigrants, again there are people who are forced to seek refuge all over the world, escaping from the terrible Russian invasion. Will new immigrants be able to find their Second Ukraine? Will they be able to return to their homeland? Life will show... The interpretation of the novel in modern Ukrainian musical theater is considered. Last year the musical Tiger Trappers directed by Serhii Pavliuk has been released basing on the novel of the same name by Ivan Bahrianyi. This fact, without exaggeration, has become a landmark artistic event, which has success with the audience and favourable reviews of critics. It is emphasized in the article that when we see a finished cultural product of the Ukrainian artistic space, whether it is a film or a theatrical production, a musical, etc., based on a certain work of fiction, we realize that this is already an interpretation, a reinterpretation. So, we are already talking about the creation of a new cultural text – a film text, a theatrical text, a musical text, etc. The significance of modern theater and film art is understood. It is claimed that the mission of art today is exactly rehabilitation through art. An artistic product should give hope, show a happy version of the course of events. Faith in the victory of good over evil, glorification of love that does not pass away – all this should be present in modern theatrical, musical and film texts today. After all, there is a demand for such cultural products in the modern time slice of the 2020s.

Formation of primary school students’ communicative skills based on teambuilding: potential and awareness assessment

In the article the importance of communication in the infancy of mankind was emphasized for conducting joint economic activity, survival in harsh and dangerous conditions, and in the modern world — for achieving professional goals. The authors note that the society has formed a social order to the education system to develop a competitive personality possessing the basic skills and competencies of the XXI century, one of which is the ability to communicate — to socialize and to cooperate. Based on the analysis of scientific and pedagogical literature and normative documents, it was concluded that it was necessary for the implementation of social orders to pay due attention to the formation of students’ communicative skills. In pedagogical theory and practice, researchers use game technologies, the project method, staging and theatricalization of works of fiction, situational exercises and tasks aimed at the formation of communicative skills. The authors of the article consider the formation of communication skills of younger schoolchildren based on team building. Within the framework of this study, a survey among primary school teachers was conducted and results about the teambuilding awareness, its opportunities in forming student communicative skills were presented

BAAHUBALI: THE BEGINNING & BAAHUBALI 2: THE CONCLUSION – A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS

“The only reason I would write a sequel is if I were struck by an idea that I felt to be equal to the original. Too many sequels diminish the original.” ~ Dean KoontzA sequel is a production of literature, film, theatre, television, music, or video game that continues or expands upon the plot of some earlier work. When we talk about the narrative work of fiction, a sequel showcases events set in the same timeline and set as an earlier work, usually following the events of that work.In many cases, the sequel proceeds with the same elements of the existing story, often with the same characters and settings. A sequel can lead to a series, in which key characters appear repeatedly for eg. ‘The Dhoom franchise’. The Indian film industry is known for the sequels even though most of them are not as successful as the prequel. Most of the sequels either repeated the entire cast in a different storyline while some of them were made with a few popular characters of a successful movie. ‘Padmashree Doctor Saroj Kumar ‘is an example for the same as the movie was made with three main characters (Saroj Kumar, Pacchalam Bhasi, and Rafeeque) of its prequel ‘Udayananu Thaaram’.‘Baahubali: The Beginning’ is one of the most successful movies ever made in India. The movie was released in 2015 and the sequel, ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ was released in 2017 and became the biggest block buster of all time. Even though surpassing the collection records of the prequel there are many flaws and unanswered questions regarding ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’.This study compares and analyses ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ as a perfect sequel in light of aspects like the story, screenplay, character portrayal and quality like graphics and other aspects are studied. ‘Baahubali: The Conclusion’ has several elements which fail to connect with the first film. This study will also analyze the reasons behind the elements that failed to do justice to the prequel.

FEATURES OF FUNCTIONING OF EXPRESSIVE REDUCED VOCABULARY IN CONTEMPORARY FICTION TEXTS

This article is devoted to the consideration of the category of expressiveness and its embodiment in literary language and art text. Expressive lexical units belonging to the reduced lexicon in fiction works of the first quarter of the 21st century (“Textˮ by Dmitry Glukhovsky, “Earthˮ by Mikhail Elizarov and “Hijackingˮ by Danil Korecki) are singled out and their functions are determined. The analysis is carried out on the material of various lexicographic editions, among which both explanatory dictionaries and highly specialised dictionaries (dictionaries of argot, jargon) are used. The most common functions that were identified in the context of the named works are the following: characterisation of the linguistic picture of the world of the hero and the author, the “anti-aestheticˮ artistic picture of the world of the author (author’s intention) and a means of characterisation of the character – speech or author’s when using non- self-directed speech. It is indicative that some functions can be combined in the text, which is confirmed by the examples from contemporary works of fiction given in the article. It is concluded that the use of reduced expressive vocabulary in the modern fiction text demonstrates both general linguistic processes and methods of creating artistic imagery, the specificity of which is associated with a kind of “anti-aestheticˮ.

Writing Stories of Anthropocene Extinction: Barbara Kingsolver’s Fiction and Nonfiction

ABSTRACT Humans are the most numerous big animals on Earth, deciding the fate of other species. As the massive geological force in the current epoch, the Anthropocene, human-driven alterations of the Earth’s environment take the form of a few dangerous trends: climate disruptions, species extinction, pollution of air, land, and sea, and growth of the human population. Barbara Kingsolver’s fictional works Prodigal Summer (2000) and Flight Behaviour (2012) are environment writings and narratives that foreground the current ‘Anthropocene extinction’ crisis. She recounts the stories of the coyote clan and the already extinct red wolf, the American chestnuts that became nearly extinct, the Monarchs changing their flight direction to more severe climate conditions, the booming trade of wildlife and pet animals, and numerous other species readily available for human consumption and use. Kingsolver’s writings amalgamate scientific knowledge with poetics and intersect the fiction and realities of global species extinction. The paper examines why exploring literary texts on species extinction is important and focuses on the storytelling mode of Kingsolver’s extinction narratives. This study also presents the texts as new narratives of hope presenting the affirmative visions of a sustainable future and the coexistence of human-nonhuman species.

О необходимости изучения профильной классической литературы студентами юридических вузов и факультетов

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to substantiate the need for students of legal specialties to study fundamental literary works in order to understand social, psychological and legal categories. It is impossible to imagine the formation of a person without the influence of works of classical Russian and world literature. This article is devoted to the importance, significance and expediency of studying works of fiction that affect the interaction of people and the functioning of society by students of law specialties. Methods: general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, generalization) and special methods of legal science (comparative law, formal law). Results: education as the foundation of every person›s life and as a consequence of the development of society as a whole is the most important branch of government activity. Legal education, like no other, lays down the moral, psychological and social components of future law enforcement officers. The quality of legal education is based on a balanced combination of knowledge and application of the colossal historical experience of our country, the richest cultural heritage and modern achievements of science, technology and technology. Discussion: the author has developed and proposed the concept of analyzing the plots of classical literary works from the point of view of modern judicial proceedings, including the interaction of participants in the process, evidence, and motivation of decisions. The article proposes a list of works of classical fiction, systematized taking into account the course of study and the disciplines studied within it, from the point of view of the importance of mastering the relevant discipline. The list is arranged in chronological order based on the plot and analyzed legal categories of interest in the framework of the study of a particular discipline. The author›s justification is based on the approach of the author›s criminology course of Professor O.Ya. Baev.

SPECIFICS OF STUDYING ONOMASTICS IN GENERAL SECONDARY EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS

The article presents the peculiarities of studying onomastics in the school course of the Ukrainian language and literature, in particular its interdisciplinary orientation, its important role in the formation of key competencies of students, as well as high educational potential. The problem of incorporating onomastic material into basic and additional language and literary education has attracted the attention of methodologists, but the forms and methods of learning proper names that contribute to the growth of students' language culture, develop their oral and written speech, and creative imagination require a thorough systematisation. The article describes the stages of work in Ukrainian language lessons with proper names and their meanings, categories, etymology. In particular, the methodology of studying such major layers of onomastic vocabulary as anthroponyms and toponyms is analysed. The technology of using the research method, which forms various aspects of students' creative activity and ensures efficiency in learning, is outlined. Considerable attention is paid to the study of literary onomastics, namely, the functioning of poetonyms in works of various genres. The characteristic and linguistic and stylistic potential of names used in folklore texts, poetry, prose and drama is determined. The semantic load of onyms that serve as the title of a work of fiction is also substantiated. The study of onomastics in secondary education institutions convinces that this linguistic and poetic field contributes to a more concise achievement of the educational and upbringing tasks set for the teacher, since the implementation of the socio-cultural content line is possible only if students are introduced to the national cultural fund, studying onomastic markers of the linguistic and literary treasury. The study outlines further aspects of studying onomastic material in the school course of the Ukrainian language and literature, development of modern forms of methodological work of a teacher of language.

Features of onyms in M. Karim’s works

Onomastics in fiction is a promising, young, but a rapidly developing branch of knowledge in linguistics. It expresses the importance of onomastic material in different ways, and its inclusion in scientific circulation covers the study of a wide range of historical, geographical and linguistic issues, starting from ancient times to the present time.Onyms are an important component of the semantic and stylistic system in the author’s use of language in fiction. They organically and willingly join the system of linguistic means of a literary text, participate in the formation of the work’s overall expressiveness, entering the author’s lexicon as an important indicator of the author’s style and creating an “onomastic space” of the work.Onyms in Bashkir, as well as in many Turkic languages, arouse the interest of many scientists. This article studies structural and word-formation features in the work of the national Bashkortostan poet Mustai Karim. A characteristic feature of the great writer’s literary texts is the use of word-formation suffixes in the onym formation in a work of fiction. In addition, we explored the components of these words. The study of the word formation structure and system of the presented lexemes proves that they will always comply with the norms of the Bashkir language.