Nature Of Genre Research Articles

Проблемы комментирования «Авторской исповеди» Н.В. Гоголя

The article addresses the issues of commenting on N.V. Gogol’s prose of the 1840s. The focus is on “Author’s Confession.ˮ Unfinished and unpublished during the writer’s lifetime, the text was later entitled by S.P. Shevyryov. A number of common problems in how today’s readership comprehends the Russian classics are pointed out, more specifically, the changes in the cultural horizon and the renunciation of universalizing interpretations. The article highlights specific features of Gogol’s late prose, defined by a turning-point in his religious belief and creative work, namely aiming at a direct dialogue with the reader, strengthening the elements of preaching and confession, self-commenting on one’s own texts, emphasizing the symbolic and mysterious nature of the word. The author suggests assumptions on how these features can be conveyed using the commentary apparatus and offers a detailed analysis of two commentary problems, based on “Author’s Confession.ˮ Firstly, the article discusses how fiction elements are introduced into the autodocumentary text; secondly, it shows how the text correlates with the writer’s epistolary heritage. Conclusions demonstrate the specific genre nature of “Author’s Confession.ˮ The article outlines the approaches and techniques of transforming an epistolary text into a public one. These observations and conclusions can be used in preparing “Author’s Confessionˮ for publication as part of the complete works of N.V. Gogol.

Principles of Uzbek dramaturgy formation

In this article, socio-cultural life, religious belief, literary-aesthetic and psychological factors that influenced the creation of drama are observed in the context of the overall literary process from the point of view of genre nature, specificity, and historicity, and are related to the genesis and theory of Uzbek written professional drama. It was studied by connecting the cultural and historical factors with the influence of national folklore and classical literature.

Художественный текст в контексте эпохи: итальянские стихи Прекрасной гречанки и другие нарративы рассказа Э.Т.А. Гофмана "тайны"

The object of research is the communicative structure of the narrative of a literary work and important for understanding and perception plot-forming and meaning-forming elements. The goals and objectives, as well as the methodology of the work, are determined by the modern (structural) theory of narration, the key concept of which is "narrative". The ideological intention of a literary work is realized in the process of interaction (writing, publishing, reading and subsequent interpretation) of the author and the reader; it does not matter whether they are contemporaries or are separated in time, in any case, as participants in social and cultural communication they find themselves in the epicenter of the tense, cognitively saturated with "meanings" discourse of the era; these constructs have a diverse nature (ideological, political, ethical, aesthetic). What is important is the context of hypertext growing as it takes root in the time continuum (this is how masterpieces are born, equally belonging to national classics and world literature). The "semantic content" of the narratives of the literary text of one of the later (ironically parodying romantic poetics) stories of E.T.A. Hoffmann is considered at the junction of linguistics, sociology of literature and literary criticism. The traditions of "trivial" literature correspond to the title of the story (the final part of the satirical diptych), the mystical atmosphere, the diversity of the characters, the theatricality of the characters of the characters and plot conflicts; combining everyday reality with the phantasmagoric illusion of "authentic being" (the writer's characteristic duality). The genre nature of the work is designated as the transformation of a curious "fable" into a kind of love novel, the "true events of the day" (the events of the Greek uprising of 1821) are relevant. The analysis of the narratives of the literary text made it possible to identify the evolution of the creative principles of the writer, their functional role (structural significance) in the organization of the narrative, the semantic load: the signs of the time "objectify" the subjective space of the romantic work.

Три контекста «простонародной сказки» А. С. Пушкина «Жених»

The aim of the research is to identify the essential contexts of creating the poem “The Groom” by Alexander Pushkin. The article deals with the connection of the poem with the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin”, the genre nature of the poem, the importance and semantic functionality of the heroine’s social characteristics in the poem. The scientific originality lies in determining the links between “The Groom”, “Eugene Onegin”, “robbery” and “mermaid” Pushkin’s cycles, the hypothesis about the detective genre element of the text, the connection between the social characteristics of the heroine and the motives of bargaining in Pushkin’s works of the Mikhailovskoe period. As a result of the research, the connection between “The Groom” and “Eugene Onegin”, mediated by the theme of robbers and a mermaid, was ascertained, the detective genre element in the structure of the poem was revealed, and the connection between the social characteristics of the heroine of “The Groom” and the topic of bargaining in the works of the Mikhailovskoe period was shown.

Genre Originality of Novel by M. Vargas Llosa “Green House”

The genre nature of the novel “Green House” by the Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa is analyzed in the article. Special attention is paid to three approaches to the definition of the genre: “Green House” as a total novel, as a chivalric novel and as an Indianist novel. Definitions of each genre under consideration are given. The relevance of the study is due to the fact that the prevailing approaches to defining the genre of the “Green House” in contemporary Latin American studies is analyzed in the paper. In the course of the work seven stable characteristics of the total novel are distinguished: a radically realistic author’s intention, a clear structural organization of the text, compositional and semantic unity, the consciousness of the infinity of language, the comprehensiveness of the novel, nonlinearity of narration, and the use of dialogue as a structure-forming device. The question of the presence in the novel “Green House” of signs of a chivalric romance is considered. The results of a comparative analysis of the “Green House” and the Catalan novel “Tyrant White” are presented. A comparison of the structure of the “Green House” and the generalized structure of the Indianist novel is given, the key features of this genre are analyzed. It is concluded that in the case of the “Green House” it is impossible to come to genre definiteness. The authors dwell on the fact that “Green House” is a work of fiction that combines elements of different genres, without any other restrictions in interpretations, except for those directly rejected by the text.

Trials of Metadata: Emerging Schemas for Videogame Cataloguing

In the past decade, videogames have grown in cultural ­importance. As they have begun to fill museums, archives, and libraries, the need to catalogue them has become more pressing. However, widely accepted guidelines for cataloguing videogames are still in the process of being developed. Until now, online databases developed by fan communities have led the way in creating systems that effectively capture videogame metadata, yet a few groups have recently sprung up in academia that have developed coherent schemas for implementation in libraries and museums. This study will examine videogame metadata schemas designed by information professionals, fan communities, and commercial websites. These will be compared to each other and be analyzed in their treatment of RDA core elements and genre classification in order to highlight the ways videogames are challenging and expanding traditional metadata standards. These schemas highlight many of the same medium-specific elements absent from RDA, for example, the value of a platform element distinct from system requirements or edition; the equal emphasis on developer and publisher; or the multifaceted nature of videogame genre.

MELODY AS A FACTOR OF VOCAL AND PERFORMING INTERPRETATION OF THE OPERA IMAGE

The aim of the article is to determine current approaches to the phenomenon of opera melodics, clarify the concept of opera melody, substantiate the priority of vocal and performing interpretation in the formation of an opera image and in the development of an opera musical text. A comprehensive methodology for studying the genre nature of opera and its typological artistic features is proposed. The combination of textual and semantic approaches makes it possible to expand the understanding of the melodic functions of an opera text and its communicative tasks. The scientific novelty of the research is due to the identification of aesthetic, structural and compositional, artistic and psychological prerequisites for the creation of the theory of opera melos as an autonomous discipline that can influence modern opera studies and the creative practice of opera performers. The conclusions of the article indicate the key properties of the opera melody, which make it possible to characterize it as a way of creating an opera speech; emphasize the main factors of the opera melodic speech: the enlargement of the elements of the theme and the strengthening of its discreteness, the altitude-rhythmic fixation of the motivational relief, which makes it possible to convey the sound and content of the word, orientation on the “image of feeling”, emotional fullness and psychological personal reasoning, the requirement of getting used to and rebirth into an opera image and specific timbre predestination, that is, being attached to a certain type of vocal voice.

Hero in contemporary revolutionary and military literature: a typology of characters

The relevance of the issue stems from the urgent need to analyse with the help of the latest methods the new phenomena of modern Ukrainian literature, in particular the block of its revolutionary and military prose as one of the directions of modern literature. The aim of the work is to develop and thoroughly analyse the works of 2014-2020 dedicated to the Revolution of Dignity and the war in Eastern Ukraine, to study their genre nature, to clarify their characteristic features and to create a new typology of the modern literary hero. Among the main methods for processing diary texts were historical-biographical, comparative historical, comparative, structural-narratological, interdisciplinary, as well as elements of hermeneutical, intertextual methods, text and discourse analysis, etc. The paper provides a detailed analysis and proposes a new typology of the modern literary hero. The materials of the study can be used to prepare basic and special courses on the theory of literature, the history of Ukrainian and foreign literature, while working on manuals and textbooks, including those for higher education institutions, etc.

Philosophical reception in modern art history

This article explores the applicability of philosophical reception in terms of analysis of the phenomenon and the essence of art and artworks. The goal of this research lies in substantiation of the need for proliferation of the philosophical reception in art history for the holistic study of art in the aspect of its “ontologization”. Emphasis is placed on the fact that modern art history sets the tone in examination of the formal and substantive sides of art, its types and genres. Methodological and theoretical framework for art history is the philosophy of art, which recently however does not hold the leading position in the analysis of art, and even yields to aesthetics. The problem of comprehending the essence of art and the value role of artwork in life of a person and society remains open. It is rather not the subject of close attention of the art historians, but may become such. Thus, the art history analysis should be complemented with the philosophical reception. Namely this aspect is given special attention in this research. Philosophical reception is a peculiar algorithm for understanding the meanings and ideas of the artwork, as well as realization of the essence of this phenomenon. Art is often viewed as one of the forms of collective consciousness (along with science, mythology, etc.); however, the philosophical reception helps to establish the value-semantic nature of art that prevails over the social and aesthetic. Comprehension of any genre or type of art through the prism of art history is essentially refracted in the philosophical reception. In this case, the researcher is able not only assess the style and genre nature of the artwork, but also to trace its position in the turn of eras, personality concepts, ideologies, and worldviews. It is undoubtedly gives an apparent advantage to any modern researcher who aims to perceive the essence of art.

Material Origin in Folklore Texts of Predominantly Historical Themes

The article deals with the issues of architectonics of folklore texts of historical content: Russian and Ukrainian historical songs, historical ballads, dooms and epics. The relevance of the study is due to the search for a synchronous typological similarity between folklore texts of different ethnic, generic, genre, and poetic nature. Special attention is paid to three aspects of the organization of the song plot: its compositional layering, the combination of several principles in it; the plot meaning of allomotives, explicating the material principle; their styling. The definitions of the material and spiritual principles are given. The objective existence of typological similarities at the level of the allomotive organization of Russian and Ukrainian texts related to the classical, traditional and stage-by-stage types of creativity in the field of historical song folklore is shown. It is shown that this similarity can be explained by the reflection in the texts of vital, everyday empiricism and can acquire different stylistic incarnations: reduced everyday, ascertaining, idealizing. The question is raised about the reasons for the axiological differences in the Russian and Ukrainian folklore traditions. It is proved that the explication of the material principle can have different meanings in the organization of the song plot: optional, meaningful within a fragment of the text, plot-forming.

Hero in contemporary revolutionary and military literature

The relevance of the issue stems from the urgent need to analyse with the help of the latest methods the new phenomena of modern Ukrainian literature, in particular the block of its revolutionary and military prose as one of the directions of modern literature. The aim of the work is to develop and thoroughly analyse the works of 2014-2020 dedicated to the Revolution of Dignity and the war in Eastern Ukraine, to study their genre nature, to clarify their characteristic features and to create a new typology of the modern literary hero. Among the main methods for processing diary texts were historical-biographical, comparative historical, comparative, structural-narratological, interdisciplinary, as well as elements of hermeneutical, intertextual methods, text and discourse analysis, etc. The paper provides a detailed analysis and proposes a new typology of the modern literary hero. The materials of the study can be used to prepare basic and special courses on the theory of literature, the history of Ukrainian and foreign literature, while working on manuals and textbooks, including those for higher education institutions, etc.

Diary in modern Ukrainian literature: varieties of the genre

Diary literature was of interest to Ukrainian literary critics and literary critics from other countries in different years, but still most scientific studies occur in the mid-20th century. In Ukraine, the diary has been on the side-lines of the literary process for the past two decades. And only the turning points of historical events – the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war in eastern Ukraine – returned the genre to active public circulation: without exception, all the diaries of 2014-2020 were created during the crisis period, social upheavals. The relevance of the subject is explained by the need to use the latest practices to comprehend modern Ukrainian literature and, in particular, the diary genre as one of the components of modern military prose. The purpose of the study was to perform a thorough analysis of army diaries published during 2014-2020, study their genre nature, determine their distinctive features and create their general classification. Among the main methods for processing diary texts were historical-biographical, comparative historical, comparative, structural-narratological, interdisciplinary, as well as elements of hermeneutical, intertextual methods, text and discourse analysis, etc. The study presented a thorough analysis and suggested a new classification of the modern diary genre.

Жанровые формы в детском юмористическом журнале «Веселые картинки»: 1990-е годы

The article is included in the circle of studies related to the study of genre characteristics of texts. The relevance of the study is determined by the changeable nature of speech genres, each of which contains traditional (archaic) genre-forming features, as well as new, changing ones. The aim of the undertaken research was to consider genre forms and features in the children’s comic magazine “Veselye Kartinki”. Issues of the period from 1985 to 1999 were selected as the research material. From the point of view of genre forms, the analyzed issues of the magazines are divided into two groups. The first group includes issues of the magazine with traditional genre forms (for example, the club of funny people, true stories in pictures, riddles, fairy tales, etc.); the second group includes issues of the magazine with “new” genre forms that appeared in the magazine during the 1990s (for example, biblical legends, a short horoscope, children’s jokes, instructive stories, advertising texts, etc.). The article notes that the so-called “new” genre forms could exist as independent genre forms outside the issues of the magazine “Veselye Kartinki”: in “adult” literature and in literature created for children. During the analysis of the material, essential genre characteristics of the magazine “Veselye Kartinki” were discovered, which include creolization, visualization and polycode.

СВІТОГЛЯДНА ПУБЛІЦИСТИКА: ВІД ЗБІРКИ «НЕРВИ ЛАНЦЮГА» (2003) ДО ZBRUC-ЕСЕЇСТИКИ

<p><strong><em>Purpose of the study</em></strong><em>. Comparative analysis of essays by Ukrainian writers-publicists, in which the philosophical category «freedom» is investigated by literary methods (collection «Nerves of the chain», 2003); further development of the ideas of political and personal freedom formulated by the authors is investigated (the section «Discourses» of the Internet edition «Zbruc», founded in 2013).</em></p><p><strong><em>Research methodology.</em></strong><em> The texts of the collection of essays «Nevras of the chain» (2003) in thematic and semantic unity were subject to analytical research. Additionally, in order to create an appropriate context for a deeper study of the topic, the texts of the «Discourses» section of the Internet edition «Zbruc» were analyzed. In the course of the study, the following general scientific methods were used: descriptive, analysis, synthesis and generalization, which made it possible to study the retrospective and current state of the issue of the genre specificity of the essay. The semantic factors of the author's interpretations of the category «freedom» are considered in the national communicative context. </em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Results.</em></strong><em> At present, the essay genre, which has long been on the margins of journalism, is dynamically developing and is one of the most popular genres in the system of journalistic genres. Essay writing has become the most common form of journalistic writing in modern Ukraine. The genre nature of the essay presupposes an accentuated originality of thought, which does not allow works to get lost in the information space filled with texts. Analysis of modern Ukrainian essays from the collection «Nerves of the chain» (2003) and the rubric «Discourses» of the Internet edition «Zbruc» made it possible to talk about the literary and philosophical nature of these texts. Twenty-five variants of the interpretation of the theme of freedom, which are presented in the collection Nerves of the Chain (2003), are primarily due to different author's experience, differences in their social environment. Comprehension of the category of «freedom» in its correlation with the national specifics of history and modernity generates an endless discussion, which, in turn, generates new directions in the development of the eternal theme of freedom. A space of two-level dialogue is formed (writer - writer, writer - reader), in the process of which freedom of thought is brought up. </em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Novelty.</em></strong><em> An attempt was made to study the ideological evolution of the Ukrainian essay discourse. A comparative analysis of the texts of popular authors (Y. Andrukhovych, O. Zabuzhko, Y. Vinnychuk, etc.) made it possible to «construct» an inter-author dialogue in which one of the fundamental problems of Ukrainian culture is discussed - freedom. The results of the analysis make it possible to determine the «key» author's questions and permanent theses with which they go to the intellectual audience.</em></p><p><strong><em>Practical value.</em></strong><em> The results of the research can be used by journalists when writing journalistic texts on worldview issues, by teachers when developing specialized special courses.</em></p><p><strong><em>Key words</em></strong><em>: journalism, essay, category «freedom», discourse, generational conflict.</em></p>

THE ENCHANTED WANDERER BY LEONID YUZEFOVICH

The article analyzes the novel “Philellin” by L.A. Yuzefovich, the main attention is paid to the method of narration, the system of characters, the typological characteristics of the main character and the genre features of the work. The novel is a collection of documents of different genres, which together form a story about the events of the liberation war in Greece in the 20s of the XIX century. Almost all of Yuzefovich's characters act simultaneously as subjects of the narrative and participants in the events. The exception is Alexander I, because he is “silent” (his point of view is broadcast by his secretary Yelovsky) and "inactive". Despite the importance of the figure of the Russian emperor in the plot of the novel, for these reasons, Alexander “gives way” to the place of the main character to a fictional character - Grigory Mossepanov, whose fate forms the plot outline of the novel. Mossepanov is not only an important participant in the events, but also one of the main subjects and objects of the narrative. In literary criticism, the hero is given typological definitions of Don Quixote, Petrushka, “a little man”. This article offers a more appropriate definition of the character and fate of Mossepanov - “enchanted wanderer”, which is confirmed by the comparison of the characters of L. Yuzefovich and N. Leskov. The key plot role of the Russian philhellene, the peculiarities of his character and fate largely determine the genre nature of the work as a historical and mythological novel.

Image of the Soviet Union in Truman Capote’s work “The Muses Are Heard”

The subject of this research is the reception of the image of the Soviet Union in the book “The Muses Are Heard" by the American writer Truman Capote. The perception of the image of “foreign” and “foreign culture” is one of the pressing problems within the modern literary studies. The goal of this work is to determine the peculiarities of literary-documentary resemblance of the image of “foreign” country based on the work “The Muses Are Heard”, which is synthetic in its genre nature. The conclusion is drawn on the genre affiliation of the book and the techniques of depicting the image of “foreign culture” therein. The novelty lies in the fact that the research of this literary work are of synoptic nature, and this article is the first attempt of revealing the specificity of the image of the USSR in this work. The author indicates that the specificity of the image of the Soviet Union in the work “The Muses Are Heard is largely determined by its complex literary-documentary nature. T. Capote sets the goal to debunk the stereotypical representations on the USSR, which have formed in the American national mentality. Moreover, the writer refers to the Soviet material as an aesthetic experiment associated with the creation of a peculiar literary-documentary narrative form. The image of the Soviet Union in the work is structured on the factual documentary basis – Capote directly observes the Soviet realities and interviews the Leningrad residents. At the same time, in creating the image of the USSR, T. Capote applies the artistic and cinematographic techniques: stylization of the narrative on behalf of the “naive narrator”, method of “gradual immersion”, cropping, “pointed camera” effect, retardation, and contrast.

КОНТЕКСТНЕ ВИВЧЕННЯ ОПОВІДАННЯ І. ГАСПРИНСЬКОГО «АРСЛАН-КИЗ» У ШКІЛЬНОМУ КУРСІ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ ЛІТЕРАТУРИ

The article substantiates the expediency of studying the biography and work of I. Hasprynskyi in the lessons of Ukrainian literature in the classes of philological profile inconnection with literary and non-artistic facts; the peculiarities of biographical, historical, literary, culturological, social context as a method of analysis and interpretation of the program text «Arslan-kyz» are determined. The literary context is outlined in terms of clarifying the semantic and formal features of «Divchyna-Levytsia» as a work of debatable genre nature (historical narrative, story, legend, utopia), «subtextual context» (actualization of Aesopian language, hidden expression in the works of the artist ), «Metatextual context» (comparative analysis of Guljemal and Jeanne d’Arc as characters formed against the background of historical circumstances, in particular according to the literary biography of I. Koshelivets «Jeanne d’Arc»), contexts of literary concretization of «Divchyna-Levytsia», reception works of I. Hasprynskyi in different epochs (A. Krymsky, Y. Kandym, M. Dzhemilev, O. Slonovskaya, etc.). It has been observed that the codes that reveal the context of the historical story «Divchyna-Levytsia» have intensified in modern historical conditions (news of Chinese secret camps for Uighur Muslims has gained wide public resonance; in annexed Crimea, Russia again pursues discriminatory policies against indigenous peoples; deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet regime from Crimea Ukraine, the world remembers the victims of genocide, condemns the actions of the current occupiers, which encourages teachers and students not only to discover additional meanings and meanings of the historical story «Arslan-kyz» infinite. Perspectives of the method of research of the system of contexts – in-depth study of Ukrainian literature (students search for additional information, need for explanations, comments), updating the meaning of what is read through inclusion in new contexts of the humanities; mastering the competencies of understanding one’s own national identity, open attitude to the diversity of cultural expression of others, etc. (personally significant context).

ENGLISH TEACHERS’ MISCONCEPTION ABOUT THE APPLICATION OF GENRE BASED APPROACH IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH WITHIN THE K-13 CURRICULUM OF INDONESIA

Teacher is key variable of in the conception of teaching. His comprehensive knowledge and skills, governs the ways of the teaching implementation. Teachers’ misconception of what to teach and of approach to apply can be a determinant factor for the failure of the teaching and this is true to the teaching of English. The K-13 curriculum, requires the English teachers to teach English by taking genre as unitizing of lesson topics and as the base approach. In line with the teaching conception, the English teachers’ misconception is also regarded as determinant factor of failure in teaching English. To find out if the teaching of English based genre is implemented properly can be done by researching the English teachers’ misconception. Sixt English teachers’ classroom interaction were observed and took the transcript of the interaction as data. The data were analysed by applying the data analysis model proposed by Bogdan and Biddle. The results shows that there is a misconception among the English teachers about the nature of genre and the nature of genre based approach. This misconception is applied to implement the teaching of English and the misconception is reflected in the KD3 and KD4 formulation and in the activities organization which is very far away from the concept of the genre and the approach. Teaching English with genre based approach is not yet implemented properly and the improper implementation is caused by the misconception among the English teachers. Keywords: misconception, genre, approach, teaching English

HISTORICAL AND THEORETICAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF GENRE IN MODERN RUSSIAN LITERATURE STUDIES

The article is devoted to the study of the peculiarities of the genre in Russian literary criticism. A brief overview of the research opinions of prominent scientists on the problem of the genre system and its evolution is given. An attempt is made to investigate the transformation of the genre of the modern story. Particular attention is paid to the change in the genre nature of the story as a result of the artistic interpretation of reality by contemporary Russian postmodernists.

An Investigation of Metadiscourse Features in Applied Linguistics Academic Research Articles and Master’s Dissertations

The current study comparatively investigated the employment of metadiscourse items in 40 post-method sections/chapters of research articles (RAs) and master’s dissertations (MAs) in the field of applied linguistics. Utilizing Hyland’s (2005a) model of metadiscourse in analysing metadiscourse elements detected in both sets of texts, the findings indicated that interactive metadiscourse features were more frequent in both sets of texts than interactional metadiscourse items, and that the master’s dissertation subcorpus included significantly higher occurrences of most metadiscourse devices. Results indicated that transitions are the most used category of metadiscourse in research articles and master’s dissertations, while hedges are the most frequent interactional metadiscourse category used in both subcorpora. Results also showed that the master’s dissertation subcorpus consists of significantly higher occurrences of some metadiscourse devices, which might be due to the nature of both genres. The findings have important implications, particularly for L2 student writers, by facilitating their understanding of metadiscourse use in this field. The study concludes with the limitations, as well as recommendations for future research.