Experience Of Love Research Articles

Najważniejsze to kochać... kino! Miłość i kinofilia w filmie Andrzeja Żuławskiego

The article concerns the legendary French film by Andrzej Żuławski entitled Najważniejsze to kochać! [The Most Important Thing: Love!] (1975) starring: Romy Schneider, Fabio Testi and Jacques Dutronc. The author discusses three main topics in the film: in the first part: issues of love and the metaphysical evil; in the second part: the very rich context of literary and film references. Andrzej Żuławski shows love as a force leading to the protagonists’ moral change and, at the same time, the incessant, unsatiable urge, resulting from human imperfection. In Żuławski’s film, as in the novels by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the experience of love is connected with human duality, as well as with the contradictions appearing between the pole of love-desire and the pole of love-compassion. The duality of love results from the evil inherent in the nature of the world. According to Żuławski, evil is an active force acting in the world and not only a “lack of good.” The protagonists, experiencing evil, cross the existential and cognitive threshold and their experiences become closer to Gnostic experiences (gnosis). In the second part the author thoroughly discussed the French and international context of production and accomplishment of the film Najważniejsze to kochać. He indicated numerous literary references, co-creating the sense of the film (Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, romantic literature) and cinema (commercial cinema: C. Sautet, A. Kurosawa, L. Olivier, J. von Sternberg, J.-L. Godard) proving that Żuławski’s film is the expression of the specific love for the cinema, i.e. cinemaphilia. The indicated references also co-create the ironic manner of representing the world presented in the film, where the motif of the actors’ acting becomes important, as well as that of life as theatre and masks, behind which people hide their intentions and emotions.

The Comic Adaptation of Lao She’s Short Story “Vision”: A Critical Analysis

Abstract The short story “Vision” stands as a singular romantic narrative within Lao She’s (1899–1966) literary repertoire. Wang Shupeng undertook the adaptation of this tale into gouache comic strips, a rendition that garnered acclaim by securing the Second Prize in the Third National Comic Strip Painting and Creation Contest in China in 1986. Lao She held a particular fondness for this narrative, as it drew inspiration from his own experiences of first love. Adopting a first-person perspective, the author elegantly narrated a tale of love imbued with tragedy, employing a poetic language and employing a stream-of-consciousness narrative technique that underscored its creative ingenuity. In adapting the script for the comic strip rendition, Wang Shupeng accentuated the poignant fate of the protagonists alongside their unwavering perseverance. Through his evocative brushwork, the artist adeptly conveyed the characters’ distinct personalities and internal thoughts, thereby setting a gloomy tonal ambiance for the comic strip’s color palette. Such meticulous efforts culminated in the transformation of “Vision” into a masterpiece within the realm of comic strips.

Exploring Identity in Poetry: Love, Loss, and Belonging in Sylvia Plath and Elizabeth Bishop through the Lens of Social Identity Theory

This study leverages Social Identity Theory (SIT) to explore themes of identity, belonging, and relationships in Sylvia Plath's "Mad Girl's Love Song" and Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art." Using a comparative qualitative approach, the research examines how personal and social identities influence the speakers' experiences of love and loss. Plath's poem illustrates a crisis of social identity marked by the speaker's detachment and internal conflict, reflecting struggles with isolation and idealization. In contrast, Bishop portrays loss as a communal experience, highlighting an evolving identity characterized by resilience and acceptance. The findings reveal that while both poets illustrate identity transformations shaped by relationships and loss, they utilize different coping mechanisms—Plath through fantasy and Bishop through pragmatic acceptance. This analysis underscores the intricate relationship between social identity and emotional responses, enhancing our understanding of how societal contexts impact individual identity formation.

Poetic Disillusionment and Immortal Struggles: A Comparative Study of Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre

Abstract: Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre are both well-known characters in world literature. Though they are created by writers from different cultures in different times, many studies have found that they have many similarities and worth comparing. However, there is a lack of comprehensive understanding in Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre's similarities and differences as well as the factors that influence them. Aiming to compare Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre experiences and characteristics roundly, this essay not only summarizes previous studies, but also divides into three aspects to compare Lin Daiyu and Jare Eyre, which are personalities, love experiences and growth environment. It is found that Lin Daiyu and Jane Eyre both respect themselves as well as others, with strong self-esteem and the value of equality. At the same time, they both show their courage to resist unreasonable things in society. They both pursue pure love without material desires, while Lin Daiyu regards love as more important than Jane Eyre. Jane Eyre's harsh growth environment with simple relationships gives her tenacity, while Lin Daiyu's seemingly enjoyable growth environment with complicated relationships makes her more sensitive. The different experiences and values of the writers also have a significant influence on the characters they create. Comparing two famous characters from different cultures allows us to learn more about the themes of great literature works and witness the image of a group of people from different historical background.

장르에 따른 웹툰의 공간 표현 특성 연구 - 네이버 웹툰 장르 구분을 기준으로

Webtoon is a cartoon implemented in a digital virtual world, and its narrative structure and expression method are similar to cartoons, but unlike cartoons based on paper media, it is based on digital media, that is, mechanical operation of a monitor and mouse, and touch of tablets and smartphones. Based on screen manipulation, it provides more diverse usability and experiences, such as vertical scrolling, time concept, sound, animation effects, division of cells, use of CG, generalization of color use, and augmented reality. Here, romance, fantasy, and comic/gags were selected among the various genres of webtoons, and the backgrounds were compared and analyzed to reveal that the use of the background was different for each genre. In other words, romance mainly uses realistic backgrounds to enhance the realism and immersion of the love story, fantasy mainly uses unrealistic backgrounds to provide an experience of a world that cannot be experienced in reality, and comic/gags are based on the words of the characters and A brief and simplified background is used to draw attention to the action. This can be said to effectively provide the experience of love, the experience of this world, and the control of unexpectedness that each genre pursues. The background does not simply represent a place, but functions as a device to reinforce the purpose and atmosphere of the genre.

As It Is, and: This Way, and: On Love, and: Another Way to Say Dying

Abstract: “As It Is”: This poem explores the precarity of new love and the landscape of new sexual experience. “This Way”: This poem thumbs the relationship between trauma and sex—and how they complicate new experiences of love. “On Love”: This poem surveys the way one contends with the pain inflicted by a parent and the reality of caring for that ill parent.

Six types of loves differentially recruit reward and social cognition brain areas.

Feelings of love are among the most significant human phenomena. Love informs the formation and maintenance of pair bonds, parent-offspring attachments, and influences relationships with others and even nature. However, little is known about the neural mechanisms of love beyond romantic and maternal types. Here, we characterize the brain areas involved in love for six different objects: romantic partner, one's children, friends, strangers, pets, and nature. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to measure brain activity, while we induced feelings of love using short stories. Our results show that neural activity during a feeling of love depends on its object. Interpersonal love recruited social cognition brain areas in the temporoparietal junction and midline structures significantly more than love for pets or nature. In pet owners, love for pets activated these same regions significantly more than in participants without pets. Love in closer affiliative bonds was associated with significantly stronger and more widespread activation in the brain's reward system than love for strangers, pets, or nature. We suggest that the experience of love is shaped by both biological and cultural factors, originating from fundamental neurobiological mechanisms of attachment.

“He Was Such a Block of Ice.” Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of Adolescent Girls’ Work in an Intimate Relationship

The first romantic relationships of adolescents are of significant developmental importance, and the acquired experience is a cultural issue. The study aimed to capture what meanings young teenagers give their first love experiences. In-depth interviews were conducted with six teenage girls. A detailed idiographic analysis, based on Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), allowed us to present the work of adolescents to maintain intimacy and ensure the stability of a romantic relationship. It was noticed that young girls take an emotionally leading role in their romantic relationships, feel responsible for them, and act following the stereotypical gender order. The interpretative framework adolescents adopt may result from therapeutic and utilitarian narratives, addressed mainly to women.

The quest for meaningful connections: Navigating scripted sexuality on Instagram amid Grindr and Tinder fatigue

In the contemporary digital age, the experience of intimacy, sex, and love has been profoundly transformed, in part due to technological transformations. How do individuals navigate the evolving landscape of dating in the digital age to seek meaningful connections? To answer that, I conducted 30 individual, in-depth interviews with queer men in Argentina. Drawing on the conceptual apparatus of the sociology of sexuality and research on social media repertoires, I argue that different platforms elicit specific imaginaries, relationships, and pleasures. While Grindr emphasizes sexual explicitness and anonymity, Tinder offers a more conversational and personal experience. However, scripted and repetitive conversations tend to foster feelings of anxiety, boredom, and fatigue. Thus, many interviewees opt to escape the dating environment to Instagram, a platform that provides them a space for more authentic and pleasant interactions. These findings expand the notion of networked intimacy beyond the realm of dating platforms to social media and messaging apps.

“Our advice is to break up”: Douban’s intimate public and the rise of girlfriend culture

To date, insufficient attention has been given to the role of social media in navigating romantic relationships in China. This article analyzes the Douban Breakup Advice Group (豆瓣劝分小组), a popular digital platform, particularly among young women, for sharing failed love stories and seeking relationship guidance. Based on netnography and interviews, this study investigates how the group navigates the intricacies of romantic relationships and fosters distinct feminist sensibilities. The findings reveal that this group creates an intimate public, offering solace for love experiences in a therapeutic manner. It also functions as a feminist pedagogic space, promoting the reconstruction of gender relations based on egalitarian norms. These practices nurture a girlfriend culture where participants cultivate a commonality toward heterosexual romance within a feminist framework. This article contributes to the scholarship of mediated intimacy by examining the mutual influence of digital practices and popular feminism.

To crave is like to be in love

In this article, we wish to show that the experience of addictive desires is similar to the experience of limerence, which can be defined as the state of being in love. In other words, we want to argue that an inherent part of the experience of addiction is found in the experience of romantic love. Many in the literature have tried to show that one can be addicted to love in the way that love constitutes an addiction. Yet, none seem to have taken the opposite route, which rather takes love as a constituent of the addiction itself. This is odd, as such a perspective is warranted by first-person accounts of addiction. In this regard, in our view, addiction is like love, and not the other way around. Nevertheless, it is not addiction as a whole that is similar to love; love in itself cannot be compared to addiction: it is the experience of addictive cravings in addiction that is like limerence. In order to put forward the similarities between experiences of cravings and experiences of limerence, we will go through the basic components of limerence as described by Dorothy Tennov (1979), and prove that they are all found in the experience of cravings.

LOVE AND LONGING IN PABLO NERUDA’S POETRY

Pablo Neruda is best known for his love poetry, which is characterized by its sensuality, intensity, and emotional depth. His love poems often use nature imagery to explore themes of passion, desire, and longing. His love poems are known for their rich and evocative use of nature imagery. Throughout his poetry, Neruda often draws upon images from the natural world to express the intensity and beauty of love. Neruda's love poetry explores the full range of human emotions, from joy and passion to heartache and longing. His work speaks to the universal experience of love and has inspired generations of readers with its beauty, honesty, and depth. Pablo Neruda's love poetry has had a significant influence on the genre both in Latin America and beyond. His innovative use of language, his focus on intimacy and sensuality, and his ability to express complex emotions in a simple, direct way have inspired countless poets over the years and ensured his place as one of the greatest love poets of all time. Neruda's love poetry is renowned for its beauty and depth and it continues to be celebrated and studied around the world. His work has influenced countless poets and writers, and his legacy as one of the greatest love poets of all time is secure.

Improving the Movement of SEN Children with the Help of a Therapy Dog

The therapeutic relationship with animals is crucial for psychological, somatic and social health, as it enriches the well-being of the functional whole (Bánszky et al., 2012). Regular contact with animals strengthens people's experience of responsibility, attachment, unconditional acceptance and love, and also creates a sense of security, as the very existence of an animal reduces anxiety symptoms, loneliness and social isolation. In addition spending time with animals helps to optimise different movements. This paper presents of an ongoing research project. The main aim of our research is to highlight the importance of canine-assisted therapy in refining the movement of children with special educational needs by having them participate in canine-assisted therapy sessions on a weekly basis, during which, in addition to anamnesis and observations, we measure the children's development using a scale (Portage scale) that is accepted in special education. It is hypothesised that the animal-assisted therapy will have a significant positive impact on the large and fine motor skills of children with special educational needs. Our chosen research methods are case study and observation. Data processing requires both qualitative and quantitative analysis.

The Manager and Love: Evoking a Loving Inquiry in a Group Setting

Neuroscientists, psychologists, educators, and management scholars propose that the current emphasis on intellect and reason in education and business over values such as love, connectedness, and compassion are at the root of many business ethical failures and societal problems. They argue not that reason should be abandoned in education and business management but rather that it needs to be balanced with values such as love because these attributes are innately human, enabling wise decision-making. This is a difficult task in the context of the current ethos of intellect and reason that dominates education and management. To correct the imbalance, we must explore ways of preparing future managers to accept the relevance and importance of learning to develop and embody love. Through our research, we provide an experience of community love by creating a caring, receptive, personal container. We engaged in the practice of Collaborative Autoethnography, integrating the Nguni South African concept of Ubuntu, to explore, research, and demonstrate the experience of love in a community setting. To support this practice, we framed it against the background of integrative justice, focusing on authentic engagement without exploitative intent as per Santos and Laczniak’s (2015) Integrative Justice Model (IJM) and built upon some common contexts from which love is considered such as Catholic Social Thought (CST) and indigenous cultures. We analyzed why and how love might be implemented in education and management and how Collaborative Autoethnography can be applied in connecting with others to research, learn from, and build upon the experience of love and connectedness.

The hero's existential dilemma in the story "First Love": the Hamletian question

The article is devoted to the existential dilemma of the hero in I. S. Turgenev's story "First Love", which goes back to the eternal Hamletian question. The traumatic experience of the hero of the story is analyzed, in the image of which it is possible to find moral and psychological traits peculiar to Hamlet, transferred in the context of Russian cultural tradition. The object of the study is the political and ethical dilemma of the hero in the story "First Love". The subject of the study is the unusual love experience of the protagonist of the story and the social and family relations connected with it. The main purpose of the work is to analyze Shakespearean reminiscences in the story, to identify the Hamletian question behind the hero's tragic love. The following research methods were applied in the work: the method of holistic analysis of the artwork, descriptive, comparative, as well as the method of linguocultural interpretation. The research shows that I. S. Turgenev presents the story of the young hero's first love as a socio-political allegory, an allusion to the existential dilemma of the young generation at a critical period. It is the inability to resolve this dilemma that leads the hero of the story to a tragic finale, which should be seen as a warning from the writer. The results described in this article will contribute to a deeper understanding of the late work of I. S. Turgenev, as well as can be introduced as a scientific material in the educational process at the Faculty of Philology. The scientific novelty of the study consists in the fact that the paper is the first to study in detail the Hamlet question in Turgenev's story, which is usually paid little attention to, and to discover the reason for the formation of the Russian Hamlet from the double dilemma (political and ethical) of the protagonist.

The Loving Experience of the Therapeutic Relationship as a Factor in Affective Maturation in Adults

This analysis aims to clarify our hypothesis on the role of love experience as a factor of emotional maturation in adults. Affective experiences during childhood may influence adult self-esteem and sense of worth, as well as affective maturation and the capacity to love. Positive affective relationships, such as therapeutic ones, have the potential to heal entrenched negative emotions such as low self-esteem, and thereby foster confidence and joy. However, love alone does not always overcome the feeling of unworthiness that results from a deeper negative self-evaluation. Similarly, as Conrad Baars and Anna Terruwe elucidate, this sense of unworthiness often stems from early emotional wounds and unmet needs, which necessitate a healing journey beyond the realm of love alone. From the perspective of Baars's theory, integrated psychology can explain how for the person to develop a transcendental love proper to the affectively mature person, it is essential that the therapist helps the clients to (a) identify and heal affective deficiencies in the more immature stages of love, including the strengthening of self-esteem, and (b) promote psycho-spiritual integration, helping the clients to discover their personal worth and the meaning of their existence.

Toward Understanding a Black Spiritual Left: the Spirituality of Howard Thurman and the Black Lives Matter Movement

Careful readers of the theologian, mystic, and minister, Howard Thurman, have noted that his work grappled with the major social issues of his day—namely racism, sexism, economic inequality, and other forms of oppression. Indeed, in works such as Jesus and the Disinherited (1949), Luminous Darkness (1965), and Deep River and The Negro Speaks of Life and Death (1975), Thurman pushed readers to engage oppression—particularly racial oppression—as an issue that people of faith needed to engage. Though Thurman’s more popular book-length works have gained attention from religious scholars, his essays “Mysticism and Social Change” (1939)—found in Volume two of the Howard Thurman Papers—and “Mysticism and the Experience of Love” (1961) expose how Thurman’s mysticism could be used as a tool in the fight against oppression.

Spiritual Transformation of the Main Character in the Tarung Sarung Movie

One of the current phenomenal issues being widely discussed by the public is the disbelief in the existence of God (atheism). The issue of atheism is addressed in the film "Tarung Sarung." The purpose of this research is to understand the reasons behind Deni Ruso, an atheist, becoming a devout follower of Islam, as well as the process of Deni Ruso's spiritual transformation. This research adopts a qualitative research approach and utilizes semiotic analysis as the method. The results of this study indicate that the underlying causes for the main character's transformation from being an atheist to a devout follower of Islam are as follows: firstly, friendship. Through friendship, emotional support and inspiration can be provided. When someone has friends who are involved in spiritual practices, it can serve as a motivator for embarking on a spiritual journey independently. Secondly, the environment that facilitates access to places of worship and meditation practices can influence individuals to actively engage in spiritual exercises. Thirdly, the experience of deep love can open one's heart and mind to a deeper spiritual dimension. Furthermore, the process of spiritual transformation experienced by the main character involves self-awareness that God plays a significant role in life, as well as believing in religion as a guide for behavior and regulating all aspects to attain tranquility in both worldly life and the hereafter.

Ренессансные метаморфозы Сада любви и «Сад земных наслаждений» Иеронима Босха

The subject of the Garden of Love appeared in European visual art in Late Middle Ages. Despite the emphasized fugacity of this garden in comparison with its heavenly prototype – the Garden of Eden, it often received an idealized interpretation. Medieval way of thinking was able to reconcile the celestial and earthly forms of the image, finding a corresponding and legitimate place for each in the hierarchy of the universe. The Renaissance, turning to ancient culture, changed the status of the Garden of Love, transforming it into a place where someone can see the secret processes of the universe, where the vital forces of nature and love experiences formed a single whole. The new cosmogonic character of the theme led to the creation of contrast interpretations - from the sublime allegory in the spirit of Florentine Neoplatonism to the accusatory phantasmagoria of Hieronymus Bosch.

Love, Be a Poem. The Rhetoric of Seduction in the Love Poetry of Vesna Parun

In the broadest sense, the paper is a discussion of Vesna Parun’s love poetry. The basic idea is that, on the one hand, it adheres to the romantic understanding of literature as a representation of the deepest personal feelings, universal truths, and essential values and, on the other hand, that it acts as a confirmation that the experience of love is fundamentally literary, and that literature is a form of unbridled love for linguistic seduction. For this reason, the author’s love poetry is not approached as a representation of her private life, love feelings, or relationships, but as a complex relationship between figurative language and a romanticized idea of love. In other words, it is interpreted as a discourse or rhetorical event that simultaneously constructs and deconstructs concepts such as authentic experience, sincere sensitivity, primordial love, or stable identity, and provides an opportunity to raise important ethical and political questions in the face of its ambivalence.