Poetic Texts Research Articles

“Where You Go I Will Go and Where You Stay I Will Stay”: How Exegetical Poetry Enriches Our Understanding of Ruth 1:16–17 and 1:20–21

It is easy to underestimate Ruth. The story is short and sweet, in elementary Hebrew, about a loyal and obedient daughter-in-law, or so we have been led to believe. The book and its eponymous character are surprisingly complex. Although Ruth is an exemplar of Hebrew narrative, it contains two poetic insertions in the first chapter. Literal translations lose the poetry, and poetic translations are less faithful to the original language. Ruth has been chosen for road-testing a range of hermeneutical approaches, and here is one more. This paper approaches these poetic insertions and, indeed, the book of Ruth, as poetry and explores a new method for examining and interpreting Hebrew poetic texts, namely, exegetical poetry. I pay particular attention to poetic devices—parsing for parallelism, alliteration, and other poetic elements—and explore their significance. As I translate and exegete, I compose poetry reflecting the form, content, and theological themes of the Hebrew poetry through the use of similar English devices, imagery, and mood. The result is an amalgam of showing through exegetical poetry and telling through prose commentary, enriching our understanding of the characterization of Ruth and Naomi, and the relationship between these poetic insertions and the broader narrative.

Modern poetic text: Problems of linguistic interpretation (based on the occasional vocabulary of V. Koval’s poems)

Modern poetic text: Problems of linguistic interpretation (based on the occasional vocabulary of V. Koval’s poems)

Woven: the intersections of disability and doctoral study, and the lives of students who navigate these intersections

Purpose This paper aims to understand the experiences of disabled doctoral students at one Aotearoa New Zealand University, identifying barriers to accessibility and meaningful participation, and enabling practices. Design/methodology/approach This research was underpinned by the social model of disability and used an explanatory sequential mixed methods approach. A survey comprising closed and freeform questions was distributed to all doctoral students. From the 64 respondents, 12 also took part in an unstructured, narrative interview. Data were analysed using a combination of methods: descriptive statistics, thematic analysis and poetic inquiry. Findings Findings are presented mainly as data poetry. The poems centre on complexities faced by disabled doctoral students, and articulate challenges, enabling practices and possibilities for the future encountered by students in this study. Findings are additionally supported with quotes from narrative interviews, open-ended survey questions and descriptive data analysis. Originality/value The poetic inquiry approach gives voice to the collective experiences of disabled students. The poetic texts bear witness to the intersections of disability, impairment, chronic illness, neurodiversity and doctoral study, and the lives of students who navigate these intersections. These poems voice and seek to be lightning-rods for social change.

The Railway as a Cultural Phenomenon and Poetic Text

Purpose. The article examines two aspects of the railway: as a cultural phenomenon and as an example of thematic motif in poetic text.Results. The appearance of the railway was not only an important technical achievement, but also formed a previously unknown cultural code with distinctive features. Firstly, with a paradoxical sense of stability of the path and at the same time, promising disaster in case of deviation, incommensurable rides on horseback. Secondly, with the feeling of simultaneous presence into opposite spaces – at the unchanging point of the carriage and in the constantly changing panorama outside the window. Thirdly, a qualitatively new sense of rhythm, accelerated and hinting as the possibility of change. As a result, a new type of discursive reality arises, leading to an original type of text formation. So, in parallel with the cultural code, another arises – an artistic one, characterized by uniqueness and exclusivity. An example of an artistic code related to the theme of the railway is M. Tsvetaeva’s poem Rails (1923). Based on the tradition of traveling by rail as symbolic movement towards non-existence, Tsvetaeva actualizes the mortal motif in her own way, built on conflict of hard (iron) and soft (canvas), as well as on introducing a musical motif into the text (the linearity of musical lines) along with the original sound recording, creating the effect of a patronymic attraction.Conclusion. Thus, in the poem Rails we observed the struggle of two models – generative inscribed in the paradigm of culture, and inter-iterative, actively opposing the paradigm and, thanks to syntagma, determining the self-closure of the poetic text.

PECULIARITIES OF THE KEY IMAGES CONVEYING OF А.S. PUSHKIN’S POEM “TO THE SLANDERERS OF RUSSIA” IN ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS

The article deals with the peculiarities of rendering the key images of A.S. Pushkin’s poem “To the Slanderers of Russia” in the English translations. The research aims at comparative analysis of the key images rendering and stylistic features of the poem. The research material comprises three English translations. The article analyses the transformation of the text and its key images. In particular, the article compares the semantic fields of the original lexemes with their English equivalents. It is defined how the translator’s selection of a particular translation unit affects the tonality of the work. Moreover, the impact of the historical context and the translators’ personal perception on the translated text is analysed. The article deals with the problem of transferring realities when translating a poetic text. The study applies elements of etymological, comparative-historical and comparative analyses. The images conveyed are actively undergone various translational transformations. The transferred images are actively subjected to various translation transformations.

Poets as children. On works of the Slovak Trnava group and the Bulgarian ‘Poets of the city’

The aim of the proposed paper is to examine how the poetic text world embodies the idea of a return to the “naïve” perception of the world. The objects of the analysis are two groups of authors – representatives of 20th century Slovak and Bulgarian literature –, which are known in the history of their national literatures as Trnava group and “poets of the city.” The first poetic formation is made up of Ján Ondruš, Ján Stacho, Jozef Mihalkovič, and Ľubomír Feldek, known also as Concretists, the second one consists of Alexander Vutimski, Alexander Gerov, Ivan Peychev, and Valeri Petrov. While the Slovak authors manifested themselves as a poetic group by publishing three manifestos, one of which called We Will Talk about Children’s Literature, the Bulgarian authors were defined as poets of the city post factum by the Bulgarian critics.The selection of these poetry formations is based on typological affinities between the two specific literary phenomena and the similarities in their national political and social contexts during their genesis. Three basic topics can be found in the works of the representatives of both Trnava group and poets of the city – objective imagery, the motif of childhood, and the image of the city. In the present paper, we focus mainly on the use of objective imagery in the process of returning to childhood, which some of the poets’ texts depict. We also look at one of the main themes in their works, which both literary groups inherit from their antecedents in their literatures – everydayness. In this light, the poets of the city are related to the poetry of the Bulgarian writer Atanas Dalchev, while the Slovak authors follow the path chosen by the Czech poetry group Květen and their concept of “poetry of every day.”Through a close reading of selected works of the Slovak Trnava group and the Bulgarian “poets of the city”, we look at the process of engaging the senses in poetry. The main texts chosen for the analysis areA Play for Your Blue Eyes written by Ľubomír Feldek and Tom Thumb by Valeri Petrov. Their poems are based on a return to childhood and sensual concreteness. We examine how the writers stylize the perceived world in opposition to the “ready-made” ideas the socialist realism offers. Both groups of authors choose a new aesthetic formula that roots in portraying the objective world. The topic is represented in light of Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s reflection on the literary use of language.

Testimony, Lying and Calumny at the Interface of Islamic Law and Arabic Poetry

Abstract The significance of the concept of ‘testimony’ permeates Islamic jurisprudence and it is invoked in Arabic literary texts as well. Truthfulness and lying (kaḏib) were a preoccupation of many Arabic literary critics and authors in assessing literary works, while the notion of ‘testimony’ could be used figuratively in poetic texts. On the other hand, Islamic law emphasises the crucial role of trustworthy testimony in legal proceedings and has developed a sophisticated system of ascertaining the integrity of witnesses. Within this context Muslim jurists sometimes explicitly discuss poets and poetry, not surprisingly in view of the fact that the Quran characterises poets as mendacious, and some ḥadīṯs also denounce poetry. Certain literary genres in particular (especially hiğāʾ and ġazal) could be interpreted by jurists as cases of calumny that substantiate legal charges of false testimony (qaḏf). Offering a copious source of intertextual references at the interface of law and literature, legal discussions of the problem of potential qaḏf in poetry are the focus of this paper and can help clarify the peculiar ways in which premodern Muslim jurists would view and assess literary texts.

Twining words and art in academic literature

The problem this article addresses is that academic literature is mainly text-oriented, and this textual alignment can give readers a worded perspective that is limited. Written words excel at describing how something happened and how we should do something. However, visual art also excels at description in ways that words cannot because art provides different perspectives of human feelings and how we see the world. This research endeavors to consider whether including visual art in academic literature can enhance our general understanding of the topics in the literature. Images such as charts and diagrams are already included in academic literature. However, those graphics show data and processes. They intend to describe the information in the literature further rather than convey emotion and meaning as art-based images do. The approach of this article is to analyze two drawings and excerpts from academic literature. The drawings contain poetic text and other words that help connect the drawings to the excerpts. The excerpts and drawings together show how art can help us better understand topics in academic literature. The article is structured so that the excerpt is first provided. Then, the main concepts of the excerpt are identified. Next, the associated drawing is presented, and then an analysis of the connections between the excerpt and the drawing is offered. The article's findings intend to show that visual art, such as drawings, can offer perspectives that words alone cannot provide in academic literature.

El hilo y la pluma: diversas perspectivas hacia el tejer de un texto poético

Arachne, Penelope, Circe, Ariadne, and Moiras share the same attribute: the thread. These female figures from Greco-Roman mythology have become archetypes of women with the needle. The mythical spinners and their sewing have led to the coining of one of the obsessive metaphors of modern criticism: the relationship between the fabric and the literary text. We can observe it, especially, in contemporary poetry, in which the creation of the poetic texture – obvious is the metapoetic and self-referential background here – frequently constitutes one of the main themes. The objective of this article is to present different perspectives on the metaphorical role of mythological weavers as woman creating poetic text in the lyrical work of Aurora Luque (1962), Chantal Maillard (1951), and Sonia Bueno (1976).

Psalm 72 in light of the psychological theories of poverty

Prior to the 1980s, various theories of poverty have been proposed by psychologists, ranging from, but not limited to, ‘naturalizing perspective’, ‘constitutionally inferior perspective’, or ‘nativist perspective’; to the ‘McClelland approach’ (McClelland 1961, 1965, 1973); to the ‘attribution theory’; and to Lewis’ (1975) culture of poverty theory. The theories tease out issues of the accumulated environmental deficits and psychiatric disorders, such as depression as well as the lack of ambition and mental drive to achieve success. However, from the 1980s, psychologists returned to the Lewis’ culture of poverty theory. The World Bank Development Report for 2000–2001’s expansion of Sen’s (1999) theory, which placed emphasis and/as three-pillars on ‘security’, ‘empowerment’ and ‘opportunity’ led for one, among other psychological bodies, the American Psychological Association to consider various conceptualisation of the theories of poverty. The paper tests the psychological theories of poverty against the background of the historical-literary read poetic text of Psalm 72. Does a poetic reading of Psalm 72 bear a psychological meaning when read within the framework of psychological theories of poverty? Firstly, the paper investigates psychological theories of poverty prior to 1980s to the present. Secondly, in a poetically and historically read Psalm 72, the psychological presuppositions are teased out. In the end, the paper submits with caution that when read within the framework of psychological theories of poverty, the poetically read Psalm 72 produces psychological meaning, which contributes value to the reading of Biblical poetic texts.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: The article draws on the discipline of psychology, employing the psychology theories of poverty to read an Old Testament poetic text of Psalm 72. The meaning of Psalm 72 is derived from the psychological reading of the historical-literary critically analysed poetic Hebrew Bible text.

The Poetics of Resistance: Christopher Monyoncho’s Fight against Corruption and Abuse of Power

In primordial Gusii cultural identity, the ills of corruption and abuse of power were unheard of. Value for life, a keen sense of justice, respect, mutual goodness with collective responsibility took centre-stage. Then came colonialism and westernisation in the first half of the twentieth century and the communal good and societal values were replaced with self-seeking individualism. Aside from the influence of westernisation and globalisation, capitalistic and paternalistic tendencies by both the so-called former colonial masters and their African successors gave birth to the monsters of corruption and abuse of power. These pushed the Ubuntu spirit into the periphery. This article uses the Benga music of Christopher Monyoncho to analyse the evident cultural identity shifts from the primordial collective societal support to a selfish and self-seeking hybrid identity. The analysis of the literariness of these poetic texts revealed the extent to which prized values of life such as mutual respect and common good which were centred on collective responsibility were watered down and metastasised into scary dragons worth slaying. Indeed, evils such as corruption, grabbing and abuse of power have spawned all over the country and Monyoncho decries such selfish endeavours in several of his popular poetry. This article therefore reads such poetry expositions as a way of laying them bare to the reading public

O som ao redor

In this article, we demonstrate (1) the textual density and cohesion of the opening of the Iliad (Il. 1.1-42); (2) the emphatic, albeit implicit, comparison of Achilles’ anger to Apollo’s in this passage; and (3) the subliminal ways of communicating Apollo’s power in verses 8 to 42, that is, before his epiphany itself through the plague that strikes the Achaeans. In order to do this, we will focus on sound repetitions and examine the metrical architecture to see how these poetic phenomena reiterate or supplement the surface meaning of the poetic text.

A Cognitive -Semantic Study of Love Metaphor in Mawlawi Poems

This study is entitled "A Cognitive Semantic Study of Love Metaphor in Mawlawi Poems". It is an attempt to construe the semantic aspects of Mawlawi's poetic texts in light of the cognitive semantic approach. The study, through a linguistic and cognitive analysis, clarifies the way meaning is constructed in the selected poems. It adopts the theoretical framework proposed by the cognitive semantic theory of metaphor. That is, according to the cognitive theory of metaphor, it explores the metaphorization of LOVE in the selected poems. In cognitive approach to metaphor, an abstract concept named the target domain is understood in terms of another called the source domain (usually concrete). The source domain is a conceptual domain used metaphorically so as to understand the abstract target concept, i.e., the target domain is a conceptual domain interpreted through the source domain. The current study investigates the ways in which LOVE as an abstract target concept is construed in terms of other source conceptual domains. That is, the primary aim of the study is to scrutinize how LOVE is metaphorized in the poems, what are the source domains the poet relies upon so as to interpret the target domain of LOVE. In other words, what are the more concrete conceptual source domains that are metaphorically used in order to comprehend the abstract target concept of LOVE? Accordingly, the recent study is mainly concerned with conceptualization (the way LOVE is conceptualized) which is the cognitive processes of meaning-making. This means that, it illuminates meaning construction process in Mawlawi literature. The study first provides a brief introduction to Cognitive Linguistics and then the nature of meaning in cognitive semantic approach is highlighted. Following this, the cognitive approach to metaphor is presented. The last section is devoted to elucidating the metaphorical structuring of LOVE in Mawlawi's poems based on the contemporary theory of metaphor.

Components of Discursive Poetics on the Example of Leo Tolstoy's Novel «Anna Karenina»

The article briefly examines the specifics of discursive poetics, which was developed for several decades by the Hungarian scientist Árpád Kovács, based on the material of Leo Tolstoy's novel «Anna Karenina». The review is carried out on the basis of the study of the sound modality and components of the word as a linguistic sign, which is enriched with a new meaning in the poetic text. In addition, it examines how metaphors in the plot are thematized and form the composition of the text, how the narrative and the statement correlate, and what role the subject of discourse plays in this. The purpose of presenting the analysis of Tolstoy's novel conducted by the professor of the discursive approach is to identify its innovative reading and, at the same time, to supplement the interpretation on its basis, using both this concept and methodology. For Árpád Kovács, the key point is also personal textual generation with a new interpretation of the work, therefore, at the end of the study conducted in this article, he offers his own interpretation of the last episode from the heroine's life, as a result of the dialogue between the author of the article and the novel. The importance of the presentation of the approach is in its popularization for use in research activities related to the study of literature.

“A las riberas de mis ojos”: Reflections on Relevance and Motor Resonance (Kinesis) in Early-Modern Spanish Poetry

Abstract This article reflects on recent work (predominantly on Anglophone and Francophone contexts) that blends Relevance Theory with an embodied account of language that is particularly sensitive to the kinesic features of the poetic text. Early-modern Spanish poetry is generally sidelined from these discussions. Representative poems by the Conde de Salinas and Gabriel Bocángel will be taken, therefore, as a testing ground in which to explore how insights afforded by relevance theory, as complementary to other considerations, might encourage a deep and transformative reading in relation to the experienced world.

Ecofeminism in the Poetic Texts of Qubadi Jalizadeh: The Collection of Baxchakany Malaka Taws

لێکۆڵینەوەکە بە ناونیشانی (ئیکۆفێمینیزم لە دەقەشیعرییەکانی ''قوبادی جەلیزادە''دا دیوانی ''باخچەکانی مەلەکە تاووس'' بە نمونە) بە ئەنجامگەیەندراوە. ئەم تیۆرە لە پەیوەندی و هاوئاهەنگی ژن و سروشت دەدوێت و ئامانجی پاراستنی ژینگە و کۆتاییهێنانە بە چەوساندنەوەی ژن. پێیوایە کولتوری پیاوسالاری هۆکاری سەرەکی چەوسانەوەی ژن و وێرانکاریی ژینگەی سروشتییە. ئامانجی لێکۆڵینەوەکە: دەرخستنی دید و ڕوانگە ئیکۆفێمینیزمییەکانی شاعیرە، کە لە دووتوێی دەقە شیعرییەکانی ئەم دیوانەدا لەبارەی پرسی چەوسانەوەی ژن و نابوتکردنی سروشت بەیانیکردوون. میتۆدی لێکۆڵینەوەکە: تیۆری ڕەخنەی ئیکۆفێمینیزمییە، کە سودمان لە چەمک و تێڕوانینەکانی ئەم تیۆرە بۆ شیکاری دەقەکان وەرگرتووە. ئەنجامەکانی لێکۆڵینەوەکە بریتین لە: ئاوێتەکردنی ژن و سروشت بەڕوونی هەستی پێدەکرێت، چ لە ڕووی شەقڵ و سیفەتی هاوبەشی نێوانیان، وەک سەرچاوەی بەرهەمهێنان و بژێوی ژیانی مرۆڤایەتی. ژن وەک هەوێن و چارەسەر بۆ قەیرانی ژینگە و مرۆیی دەبینێت. پرسی ململانێی ژن لەگەڵ کولتوری پیاوسالاری لای شاعیر دیار و بەرچاوە و بەرگری لە مافەکانی ژن دەکات. جۆری پەیوەندی پیاوسالاری لەگەڵ ژن و سروشتدا، بە هۆکاری سەرەکیی نەهامەتییەکان وێنا دەکات. وشە سەرەکییەکان: ئیکۆفێمینیزم، فێمینیزم، ئیکۆلۆژی، کولتوری پیاوسالاری، شیعرەکانی قوبادی جەلیزادە.

Perception Of The Use Of Literary Texts In Learning Arabic Syntax: Study At Kolej Universiti Islam Perlis (KUIPs)/ تصورات استخدام النصوص الأدبية في دراسة النحو العربي: جامعة برليس الإسلامية أنموذجا

This study aims to identify the perceptions of Arabic language students and teachers about using literary texts in the study of Arabic Syntax. To achieve the research objectives, the researcher relied on the analytical approach with the qualitative approach, which collected data using semi-structured interviews with eight students specializing in Arabic and four Arabic language teachers at Perlis Islamic University College (KUIPs) Malaysia. The audio data is transferred to the written text and encoded manually. One of the most important findings of the research is that the students agreed that the employment of literary texts in the study of Arabic grammar helps them practice the language daily through the methods used and master the Arabic grammar by parsing words correctly, and this differs from using ordinary texts because they did not feel enthusiastic and fun while studying Arabic Syntax. Teachers also agreed that employing literary texts in the process of teaching Arabic Syntax helps students to know the correct style of Arabic, as most of the literary language is an eloquent language, and that employing literary texts with examples selected from prose texts and poetic texts, all of which are familiar and usual for students specializing in Arabic language and literature. Based on this, teachers should pay attention to choosing appropriate literary materials, such as short stories, when teaching Arabic Syntax to ensure that students understand the rules better and practice them on the ground.

On the Possibilities of Poetry Turned into music. Experiences with Authors, Part of the Required and Elective Training Program

The proposed article examines the relationship between verse and music in the context of the popular Bulgarian song and the lyric poetry itself. Its aim is to offer a way of incorporating poetry in the classroom using one of the media for realisation of the language. The object of the analysis are poetic texts written by authors who are part of the required and elective school program. Thus, the proposed way of learning literature expands not only the spectrum of dimensions of seeing the arts but also the knowledge about the poets themselves.

Self-translation as a Form of Emancipation. The Case of Potseluy and A kushby Celia Dropkin

The article aims to address the emancipatory character of self-translation on the example of CeliaDropkin’s (1887–1956) poetic texts – Potseluy and A kush [A Kiss]. It introduces the linguisticbiography of the poet, which is an important aspect of the origins of both texts, and focuseson how the female character is constructed in the poems, and on how they engage various traditionsof Russian and Yiddish literatures. The discussion of Dropkin’s diverse poetic strategies shedslight on the potential of self-translation as a translingual practice that allows the author to createa new/different poetic voice.

The Figurative Style in Contemporary Arabic Poetry (Henda Muhammad as a Model)

This study aims to highlight the figurative style in contemporary Arabic poetry by selecting the poetry of Henda Muhammad as a model. The significance of the study lies in analyzing how the poet employs figurative techniques such as simile, metaphor, and synecdoche to create expressive and rich poetic imagery. The study seeks to uncover Henda Muhammad's innovations in using these rhetorical tools to link the texts to the themes addressed in the poems, with the goal of answering the research question: What are the prominent poetic images at the figurative level and their manifestations of similarity, Metaphor, and synecdoche in Henda Muhammad's poems? The study utilized a descriptive methodology that focuses on describing the phenomenon by highlighting rhetorical purposes and examples and analyzing literary texts from a figurative stylistic perspective to determine their meanings. The study yielded several results, most notably that the poet succeeded in adding depth and aesthetics to her poems through her rhetorical strength, which contributed to enriching the poetic texts both linguistically and aesthetically, with manifestations of emotional impact and deep human experience reflecting a range of Emotions including sorrow, hope, longing, alienation, and patriotism.