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Journal articles on the topic "Authors, English - 20th century - Biography"
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Burlakova, I. I., G. A. Khorokhorina, E. V. Glukhova, and M. A. Golovyashkina. "THE USE OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY BRITISH LITERATURE IN THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH TO STUDENTS." ВЕСТНИК ВОРОНЕЖСКОГО ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОГО ТЕХНИЧЕСКОГО УНИВЕРСИТЕТА, no. 2(41) (December 24, 2023): 24–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.36622/mlmdr.2023.69.89.003.
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Statement of the problem. Against the background of the abolition of Russian culture in European countries, we believe that Russian students need to develop general cultural and foreign language communicative competence on the best examples of world culture. British literature of the 20th century is directly connected with the events of life of the previous time and is represented by the works of such writers as J. Galsworthy, A. Conan Doyle, R. Kipling, W. Maugham, O. Wilde, H. G. Wells, B. Shaw, etc. British literature of the XX century is realist and modernist works, fantasy, detectives and science fiction represent the "golden age" of its heyday and reflects the changes taking place in society, the search for eternal truths and defense of traditional values for all. The purpose of the study is to develop the foreign language reading competence of students-trainee foreign language teachers of the 1st and 2nd years using the works of twentieth-century British literature. Results. The impact of the content form of literature on the worldview, attitudes, values of students is great and occurs regardless of the attitude towards social institutions. The impact occurs at conscious and unconscious levels. In pragmalinguistic terms, the speech genre of fiction narrative implements communicative strategies. Reading is a thinking process, which is managed indirectly through text selection, preparation of pre- and post-text tasks, and control of reading comprehension. The analysis of the results of the ascertaining stage revealed an insufficient level of knowledge of 20th century British literature in the experimental and control groups of students - future teachers of a foreign language. In this connection the experimental program aimed at the optimization of the process of teaching English and increasing the level of knowledge of the British literature of the XX century among students was developed. Conclusion. On the whole we came to the conclusion that the work with the content form of the British literature of the XX century represents a special culture of relationship with the students, contributes to the formation of values, independence, high motivation for cognitive activity. It is important to provide the assimilation of British literature of the XX century on the basis of the analysis of the biography of the writer, the basics of literary criticism, the impact of stories and the author's idea on human life.
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Ruano, Delfina Serrano. "Muslims, Their Beliefs and Practices." American Journal of Islam and Society 19, no. 1 (January 1, 2002): 141–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v19i1.1963.
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Muslims, Their Beliefs and Practices is the revised 2nd edition of a previous work with the same title divided in two volumes: Vol. I, "The Formative Period," published in 1990, and vol. 11, "Contemporary Period," which appeared in 1993. The present issue, like the preceding one, is a synthesis of the development of Islam throughout its history, from the 7th to the 20th century, with an insight into the challenges of the future. The author makes a review of Muslims' perceptions of their religion as well as the scholarly activity - by Muslims and non Muslims - dedicated to it. This critical attitude distinguishes the book from other introductions to Islam. According to its bibliography, the book is addressed to an audience deemed reluctant as regards to languages other than English. Yet the style and content of the book make of it a complicated reading for a lay public who tries a first approach to Islam. Muslims, Their Beliefs and Practices is organized in six parts, each one introduced by a list of the most significant dates for the subject matter in question. Practical examples excerpted from the sources or the author's personal experience are used to illustrate his arguments. Notes appear at the end. Subsequently, the reader is provided with a glossary, a bibliography additional to that mentioned in the notes, a list of websites ofuse for students of Islam, a thematic index and finally, an index of Qur'anic citations. Part I, "Formative Elements of Classical Islam," contains three chapters. Chapter 1, "Prehistory", covers the 6th century, a period in the history of Arabia on which research about the constituent elements of the new religion has focused. For his part, Rippin puts forward a gradual process from the 6th to the 8th centuries in the broader spatial context of the Near East as a more suitable model to understand the emergence of Islam. In Chapter 2, "The Qur'an," the author describes its form and content. Going further, he poses the questions of how, why and when the Qur'an became a text with the aspect it has today. Chapter 3, "Muhammad," discusses the problems of the historicity of the Prophet's biography as well as its significance. Part II, "The Emergence of Islamic Identity," includes four chapters. Chapter 4, "Political action and theory," turns around three subjects: (a) the role ofreligion in the territorial expansion of the Arabs, (b) the role of politics in the enunciation of the classical form oflslam, and (c) the final separation between both the religious and the political spheres with the emergence of the class of the religious scholars (ulama). The latter assumed the formulation of Islamic faith and law: a process analyzed in chapters 5, "Theological Exposition," and 6, "Legal Developments," respectively. His treatment of these aspects appears rather influenced by the writings of P. Crone, M. Hinds and N. Calder. Chapter 7 is dedicated to the description and interpretation oflslam's external face: "Ritual Practice." ...
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Parsons, Laila. "Some Thoughts on Biography and the Historiography of the Twentieth-Century Arab World1." Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 21, no. 2 (May 10, 2011): 5–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1003084ar.
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The number of English-language biographies of Arab subjects is tiny compared to the number of English-language biographies of North American and European subjects. I argue that this discrepancy is due to three main factors: the preponderance of historians of Europe and North America in history departments in the English-speaking world; the limited crossover market for serious biographies of Arab subjects; and difficulties arising from access to, and the style of, the Arabic sources. A fragment from the life-story of Fawzi al-Qawuqji, an early-20th-century Arab nationalist and soldier, is introduced as a way of pointing to the challenges of using Arabic memoirs to craft a biographical narrative in English.
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Sergeev, Sergey. "At the origins of leningrad school of engineering psychology: Sukhodolsky Gennady Vladimirovich." Ergodesign, no. 1 (March 15, 2022): 72–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.30987/2658-4026-2022-1-72-76.
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The scientific biography and the role of Professor Sukhodolsky Gennady Vladimirovich in forming and developing Leningrad School of Ergonomics and Engineering Psychology in the 80s of the 20th century are considered. The circle of authors who formed the core of Leningrad (St. Petersburg) scientific school of engineering psychology and ergonomics is outlined.
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Markova, E. A. "THE TRADITION OF ENGLISH-LANGUAGE ELEGY AND J. BRODSKY’s POETRY." Bulletin of Udmurt University. Series History and Philology 29, no. 6 (December 25, 2019): 1030–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2412-9534-2019-29-6-1030-1036.
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In the present article J. Brodsky’s poetry is analyzed in the context of a particular elegiac tradition associated with some key figures of English-language poetry of the mid-to-late 20th century. These are W.B. Yeats, T.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden and S. Heaney. The aim of the article is to examine the continuity of the 20th century English poetry by the example of a sequence of dedication poems (elegies), in which each subsequent poem alludes to the previous one(s). The comparative method allows us not only to show the features of modern English-language poetry (for instance, the link between elegiac mood and reflection on the purpose of poetry), but also to analyze the influence of poets’ interpersonal contacts on their works. Special emphasis is put on J. Brodsky’s poetry as it may seem extraneous to the English-language tradition in question. The analysis of Brodsky’s personal and creative biography, his particular dedication poems and essays allows us to find the links between the Russian poet and the literary tradition of Great Britain, Ireland and the USA.
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Pilipetchi, Serghei. "THE BIOGRAPHY OF M. CEBOTARI IN MONOGRAPHIC STUDIES." Studiul artelor şi culturologie: istorie, teorie, practică, no. 1(42) (August 2022): 43–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.55383/amtap.2022.1.08.
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The article contains information about the monographic studies, which investigate the biography of the outstanding singer and film actress of the first half of the 20th century - Maria Cebotari. This subject constituted a field of research both for the authors of monographs contemporary to the prima donna and those of our days - representatives of different countries and specializations. In this context, the most important of their works (books, brochures, articles), which have scientific value are described and analyzed. Although M. Cebotari`s biography is widely presented, it can be supplemented with new investigations, thanks to the immense artistic heritage of the diva.
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Peset, José Luis. "Mad houses, Writing and Madness in the Spanish Silver Age." Culture & History Digital Journal 11, no. 1 (June 21, 2022): e012. http://dx.doi.org/10.3989/chdj.2022.012.
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The authors of naturalism and the avant-garde in Spain attach great importance to illness and especially mental illness and mad houses. The vision of the mental asylum is presented in the literary mirrors of three authors - with very different biography - who wrote in the first decades of the 20th century, in their writings the presentation of the asylum, considered successively as punishment, as experience and as liberation, is changing. Antonio Hoyos y Vinent, Alfonso Vidal y Planas and Andrés Valentín Álvarez y Álvarez are mainly studied.
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Alekseev, Оleksii. "Rural memoirs of Southern Ukraine of the 20th century : prosopographic approach." Universum Historiae et Archeologiae 4, no. 1 (December 25, 2021): 147. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/26210402.
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The aim : to consider the application of prosopographic approaches in the study of biographies of authors of peasant memoirs in order to identify common features that laid the conditions for the emergence of memoir practices among the peasants of the Southern Ukraine in the 20th century; to analyze the potential of prosopography for researching general processes. The article considers the application of the prosopographic method to the study of biographies of authors of peasant memoirs in order to identify common features that created conditions for the emergence of memoir practices among the peasants of southern Ukraine in the twentieth century. Modern historical science suggests that individuals having their own little life stories are present behind all processes and events. New directions and principles of historical research are becoming increasingly important. The prosopographic method is one of them. Under prosopography we understand the scientific method of studying individual biographies of authors of historical sources in order to create a “collective biography” of a certain social group on their basis. Methods: analytical, historical, comparative, system-structural. The article author uses methods of specific scientific activity, empirical research and general logic. Practical meaning: recommended for use by scholars for historical research; provides opportunities for the use of this issue in theoretical and methodological and source studies. Originality: research, in particular on the choice of research source base and methodology of its analysis. Scientific novelty: creation of a collective portrait of a peasant author of a memoir source. Conclusions: on the basis of the analysis with the involvement of prosopographic research methods we have the opportunity to create a conditional collective portrait of a peasant of the Southern Ukraine of the twentieth century, the author of the memoir. When creating a “biography” of a peasant author, the following features are distinguished: common social origin, primary education, teaching and educational skills, psychological characteristics, propensity for creative activity, external influences. The materials collected by the researchers from the Zaporizhzhia branch of the NASU Institute of Ukrainian Archaeography and Source Studies named after M. S. Hrushevsky and the History Faculty of the Zaporizhzhia National University and published as a part of collections titled “Sources on the History of the Southern Ukraine”, “Antiquities of the Southern Ukraine” and “Ascension Antiquities”, are used as sources in the analysis. The purpose of the current investigation is to identify the causes and conditions that prompted particular peasants of the Southern Ukraine to create their own historical narrative – memoirs. Another goal is to create a “collective portrait” of an average author using prosopographic methods. The article investigates through the analysis of biographies the background of peasant authors, which singled them out from the general mass of peasants. It also highlights an “average author” as a “historical figure” and analyzes his attribution to a particular era, place, social group and culture. The use of prosopographic methods in the study of biographies of Southern Ukrainian peasants, who distinguished themselves by creating their own memoirs, allows to determine those aspects of the era and the position of the little man who chose to create their own historical excursions contrary to general trends and understanding the risks of totalitarian system. The creation of prosopographical (collective biographies) portraits of peasant authors is a very important component of the reproduction of general processes that created the conditions for the emergence of peasant narrative sources. The author tries to highlight the modern era in all its aspects through the prism of individual biographies and works of peasant authors. Type of article: scientific and theoretical.
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Satkauskytė, Dalia. "The Biography of a Writer as an Argument in (De)Canonisation." Colloquia 53 (July 4, 2024): 15–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.51554/coll.24.53.02.
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Despite the conception of the author’s death that was prevalent in the second half of the 20th century, the author’s biography always intervenes indirectly in the canonisation process, either a priori, as an additional argument for canonisation (e.g. participation in the national movement), or a posteriori, when the canonised author acquires, according to Yuri Lotman, the right to a biography. Moreover, biography becomes a significant factor in cases of revising and rewriting the canon, especially when it is related to political changes in society, e.g. in forming a Socialist Realist canon or the case of its radical deconstruction. The focus on biographical texts and authors’ biographies increases significantly in the 21st century, when literature itself tries to erase boundaries between fictional and biographical, and literary scholars discuss whether it is possible to separate the author from his or her work in the contexts of the historical memory and cancel culture. In this theoretical and historical framework, I discuss the role of the biography in the canonisation and decanonisation of a writer, and consider how these processes and the shift in the cultural paradigm influence interpretations of writers’ biographies.
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Yelkey, Nurlybek, Tlegen Sadykov, and Kara Abdulvahap. "Problems of studying historical personalities and socio-political activities of Khairetdin Bolganbaev." Bulletin of the Karaganda university History. Philosophy series 11429, no. 2 (June 30, 2024): 82–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.31489/2024hph2/82-87.
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At the present stage, historians are actively discussing the problems of relationships and mutual influences of history and biography. In our opinion, this is explained by noticeable changes in historical science, which have caused significant reorientations of research interests, the discovery of new subjects and topics of biographical research, as well as new directions and methods. Taking these factors into account, this article attempts to consider some of the most frequently discussed theoretical and methodological problems, including the modern ideas of historians about biography, its goals and objectives, the role and significance of biographical research for historical science. If you look closely at the history of the twentieth century, the Kazakh intelligentsia has given birth to many outstanding, bright personalities, and one of them is Khairetdin Bolganbaev. In this regard, in the article, based on the biographical method, the authors identified the place and role of Kh. Bolganbaev in the reconstruction and development of Kazakh society at the beginning of the 20th century.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Authors, English - 20th century - Biography"
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Li, Boting, and 李博婷. "Leonard Woolf: towards a literarybiography." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2010. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45697735.
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Killinger, Margaret O'Neal. "Helen Knothe Nearing: A Biography." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2004. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/KillingerMON2004.pdf.
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Modzelewski, Ann Shirley. "Internal dialogues: Construction of the self in The Woman Warrior." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2468.
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This thesis considers past autobiographical theory and questions whether it addresses the autobiography of the female writer. Autobiographies of Harriet Jacobs, Margaret Sanger, and Maxine Hong Kingston are examined to reveal their polyvocality, use of the autobiographical "I", and rhetorical strategies maintained in order to create a close relationship with the reader. Particular attention is paid to Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of dialogism and Sidonie Smith's autobiographical "I."
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Zhang, Yanping, and 张燕萍. ""Of human bondage": Somerset Maugham in China." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2011. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B45846728.
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Kirton, Teneille. "Racial exploitation and double oppression in selected Bessie Head and Doris Lessing texts." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/232.
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During the era of discrimination and disparity in Southern Africa, racial inequality silenced many black writers. It was the white authors that dominated the literary environment presenting their biased views on social and political concerns; the black authors standpoints were seen as unimportant and they were deemed inferior to the white authors. Consequently, it was particularly difficult for black writers to voice their experiences of living in a society riddled with oppression, prejudice and unequal opportunities. The purpose of this study is to critically compare selected texts by African authors Doris Lessing and Bessie Head, which depict the political and social struggles within Southern African society during the era of unequal opportunities. Lessing and Head’s works present incidents of life experiences in Southern Africa from two contrasting viewpoints. The selected texts explored are: The Grass is Singing and “The Old Chief Mshlanga” by Doris Lessing, a white author, in contrast and comparison to the texts: A Question of Power and “The Collector of Treasures” by Bessie Head, a coloured author. The research for this thesis is conducted from an ethnic literary perspective with careful consideration to critical race theory and cultural studies. From this perspective, the focus of the study is on the struggles that affected both the victim and perpetrator during the apartheid era as well as on the idea that those in power determined what was deemed acceptable and unacceptable, behaviourally and ideologically. Specifically, the plight experienced by the female characters living in a patriarchal society, and the segregation and racial inequality faced by the characters of colour is explored by analysing these characters’ influences, pressures and societal manipulations and constraints in the texts. Thus, this study will provide a more in-depth understanding of Southern African society during the apartheid era and the strategic use of literature to spotlight the subjugation and disparity.
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Hans, Birgit. "Surrounded: The fiction of D'Arcy McNickle." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184452.
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This study of D'Arcy McNickle (1904-1977) focuses primarily on his literary work: his two novels, The Surrounded (1936) and Wind from an Enemy Sky (1978), the manuscript versions of the two novels, and his short fiction. McNickle regarded fiction as a vehicle to explore his own identity as an American Indian. Of mixed French-Cree-American ancestry McNickle grew up on the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. Cut off from the Reservation and its traditions by a rather unhappy childhood, he struggled throughout his life to reestablish the severed bonds to his roots. In addition to this personal involvement in his fiction, McNickle also considered fiction a proper medium for writing tribal history, one that could include such diverse materials as oral tradition, literature, history, anthropology, etc. The first three chapters of the dissertation provide some background information on the Flathead tribal history, as well as the problems and prejudices McNickle encountered while growing up as a "breed," which led to a rejection of his American Indian heritage. This section ends with a consideration of his pivotal years in New York City when he started to rethink his earlier experiences and took the first step on his journey back to his tribal roots. The middle section, chapter four, gives a brief summary of McNickle's activities during the years he was involved with federal Indian policy. Even though McNickle did not work on any new fiction during those years, he continued his journey in a more detached way through non-fiction and biography. The last two chapters of the dissertation, the final stage of his journey, analyzes McNickle's disassociation from the abstract policies of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and how he turned to fiction once more in order to complete the painful but successful journey back to his tribal roots.
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Hoenle, Sandra Vivian Berta. "Walter Benjamin : the production of an intellectual figure." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0021/NQ48647.pdf.
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Mbatsha, Thembisa. "A critical analysis of the screen adaptation of Saule’s Unyana womntu." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1018674.
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This research will concentrate on various aspects of the screen adaptation of “Unyana womntu” (Saule, 1989). This study comprises of six chapters. In Chapter 1 of this study, the research aims and objectives are formulated. The research methods that are to be followed will involve a thorough reading of the written text, as well as a comprehensive repetitive viewing of all the episodes of the screen version. In the final part of Chapter 1, background information is provided on the personal life of the author as well as on his contributions to the African literary tradition. Background information on the production of the screen version is also provided. In the Chapter 2, the theoretical aspects of the phenomenon of literary adaptation are discussed. This discussion provides a framework for the analysis of the adaptation of “Unyana womntu” (Saule, 1989) in the remaining chapters of this study. The aim of this chapter is to identify and discuss the most important principles which come into play when the written text is adapted into a screen production. Since the screen production belongs to the genre of the performing arts, this chapter is introduced with a discussion on the performing arts and on the drama, in particular. The section will be concluded with a discussion on the different sub-types of the drama which can be found, including the screen production. The main emphasis is on an analysis of the basic features and principles of the drama in screen format. Since the screen play Unyana Womntu (1998) is based upon a novel by the same title, the literary features of the novel are to be discussed here as well. The specific features of the Xhosa novel will also receive attention.
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Hill, Geoffrey Burt. "'A breeding-ground of authors' : South East Asia in British fiction, 1945-1960." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2014. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.708370.
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Muchena, Kudakwashe Christopher. "Dambudzo Marechera: a psychobiographical study." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1020777.
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Marechera the Zimbabwean writer, poet and novelist emerged in the late 1970s as a new voice in African literature, but his writing career lasted less than a decade. It was his iconoclastic, dense style that expressed the psychological disintegration prevalent in Africa during this period and challenged the central beliefs of both the nationalist and post-independence eras. Defying the limitations of nationality, race and culture, Marechera’s writing explores universal issues, particularly urban existence in the late twentieth century. Marechera’s life and work were closely linked. His outspoken views and unorthodox lifestyle brought him into frequent conflict with the authorities and contributed to him being perceived as a cult figure. Through his work and personality he became a major inspiration and role model for the younger generation of writers in Zimbabwe and other African countries. The present study is a psychobiographical case study with the primary aim being to explore and describe the personality development of Dambudzo Marechera (1952-1987) using Alfred Adler’s theory of Individual Psychology. It was through the use of a theory of psychological development that a better understanding of Marechera’s personality, based on his cultural and historical background was achieved and a new interpretation and explanation was reported. The findings of the study can be generalised to the theory of individual psychology through the process of analytical generalization.
Books on the topic "Authors, English - 20th century - Biography"
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Connon, Bryan. Somerset Maugham and the Maugham dynasty. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1997.
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Connon, Bryan. Somerset Maugham and the Maugham dynasty. London: Sinclair-Stevenson, 1997.
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C, Smith David. H.G. Wells: Desperately mortal : a biography. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1986.
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Townsend, Warner Sylvia. The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner. London: Virago, 1995.
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Townsend, Warner Sylvia. The diaries of Sylvia Townsend Warner. London: Chatto & Windus, 1994.
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Seymour, Miranda. Robert Graves: Life on the edge. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1995.
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Seymour, Miranda. Robert Graves: Life on the edge. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1995.
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Green, Roger Lancelyn. C.S. Lewis: A biography. London: Souvenir Press (Educational & Academic)Ltd, 1988.
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Markova, Ekaterina A. "Notes from Underground by F.M. Dostoevsky in 20th century English criticism." In “Notes from Underground” by F.M. Dostoevsky in the Culture of Europe and America, 361–70. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0668-0-361-370.
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The article is devoted to the issue of the critical reception of F.M. Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground in the XXth century. Some letters, as well as books on philosophy and literary criticism by such writers as D.H. Lawrence, J.M. Murry, C. Wilson and I. Murdoch are analysed. The reviews by the given authors correspond to two waves of interest in Dostoevsky — the first one took place at the turn of the XXth century followed by the second one in the middle of the century. The writers name the key characteristics of the Underground Man: vanity, egoism, self-division, desire for suffering and inability to act. Some critics of Dostoevsky’s Notes see the Underground Man as а recurrent image and note his relevance to the ideas of existentialism, especially the one about inability to apprehend truth in a rational way.
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Bogdanova, Olga A. "Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent in the Research of Russian Authors of the First Half of the 20th Century: An Analytical Review." In Dostoevsky’s Novel The Adolescent: Current State of Research, 687–764. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0677-2-687-764.
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The history of the perception of Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Adolescent in the first half of the 20th century is divided into two qualitatively different periods: the Silver Age and the 1920s-1940s. The peculiarity of the first one is the discovery of Dostoevsky as a philosopher and religious thinker, while the second is characterized by the awareness of him as an original artist. Therefore, in the first period, “ideological” and “spiritual” interpretations of The Adolescent prevailed (D.S. Merezhkovsky, V.F. Pereverzev, N.A. Berdyaev, and others), in the second — scientific studies of his poetics and especially of the manuscript corpus (V.L. Komarovich, A.L. Bem, G.I. Chulkov, A.S. Dolinin, and others). The development of the main areas of study of The Adolescent in the 1920s and 1940s (biography, psychoanalysis, and poetics) is considered in chronological order. There is no clear distinction between Soviet and emigrant researchers, although it is stated the difference in the conditions in which they worked. Among more than three dozen works with subtle observations, compelling intuitions, and important discoveries, the article recognizes the peak of the study of The Adolescent during these years in the chapter dedicated to the novel in the book Dostoevsky. Life and Creativity (1947) by the emigrant scholar Konstantin Mochulsky. The work, nourished by almost the entire research discourse on both sides of the USSR border, combines religious-philosophical and formal-aesthetic approaches to the novel and offers a holistic view of its problems; nevertheless, it is free from traces of the ideological coercion that Soviet scientists experienced in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Markova, Ekaterina A. "Notes from Underground by F.M. Dostoevsky as a Relevant Text in the English and Irish Literature of the 20th Century." In “Notes from Underground” by F.M. Dostoevsky in the Culture of Europe and America, 436–61. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0668-0-436-461.
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The influence of F.M. Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground on the English and Irish literature of the XXth century has been mainly connected with existentialism. The interaction of ‘self ’ and ‘the other’, the unique character of one’s being, inability to find the truth objectively — all these themes of Dostoevsky’s novella are relevant for D.H. Lawrence, G. Orwell, J. Fowles, I. Murdoch, S. Beckett and other modern writers. The article shows how particular literary texts of these authors react to Dostoevsky’s novella. Original interpretations of this writing are associated with certain genres and movements (dystopia for Orwell, confessional novel for Fowles and Murdoch, absurdist fiction for Beckett), as well as individual styles of certain authors (Lawrence).
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Haltrin-Khalturina, Elena V. "From the English Renaissance Literary History: Sherry, Puttenham, Spenser, and Shakespeare on Fictions." In “The History of Literature”: Non-scientific sources of a scientific genre, 132–58. A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0684-0-132-158.
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A survey of academic histories of literature published in the 19th and 20th centuries in different countries reveals that, while thoroughly covering the English Renaissance poetics, the scholarship allows for a variety of views on Tudor literary theory and on what constitutes literary canon. Considering this variety of views, we also have to be aware of two different perspectives on the large body of literary art of the 16th-century: the present-day and the Elizabethan. Drawing on a substantial number of sources, we offer a general account of influential theoretical (poetological and rhetorical) works known in the 16th-century Great Britain, including those written in English. Also of note are educational treatises, “mirror” literature, and metaliterary comments withing literary works. Authors of those treatises used to interpret fiction as something feigned, counterfeit — an attitude informing ludic passages in Spenser and Shakespeare. Whereas the techniques of fashioning fictions by way of employing figures of feigned/counterfeit representation were addressed in detail by such critics as R. Sherry and G. Puttenham, the poets — Spenser and Shakespeare — seemed to be testing these techniques in practice. Our study pays particular attention to methods used by Spenser and Shakespeare when creating simulated, fictional reality.
Conference papers on the topic "Authors, English - 20th century - Biography"
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Epimakhova, Aleksandra S. "EVOLUTION OF RUSSIAN NAVAL LEXICOGRAPHY: FROM MULTILINGUAL TO BILINGUAL DICTIONARIES." In Second Scientific readings in memory of Professor V. P. Berkov. St. Petersburg State University, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.21638/11701/9785288063571.
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This paper presents an overview of naval dictionaries created in Russia in the 18th–20th centuries, with an emphasis on the number of languages involved and the thematic scope. The multilingual character of these dictionaries can be explained by a range of reasons. Some of them are created on the basis of existing foreign dictionaries translated into Russian; others are the result of interest to collecting linguistic facts in different languages; the authors can also be motivated by the lack of available lexicographic resources in minor languages. 20th century dictionaries are bilingual, with a narrower thematic specialization and focus on specific professional purposes. This development corresponds to the requirements for lexicographic resources and recommendations for lexicographers formulated by V. P. Berkov. These dictionaries are mostly English-Russian ones as English is historically associated with Russian marine science and it is also the language of international maritime communication.
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Meškova, Sandra. "THE SENSE OF EXILE IN CONTEMPORARY EAST CENTRAL EUROPEAN WOMEN’S LIFE WRITING: DUBRAVKA UGREŠIČ AND MARGITA GŪTMANE." In NORDSCI International Conference. SAIMA Consult Ltd, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.32008/nordsci2020/b1/v3/22.
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Exile is one of the central motifs of the 20th century European culture and literature; it is closely related to the historical events throughout this century and especially those related to World War II. In the culture of East Central Europe, the phenomenon of exile has been greatly determined by the context of socialism and post-socialist transformations that caused several waves of emigration from this part of Europe to the West or other parts of the world. It is interesting to compare cultures of East Central Europe, the historical situations of which both during World War II and after the collapse of socialism were different, e.g. Latvian and ex-Yugoslavian ones. In Latvia, exile is basically related to the emigration of a great part of the population in the 1940s and the issue of their possible return to the renewed Republic of Latvia in the early 1990s, whereas the countries of the former Yugoslavia experienced a new wave of emigration as a result of the Balkan War in the 1990s. Exile has been regarded by a great number of the 20th century philosophers, theorists, and scholars of diverse branches of studies. An important aspect of this complex phenomenon has been studied by psychoanalytical theorists. According to the French poststructuralist feminist theorist Julia Kristeva, the state of exile as a socio-cultural phenomenon reflects the inner schisms of subjectivity, particularly those of a feminine subject. Hence, exile/stranger/foreigner is an essential model of the contemporary subject and exile turns from a particular geographical and political phenomenon into a major symbol of modern European culture. The present article regards the sense of exile as a part of the narrator’s subjective world experience in the works by the Yugoslav writer Dubravka Ugrešič (“The Museum of Unconditional Surrender”, in Croatian and English, 1996) and Latvian émigré author Margita Gūtmane (“Letters to Mother”, in Latvian, 1998). Both authors relate the sense of exile to identity problems, personal and culture memory as well as loss. The article focuses on the issues of loss and memory as essential elements of the narrative of exile revealed by the metaphors of photograph and museum. Notwithstanding the differences of their historical situations, exile as the subjective experience reveals similar features in both authors’ works. However, different artistic means are used in both authors’ texts to depict it. Hence, Dubravka Ugrešič uses irony, whereas Margita Gūtmane provides a melancholic narrative of confession; both authors use photographs to depict various aspects of memory dynamic, but Gūtmane primarily deals with private memory, while Ugrešič regards also issues of cultural memory. The sense of exile in both authors’ works appears to mark specific aspects of feminine subjectivity.
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Livesey, Graham, and Antony Moulis. "From Impact to Legacy: Interpreting Critical Writing on Le Corbusier from the 1920s to the Present." In LC2015 - Le Corbusier, 50 years later. Valencia: Universitat Politècnica València, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/lc2015.2015.712.
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Abstract: As a major figure of international modernism, Le Corbusier’s work has been subject to extensive critique and review both during his lifetime and since, to the extent that he has become the world’s most studied 20th century architect. While numerous attempts have been made to assess Le Corbusier’s works and ideas in their meaning and influence, little attention has been given to understanding the phenomena of critical writing and research that continues to surround the architect. Drawing upon research by the authors in preparing a 4-volume anthology of writings on Le Corbusier’s work for a major British publisher in 2016, the paper will trace critical reaction to the architect’s practice through a survey investigation of research and writing produced mainly in English from the 1920s to the present. The paper will give a chronological account of the issues, ideas and approaches that have emerged in critical writings on Le Corbusier and his architecture, reporting on the historiographic questions that have presented themselves in undertaking such a large-scale survey work. Reviewing the work of well-known critics the survey has also sought out lesser-known voices whose presence reflects Le Corbusier’s impact around the world, providing new interpretations through fresh perspectives on his work. Keywords: Architectural criticism; Architectural historiography; 20th century architecture, Le Corbusier. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4995/LC2015.2015.712
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Macken, Jared. "Architectural Feud! The Link Between Adhocism, Collage City, and the Radical Picturesque." In 110th ACSA Annual Meeting Paper Proceedings. ACSA Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.am.110.91.
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This paper explores a disciplinary feud between theoretical figures of 20th century architectural discourse, and discovers an overlooked and forgotten architectural discourse on the city. The participants of the feud included Nathan Silver and Charles Jencks (authors of Adhocism) on one side of the fight, Colin Rowe and Fred Koetter (authors of “Collage City”) on the other, and Reyner Banham who entered the fray in the middle as a mediator. While the feud was quite stinging—it consisted of an accusation of plagiarism from Nathan Silver—it was completely forgotten. This was because the fight occurred in the letters to the editor section of Architectural Review in 1975, with each jab and blow delayed across three different editions. Yet it is worth looking at since it links these two unexpectedly comparable projects—namely Adhocism and Collage City—with a very unlikely yet similar third project brought into the discussion by Reyner Banham. This third project was Hubert de Cronin Hastings’s theory he described as a Radical Picturesque which he details as an architectural manifesto for designing and reconstructing the post war English city. Radical Picturesque was described in Hastings’s article “Townscape” and published in Architectural Review in 1949. The article’s namesake and surface-level ideas lead to Gordon Cullen’s book The Concise Townscape (which was indeed inspired by Hastings’s original article), but it can be argued that the original text coupled with Banham’s link to Adhocism and “Collage City,” was not fully nor sufficiently realized in Cullen’s book or subsequent iterations of the Townscape movement. These three theories for the design of the city, when looked at together, has the potential to shed new light on 20th century architectural discourse on the city. This paper seeks to illuminate the original ideas that were a part of the Radical Picturesque in order to reinsert an architectural project on the city that was lost to dominant postwar architectural discourse.