DSpace Kolekcja:http://hdl.handle.net/11320/52922024-03-28T09:29:33Z2024-03-28T09:29:33Z“Smile”, “How Now”, “Harbours Hill, Worcestershire”Thomas, Michael W.http://hdl.handle.net/11320/53022021-08-17T07:02:44Z2015-01-01T00:00:00ZTytuł: “Smile”, “How Now”, “Harbours Hill, Worcestershire”
Autorzy: Thomas, Michael W.2015-01-01T00:00:00ZThe Development of the Protagonist in Rudolfo Anaya’s Chicano Bildungsroman Bless Me, UltimaMioduszewska, Kinga Mariahttp://hdl.handle.net/11320/53012021-08-17T07:01:08Z2015-01-01T00:00:00ZTytuł: The Development of the Protagonist in Rudolfo Anaya’s Chicano Bildungsroman Bless Me, Ultima
Autorzy: Mioduszewska, Kinga Maria
Abstrakt: he main aim of this article is to examine the psychological and emotional development of the protagonist of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima, a book which is perceived as a prime example of Chicano Bildungsroman. First, I concentrate on providing brief theory about the sub-genre of Bildungsroman and on Chicano literature to situate Anaya’s novel within these contexts. A considerable part of the article is devoted to the analysis of the protagonist’s family background and school environment, which signify the influences of Mexican and American culture in his life. Finally, the motifs of war, violence and death are discussed as significant factors contributing to the protagonist’s coming of age.2015-01-01T00:00:00ZRevisiting the fairy land: Anne Sexton’s transformation of the Grimms’ female charactersKorzeniewska-Nowakowska, Paulinahttp://hdl.handle.net/11320/53002021-08-17T06:57:23Z2015-01-01T00:00:00ZTytuł: Revisiting the fairy land: Anne Sexton’s transformation of the Grimms’ female characters
Autorzy: Korzeniewska-Nowakowska, Paulina
Abstrakt: Anne Sexton’s vivid and scandalous literary heritage has always been arousing controversy mostly due to its confessional character. It is, however, underestimated that one of the sources of her poetic inspirations was a broadly defined European culture and tradition, including the Grimms’ fairy tales. This article strives to inquire how Sexton revisits narratives of canonical tales with special regard to female protagonists. An apparent discrepancy will be shown between the two versions in terms of poetic imagery, character construction, and the reality in which they are firmly anchored. The morals drawn from the poems markedly diverge from the original versions, for it is with pessimism and disillusionment that Sexton transforms the naïve and sentimental images. The applied adaptation, hence, serves here to articulate the conflict between the traditional, male-centered set of values and a feminist perspective. The poems’ structures, literary figures, cultural references, features of genre, and other elements will be examined and analyzed to compare the retold stories with their archetypes and to provide a detailed interpretation in the light of the addressed problems.2015-01-01T00:00:00ZSensitivity to extralinguistic cues to identify generic and non-generic meaningKarczewski, DanielBuivolova, Olgahttp://hdl.handle.net/11320/52952021-08-17T06:55:34Z2015-01-01T00:00:00ZTytuł: Sensitivity to extralinguistic cues to identify generic and non-generic meaning
Autorzy: Karczewski, Daniel; Buivolova, Olga
Abstrakt: Generic sentences convey generalizations about kinds. In contrast, non-generics express facts about specific individuals or groups of individuals. However, to identify generic meaning, we have to integrate multiple cues. This study tested whether the discrepancy between the noun phrase and the number of objects (extralinguistic cues) present should force a generic interpretation whereas the match between the noun phrase and the number of objects present would give rise to a non-generic interpretation. Results demonstrated that adults are sensitive to the match and the mismatch situations in three out of four conditions tested. The data also indicate the importance of world knowledge cues in construing sentences as generic.
Opis: The authors are thankful to Anna Bakłażec who designed pictorial stimuli for the study.2015-01-01T00:00:00Z