Article
Literature
Alan Finlayson
Summary: This article examines the connection between English studies and studies of Political Rhetoric and presents the current research agendas in 'Rhetorical Political Analysis' in the UK. It proposes a shared agenda that focuses on speech and argument as social action and is influenced by the concept of 'Rhetorical Citizenship', which emphasizes the right to fully participate in debates.
Article
Literary Theory & Criticism
Rebecca Marks
CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Language & Linguistics
Maureen O. Gallagher
Summary: This article discusses how Black Europeans challenge universalizing notions of cultural heritage, emphasizing the potential for decolonization. Using Germany as a case study, Black artists, intellectuals, and activists interrogate the collection, display, and spectatorship of museum objects in majority-white contexts through decolonial gazing and hermeneutic resistance. They challenge dominant discourses and reflect the gaze back on whiteness. The article also explores a literary challenge to white hegemony within and beyond museums in Sharon Dodua Otoo's novel "Ada's Realm" published in 2021.
FORUM FOR MODERN LANGUAGE STUDIES
(2023)
Article
Literary Theory & Criticism
Lewis Roberts
CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Literary Theory & Criticism
Helen Thaventhiran, Bridget Vincent
CAMBRIDGE QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Literature
Sandro Jung
ANQ-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHORT ARTICLES NOTES AND REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Language & Linguistics
Rachel A. Burns
Summary: The motif of a ruined city in the Old English poem The Wanderer has traditionally been seen as a reflection of Germanic language and a symbol of material impermanence. However, this paper argues that there are parallels and possible sources for this image and other symbols of transience in the biblical Book of Ezekiel. By examining references to scavenging animals and comparing the poem with Gregory the Great's Homilies on Ezekiel, the author suggests that the Old English poet intentionally used images and devices that resonate with both biblical and traditional vernacular poetic language.
Article
Communication
K. Shannon Howard
Summary: According to members of the Black Twitter community, Michael Jackson's purchase of the Beatles catalog was seen as rhythmic reparations, providing compensation for Black artists who were not fairly compensated in a predominantly white industry. This purchase had a significant impact on narratives surrounding race, music, money, and power. The conversation on Black Twitter led to a reexamination of Jackson's purchase and a recognition of white privilege.
RHETORIC SOCIETY QUARTERLY
(2023)
Article
Literature
Valerie Pellatt
Summary: This article discusses the stage directions of major twentieth-century Chinese playwrights Cao Yu and Lao She, pointing out that although these directions are often unrepresentable or unnecessary from a performance point of view, they serve as explanations of culture and embody the inner workings of the authors' thoughts.
Article
Literature
Sara Saei Dibavar, Sanaz Saei Dibavar
ANQ-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHORT ARTICLES NOTES AND REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Literature
Ffion Davies
Summary: This article discusses the significance of queer men in film noir and hard-boiled crime fiction, focusing on the depiction of fat masculinities in Vera Caspary's novel, Laura. The analysis suggests that fat male characters create a sense of queerness by associating fatness with femininity.
Article
Literature
Miriam Nandi
Summary: Zadie Smith's novel Swing Time explores the complex relationships between women across cultural difference and generational gaps, and can be brought into dialogue with a postcolonial aesthetics of opacity. This tension between opacity and transparency is the organizing principle of the novel, as it engages with movement, postcolonial spaces, and the mysteries of friendship. Reading Smith's work through a Glissantian lens also sheds light on affinities between her essayistic writing and her fiction.
CONTEMPORARY WOMENS WRITING
(2023)
Article
Literature
Jonathan Locke Hart
Summary: This article discusses poets such as Hannah Lowe, Russell Leong, Marilyn Chin, and Fred Wah, who explore their own identities and use their voices to refuse, evade, or break stereotypes.
JOURNAL OF POSTCOLONIAL WRITING
(2023)
Article
Literature
David Damrosch
Summary: Comparative studies have begun to focus more on writers from smaller countries and lesser-known languages. The rich literature of the Balkans is an ideal area for renewed attention, but due to the complex language situation, there has been limited comparative work in this region. However, by exploring the literary commonalities and discontinuities across languages, countries, religions, and imperial histories, even in translation, there is much to learn.
Article
Language & Linguistics
Daniela Pelka
Summary: In the language products and communicative practices of bilingual members of various German minorities, there are often deviations from the monolingual norms of the languages in contact. However, in the case of minority languages, calling such norm deviations "errors" is increasingly rejected. What is the reason for this? Does this mean that bilingual users of minority languages do not make mistakes? Can we speak of linguistic innovation leading to language change? This article will make some considerations on this, with the examples of written texts by bilingual teenagers published in the magazine "Antidotum" of the Federation of German Minority Youth in Poland.
STUDIA NEOPHILOLOGICA
(2023)
Article
Literature
Rick de Villiers
Summary: This article examines the relationship between plagiarism and embarrassment, and explores the unspoken rules that dictate our responses to improper literary behavior. Through the analysis of South African author Willem Anker's borrowings from Samuel Beckett, the article introduces three alternative avatars - the catfish, hacker, and emperor - to shift the focus of plagiarism discussion from rights and ownership to identity, trust, and exposure. These alternative avatars encourage readers to consider their role in shaping, condoning, or condemning acts of literary deceit, and to reflect on their position as hypocritical readers when confronted with plagiarism.
Article
Literature
Franca Sinopoli
Summary: This contribution analyzes the postmemory of the origins through the work of Antonia Arslan, an Italian author of Armenian descent. It is part of a research project that focuses on narrating trauma in European literatures and cultures. The project explores the loss of faith in the creative power of art before the two world wars, and the changing theoretical framework of literature in narrating traumatic experiences in 20th-century Europe.
Article
Literature
William Baker
ANQ-A QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF SHORT ARTICLES NOTES AND REVIEWS
(2023)
Article
Literature
Cinzia Franchi
Summary: This paper analyzes the development of war literature and literature about internment camps during the First World War in Hungary and Italy, finding similarities between them. By examining various works, the paper explores their unique characteristics and investigates the role of popular writing in war literature.
Article
Literature
Angelo Monaco
Summary: With Stillicide, Cynan Jones explores the interaction between humans and nonhumans in a city affected by climate change and social unrest. The novel adopts a polyphonic narrative form and employs poetic devices to blur the boundary between human and nonhuman, recording the ecological degradation and collective sense of loss.
