This paper examines the figurative use, both metonymy and synecdoche, of Arabic body parts in English literary translation. The aim is twofold: first to investigate the translational procedures used to render them and, second, to see what linguistic and cultural constraints determine translational choices. The corpus consists of first-encountered 100 Arabic utterances featuring names of body parts extracted from Naguib Mahfouz’s (1947) novel زقاق المدق and their English renditions in LeGassick’s translation Zuqaq Almadaq (1992). The data is first categorized in terms of literal and figurative use, and then the latter is classified into metonymy and synecdoche. The results show that translational choices are governed by linguistic, aesthetic, and cultural constraints of both English and Arabic discourse. The study concludes that reference to body parts varies in terms of frequency in favor of Arabic but they are a common feature of both languages’ literary discourse. Therefore, the translator has to be sensitive to their literal as well as figurative meaning within each culture, in order to provide, when possible, a parallel physical description and preserve the aesthetic value of metonymic and synecdochic expressions. Keywords: Arabic, English, Body parts, Metonymy, Synecdoche, Translation.
{"title":"Arabic Metonymy and Synecdoche in English Translation: The Case of Body Parts","authors":"M. Farghal, Eman Alenezi","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.4.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.4.2","url":null,"abstract":"This paper examines the figurative use, both metonymy and synecdoche, of Arabic body parts in English literary translation. The aim is twofold: first to investigate the translational procedures used to render them and, second, to see what linguistic and cultural constraints determine translational choices. The corpus consists of first-encountered 100 Arabic utterances featuring names of body parts extracted from Naguib Mahfouz’s (1947) novel زقاق المدق and their English renditions in LeGassick’s translation Zuqaq Almadaq (1992). The data is first categorized in terms of literal and figurative use, and then the latter is classified into metonymy and synecdoche. The results show that translational choices are governed by linguistic, aesthetic, and cultural constraints of both English and Arabic discourse. The study concludes that reference to body parts varies in terms of frequency in favor of Arabic but they are a common feature of both languages’ literary discourse. Therefore, the translator has to be sensitive to their literal as well as figurative meaning within each culture, in order to provide, when possible, a parallel physical description and preserve the aesthetic value of metonymic and synecdochic expressions. \u0000Keywords: Arabic, English, Body parts, Metonymy, Synecdoche, Translation.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126253362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This work aimed to explain how students at the College of Languages and Translation (CLT) managed to learn vocabulary through reading courses during the Covid-19 Pandemic. To this end, the researcher adopted a descriptive approach and collected the data mainly through a questionnaire. The sample included students of English at CLT, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). Teachers and students found themselves forced to shift from traditional to virtual classes, so they resorted to another type of teaching that generally relied on online instruction. The findings showed that there were some difficulties initially, moving from traditional to virtual classes, where the students had to use their previous skills to acclimatize to the shift. The findings also showed that the teaching tools were not adequately available to fit the purpose of vocabulary learning. The researcher suggested using modern vocabulary apps such as Vocab Genius, WordUp, Vocabology, Vocabulary Builder, and Vocabulary App. Keywords: Active Vocab, MALL, Online Instruction, Passive Vocab.
{"title":"EFL Vocabulary Acquisition through Reading Courses during Covid-19","authors":"N. Alotaibi","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.4.15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.4.15","url":null,"abstract":"This work aimed to explain how students at the College of Languages and Translation (CLT) managed to learn vocabulary through reading courses during the Covid-19 Pandemic. To this end, the researcher adopted a descriptive approach and collected the data mainly through a questionnaire. The sample included students of English at CLT, Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU). Teachers and students found themselves forced to shift from traditional to virtual classes, so they resorted to another type of teaching that generally relied on online instruction. The findings showed that there were some difficulties initially, moving from traditional to virtual classes, where the students had to use their previous skills to acclimatize to the shift. The findings also showed that the teaching tools were not adequately available to fit the purpose of vocabulary learning. The researcher suggested using modern vocabulary apps such as Vocab Genius, WordUp, Vocabology, Vocabulary Builder, and Vocabulary App.\u0000Keywords: Active Vocab, MALL, Online Instruction, Passive Vocab.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128306831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The study investigates variation in negation in the Jordanian Arabic dialect spoken in Ma’an (Ma’an Jordanian Arabic, MJA hereafter). Both verbal and non-verbal clauses in MJA use different negative variants. The study shows that negation of verbal clauses in MJA is categorical with a strong preference for the old preverbal negative proclitic maa- over the new negative markers that include the discontinuous negative variant maa … ʃ and the enclitic -ʃ. Negation of non-verbal clauses, on the other hand, manifests significant variation with an indication of a change in progress toward more use of the new non-verbal negative variant muʃ at the expense of the remaining two old variants muu and the negative pronouns. The study reveals that variation in the negation system of non-verbal clauses in MJA is constrained by some social factors such as age, sex, level of education, and place of origin. In particular, the study shows that young, female, educated, rural speakers of MJA are leading the change toward the new non-verbal negative variant muʃ. The observations that are based on the distributional and statistical analyses of the study indicate that level of education and place of origin show the highest statistical significance followed by age and sex factors. Finally, we claim that the new non-verbal negative variant muʃ in MJA has not resulted from the Jespersen’s Cycle; rather, it has been borrowed into MJA from other local Jordanian Arabic vernaculars that have already undergone the Cycle. Keywords: Variationist Sociolinguistics, Negation, Language Change, Language Contact, Ma’an Jordanian Arabic.
{"title":"Variation in Negation in the Jordanian Arabic Dialect of Ma’an","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.4.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.4.6","url":null,"abstract":"The study investigates variation in negation in the Jordanian Arabic dialect spoken in Ma’an (Ma’an Jordanian Arabic, MJA hereafter). Both verbal and non-verbal clauses in MJA use different negative variants. The study shows that negation of verbal clauses in MJA is categorical with a strong preference for the old preverbal negative proclitic maa- over the new negative markers that include the discontinuous negative variant maa … ʃ and the enclitic -ʃ. Negation of non-verbal clauses, on the other hand, manifests significant variation with an indication of a change in progress toward more use of the new non-verbal negative variant muʃ at the expense of the remaining two old variants muu and the negative pronouns. The study reveals that variation in the negation system of non-verbal clauses in MJA is constrained by some social factors such as age, sex, level of education, and place of origin. In particular, the study shows that young, female, educated, rural speakers of MJA are leading the change toward the new non-verbal negative variant muʃ. The observations that are based on the distributional and statistical analyses of the study indicate that level of education and place of origin show the highest statistical significance followed by age and sex factors. Finally, we claim that the new non-verbal negative variant muʃ in MJA has not resulted from the Jespersen’s Cycle; rather, it has been borrowed into MJA from other local Jordanian Arabic vernaculars that have already undergone the Cycle. \u0000Keywords: Variationist Sociolinguistics, Negation, Language Change, Language Contact, Ma’an Jordanian Arabic.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129975085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pesantren, the most dominant Islamic educational institution, has existed long before Indonesian independence. To answer the challenge of modernity, many pesantrens reform their curriculum. A pesantren, Nurul Jadid, follows this step by offering foreign languages, besides Arabic. Inspired by China’s economic rise, Nurul Jadid includes Chinese in its curriculum. This study investigates how Nurul Jadid promotes Chinese among pesantren students so that they invest in the language. This study employs a qualitative research design and draws on the concept of global language (Crystal 2003), Bourdieu’s cultural capital and social reproduction theory (Bourdieu and Passeron 1990). Data are obtained through in-depth interviews with 13 participants. The findings show that Nurul Jadid promotes Chinese through the creation of the school’s image and the use of religious guidance. These efforts transform Chinese into a cultural capital its students can accumulate for the sake of their mobility. In so doing, the students, most of whom come from working-class background, invest in Chinese, which then functions as a symbolic capital that helps them challenge social reproduction. Keywords: Language Investment, Pesantren, Social Reproduction.
Pesantren是最主要的伊斯兰教育机构，早在印度尼西亚独立之前就存在了。为了应对现代性的挑战，许多大学改革了他们的课程。一位名叫努尔·贾迪德(Nurul Jadid)的讲学员遵循这一步骤，提供阿拉伯语以外的外语。受中国经济崛起的启发，努鲁贾迪德将中文纳入了课程。本研究探讨了Nurul Jadid如何在外国学生中推广汉语，从而使他们在这门语言上投资。本研究采用定性研究设计，借鉴了全球语言的概念(Crystal 2003)、布迪厄的文化资本和社会再生产理论(Bourdieu and Passeron 1990)。数据通过对13名参与者的深度访谈获得。研究结果表明，Nurul Jadid通过学校形象的塑造和宗教指导的使用来推广汉语。这些努力将汉语变成了一种文化资本，它的学生可以为他们的流动性而积累。在这样做的过程中，大多数来自工薪阶层背景的学生投资了汉语，汉语随后成为一种象征性的资本，帮助他们挑战社会再生产。关键词:语言投资，Pesantren，社会再生产
{"title":"Chinese Language Investment: Pesantren and Social Reproduction Challenges","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.4.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.4.3","url":null,"abstract":"Pesantren, the most dominant Islamic educational institution, has existed long before Indonesian independence. To answer the challenge of modernity, many pesantrens reform their curriculum. A pesantren, Nurul Jadid, follows this step by offering foreign languages, besides Arabic. Inspired by China’s economic rise, Nurul Jadid includes Chinese in its curriculum. This study investigates how Nurul Jadid promotes Chinese among pesantren students so that they invest in the language. This study employs a qualitative research design and draws on the concept of global language (Crystal 2003), Bourdieu’s cultural capital and social reproduction theory (Bourdieu and Passeron 1990). Data are obtained through in-depth interviews with 13 participants. The findings show that Nurul Jadid promotes Chinese through the creation of the school’s image and the use of religious guidance. These efforts transform Chinese into a cultural capital its students can accumulate for the sake of their mobility. In so doing, the students, most of whom come from working-class background, invest in Chinese, which then functions as a symbolic capital that helps them challenge social reproduction.\u0000Keywords: Language Investment, Pesantren, Social Reproduction.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125136188","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper focuses on Fouad Ajami’s The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation’s Odyssey and touches on his The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967. In both books, one can find many examples of Orientalist thinking, but in a new form. Using Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams’s discussion of neo-Orientalism and Hamid Dabashi’s post-Orientalism, we argue that the former book is a neo-Orientalist literary history that not only exemplifies neo-Orientalism but also anticipates its proliferation in the aftermath of 9/11. We further claim that it builds on the legacy of colonialism in our neoliberalized world. In it, Ajami divides the writers and the writings that he mentions into two parties: the protagonists—those who embody Western thinking—and the foils or villains—the ones who reject such thinking. We see this paper as a small gesture towards exposing Orientalist thinking in its new form and resisting it and its colonial manifestations. Keywords: Fouad Ajami, Neo-Orientalism, Literary History, Post-Orientalism, Neoliberalism.
{"title":"“On the Coattails” of Supremacy: Neo-Orientalism in Fouad Ajami’s The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation’s Odyssey","authors":"Fouad Ajami","doi":"10.2307/20048841","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2307/20048841","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on Fouad Ajami’s The Dream Palace of the Arabs: A Generation’s Odyssey and touches on his The Arab Predicament: Arab Political Thought and Practice since 1967. In both books, one can find many examples of Orientalist thinking, but in a new form. Using Ali Behdad and Juliet A. Williams’s discussion of neo-Orientalism and Hamid Dabashi’s post-Orientalism, we argue that the former book is a neo-Orientalist literary history that not only exemplifies neo-Orientalism but also anticipates its proliferation in the aftermath of 9/11. We further claim that it builds on the legacy of colonialism in our neoliberalized world. In it, Ajami divides the writers and the writings that he mentions into two parties: the protagonists—those who embody Western thinking—and the foils or villains—the ones who reject such thinking. We see this paper as a small gesture towards exposing Orientalist thinking in its new form and resisting it and its colonial manifestations.\u0000Keywords: Fouad Ajami, Neo-Orientalism, Literary History, Post-Orientalism, Neoliberalism.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134328933","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study investigates the use of ethnonyms in the toponymies of Hassahiesa and Rufa’a areas in Gezira State, Sudan. Using the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Discourse Historical Approach (DHA), the study analyses place names as arenas of power struggle and explores the additional functions they play. It studies the distribution of ethnonyms in the names of 1161 villages and the impact of the historical, socio-political, and economic factors on their choice. The study shows that there are two types of ethnonyms used in the two areas and that their distribution is more widespread in the toponymies of Rufa’a than in that of Hassahiesa. It further shows that the unequal distribution of ethnonyms is the result of herders’ migrations to the Butana plain and the introduction of the agricultural scheme and light industries in Gezira. The study demonstrates that the inhabitants of Rufa’a used ethnonyms as a passive resistance strategy to challenge state power. On the other hand, the decreased number of the feature in Hassahiesa is an indication of its farmers’ population integration in the colonial development projects and their tendency to form multi-ethnic and cooperative communities. It indicates that ethnonyms are utilized as identity constructive and perpetuating strategies and as boundary demarcation markers. Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse Historical Approach, Ethnonyms, Toponymy, Sudan.
{"title":"A Tale of Two Banks of A river: A Critical Study of Ethnonyms in the \u0000Toponymies of Rufa’a and Hassahiesa, Sudan","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.4.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.4.8","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the use of ethnonyms in the toponymies of Hassahiesa and Rufa’a areas in Gezira State, Sudan. Using the principles of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) and Discourse Historical Approach (DHA), the study analyses place names as arenas of power struggle and explores the additional functions they play. It studies the distribution of ethnonyms in the names of 1161 villages and the impact of the historical, socio-political, and economic factors on their choice. The study shows that there are two types of ethnonyms used in the two areas and that their distribution is more widespread in the toponymies of Rufa’a than in that of Hassahiesa. It further shows that the unequal distribution of ethnonyms is the result of herders’ migrations to the Butana plain and the introduction of the agricultural scheme and light industries in Gezira. The study demonstrates that the inhabitants of Rufa’a used ethnonyms as a passive resistance strategy to challenge state power. On the other hand, the decreased number of the feature in Hassahiesa is an indication of its farmers’ population integration in the colonial development projects and their tendency to form multi-ethnic and cooperative communities. It indicates that ethnonyms are utilized as identity constructive and perpetuating strategies and as boundary demarcation markers.\u0000Keywords: Critical Discourse Analysis, Discourse Historical Approach, Ethnonyms, Toponymy, Sudan.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"59 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126522709","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dom Juan de Molière et La nuit de Valognes d’Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt sont deux pièces d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. La période qui a séparé entre les deux versions a créé des changements plus ou moins radicaux dans l’histoire du personnage de Don Juan. Dom Juan de Molière a été inspiré de l’histoire d’une personne réelle, c’est l’espagnol Don Juan d’Osuna, le père de Tirso de Molina qui a écrit L’abuseur de Séville et l’invité de pierre (El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra), considéré le premier Don Juan littéraire. L’origine réelle de ce personnage passe de la légende au mythe grâce à la création littéraire de Molière et ses successeurs qui l’ont réécrit, soit par des œuvres qui partent de la même histoire, soit par des œuvres dont le caractère des personnages est donjuanesque. Le héros de Schmitt adopte des positions que jamais le héros de Molière n’a prises. Il cède sa position du conquérant et paraît beaucoup moins faible devant ses victimes. La femme ne l’intéresse plus. Une inclination homosexuelle a bouleversé les caractères donjuanesques depuis la version de Molina. La comédie de Molière est bien exceptionnelle. La dimension sérieuse des sujets sociaux est encadrée par du comique. Schmitt, de sa part, a présenté le donjuanisme dans un cadre moins comique, dont le sérieux est dominant ; des attitudes, des prises de positions de la femme ont pris une démarche bien différente de l’histoire originelle. Il s’agira enfin des tragi-comédies au fond de l’action. Mots-clés : Don Juan, Donjuanisme, Identité, Tragi-comédie, Légende, Mythe.
《Dom Juan de moliere》和埃里克-伊曼纽尔·施密特的《La nuit de Valognes》是昨天和今天的两部作品。两个版本之间的这段时间或多或少地给唐璜这个角色的故事带来了根本性的变化。唐·胡安·德moliere的灵感来自于一个真实人物的故事，他是西班牙人唐璜·德·奥苏纳，蒂尔索·德·莫利纳的父亲，他写了《塞维利亚的骗子和彼得的客人》(El burlador de Sevilla y guest de piedra)，被认为是第一个文学上的唐璜。这个人物的真正起源从传说变成了神话，这要归功于moliere和他的继任者的文学创作，他们要么重写了这个人物的故事，要么重写了人物的性格。施密特的英雄采取了莫里哀英雄从未采取过的立场。他放弃了征服者的地位，在受害者面前显得不那么软弱了。他对这个女人不再感兴趣了。自从莫利纳的版本以来，同性恋倾向一直困扰着东华人的角色。moliere的喜剧非常特别。社会问题的严肃维度被喜剧所框定。施密特以一种不那么滑稽的方式呈现了唐璜主义，这种方式的严肃性占主导地位;女性的态度和立场与最初的故事有很大的不同。最后，悲剧喜剧将成为行动的核心。关键词:唐璜，唐璜主义，身份，悲喜剧，传说，神话。
{"title":"L’Identité de Don Juan : De l’Origine Historique à la Tragi-Comédie, Chez Molière et Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.3.6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.3.6","url":null,"abstract":"Dom Juan de Molière et La nuit de Valognes d’Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt sont deux pièces d’hier et d’aujourd’hui. La période qui a séparé entre les deux versions a créé des changements plus ou moins radicaux dans l’histoire du personnage de Don Juan. Dom Juan de Molière a été inspiré de l’histoire d’une personne réelle, c’est l’espagnol Don Juan d’Osuna, le père de Tirso de Molina qui a écrit L’abuseur de Séville et l’invité de pierre (El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra), considéré le premier Don Juan littéraire. L’origine réelle de ce personnage passe de la légende au mythe grâce à la création littéraire de Molière et ses successeurs qui l’ont réécrit, soit par des œuvres qui partent de la même histoire, soit par des œuvres dont le caractère des personnages est donjuanesque. Le héros de Schmitt adopte des positions que jamais le héros de Molière n’a prises. Il cède sa position du conquérant et paraît beaucoup moins faible devant ses victimes. La femme ne l’intéresse plus. Une inclination homosexuelle a bouleversé les caractères donjuanesques depuis la version de Molina. La comédie de Molière est bien exceptionnelle. La dimension sérieuse des sujets sociaux est encadrée par du comique. Schmitt, de sa part, a présenté le donjuanisme dans un cadre moins comique, dont le sérieux est dominant ; des attitudes, des prises de positions de la femme ont pris une démarche bien différente de l’histoire originelle. Il s’agira enfin des tragi-comédies au fond de l’action.\u0000Mots-clés : Don Juan, Donjuanisme, Identité, Tragi-comédie, Légende, Mythe.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129575012","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This research article explores the politics of cultural assimilation in Mira Jacob’s novel The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing (2013). The aim is also to discuss the intersection of memory, trauma, and mourning concerning the immigrant experience. In terms of cultural assimilation, Barkan's six-stage model is critiqued, and diasporic ‘hybridity’ is proposed as an alternative to the notion of total assimilation. In the analysis of traumatic experience, the paper refers to Caruth’s formulations of the ‘abreactive model’. The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing (2013) is a transcultural text that represents the gap that exists between first-generation Indian immigrants and their offspring. It is selected for analysis because it is a typical trauma novel featuring timeless and unspeakable experiences. The novel does not present a postcolonial collective trauma but an example of diasporic imagined trauma. By introducing two contrasting generations in her novel, Mira Jacob attempts to highlight the cultural dilemmas that baffle diasporas in the United States particularly those that resist assimilation. The textual analysis reveals that much of the narrative projects the haunting presence of home and the anguish of personal loss experienced by first-generation immigrants. Moreover, the novel questions the nostalgic and romantic engagements with the past, and it rather promotes a bold affirmation of the culture of the adopted land. In other words, Mira Jacob calls for more genuine engagements with the new culture that the second and third-generation immigrants are more exposed to than their home culture because their in-between status leaves them with no choice. Keywords: Assimilation, Memory, Identity, Trauma, Diasporic Experience.
{"title":"The Diasporic Experience in Mira Jacob’s The Sleepwalker’s Guide to\u0000 Dancing: Assimilation, Memory, and Mourning","authors":"Jameel Alghaberi, S. Mukherjee","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.3.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.3.11","url":null,"abstract":"This research article explores the politics of cultural assimilation in Mira Jacob’s novel The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing (2013). The aim is also to discuss the intersection of memory, trauma, and mourning concerning the immigrant experience. In terms of cultural assimilation, Barkan's six-stage model is critiqued, and diasporic ‘hybridity’ is proposed as an alternative to the notion of total assimilation. In the analysis of traumatic experience, the paper refers to Caruth’s formulations of the ‘abreactive model’. The Sleepwalker’s Guide to Dancing (2013) is a transcultural text that represents the gap that exists between first-generation Indian immigrants and their offspring. It is selected for analysis because it is a typical trauma novel featuring timeless and unspeakable experiences. The novel does not present a postcolonial collective trauma but an example of diasporic imagined trauma. By introducing two contrasting generations in her novel, Mira Jacob attempts to highlight the cultural dilemmas that baffle diasporas in the United States particularly those that resist assimilation. The textual analysis reveals that much of the narrative projects the haunting presence of home and the anguish of personal loss experienced by first-generation immigrants. Moreover, the novel questions the nostalgic and romantic engagements with the past, and it rather promotes a bold affirmation of the culture of the adopted land. In other words, Mira Jacob calls for more genuine engagements with the new culture that the second and third-generation immigrants are more exposed to than their home culture because their in-between status leaves them with no choice.\u0000Keywords: Assimilation, Memory, Identity, Trauma, Diasporic Experience.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"78 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117127885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Symmetry theory is a well-known mathematical theory, which has been applied to physics and chemistry as well as other scientific disciplines. Here, we apply the symmetry theory to language in general and to the Holy Quran in specific. We argue that there is ample evidence for this theory in language such as the X-bar theory, parallelism and the mirror image derivation across languages. We show that there are vertical as well as horizontal types of symmetry, some of which have a line of symmetry while others have a virtual point. The data is analyzed from a semantic angle with some reference to syntax. We focus on symmetry at the Aya (verse) level. The paper found that symmetry can help interpret Ayas of similar wording or similar structures. It also found that symmetry theory presents a solution for the either-or-pause Ayas. Further, it showed how symmetry theory help solve ellipsis in the Holy Quran. Finally, the paper revealed that there are symmetry-less sentences that communicate propositions without the need for a symmetrical image. Keywords: Symmetry Theory, the Holy Quran, X’ Theory, Semantics, Discourse Analysis.
{"title":"Influence of Symmetry Theory on Understanding the Qur'anic Ayas","authors":"Ayman Yasin","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.3.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.3.3","url":null,"abstract":"Symmetry theory is a well-known mathematical theory, which has been applied to physics and chemistry as well as other scientific disciplines. Here, we apply the symmetry theory to language in general and to the Holy Quran in specific. We argue that there is ample evidence for this theory in language such as the X-bar theory, parallelism and the mirror image derivation across languages. We show that there are vertical as well as horizontal types of symmetry, some of which have a line of symmetry while others have a virtual point. The data is analyzed from a semantic angle with some reference to syntax. We focus on symmetry at the Aya (verse) level. The paper found that symmetry can help interpret Ayas of similar wording or similar structures. It also found that symmetry theory presents a solution for the either-or-pause Ayas. Further, it showed how symmetry theory help solve ellipsis in the Holy Quran. Finally, the paper revealed that there are symmetry-less sentences that communicate propositions without the need for a symmetrical image. \u0000Keywords: Symmetry Theory, the Holy Quran, X’ Theory, Semantics, Discourse Analysis.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129742392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article investigates the disguise of Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure and that of Earl Kent in King Lear. It argues that through their disguises and downclassing, the two characters transgress their elite social position to maintain further power, control, status, and authority. Their aims are geared towards benefiting themselves. M. C. Bradbrook relates disguises to a decrease in social status, and Patrick Chura defines downclassing as experiencing the harsh life conditions of the less fortunate classes. By considering these views and the two plays’ socio-political contexts, the article maintains that Shakespeare disguised Vincentio and Kent to suggest moral weaknesses on their parts. Also, Vincentio’s and Kent’s motives, social invisibility, and social roles determine and complicate their chosen forms of disguise and downclassing. The article suggests that Kent’s disguise is more practical than the Duke’s. It concludes that the two disguises might indicate Shakespeare’s political mocking of the upper classes of his time. Keywords: Disguise, Downclassing, Social Invisibility, Measure for Measure, King Lear.
{"title":"Disguise, Downclassing, and Social Invisibility in Shakespeare’s \u0000Measure for Measure and King Lear","authors":"","doi":"10.47012/jjmll.14.3.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47012/jjmll.14.3.9","url":null,"abstract":"This article investigates the disguise of Duke Vincentio in Measure for Measure and that of Earl Kent in King Lear. It argues that through their disguises and downclassing, the two characters transgress their elite social position to maintain further power, control, status, and authority. Their aims are geared towards benefiting themselves. M. C. Bradbrook relates disguises to a decrease in social status, and Patrick Chura defines downclassing as experiencing the harsh life conditions of the less fortunate classes. By considering these views and the two plays’ socio-political contexts, the article maintains that Shakespeare disguised Vincentio and Kent to suggest moral weaknesses on their parts. Also, Vincentio’s and Kent’s motives, social invisibility, and social roles determine and complicate their chosen forms of disguise and downclassing. The article suggests that Kent’s disguise is more practical than the Duke’s. It concludes that the two disguises might indicate Shakespeare’s political mocking of the upper classes of his time.\u0000Keywords: Disguise, Downclassing, Social Invisibility, Measure for Measure, King Lear.","PeriodicalId":197303,"journal":{"name":"Jordan Journal of Modern Languages and Literatures","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122326130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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