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6 hours ago · Interestingly, it is not the dead King Duncan, Macbeth’s first victim, but Banquo who later appears as a ghostly “horrible shadow” to torture Macbeth. Perhaps there was a good reason why ...
6 hours ago · Gothic fiction is characterized by an environment of fear, the threat of supernatural events, and the intrusion of the past upon the present. [2] [3] The setting typically includes physical reminders of the past, especially through ruined buildings which stand as proof of a previously thriving world which is decaying in the present. [4]
6 hours ago · Key to Löwy’s formulation is his suggestion that realism and irrealism do not necessarily operate as fixed epistemological categories, meaning irrealist works often contain some realist elements, and vice versa, and that some texts—Löwy mentions Franz Kafka’s novels and short stories—deliberately ‘establish themselves in a no-man ...
6 hours ago · In the previous sections, I have presented a selection of key examples of Wu Ming’s forms of interventions organised into the three territories of streets, literary paths and transmedia networks. The sections’ internal references speak for the need to conceive of the boundaries of these territories as constantly porous, provisional and ...
6 hours ago · Definitions. The Arabic word tasawwuf (lit. ' being or becoming a Sufi '), generally translated as Sufism, is commonly defined by Western authors as Islamic mysticism. The Arabic term Sufi has been used in Islamic literature with a wide range of meanings, by both proponents and opponents of Sufism.
1 day ago · Krishna-related literature such as the Bhagavata Purana accords a metaphysical significance to the performances and treats them as a religious ritual, infusing daily life with spiritual meaning, thus representing a good, honest, happy life. Similarly, Krishna-inspired performances aim to cleanse the hearts of faithful actors and listeners.
6 hours ago · Overview and definition. Modernism was a cultural movement that impacted the arts as well as the broader zeitgeist. It is commonly described as a system of thought and behavior marked by self-consciousness or self-reference, prevalent within the avant-garde of various arts and disciplines. [13]
