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A semiotic analysis of the short stories of Leonid Andreyev, 1900-1909
No full textThis thesis applies the techniques of semiotic analysis to a selection of short stories by Leonid Andreyev in an attempt to offer one answer to the problems of categorising Andreyev's unique art and placing it within a literary-evolutionary perspective. The semiotic method was chosen because of its ability both to assimilate literary texts to the supra-individual processes with which it works, and at the same time to delineate an author's particular contribution to these processes. Drawing on a range of literary theory from early Russian Formalism onwards, the study proceeds from one level to another according to a principle of "degree of abstraction", so that each level constitutes firstly an independent account of Andreyev's texts in itself, and secondly one stage in an overall analysis. The analysis at each level pinpoints, in its own terms, a series of semiotic tensions or clashes as being at the heart of Andreyev's literary system. Conflict within his stories between the principles of poetry and prose, metaphor and metonymy, 'discourse' and 'story' and between codes of allegory and codes of reference are among the major tensions highlighted. These tensions are in turn used to account for the fantastic element in Andreyev's stories (tension and ambiguity being the key features of Fantastic literature as defined by many literary theoreticians).The unique, Andreyevan version of the Fantastic is viewed as an index of Andreyev's position in literary evolution at a point of transition between an older, authoritative, transitive mode of narration and a more recent, non-authoritative mode which has come to dominate much twentieth-century literature. The final reference-point for all these tensions is demonstrated to be a shift in modern culture as a whole towards a more impersonal. Mythic thought-system, a shift at the centre of which the art of Leonid Andreyev can be convincingly placed. The material drawn upon includes, in addition to the corpus of Andreyev stories specified, a wide range of works by Andreyev's contemporaries and also the hitherto unexploited draft-manuscripts to a number of Andreyev stories held in the Hoover Institution, U.S.A.A Glossary of the most commonly used theoretical terms is provided at the end of the study
Interaction between Kondratieff Waves and Juglar Cycles
No full textSome important correlations between medium-term economic cycles (7–11 years) known as Juglar cycles and long (40–60 years) Kondratieff cycles are presented in this paper. The research into the history of this issue shows that this aspect is insufficiently studied. Meanwhile, in our opinion, it can significantly clarify both the reasons of alternation of upswing and downswing phases in K-waves and the reasons of relative stability of the length of these waves. It also can provide the certain means for forecasting. The authors show that adjacent 2–4 medium cycles form the system the important characteristic of which is the dynamics of economic trend. The latter can be upswing (active) or downswing (depressive). The mechanisms of formation of such medium-term trends and changing tendencies are explained. The presence of such clusters of medium cycles (general duration of which is 20–30 years) determines to a large degree the long-wave dynamics and the characteristics of its timing. Thus, not medium-term J-cycles depend on the character of K-wave phase as Kondratieff supposed, but the character of the cluster of J-cycles determines significantly the character of K-wave phases
Cyclical Dynamics in Economics and Politics in the Past and in the Future
No full textInternational audienceNikolay Kondratieff is known primarily for his theory of long cycles. However,it is worth recalling that he was among the first who started to investigate thenature of different economic cycles and their systematic interaction. Actuallythe primary classification of cycles into short, medium and long belongs toKondratieff.In 1922, in his book The World Economy and its Conjunctures during andafter the War Nikolay Kondratieff formulated for the first time the basic tenetsof the theory of long cycles (Kondratieff 1922 [2002]). As until that time theeconomic literature hardly knew any other cycles than the ones with a characteristicperiod between 7 and 11 years (which were called industrial, commercial,and so on), Kondratieff quite logically called them ‘short cycles’ (Ibid.:323). However, already in 1925, in the Long Cycles of Conjuncture (Kondratieff1925 [1993]: 25–26), he began to call the same cycles as ‘medium cycles’.1 Why? The fact is that in those years Kitchin (1923) discovered somecycles (with a characteristic period between 3 and 4 years) manifested in fluctuationsin inventories that could be denoted as truly ‘short cycles’. Later, theybecame known as ‘Kitchin cycles’. Due to the fact that the medium-term cyclesoften have internal ups and downs, a group of scientists in the Harvard Schoolheaded by Wesley Mitchell started to consider cycles statistically (not by theirlogic, but by the presence of recessions, from a recession to another recession,regardless of the point that different recessions may be significantly different asregards their strength and nature). As a result, they also detected some cycleswith a period between 3 and 4 years (which to a certain extent coincided withKitchin cycles)
Kondratieff Waves. Juglar – Kuznets – Kondratieff. Yearbook
No full textInternational audienceIn the period from the 1920s to 1930s the theory of economic cycles underwent dramatic changes. Due to the research of such famous economists as Nikolay Kondratieff, Joseph Kitchin, Wesley Mitchell, Simon Kuznets, and Joseph Schumpeter the idea of a whole systemof economic cycles (with characteristic periods between two and sixty years) was developed. The idea of a system of intertwined economic cycles is nowadays paramount to the school of evolutionary economics and its development promises rather interesting future outcomes. That is why this issue of our ‘Kondratieff Waves’ Yearbook is devoted to the interconnections between various economic cycles. As to the subtitle of this volume, one should note that many of the contributors refer to the system of cycles and the fact that real economic cycles make up a system, whereas among different types of cycles, the Juglar, Kuznets, and Kondratieff cycles are the most important ones for the present-day economic dynamics. Although Kondratieff himself considered long waves as above all an economic phenomenon, the theory of the long waves became, however, very actively developed in connection with their political and geopolitical aspects. In this Yearbook, the political aspect of Kondratieff waves is the subject of several articles in the second section. The last section of this Yearbook is devoted to the heritage of Kondratieff and other prominent economists. The year 2015 marks the 150th anniversary of the outstanding Russian economist, one of the most prominent researchers of medium-term economic cycles, Mikhail Tugan-Baranovsky, and the volume is concluded with Kondratieff's article about him. Concerning 2015, we should mention another anniversary, namely, 30 years since the death of Simon Kuznets (1901–1985). This edition will be useful for economists, social scientists, as well as for a wide range of those interested in the problems of the past, present, and future of global economy and globalization
The Sixth Kondratieff Wave and the Cybernetic Revolution
No full textInternational audienceIn the present paper, on the basis of the theory of production principles and production revolutions, we reveal the interrelation between K-waves and major technological breakthroughs in history and make forecasts about features of the sixth Kondratieff wave in the light of the Cybernetic Revolution that, from our point of view, started in the 1950s. We assume that the sixth K-wave in the 2030s and 2040s will merge with the final phase of the Cybernetic Revolution (which we call a phase of self-regulating systems). This period will be characterized by the breakthrough in medical technologies which will be capable to combine many other technologies into a single complex of MBNRIC-technologies (med-bio-nano-robo-info-cognitive technologies). The article offers some forecasts concerning the development of these technologies
High temperature ceramic composites
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 1995.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-120).by Leonid C. Lev.Ph.D
LEONID ANDREYEV’S OEUVRE THROUGH BRUSOVIAN LENS
No full textThe paper deals with V. Brusov’s reviews of the works by Leonid Andreyev in the magazine «Vesy» (The Balance). The author mentions some peculiarities of L. Andreev’s stories positively reviewed by V. Brusov, as well as his remarks concerning the writer’s experiences in drama
Reflecting on Fiction: Leonid Leonov
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This chapter examines the metafictional works of Soviet author Leonid Leonov. The River Sot, Leonov's third novel, was one of the earliest Soviet works in the theme of industrialization and it was based on the author's first-hand experience of Soviet construction projects. This novel, together with Leonov's other work The Thief, provided the direction that Soviet literature should take. These novels were both influenced by the October Revolution.</jats:p
FIGURE 8 in Diversity of shrews in Ethiopia, with the description of two new species of Crocidura (Mammalia: Lipotyphla: Soricidae)
No full textFIGURE 8. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the cranium, and medial and lateral views of the mandible of Crocidura yaldeni sp. nov. S-165343 (A) and C. thalia S-164858 (B). Abbreviations: a = outline of lateral profile of the braincase; pp = paraoccipital process. Scale 5 mm.Published as part of Lavrenchenko, Leonid A., Voyta, Leonid L. & Hutterer, Rainer, 2016, Zootaxa 4196 (1), DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.1.2, http://zenodo.org/record/16766
Eva Šulić, violina : drugi dio diplomskog ispita
No full textDrugi dio diplomskog ispita Eve Šulić (violina), studentice Muzičke akademije Sveučilišta u Zagrebu. Ispit je održan na Muzičkoj akademiji u Koncertnoj dvorani "Blagoje Bersa" 2. 2. 2021. Program drugog dijela ispita: 1. J. S. Bach: Sonata za solo violinu br. 1 u g-molu, BWV 1001; 2. C. Franck: Sonata za violinu i klavir u A-duru; 3. M. Ravel: Tzigane. Klavirska pratnja: Petra Gilming, v. umj. sur. Mentor: red. prof. art. Leonid Sorokow
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