152 research outputs found
Škol’nyj val’s di Fazil’ Iskander, ovvero un’enciclopedia della vergogna
No full textThis paper is dedicated to the povest’ Škol’nyj val’s, ili ėnergija styda by Fazil’ Iskander. The author always used Russian language for his poetic and narrative works, but he remained firmly attached to his birthplace Abkhazia, where he set some cycles related to his childhood, to the places and traditions of his native land.The cycle presents an interesting and varied set of episodes linked to the feeling of shame, which is analyzed and presented in its various features through the cases that occurred to the little protagonist. He, now an adult, remembers firsthand the discovery of this emotion and his first attempts to understand and dominate it in a rational way. Here we can also find some indirect comments on Stalin’s totalitarianism, which heavily affected the author’s family life.In questo saggio analizziamo la povest’ Škol’nyj val’s, ili ėnergija styda di Fazil’ Iskander. L’autore utilizzò sempre il russo per le sue opere poetiche e narrative, ma rimase saldamente legato alla natia Abcasia, dove ambientò alcuni cicli legati all’infanzia, ai luoghi e alle tradizioni della sua terra natale. Il ciclo in questione presenta una interessante e varia casistica legata al sentimento della vergogna, che viene sviscerata e presentata nelle sue varie realizzazioni attraverso i casi occorsi al piccolo protagonista. Egli, ormai adulto, ricorda in prima persona la scoperta di questa emozione e i suoi primi tentativi di comprenderla e dominarla in modo razionale. Non mancano inoltre commenti indiretti al totalitarismo staliniano, che fece più volte il suo pesante ingresso nella vita familiare dello scrittore
Bohemia as the Homeland of the Soul in the Letters of Marina Tsvetaeva to Anna Teskova
No full textThe article examines the letters sent by Marina Tsvetaeva to the translator and public figure Anna Teskova, who was one of the few poet’s Czech intimate friends, whom she met during her stay in Czechoslovakia (1922-1925). In the first part of the paper the Author focuses on the echoes of Prague and its culture in this specific correspondence, trying to ascertain to which extent Marina Tsvetaeva was acquainted with the cultural world she lived in: the lack of knowledge of the Czech language and the limited relationships with Prague intellectuals didn’t allow her to get a deep insight of the Czech cultural milieu.
The textual analysis of the letters, though, on the basis of key concepts as “родной”, “родина”, “честь”, confirms the presence of a persistent feeling of Prague-homesickness in Tsvetaeva’s psycho- logical world, which brought her to develop an alternative model of Homeland, substitute to her native Russia and to Germany, which disappointed her after the rise of the Nazi Regime. Through this unique correspondence (including the first part of her Verses dedicated to Bohemia) we gain the certainty that Tsvetaeva discovered in Prague and in the Czech lands an idealized model of a pacific, beautiful and faithful Homeland
Data-compression approach to authorship attribution
No full textAuthorship attribution is a fascinating field at the crossroad between linguistics and information science. Its relevance goes much beyond the specific predictions that different tools can make about authors whose identity is uncertain or hidden behind known “noms de plume”. Correctly spotting the unknown author of a text is far from reflecting a “keyhole” attitude, representing instead the tip of an iceberg whose main body is made of solid tools and algorithms able to extract syntactic, possibly semantic, information out of generic strings of characters. Here we follow a data- compression approach to authorship attribution through which we define a notion of similarity between generic strings of characters (in particular literary texts). We start by assessing the overall performance of our set of tools in performing authorship attribution both on the wide corpus adopted in this volume and on an extended corpus. We then concentrate on the well-known “affaire Ferrante” (originally treated by some of us back in 20061), confirming and strengthening our original claim that, within the corpus considered, Domenico Starnone is the most likely author behind Elena Ferrante. We stress again that, despite the strong hints pointing to Starnone, we cannot rule out the possibility that Ferrante’s signature could hide another author (or several authors) not included in the corpus. Specific analyses are still in order to shed light on this last point
Keberlanjutan Modern: Workshop E WORKSHOP ECOPRINT SEBAGAI BENTUK SENI BERKELANJUTAN DI ERA MODERN MENEKANKAN ASPEK RAMAH LINGKUNGAN: Pendahuluan
No full textEconomic dependence on the agricultural sector, suboptimal utilization of village natural potential, and minimal community skills in processing local resources are the main problems identified in Dusun Kampung Baru. This condition is exacerbated by limited access to creative economic opportunities that support improving family welfare. Therefore, an innovative approach is needed that not only provides economic solutions but also considers aspects of environmental sustainability. The ecoprint workshop in Ajakkang Village, Dusun Kampung Baru is a community empowerment initiative that combines aspects of the creative economy with environmental conservation. This community service activity was carried out in three main stages, namely team coordination, coordination with the village government, and implementation of the workshop including socialization and technical training. This activity was attended by 15 PKK members, and the workshop successfully introduced natural dyeing techniques to textiles with local organic materials. Participants were trained by KKN students starting from the material preparation stage, the mordanting process, to finishing the product in the form of a tote bag. The results of this activity showed a high level of enthusiasm from the participants and the success of making products with unique motifs. This program not only provides new skills, but opens up opportunities for the development of an environmentally friendly creative economy in Ajakkang Village.Workshop ecoprint di desa Ajakkang dusun Kampung Baru merupakan inisiatif pemberdayaan masyarakat yang menggabungkan aspek ekonomi kreatif dengan pelestarian lingkungan. Kegiatan ini dilaksanakan melalui tiga tahap utama: koordinasi tim, koordinasi dengan pemerintah desa, dan pelaksanaan workshop yang mencakup sosialisasi dan pelatihan teknis. Dengan partisipasi 15 ibu-ibu PKK, workshop berhasil memperkenalkan teknik pewarnaan alami pada tekstil menggunakan bahan-bahan organik lokal. Peserta dilatih mulai dari tahap persiapan bahan, proses mordanting, hingga finishing produk berupa totebag. Hasil menunjukkan tingkat antusiasme yang tinggi dari peserta dan keberhasilan dalam menghasilkan produk dengan motif unik. Program ini tidak hanya memberikan keterampilan baru, tetapi juga membuka peluang pengembangan ekonomi kreatif yang ramah lingkungan di desa Ajakkang
Security, immigration and development assistance: an integrated approach
No full textThe European Union’s security and immigration policy requires a set of actions coordinated between the Union and individual Member States, plus a consistent policy of development cooperation within the frame work of European Neightbourhood Policy (ENP). This article takes a look at the European approach in these policy areas. After considering the economic and social causes of international migration, it dwells on the prospective “migratory pressure” on Europe, which is expected to be strong, especially from the southern shores of the Mediterranean. The authors stress the essential role of European Neightbourhood Policy, which must promote development and democracy in the countries bordering on the Union. It is necessary to create an area of stability and security within which to achieve negotiated regulation of migratory flows. It is argued that the financial resources for ENP are inadequate and that a decisive role will be played by bilateral aid to the bordering countries from EU member States. Nevertheless, the author observe that these resources are subject to the budgetary constraints of the Stability and Growth Pact and accordingly recommend that the development assistance should also be treated as investment in stability and security, the benefits of which will be reflected in diminished future costs for individual European countries. The authors therefore call for the application of the “golden rule” to this expenditure, treating it on a par with investment and R&D spending for purpose of calculating government deficits
Tria sunt : an art of poetry and prose /
No full textThe Tria sunt (named for the first two words of the text, also known as the incipit) is the most ambitious and apparently the most widely used of the treatises composed in association with a late fourteenth-century renaissance in the study of rhetoric at Oxford. The identity of its author is not known, but he probably was a Benedictine monk who taught rhetorical composition as part of a course that prepared younger monks for more advanced studies at the university. He sought to gather the most useful precepts from the twelfth- and thirteenth-century arts of poetry and prose, supplement them with additional doctrine and illustrative examples from other works of the same period, and combine all of these materials into a new synthesis tailored to the pedagogical needs of his own time and place. The Tria sunt belongs to the genre frequently called "arts of poetry" but more accurately designated "arts of poetry and prose." These are comprehensive guides to composing well-wrought Latin texts. The two most popular works in the genre, the early thirteenth-century Poetria nova ("New Poetics") by the Englishman Geoffrey of Vinsauf and the Laborintus ("The Labyrinth"; before 1280) by Eberhard the German, are written in verse; the remaining examples, like the Tria sunt, are in prose. Yet the instruction that each offers can be applied to any kind of text. This feature distinguishes this type of rhetorical manual (i.e., "arts of poetry and prose") from the medieval "arts of letter writing" (artes dictandi) and "arts of preaching" (artes praedicandi) that provide specific instruction in composing letters and sermons, respectively.--Includes bibliographical references (pages 501-508) and index.The Tria sunt (named for the first two words of the text, also known as the incipit) is the most ambitious and apparently the most widely used of the treatises composed in association with a late fourteenth-century renaissance in the study of rhetoric at Oxford. The identity of its author is not known, but he probably was a Benedictine monk who taught rhetorical composition as part of a course that prepared younger monks for more advanced studies at the university. He sought to gather the most useful precepts from the twelfth- and thirteenth-century arts of poetry and prose, supplement them with additional doctrine and illustrative examples from other works of the same period, and combine all of these materials into a new synthesis tailored to the pedagogical needs of his own time and place. The Tria sunt belongs to the genre frequently called "arts of poetry" but more accurately designated "arts of poetry and prose." These are comprehensive guides to composing well-wrought Latin texts. The two most popular works in the genre, the early thirteenth-century Poetria nova ("New Poetics") by the Englishman Geoffrey of Vinsauf and the Laborintus ("The Labyrinth"; before 1280) by Eberhard the German, are written in verse; the remaining examples, like the Tria sunt, are in prose. Yet the instruction that each offers can be applied to any kind of text. This feature distinguishes this type of rhetorical manual (i.e., "arts of poetry and prose") from the medieval "arts of letter writing" (artes dictandi) and "arts of preaching" (artes praedicandi) that provide specific instruction in composing letters and sermons, respectively.-
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No full textShort‐term recovery after subtotal and total abdominal hysterectomy ‐ a randomised clinical tria
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No full textcontinue or discontinue aspirin in the perioperative period: a randomized, controlled clinical tria
Author Correction: Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE trial
No full textAuthor Correction: Effect of long-term caloric restriction on DNA methylation measures of biological aging in healthy adults from the CALERIE tria
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No full textExtended evaluation of the safety and efficacy of GAD treatment of children and adolescents with recent-onset type 1 diabetes: a randomised controlled tria
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