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No full textThis archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
The very short story in the time of revolution. al-Mihmāz (the Spur) and the Syrian author Zakariyā Tāmir
No full textThe mass protests swept through the Middle East in early 2011 underlined the role of modern information-communication technologies (ICT). From a literary point of view, the “Arab Spring” inevitably marked the birth of a new model of writing, characterised by a more participatory, global and immediate manner of expression that could be defined as Humanism 2.0. In this context, we may insert the experimental writing by the famous Syrian author Zakariyā Tāmir: on the al-Mihmāz (The Spur) Facebook page the writer begins a literary journey publishing daily posts and explicitly supporting the Syrian revolution. This contribution intends to analyse a few of Tāmir’s most significant posts published on Facebook. The time span is 2012, just one year after the Syrian revolution: thanks to aphorisms, posts and short stories, a new literary pact with potential readers is inaugurated, within a phenomenon that we can call al-adab al-raqmī (digital literature
Introduction a "Iraq After 2003: When Trauma Becomes Art. Myth, History, and Literature"
No full textThe article aims at introducing the volume "Iraq After 2003: When Trauma Becomes Art. Myth, History, and Literature", edited By Ada Barbaro. The volume aims to provide lenses that examine, from various angles, a country, Iraq, in the aftermath of the quintessential trauma of its contemporary history, namely, 2003.The volume is thus a collection of "narratives", of
narrative acts that render the relationship between reality and its discourse almost oxymoronic. The present work, born in the wake of the conference «Iraq After 2003: When Trauma Becomes Art. Myth, History, and Literature», is therefore published as an outcome of the scientific project "Forms, Languages, and [Con]texts of Tàrìkh: Writing and Rewriting History in Iraq", of which the author of these pages is the Principal Investigator
Il culto di san Michele in Campania. Antonino e Catello
No full textIl volume, diviso in quattro sezioni, approfondisce l'origine e la diffusione del culto di San Michele in Campania, nelle sue varie espressioni. Nella prima parte vengono indagati gli insediamenti micaelici, con particolare riferimento alle numerose grotte che, sull'esempio di quella garganica, furono dedicate a San Michele soprattutto lungo l'asse Salerno-Avellino- Benevento. Il volume analizza numerosi testi agiografici campani che attestano la presenza dell'Angelo talvolta con generiche funzioni di angelo custode, talaltra con gli attributi tipici di San Michele. Una cospicua sezione del volume è dedicata al dossier agiografico di Antonino e Catello, rispettivamente monaco e vescovo di Sorrento e Stabia, un'area da sempre roccaforte bizantina. Sulla base di elementi storici e di elementi rivenienti dal dossier agiografico viene posticipata all'XI secolo - e quindi di oltre un secolo rispetto alle posizioni della critica- l'epoca di composizione della Vita Antonini (XI secolo). In quest'epoca Sorrento vive un particolare momento di vivacità e di rinnovamento a livello politico, sociale e religioso. Nei testi agiografici Antonino e Catello sono co-fondatori del Santuario del Monte Faito, considerato il santuario nazionale dei Bizantini, anche per ragioni di antagonismo e rivalità con il Santuario di San Michele del Gargano, santuario nazionale dei LongobardiThe book, divided into four parts, is a thorough analysis of the cult of St. Michael in Campania, in its various expressions.
In the first part the author presents micaelici settlements with particular reference to the numerous caves that, based on the example of the Gargano, were dedicated to the Angel, especially along the road Salerno-Avellino-Benevento. The book contains an examination of the hagiographic texts from Campania attesting the presence of Angel, sometimes in its generic function of custos, sometimes with attributes typical of Michael.
The author analyzes the hagiographic dossier of Antoninus and Catello, respectively monaco and bishop of Sorrento and Stabiae. The author basing on historical data and data emerging from the same dossier, delaies more than a century the composition of the Vita Antonini (11th century). In this century Sorrento lived a revival on political-institutional-religious level. The anonymous author of Life - probably a monaco /bishop - approaches Antonino (IX century) and Catello (sixth century) making the abbot of Sorrento co-starred in the foundation of the sanctuary of St. Michael on Mount Fait, considered a national shrine of the Byzantines in Naples, also for reasons of competition with the sanctuary of Mount St. Michael Gargano, traditionally linked to the Lombards
The construction of Karen Karnak: The multi-author-function
No full textThis thesis is situated within the comparatively recent developments of Web 2.0 and the emergence of interactive WikiMedia, and explores the mode of authorship within a Read/Write culture compared to that of a Read/Only tradition. The hypothesis of this study is that the role of the audience has become merged with the author, and as such, represents new functions and attributes, distinct from a more conventional concept of authorship, in which the roles of audience and author are more separate. Read/Write and participatory culture, as defined by this study, is focused on collaboration, and includes the influences of D.I.Y. culture, Open-Source practices and the production of text by multiple authors. Multi-authorship presents a re-thinking of several concepts which support the notion of the individual author, since the focus of multi-authorship is not on attribution and ownership of a finished text, but on the continued malleability of a text. Modes of multi-authorship, demonstrated in the use of the pseudonyms Alan Smithee and Karen Eliot, represent declarative authors whose names signify multiple origins, whilst concurrently indicating a distinct body of work. The function of these names form an important context to this study, since primary research involves the construction of an experimental mode of multi-authorship utilising WikiMedia technology and the interaction of thirty nine participants, who are invited to create a body of work under the collective pseudonym Karen Karnak. The data generated by this experiment is analysed using aspects of Michel Foucault's author-function to identify and determine power structures inherent in the WikiMedia context. The interplay of power structures, including concepts such as identity, ownership and the body of work, affect the resulting mode of authorship and contribute to the construction of Karen Karnak, suggesting further areas of research into the emerging multi-author
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No full textBegan with 2020.This archived document is maintained by the State Library of Oregon as part of the Oregon Documents Depository Program. It is for informational purposes and may not be suitable for legal purposes.Mode of access: Internet from the Oregon Government Publications Collection.Text in English
Iraq after 2003: when trauma becomes art. Myth, history, and literature
No full textThe volume aims to provide lenses that examine, from various angles, a country, Iraq, in the aftermath of the quintessential trauma of its contemporary history, namely, 2003.The volume is thus a collection of "narratives", of
narrative acts that render the relationship between reality and its discourse almost oxymoronic. The present work, born in the wake of the conference «Iraq After 2003: When Trauma Becomes Art. Myth, History, and Literature», is therefore published as an outcome of the scientific project "Forms, Languages, and [Con]texts of Tàrìkh: Writing and Rewriting History in Iraq", of which the author of these pages is the Principal Investigator
al-Qārūrah (La bottiglia, 2004) dello scrittore saudita Yūsuf al-Muḥaymīd. Quale “genere” di lettura?
No full textal-Qārūrah (The Bottle, 2004) is one of the best-known novels written by the Saudi author Yūsuf al-Muḥaymīd (1964). Set in the timeline of the Gulf War (1990-91), the novel mainly reconstructs the life of Munīrah al-Sāhī, the female protagonist. Symbol of the general climate of violence towards women in her country, she decides to record women’s stories on pieces of paper that she places in the bottle given to her by her grandmother. Feminism, struggles for women empowerment and historical critique are – as one would expect – the central aspects of this novel. This article will try to introduce a different key reading, by assuming that the originality of the work probably lies in its unusual act of re-writing History. The single pieces of paper are single stories able to re-construct the collective History. So Munīrah becomes a particular ḥakawātiyyah, collecting stories in order to offer an historical narration
In nome del pane e della liberta’: Tawfīq Yūsuf ‘Awwād e il suo al-Raġīf
No full textWorld War I has often been the privileged setting for the artistic experience of many intellectuals, who tried to give their personal response to such an event that influenced the future of their society. Arab writers also offered a glimpse into an historical event whose effects were felt well beyond the confines of the “Western World”. The experience of Lebanese writer Tawfīq Yūsuf ‘Awwād (1911-1989) flourishes in this literary milieu. In his book al-Raġīf (The Loaf, 1939), ‘Awwād describes the Arab revolt against the Ottomans during World War I: this novel was soon recognized as a landmark in the literary expression of Arab nationalism. al-Raġīf becomes the symbol of the impoverished inhabitants of a village subjected to a feudal authority: the author uses the powerful image of bread, symbol par excellence of life, to describe the daily struggle of the individual against every form of authoritarianis
Note sul dies festus e sulla conversione dei Longobardi nell ’Apparitio Sancti Michaelis in Monte Gargano
No full textThe Lombards of Benevento with the Apparitio seem to have an ambitious project: to "rewrite" the history of their allocation in Southern Italy, confirming their conversion to Catholicism and presenting themselves as fully integrated in Catholic orthodoxy, protected by Archangel Michael at a time, that of the principality of Arechi II, in which they had been strongly affirming their political autonomy and religious identity. Signs of this adherence to orthodoxy can be caught in the passages relating to the invocation of the Trinity and the use of the Actus Silvestri, an anti-Arian and philo-roman text and in the full involvement of the pontifex, identified as a point of reference.
Given the issues raised by the liturgical and martyrological documents, in my opinion the interest of the Author of the Apparitio was not to identify the dies festus, also because, at the time of composition of Apparitio, this was already celebrated on May 8. By contrast, the Author aims to write a text in which to highlight the close link between the anniversary of the victory and the dies festus of the church consecrated by the Angel, a connection suggested by the pontifex, with the intention to make May 8 as the official start date of the attendance of the cave-shrine. The aim was to clarify the reasons why the dies festus (i.e., May 8) would be the day of religious and political victory of the Lombards of Benevento against Neapolitans / Byzantines pagans, and to establish the beginning of a new story for St. Michael ‘s worship and for the Lombards of Benevento; this concept was retrieved and celebrated by Lombard historiography of the ninth century.
The Lombards of Benevento with Apparitio aim to "rewrite" the history of their allocation in Southern Italy, confirming their conversion to Catholicism and presenting themselves as fully integrated in Catholic orthodoxy, protected by Archangel Michael : signs of this adherence to orthodoxy can be caught in the passages relating to the invocation of the Trinity and the use of the Actus Silvestri, an anti-Arian and philo-roman text and in the full involvement of the pontifex, identified as a point of reference. From this point of view the interest of the Author of Apparitio is not to identify the dies festus (i.e. 8 May), already celebrated, but to highlight the close link between the anniversary of the victory of the Lombards of Benevento against Neapolitans/Byzantines and the dies festus of the cave consecrated by the Angel, with the intention to make May 8 as the official start date of the attendance of the cave-sanctuary.I Longobardi di Benevento con l’Apparitio intendono “riscrivere” la storia del loro stanziamento nell’Italia meridionale, ribadendo la conversione al cattolicesimo e presentandosi integrati nell’ortodossia cattolica e protetti dall’Arcangelo Michele: segni di questa adesione all’ortodossia possono essere colti nell’invocazione alla Trinità, nell’utilizzo degli Actus Silvestri, testo antiariano e filo romano, e nel coinvolgimento del pontefice, individuato come figura di riferimento. In questa prospettiva, interesse dell’autore dell’Apparitio non è indicare il dies festus dell’8 maggio, già noto, ma sottolineare il collegamento stretto tra l’anniversario della vittoria dei Longobardi di Benevento sui Bizantini e il dies festus della grotta consacrata dall’Angelo per far coincidere, con quella data, l’inizio ufficiale della frequentazione della grotta-santuario
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