When applying G. Genette’s transtextuality theory to the reception of the translation of relocation narratives it becomes readily apparent that the latter can be highly prompted by the treatment of the paratextual elements across the languages concerned by the act…
FAKE NEWS AND THE SPREAD OF ONLINE (MIS)INFORMATION – Mădălina-Maria Toma
The phenomenon of misinformation by means of fake online news is an up-to-the-minute topic, important for the field of communication sciences, now more than ever in the spotlight. This article describes the phenomenon of “fake news” and several important concepts…
ACHIEVING UNEQUIVOCAL EMPHASIS IN ENGLISH BY PSEUDO-CLEFTING – Valentina Curelariu
This paper focuses on pseudo-clefting, a syntactic transformation rule (T-rule) frequently used in English to give focal and thematic prominence (cf. Lăcătușu, 2005: 77) to various structural constituents, be them phrases or clauses. As its name suggests, it is related…
Messages, Sages and Ages, Vol. 7, No. 2 (2020)
Editor: Onoriu Colacel
WRITING ABOUT NATURE: AN ECOCRITICAL AND TECHNOBIOPHILIAC PERSPECTIVE – Josie Arnold
This article explores how the theoretical perspectives of ecocriticism and technobiophilia may give us interesting insights into various modes of writing nature from literary to digital and the lived experience. I discuss how we humans are part of nature and…
SELF AND SPACE IN AFTER-POSTMODERNISM: LATİFE TEKİN’S “MANVES CITY” AND JENNI FAGAN’S “THE PANOPTICON” – Hilal Kaya
As we are starting the third decade of the 21st century, there are some cultural shifts in our current condition. The forces that once drove postmodernism seem to be mutating and diminished. Whether it is a matter of mutation or…
THE TOWER OF SUCEAVA AND THE DYNAMICS OF ETHICAL IMAGINATION IN POSTMODERN URBAN SPACES – Mariana Boca
In this article we evoke the story and interpret the symbolism of a marginal, anonymous postmodern Romanian tower, but strongly significant through its particular history. The question we raise is how the mental well-being, the inner comfort of the person…
WOMEN’S CONDITION AND SOCIAL EXPECTATIONS: FEMALE CHARACTERS IN SYLVIA PLATH’S “THE BELL JAR” AND SILVIU ANGELESCU’S “THE FORGERERS” – Simina-Ioana Anton
Silvia Plath’s The Bell Jar is the story of Esther Greenwood. She struggles to overcome the expectations of the 1950’s American society, as she explores her sexuality, breaks down taboos and questions well-established gender roles. Silviu Angelescu’s The Forgerers showcases…
Messages, Sages and Ages, Vol. 7, No. 1, (2020)
Editor: Aoileann Ní Éigeartaigh
REVOLUTIONIZING TROPES OF THE IRISH PEASANT: MÁIRTÍN Ó CADHAIN’S IMAGINATIVE ENCOUNTERS WITH MAXIM GORKY – Aoileann Ní Éigeartaigh
Máirtín Ó Cadhain, widely regarded as one of the most remarkable Irish language writers of the twentieth century, agitated passionately on behalf of his Irish-language community and strongly criticized the newly formed Irish State for paying lip service to the…
UNDER THE SEA: THE DEPICTION OF GENDER ROLES AND FEMININITY IN ‘THE LITTLE MERMAID’ – Aisling Hoey
The literary genre of fairy tales is globally recognised. Fairy tales are ancient tales shared amongst generations, a memorable feature of childhood to many. Fairy tales carry a social message, a reflection of the cultural values and norms of society…
COMMUNITY AFFAIRS: REWRITING THE TEMPEST IN THE SERVICE OF ART AND CIVILISATION – Marian Rebei
William Shakespeare’s The Tempest comes across as an inviting and resourceful ground that has prompted a range of (re-)reading perspectives and creative appropriations. The reworking of the original plot, characters, motifs, themes and ideas originates in geographical, cultural, social and…
OMG SHAKESPEARE: IDENTITY CONSTRUCTIONS IN SOCIAL MEDIA – Iulia-Andreea Milică
A collection of recent adaptations of four of Shakespeare’s most famous plays (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet) was published by Penguin, in a series entitled OMG Shakespeare. The new titles are: A Midsummer Night #nofilter…