Hacia una crítica simbiótica: (re)leyendo a Andrés Ibáñez desde el epitexto

El estudio del epitexto del escritor español Andrés Ibáñez, uno de los autores más originales del siglo XXI, demuestra que la literatura simbiótica requiere un nuevo enfoque simbiótico crítico en el que las estrategias literarias o comparativas se combinan con la sensibilidad a una amplia gama de factores no exclusivamente literarios. De este modo la literatura nos ayuda a despertar del imperio de la ilusión y de los sueños que, tanto para Cervantes y Calderón como para Ibáñez, rigen nuestras mentes y nuestras mentalidades

Historia 2.0

S\u142owa kluczowe: historia cyfrowa i historia 2.0; humanistyka cyfrowa; media cyfrowe; repozytoria naukowe; otwarta nauka i komunikacja naukow

Intrahistorical novel between postmemory and pophistory

This comparative study takes into account two books written by women: "El violín de Auschwitz" (1994) by Maria Àngels Anglada and "La Tabla Esmeralda" (2012) by Carla Montero. Both novels, despite almost twenty years between them, offer a series of common features. Their extraliterary referent falls into the same thematic field (Nazism, deportation and the Holocaust); both employ the same narrative modality (the presenceof the intradiegetic and homodiegetic narration includes another narration, extradiegetic and heterodiegetic, about the past); last but not least, both titles offer a "view from below", carried out by fictional characters - which allows to suppose that the two novels belong to a subcategory of the intrahistoric novel.Este estudio comparativo tiene en cuenta dos obras escritas por mujeres: "El violín de Auschwitz" (1994) de Maria Àngels Anglada y "La Tabla Esmeralda" (2012) de Carla Montero. Ambas novelas, a pesar de sus casi veinte años de distancia, ofrecen una serie de rasgos comunes. Su referente extraliterario se sitúa en el mismo campo temático (el nazismo, la deportación y el Holocausto), ambas emplean la misma modalidad narrativa (el presente de la narración intradiegética y homodiegética engloba otra narración, extradiegética y heterodiegética, para relatar los hechos del pasado) y ambas ofrecen una visión desde abajo, protagonizada por los personajes ficcionales - lo que permite suponer que las dos novelas pertenecen a un subgénero de la novela intrahistórica

Grunt to historia? Vicente Luis Mora i jego "Centroeuropa" (2020) jako metapowieść intrahistoryczna

The purpose of the essay is to introduce the figure of a contemporary Spanish author, Vicente Luis Mora, and his novel Centroeuropa to the Polish literary researchers, as well as to analyze the special character of this novel in terms of reading agreement and the most adequate terminology concerning the literary genre, to which it belongs, based on the form oftypological characteristics of a novel that includes ten essential points: paratext, plot, narration, time structure, poetics, the question of mimesis, the loyalty of history towards History, metatextuality, ideological character and the strategies used by the author. On the basis of these reflections it can be concluded that Centroeuropa by Vicente Luis Mora is a metanovel about a man who is looking for his way in a breakthrough moment in the history of Europe, between the 18th and 19th century, in the declining feudal‑absolutist Prussia and the emerging liberal‑capitalist Prussia, in the embryonic society, where economic and political norms haven’t been fully constructed yet and women are not full‑fledged members of society. Centroeuropa is a multi‑dimensional novel inspired by the past of Central Europe, but – above all – a metanovel about writing and its servitude

Brexit and Polexit: Collective narcissism is associated with the support for leaving the European Union

In three studies we examine the link between types of national identity and support for leaving the European Union (EU). We found that national collective narcissism (but not national identification without the narcissistic component) was positively associated with a willingness to vote Leave, over and above the effect of political orientation. This pattern was observed in a representative Polish sample (Study 1, n = 635), as well as in samples of Polish youth (Study 2, n = 219), and both Polish (n = 73) and British (n = 60) professionals employed in the field of international relations (Study 3). In Studies 2 and 3 this effect was mediated by biased EU membership perceptions. The role of defensive versus secure forms of in-group identification in shaping support for EU membership is discussed

An autobiographical gateway: Narcissists avoid first-person visual perspective while retrieving self-threatening memories

This research examines the role of narcissistic versus genuine self-evaluation in the retrieval of self-threatening memories. Autobiographical memories can be retrieved either from a first-person or a third-person visual perspective. Because narcissism is linked to sensitivity to psychological threats, it should predict retrieval of self-threatening memories using the third-person perspective. Genuine self-esteem, on the other hand, is resilient to threats. Therefore, it should be associated with retrieving self-relevant, even if threatening, memories from the first-person perspective. In two experiments we measured narcissism and self-esteem. Experiment 1 manipulated valence of self-relevant memories by asking participants to recall self-threatening (shameful) or self-boosting (proud) situations. Experiment 2 manipulated self-relevance of negative memories by asking participants to recall self-threatening (shameful) or negative, yet not self-threatening (sad) situations. Visual perspective of memory retrieval served as the dependent variable. In Experiment 1, narcissism predicted avoiding the first-person perspective and employing the third-person perspective in self-threatening memories, while self-esteem predicted the first-person perspective regardless of the memories being self-threatening or self-boosting. In Experiment 2, narcissism predicted the third-person perspective, while genuine self-esteem predicted the first-person perspective when self-threatening memories were recalled. Neither narcissism, nor genuine self-esteem were associated with visual perspective when participants recalled negative memories irrelevant to the self. Results shed light on the role of self-evaluation in processing autobiographical memories

Superficial ingroup love? Collective narcissism predicts ingroup image defense, outgroup prejudice, and lower ingroup loyalty

We examined the associations between the need for personal control, different types of ingroup commitment, and group‐related outcomes: (1) defensive responses to ingroup criticism, (2) ingroup disloyalty, and (3) outgroup attitudes. We assumed that collective narcissism (i.e., a belief in ingroup’s greatness which is contingent on external validation and stems from frustrated individual needs) should be concerned with defending the ingroup image and derogating outgroups, but not necessarily with being loyal to the ingroup. Secure ingroup identification (i.e., a confidently held ingroup evaluation, which stems from satisfied needs), in contrast, should predict greater ingroup loyalty and positive outgroup attitudes. We expected these effects to be especially strong once we account for the overlap between collective narcissism and group‐level self‐investment – a key component of ingroup identification. In a nationally representative sample of Polish adults (n = 1,007), collective narcissism (net of group‐level self‐investment) mediated between low personal control and ingroup image defense, lower group loyalty, and less positive outgroup attitudes. Secure ingroup identification (group‐level self‐investment net of collective narcissism) mediated between high personal control and ingroup loyalty and positive outgroup attitudes. It was not associated with ingroup image defense. Implications for understanding the role of identification in inter‐ and intra‐group relations are discussed

Why do narcissists find conspiracy theories so appealing?

Narcissism—a conviction about one’s superiority and entitlement to special treatment—is a robust predictor of belief in conspiracy theories. Recent developments in the study of narcissism suggest that it has three components: antagonism, agentic extraversion, and neuroticism. We argue that each of these components of narcissism might predispose people to endorse conspiracy theories due to different psychological processes. Specifically, we discuss the role of paranoia, gullibility, and the needs for dominance, control, and uniqueness. We also review parallel findings for narcissistic beliefs about one’s social groups. We consider the wider implications this research might have, especially for political leadership. We conclude by discussing outstanding questions about sharing conspiracy theories and other forms of misinformation