13 research outputs found
SEMANTICS OF THE DEPICTION OF DAUGAVPILS IN ANITA LIEPAāS DOCUMENTARY PROSE AND FICTION
Anita Liepa (born 1928) is a contemporary Latvian prose writer whose creative work was closely related to the post-soviet period in Latvia in the late 20th ā and the beginning of the 21st century. In her works she depicted significant evidence of complex and contradictory processes in the history of Latvia in the 20th century, especially those related to World War II and its consequences for Latvia. Her works are divided into two distinct groups: documentary prose and fiction. The writer was born in Daugavpils, a town on the south-eastern border of Latvia, that had a significant role in the history of Latvia, especially in relation to World War II, as the town, was the place of dislocation of the major cavalry corps regiment in Daugavpils fortress. A. Liepaās uncle Anatolijs Sondors was the fortress commandant, who faced the entrance of the Red Army and along with other Latvian army officers was deported to the Far North of the Soviet Union and died there.The present paper regards the depiction of the cultural space of Daugavpils in Liepaās works, searching for parallels with the writerās biography and views expressed in different media, that attribute specific connotations to the semantic of the topos of Daugavpils with border as its major dominant. The paper follows up the depiction of Daugavpils both in Liepaās documentary prose (āExhumationā, āColt Yearsā, āSilenced Pagesā) and fiction (āWindfallā). The paper is methodologically based on the notions of cultural geography, semiotics and feminist autobiography studies. It makes use of Mikhail Bakhtinās term ātoposā to denote a model of spatial construction. Border is singled out as the central element of the semantic of the topos of Daugavpils in Liepaās works, focusing on its spatial, temporal aspects, as well as the depiction of culture environment.The topos of Daugavpils is most precisely and extensively depicted in the memory novel āColt Yearsā (āKumeļa gadiā). Though published in 1993, the novel had actually been completed before any other of Liepaās documentary works; this may partially be the reason, why she made depictions of Daugavpils in her following works more laconic. However, the major difference is determined by the genre of her works. In documentary prose the topos of Daugavpils reveals the information about the epoch or what may be called āsigns of the timeā, activating the culture code (according to Roland Barthesā division of codes into hermeneutic, semic, proairetic, symbolic, culture codes), yet also developing a bond with the depiction of action and manifestations of the narratorās subjective emotional states and the system of values. In works of fiction, space is a poetic category closely related to other poetic elements of the text, foregrounding the hermeneutic, semic, proairetic and symbolic codes. Hence, in āColt Yearsā the topos of Daugavpils depicts not only the historical and cultural realia and landmarks of the town in the period of the 1930ā1940s, but also spatial opposites of two homes the homodiegetic narrator lived in (her deceased fatherās house, where she spent the happiest time of her childhood, and her uncleās hous, where she lived during her school years), accentuating the bond between space and the narratorās psycho-symbolic reality (referring to the semic and symbolic codes). The link between the topos of Daugavpils and the plot in all documentary works regarded is implied by the locus of Daugavpils railway station as a point of departure or arrival of characters involved in central plot lines. Scenery seen through the train window is realistically described in detail, providing place names, geographical names, referring to earlier episodes of charactersā lives. Thus, the proairetic code is activated along with the culture and other codes. The hermeneutic code is activated in the novel āWindfallā in a very interesting way. On the one hand, the author realistically describes the town of Daugavpils referring to historical events of the time of Awakening there; on the other, the toponym āDaugavpilsā is replaced by an imagined name āRÅ«dunavaā. Thus, the analysis of the depiction of Daugavpils in A. Liepaās works leads to conclusions about the close connection between the category of space and the genre
Chronotope in novel "CilvÄki dÄrzÄ" by A. Grigulis and novel "DÄrza mÄja" by K. ZariÅÅ”
Bakalaura darbÄ "Hronotops A. Griguļa romÄnÄ āCilvÄki dÄrzÄā un K. ZariÅa romÄnÄ āDÄrza mÄjaā" tiek analizÄts abu romÄnu literÄrais hronotops. Laiktelpas tiek aplÅ«kotas, iedalot tÄs vairÄkÄs kategorijÄs: psiholoÄ£iskais hronotops, kurÄ tiek aplÅ«kota tÄlu iekÅ”ÄjÄ pasaule, vÄsturiskais jeb reÄlo vidi atveidojoÅ”s hronotops, satikÅ”anÄs hronotops un dÄrza hronotops, kurÄ tiek aplÅ«kotas dÄrza funkcijas un nozÄ«me romÄnos. PievÄrÅ”oties laiktelpas vispÄrÄ«gajam raksturojumam un klasificÄÅ”anai, autore skaidro laiktelpas jÄdzienu, vÄstÄ«juma veidus un paÅÄmienus, kÄ arÄ« psiholoÄ£iskÄ romÄna iezÄ«mes.In the bachelorās thesis "Chronotope in novel "CilvÄki dÄrzÄ" by A. Grigulis and novel "DÄrza mÄja" by K. ZariÅÅ”" there is the analysis of the literary chronotope. Timespace is covered by a number of categories: psychological chronotope, in which the main object is inner world of the characters, historical chronotope, meeting chronotope and the chronotope of garden, in which main focus is on gardenās functions and meaning in the novels. Focusing on the general nature and classification of the timespace, the author makes clear the concept of the chronotope, the types and techniques of the narrative, and the features of a psychological novel
Chronotope in novel āVilcÄniā by A. Manfelde, novel āSarkanais dzÄ«vsudrabsā by A. Jundze and novel āJelgava 94ā by J. JoÅevs
MaÄ£istra darba āHronotops A. Manfeldes romÄnÄ āVilcÄniā, A. Jundzes romÄnÄ āSarkanais dzÄ«vsudrabsā un J. JoÅeva romÄnÄ āJelgava 94ā mÄrÄ·is ir raksturot un analizÄt fiktÄ«vo romÄnu 20. gadsimta 90. gadu laiktelpu LatvijÄ un citus ar to saistÄ«tus literÄros hronotopus. Darba teorÄtiskajÄ daÄ¼Ä sniegts hronotopa teorÄtiskais ieskats, ieskats semiotiskajÄ un naratoloÄ£ijas pÄtniecÄ«bas metodÄ; aplÅ«kota hronotopa un romÄna saistÄ«ba; ieskats romÄnu recepcijÄ kritikÄ; sniegts ieskats kultÅ«rvÄsturiskajÄ situÄcijÄ un pilsÄtas laiktelpÄ. PÄtÄ«juma praktiskajÄ daÄ¼Ä tiek analizÄts 20. gadsimta 90. gadu hronotops romÄnos caur naratÄ«vu un kÄ tas atklÄjas caur dažÄdÄm semiotiskajÄm zÄ«mÄm pilsÄtvidÄ.The aim of the masterās thesis āChronotope in novel āVilcÄniā by A. Manfelde, novel āSarkanais dzÄ«vsudrabsā by A. Jundze and novel āJelgava 94ā by J. JoÅevsā is to describe and analyze the fictional time of the 1990s in Latvia in novels and other related literary chronotopes. In the theoretical part of the work a theoretical insight into the chronotope, a insight into the semiotic and naratological research method; the relationships between chronotope and novel; insight into the critique of the reception of the novels are given; an insight into the cultural and historical situation and the time-space of the city are provided. In the practical part of the study the chronotope of the 1990s in novels through narrative has been analysed as well how it is revealed through various semiotic signs in the urban environment
Chronotope in John Banville`s Novels
Å ajÄ darbÄ tiek petÄ«ts hronotops Džona Benvila romÄnos. TeorÄtiska daļa balstÄs uz hronotopa konceptu, kura autors ir Mihails Bahtins, kÄ arÄ« apskata galvenÄs filozofiskÄs laika, telpas un naratÄ«va teorijas. Å Ä« darba praktiskais mÄrÄ·is ir atspoguļot Dž. Benvila romÄnu hronotopa raksturojumu un nodemonstrÄt kÄ tas izpaužas neuzticamÄ stÄstÄ«tÄja vÄstÄ«jumÄ. Å is pÄtÄ«jums pierÄda, ka hronotopa konstrukcija veidojas caur Benvila neuzticamÄ stÄstÄ«tÄja ļoti subjektÄ«vo pasaules uztveri. LielÄkoties Benvila daiļliteratÅ«ras dominanta tiek definÄta kÄ epistemoloÄ£iska. Lai gan Benvila daiļliteratÅ«rÄ arÄ« parÄdÄs ontoloÄ£iskie un eksistenciÄlie jautÄjumi, ir vairÄki pierÄdÄ«jumi, kas ļauj attiecinÄt viÅa darbus vairÄk modernismam, nevis postmodernismam.
AtslÄgvÄrdi: Mihails Bahtins, Džons Benvils, hronotops, laiks, telpa, epistemoloÄ£oja, modernisms.The present research deals with the description of the chronotope in John Banvilleās novels. In its theoretical part it relies on the concept of chronotope developed by Mikhail Bakhtin and on some key philosophical studies of time, space and narrative. The practical purpose of the present thesis is to describe the peculiar features of Banvilleās chronotope and to demonstrate how it is realised by the narrator in his confessional writing. The research proves that the chronotope construction in Banvilleās novels takes place through the extremely subjective view of the world by Banvilleās typical unreliable narrator. The dominant of Banvilleās fiction is defined as an epistemological one. Though ontological and existential questions are also present in Banvilleās fiction, there is more evidence to categorise his novels as modernist rather than postmodernist.
Key words: Mikhail Bakhtin, John Banville, chronotope, time, space, epistemology, modernism
Cormac McCarthy's āNo Country for Old Menā: - Narative Elements in Film and Novel
Å is maÄ£istra darbs, "Kormaka MakÄrteja āKur sirmgalvjiem nav vietas " ā naratÄ«va elementi filmÄ un romÄnÄ" ir koncentrÄts uz filmas adaptÄcijas āKur sirmgalvjiem nav vietas" naratÄ«va un Kormaka MakÄrtija literarÄrÄ pirmavota teksta ar tÄdu paÅ”u nosaukumu literÄrÄ naratÄ«va salÄ«dzinÄjumu. Darba mÄrÄ·is ir atainot abu tekstu lÄ«dzÄ«bas un atŔķirÄ«bas un pierÄdÄ«t, ka filma ievÄrojami atŔķiras ar izdomu un stÄstÄ«juma veidu. TeorÄtiskajÄ daÄ¼Ä ir sniegts izskaidrojums tÄdiem konceptiem, kÄ naratÄ«vs, laiks un telpa, Bahtina hronotops, naratÄ«va perspektÄ«va, fokalizÄcija un vesterna žanrs, kas ir svarÄ«gi elementi filmas un literÄrÄ teksta naratÄ«vu attiecÄ«bu izpÄtÄ. Darba rezultÄts apstiprina maÄ£istra darba hipotÄzi un pierÄda, ka filmas naratÄ«vs ievÄrojami atŔķiras ar izdomu un stÄstÄ«juma veidu, kas arÄ« spÄlÄ svarÄ«gu lomu abu stÄstu varoÅu likteÅos.
AtslÄgvÄrdi: naratÄ«vs, laiks un telpa, Bakhtina hronotops, vesterna žanrsThe present master thesis, āCormac McCarthyās No Country for Old Men ā Narative Elements in Film and Novelā, focuses on the comparision of the narrative in the adapted film No Country for Old Men and the literary narrative in the source text by Cormac McCarthy bearing the same tite. Its purpose is to demonstrate various distinctions and similarities of both texts and to prove that the film significantly differs in inventiveness and the style of rendering the story. The theoretical part explains the concepts of narrative, time and space, Bakhtinā s chronotope, narrative perspective, focalization and the western genre that are essential elements in the analysis of the relationship between the film and the literary fiction narratives. The results confirm the hypothesis of the thesis and demonstrate that the film narrative significantly differs in inventiveness and style the story is rendered, which also plays an important role in the fates of the characters in both stories
Cormac McCarthy's āNo Country for Old Menā: - Narative Elements in Film and Novel
Å is maÄ£istra darbs, "Kormaka MakÄrteja āKur sirmgalvjiem nav vietas " ā naratÄ«va elementi filmÄ un romÄnÄ" ir koncentrÄts uz filmas adaptÄcijas āKur sirmgalvjiem nav vietas" naratÄ«va un Kormaka MakÄrtija literarÄrÄ pirmavota teksta ar tÄdu paÅ”u nosaukumu literÄrÄ naratÄ«va salÄ«dzinÄjumu. Darba mÄrÄ·is ir atainot abu tekstu lÄ«dzÄ«bas un atŔķirÄ«bas un pierÄdÄ«t, ka filma ievÄrojami atŔķiras ar izdomu un stÄstÄ«juma veidu. TeorÄtiskajÄ daÄ¼Ä ir sniegts izskaidrojums tÄdiem konceptiem, kÄ naratÄ«vs, laiks un telpa, Bahtina hronotops, naratÄ«va perspektÄ«va, fokalizÄcija un vesterna žanrs, kas ir svarÄ«gi elementi filmas un literÄrÄ teksta naratÄ«vu attiecÄ«bu izpÄtÄ. Darba rezultÄts apstiprina maÄ£istra darba hipotÄzi un pierÄda, ka filmas naratÄ«vs ievÄrojami atŔķiras ar izdomu un stÄstÄ«juma veidu, kas arÄ« spÄlÄ svarÄ«gu lomu abu stÄstu varoÅu likteÅos.
AtslÄgvÄrdi: naratÄ«vs, laiks un telpa, Bakhtina hronotops, vesterna žanrsThe present master thesis, āCormac McCarthyās No Country for Old Men ā Narative Elements in Film and Novelā, focuses on the comparision of the narrative in the adapted film No Country for Old Men and the literary narrative in the source text by Cormac McCarthy bearing the same tite. Its purpose is to demonstrate various distinctions and similarities of both texts and to prove that the film significantly differs in inventiveness and the style of rendering the story. The theoretical part explains the concepts of narrative, time and space, Bakhtinā s chronotope, narrative perspective, focalization and the western genre that are essential elements in the analysis of the relationship between the film and the literary fiction narratives. The results confirm the hypothesis of the thesis and demonstrate that the film narrative significantly differs in inventiveness and style the story is rendered, which also plays an important role in the fates of the characters in both stories