International Journal of Literature and Arts

Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014

  • An Attempt in the Scope of the Inner Structure of Human Personality

    Shamal Hussein Abu-Baker

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014
    Pages: 88-91
    Received: 3 June 2014
    Accepted: 26 June 2014
    Published: 30 June 2014
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    Abstract: It can be said that basically the existence of human being consists of body & soul. Body consists of many independent but interacting organs, each has its own structure, capability, & function, & the brain is the governor & the manager of the body. Likewise, human mental organization in the soul consists of some specific but interacting components,... Show More
  • A Quest for Identity in Zora Neal Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God

    Zahra Mahdian Fard, Bahman Zarrinjooee

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014
    Pages: 92-97
    Received: 19 May 2014
    Accepted: 20 June 2014
    Published: 30 June 2014
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    Abstract: Identity or the preoccupation with one’s self constitutes one of the main obsessions of Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) as a novelist. The fundamental argument in this paper is the quest for identity in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). She portrays characters who try to recognize themselves based on their own inner desires and thoughts... Show More
  • Cultural Hegemony in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities

    Meysam Ahmadi

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014
    Pages: 98-103
    Received: 28 June 2014
    Accepted: 10 July 2014
    Published: 20 July 2014
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    Abstract: This study delineates the use of cultural hegemony in Charles Dickens’s A Tale of Two Cities (1859) through the vantage points of Italian critic Antonio Gramsci (1891-1937) who clarifies domination of the ruling class over ruled class. Cultural hegemony is the mastery of the middle class and governing groups among the lower divisions. Antonio Grams... Show More
  • Working-Class Literature: Pedagogy and a Course Design

    Ayman Hassan Elhallaq

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014
    Pages: 104-109
    Received: 1 July 2014
    Accepted: 11 July 2014
    Published: 20 July 2014
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    Abstract: Many working students have some skepticism about the worth of studying literature in the university classroom. They assume that the subject matter of literature taught to them doesn’t help them, in a certain manner, to connect more to their real life working situations. Compared to their practical way of life, the educational experience of literatu... Show More
  • Regulated Hatred in Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Persuasion (1816) by Jane Austen

    Najlaa Hosny Ameen Mohammed

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014
    Pages: 110-122
    Received: 29 June 2014
    Accepted: 18 July 2014
    Published: 30 July 2014
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    Abstract: This research examines the theory of ‘regulated hatred’ in two masterpieces by Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Persuasion (1816). To analyse these novels, the paper adopts an interdisciplinary approach, including psychological, biographical, and New Historicist approaches; taking its inspiration from the theory initially introduced by... Show More
  • Discipline, Resistance and Self-Improvement: Three Phases in the Growth of Fanny Price

    Yingying DENG, Joan Qionglin TAN

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 4, July 2014
    Pages: 123-129
    Received: 20 July 2014
    Accepted: 31 July 2014
    Published: 10 August 2014
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    Abstract: Fanny Price is a remarkable heroine of Mansfield Park written by Jane Austen. Based on Michel Foucault’s power theory and the related theories about subjectivity construction, this paper aims at analyzing how Fanny tries to adopt, resist and make the most of the underlying various power mechanisms in a patriarchal society and how she achieves her o... Show More