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Allegorical Interpretation and Place of Myth in Plato. Status Quaestionis

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Wdowiak M.

Classica Cracoviensia

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2017

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issue 20

213-226

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The paper raises the issue of allegorical interpretation, and its role and place in Plato’s philosophy. The first part of the paper shows the theoretical findings and explains the use of terms aίnigma, sýmbolon, hypónoia in Plato’s philosophy. The next part explores Plato’s attitude toward allegorical interpretation and the function of myth (mūthos) in his philosophy. Two important points are presented here regarding Plato’s critique. They serve as the criterion for the validation of myth in the ideal state: the role of myth in paideia and its relation to philosophical discourse.

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On the Verge of the (Un)Known: Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury and the Paintings of René Magritte

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Kwiatkowska A.

Zagadnienia Rodzajów Literackich

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2016

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vol. 59/118 z. 2

9-29

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The article discusses the correlation of ambience in Ray Bradbury’s science fiction short story Zero Hour and the paintings by a well-known Belgian Surrealist René Magritte. It specifies first the influences of Scuola Metaphysica on creating the specific poignant atmosphere visible in the works of the painter and then focuses on pointing out similar notions in the short story by Bradbury. Next, the article analyses the techniques, employed by both the artist and the writer, that help to create the above-mentioned mood. The focus is predominantly on Bradbury’s narrative where the linguistic level as well as the visual one are considered and then the analysis follows in relation to such mechanisms as contrast, juxtaposition, non sequitur or dépaysement.

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D. D. jak dreszcz demencji

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Serkowska H.

Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka

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2018

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issue 34

41-62

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The claim here is that cultural representations of dementia may benefit from the structure of crime fiction which appears therefore to be among the theme most suited genres. We do not know enough about the disease or its etiology (the “culprit” remains unknown), hence the situation of the sufferer befits that of enigma or suspense, fear or confusion, doubt and presumption, standardly deployed by detective stories. Crime fiction narratives underscore that which is at stake in dementia: the riddle of disappearing of the person affected, the puzzle of memory loss, the identity doubt which extends to the relative when he or she is not recognized by the sufferer. By turning to a detective genre, Alzheimer’s novel profits from the genre’s growing popularity, owing to the reading public’s demand for challenges enhancing “mind reading” competences and training predictive abilities. The latter are more in demand as neurocognitive standards of readers grow.

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Allegorical Interpretation and Place of Myth in Plato. Status Quaestionis

On the Verge of the (Un)Known: Zero Hour by Ray Bradbury and the Paintings of René Magritte

D. D. jak dreszcz demencji