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University or Universal? Revaluating the Academic Novel

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Głowala Z.

Lublin Studies in Modern Languages and Literature

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2010

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issue 34

20-34

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The purpose of the article is to present the campus novel from an angle that would expose the qualities latent in a genre by pointing to the theme of conflict. The paper has been divided into three parts, each addressing one kind of conflict which can be distinguished from the generic pattern (the story about academics in the university setting). The analysed themes are recurrent in the campus novel – a town and gown row, a teacher-teacher conflict, and a clash between a teacher and a student. The conflicts are illustrated by works of David Lodge, Malcolm Bradbury and Kingsley Amis.

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The world of childhood in Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man

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Chojnowski K.

Beyond Philology: An International Journal of Linguistics, Literary Studies and English Language Teaching

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2017

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issue 14/3

131-147

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This article is devoted to an analysis of the motif of childhood in The Illustrated Man, a collection of short stories by Ray Bradbury. The particular focus is on the initial story, “The Veldt,” and the last two stories, “Zero Hour” and “The Rocket.” The article interprets imagination as a distinguishing feature of children’s world, as opposed to the world of adults, characterised by logic and lack of imagination. This difference, the article claims, results in a clash of the two worlds. The article also analyses Bradbury’s negative view of technology expressed in the stories, with its addictive and destructive potential, as well as technology’s relationship to imagination. Another object of analysis is the ways Bradbury suggests to reconcile the worlds of children and adults and to avoid technology’s pernicious effects. The article also aims to analyse the way in which the intertextual framework contributes to these themes and to interpret the meaning of the arrangement of the stories within the volume.

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Artykuł poświęcony jest analizie motywu dzieciństwa w zbiorze opowiadań Człowiek Ilustrowany Raya Bradbury’ego. Analiza w szczególności skupia się na opowiadaniu początkowym, Sawanna, oraz dwóch ostatnich – Godzina zero i Rakieta. Wyobraźnia zostaje zinterpretowana jako wyróżnik dziecięcego świata, w przeciwieństwie do świata dorosłych, naznaczonego logiką i brakiem wyobraźni. Z tej różnicy – brzmi jedna z tez artykułu – bierze się konflikt pomiędzy światem dzieci a dorosłych. W artykule omówiony jest też, wyrażony w opowiadaniach Bradbury’ego, negatywny stosunek do techniki, jej uzależniającego i niszczycielskiego potencjału oraz relacja techniki do wyobraźni. Przedmiotem analizy są też sposoby, jakie Bradbury sugeruje, aby przezwyciężyć konflikt świata dzieci i dorosłych oraz uniknąć zgubnych skutków techniki. Ponadto celem artykułu jest analiza intertekstualnych odniesień pod kątem ich wkładu w tematykę opowiadań oraz interpretacja sensu takiego, a nie innego układu utworów w zbiorze.

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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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University or Universal? Revaluating the Academic Novel

The world of childhood in Ray Bradbury’s The Illustrated Man

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