“Je suis Muslim”: The Image of Muslims in a Bulgarian and a British Newspaper

• Authors: Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The paper analyses the way two broadsheets, i.e. the Bulgarian Dnevnik and the British The Independent present Muslim identity within the span of two months and over the influence of international events such as the attack on Charlie Hebdo’s offices. The focus is on the development of the positive image of Muslims through the refutal of the existing negative stereotypes. The study is done on a comparative basis using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis.

Keywords

EN

Muslim identity; stereotypes; metaphors; cultural awareness

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Journal: Lodz Papers in Pragmatics
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 11
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 105-126

Dates

published

2015-07-08

received

2015-07-06

revised

2015-07-07

online

2015-07-08

accepted

2015-07-08

Contributors

author

Desislava Cheshmedzhieva-Stoycheva

• Konstantin Preslavsky University of Shumen, Faculty of Humanities, Department of English Studies, 115 Universitetska Str., 9712 Shumen, Bulgaria

Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/lpp-2015-0006