Living Death in Medieval French and English Literature by Jane Gilbert

2014 ◽  
Vol 87 (3) ◽  
pp. 262-263
Author(s):  
David A. Fein
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
French And English

scholarly journals Echoes of the Infernal Machine: 1940s French and English Literature of Resistance and Collaboration as a Revolution in the Mythic Imagination

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-246
Author(s):  
Tadd Graham Fernée
Keyword(s):  
British Empire ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Vichy Regime ◽  
French And English ◽  
Under The Volcano ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Second World ◽  
Mythic Imagination

This article comparatively examines French and English literature based on two novels published in 1947, Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano and Jean-Louis Curtis’ The Forests of Night. Both novels employ the mythic device to construct narratives on the twilight of the British Empire and the German occupied French Vichy regime, respectively, depicting experiences of resistance and collaboration on the eve of and during the Second World War. Both invent a system of symbolic imagery modelled on the Surrealist template in Jean Cocteau’s The Infernal Machine, that turns the classical mythic device still prevalent in the early 20th century (i.e. in Joyce or Eliot) upside down. The revolution in Mythic Imagination follows the Structuralist Revolution initiated by Durkheim, Saussure and Bachelard, evacuating fixed ontological architecture to portray relational interdependency without essence. These novels pursue overlapping ethical investigations, on “non-interventionism” in Lowry and “fraternity” in Curtis. The novels raise questions about the relation between colonialism and fascism and the impact of non-Western mythic universes (i.e. Hinduism) upon the Mythic Imagination. They have implications for our understanding of gender relations, as well as the value of political activism and progress.

Code-switching in early English literature

2015 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 233-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Schendl
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Medieval Literature ◽  
Code Switching ◽  
Literary Texts ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
Pragmatic Approach ◽  
Medieval Poetry ◽  
French And English ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Early English

Code-switching has been a frequent feature of literary texts from the beginning of English literary tradition to the present time. The medieval period, in particular, with its complex multilingual situation, has provided a fruitful background for multilingual texts, and will be the focus of the present article. After looking at the linguistic background of the period and some specifics of medieval literature and of historical code-switching, the article discusses the main functions of code-switching in medieval poetry and drama, especially in regard to the different but changing status of the three main languages of literacy: Latin, French and English. This functional-pragmatic approach is complemented by a section on syntactic aspects of medieval literary code-switching, which also contains a brief comparison with modern spoken code-switching and shows some important similarities and differences between the two sets of data.

Living Death in Medieval French and English Literature

2012 ◽  
Vol 66 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-235
Author(s):  
P. E. Bennett
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
French And English

scholarly journals Responses to ARUBA: a systematic review and critical analysis for the design of future arteriovenous malformation trials

2017 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 486-494 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elsa Magro ◽  
Jean-Christophe Gentric ◽  
Tim E. Darsaut ◽  
Daniela Ziegler ◽  
Michel W. Bojanowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Fundamental Problem ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Clinical Care ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Trial Methodology ◽  
Number Of Patients ◽  
Enrollment Rates ◽  
French And English ◽  
Primary Hypothesis

OBJECTIVE The ARUBA study (A Randomized Trial of Unruptured Brain Arteriovenous Malformations [AVMs]) on unruptured brain AVMs has been the object of comments and editorials. In the present study the authors aim to systematically review critiques, discuss design issues, and propose a framework for future trials. METHODS The authors performed a systematic review of the French and English literature on the ARUBA study published between January 2006 and February 2015. The electronic search, including the Cochrane Library, MEDLINE (PubMed and Ovid), CINAHL, and EMBASE databases, was complemented by hand searching and cross-referencing. The comments were categorized as items related to the design, the conduct, and the analysis and interpretation of the trial. RESULTS Thirty-one articles or letters were identified. The pragmatic design, with heterogeneity of patients and lack of standardization of the treatment arm, were frequently stated concerns. The choice of outcome measures was repeatedly criticized. During the trial, low enrollment rates, selection bias, and premature interruption of enrollment were frequent comments. The short follow-up period, the lack of subgroup analyses, the lack of details on the results of the various treatments, and a contentious interpretation of results were noted at the analysis stage. A fundamental problem was the primary hypothesis testing conservative management. The authors believe that other trials are needed. Future trials could be pragmatic, test interventions stratified at the time of randomization, and look for long-term, hard clinical outcomes in a large number of patients. CONCLUSIONS In the authors' view, the ARUBA trial is a turning point in the history of brain AVM management; future trials should aim at integrating trial methodology and clinical care in the presence of uncertainty.

scholarly journals “Faux Semblants: Antifraternalism Reconsidered in Jean de Meun and Chaucer,” Studies in Philology 101: 357-80

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guy Geltner
Keyword(s):  
English Literature ◽  
Jean De Meun ◽  
French And English

"Friar" characters in medieval French and English literature re-examined.

scholarly journals Giardiasis of the biliary tract

1929 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 386-391
Author(s):  
E. S. Glixberg
Keyword(s):  
Biliary Tract ◽  
English Literature ◽  
Giardia Intestinalis ◽  
French And English ◽  
Long Time

The question of giardiasis has been known in the literature for a long time and consists in the parasitism of special protozoa from the Flageilata group. They were first described by Lamblʹem in 1859 and called cercomonas. Grassi later described them as Megastoma intestinalis and this name has been found in the literature to this day. Blanchard, in honor of the first who discovered them, gave this simplest the name Lamblia intestinalis. In French and English literature, it appears under the name Giardia intestinalis.

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