scholarly journals From self-identity to universality: a reading of Henri Lopes’ works

Literator ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 131-144
Author(s):  
P.K. Mwepu
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Self Identity ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
African Writers ◽  
Congo Brazzaville ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
Henri Lopes

Born in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, yet a citizen of Congo-Brazzaville, Henri Lopes is one of those African writers who were not only educated in Europe (France) but also lived there while writing a certain portion of their literary work. Being an influential political figure in his country, the author expresses his vision of an independent Africa through his literary works such as “Tribaliques” 1 (1971), “La nouvelle romance” (1976), “Sans tam-tam” (1977) and “Le pleurer-rire” (1982). However, from 1990, Lopes distances his writings from general political issues. In “Le chercheur d’Afriques” (1990) and “Le lys et le flamboyant” (1997), he veers into a new ideological direction, predominantly embedded in issues pertaining to existence: the quest for identity and issues related to hybridisation are recurrent themes and objects of scrutiny. It is clear that this biological approach serves as a pretext for the author to perform an in-depth interrogation of the complex issues of the universal in the context of a modern and globalising world. In his works, human blood and race represent an important aspect of culture; the blending of different cultures is an essential element for the construction of society. A community founded on cultural diversity is thus depicted as dynamic, strong and sustainable. One wonders whether the author is not describing his own life experiences through fiction. This might indeed be the case, considering that Lopes himself is a person of mixed origins, herein referred to as a “métis”. However, the experience described by the author, who lives in France, transcends race; it addresses the modern debate on the issue of cultural hybridisation.

Kajian Sosiologis Terhadap Tema Lakon ‘Domba-domba Revolusi’ Karya Bambang Soelarto

Panggung ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nur Sahid
Keyword(s):  
Sociological Theory ◽  
Essential Element ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
The Political ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Historical Figures ◽  
Sociology Of Art ◽  
The Creation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACTRevolutionary struggle in order to compete for the independence of Indonesia has been a source of inspiration Indonesian artists, including Bambang Soelarto who wrote drama Domba-domba Re- volusi (DDR). DDR studied drama is quite interesting because it tries to criticize the freedom fight- ers. This study aims to: first to know the theme and the problem plays DDR; second to determine the relationship of the socio - historical struggle in 1948 with the sociological elements of drama DDR themes and issues. This study uses sociological theory of art. The basic principles of the sociology of art is the fact that the creation of works of art influenced by the historical social conditions where the work was created. Research using content analysis of Krippendorf, the methods used to examine the symbolic phenomena with the aim to explore and express the observed phenomenon which is the content, meaning, and an essential element of the literary work. Based results of this research is that Bambang Soelarto as the author tries to capture di?erence between fighters during the struggle for the political aspirations for 1948 are expressed in a work of drama. Historical events inspired the creation of drama DDR. Soelarto want to respond to the political aspirations of the di?erence between historical figures and wanted to provide an assessment and outlook through DDR.Keywords: themes, drama, sociology of art, social historical ABSTRAKRevolusi perjuangan dalam rangka memperebutkan kemerdekaan Indonesia telah men- jadi sumber inspirasi para seniman Indonesia, termasuk Bambang Soelarto yang menulis drama Domba-domba Revolusi (DDR). Drama DDR cukup menarik diteliti karena mencoba mengkritisi para pejuang kemerdekaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: pertama, mengeta- hui tema dan permasalah drama DDR; kedua, mengetahui hubungan kondisi sosio-histo- ris perjuangan pada tahun 1948 dengan unsur-unsur sosiologis terimplisir pada unsur tema dan masalah drama DDR. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori sosiologi seni. Prinsip dasar dari sosiologi seni adalah adanya fakta bahwa penciptaan karya seni dipengaruhi oleh kon- disi sosial historis tempat karya itu diciptakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode con- tent analysis dari Krippendorf, yakni metode yang dipergunakan untuk meneliti fenome- na-fenomena simbolik dengan tujuan untuk menggali dan mengungkapkan fenomena yang teramati yang merupakan isi, makna, dan unsur esensial karya sastra. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian dapat diketahui bahwa Bambang Soelarto sebagai penulis mencoba un- tuk menangkap perbedaan antara pejuang aspirasi politik selama perjuangan tahun 1948 untuk diekspresikan dalam sebuah karya drama. Peristiwa sejarah mengilhami penciptaan drama DDR. Soelarto ingin menanggapi aspirasi politik perbedaan antara tokoh-tokoh se- jarah dan ingin memberikan penilaian dan pandangan pandangannnya melalui DDR.Kata kunci: tema, drama, sosiologi seni, sosial historis

International Trade and Protection of the Environment: The Continuing Search for Reconciliation

1997 ◽  
Vol 91 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-313 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas J. Schoenbaum
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Other ◽  
Mutual Understanding ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Environmental Measures ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
The Relationship

Before 1991, the relationship between the protection of the environment and international trade was an arcane specialty that attracted little attention. In 1971 the GATT Council established a Working Group on Environmental Measures and International Trade. This group did not even meet for over twenty years.Everything changed with the decision in the Tuna/Dolphin I case, in which a GATT dispute resolution panel declared a United States embargo on tuna caught by fishing methods causing high dolphin mortality to be illegal. The Tuna/Dolphin I decision produced an explosion of rhetoric in both learned journals and the popular press. It was also a very interesting clash of very different “cultures,” trade specialists versus environmentalists. At die outset, neither group knew much about the other. Now, however, the legal and political issues have been identified and ventilated, mutual understanding has increased, and the process has begun to reconcile two values that are absolutely essential to the well-being of mankind: protection of the environment and international free trade.

Jules Verne’s ‘Around the World in 80 Days’: Multilingualism, Multiculturalism and Symbols

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ii (15) ◽  
pp. 146-182
Author(s):  
Haroula Hatzimihail ◽  
Ioannis Pantelidis
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Jules Verne ◽  
The World ◽  
Semiotic Systems ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Different Cultures

In this announcement, the various –linguistic and non-linguistic- symbols used in the literary work 'Around the world in 80 days', written by Jules Verne, are examined from an intertemporal and contemporary point of view. The references through these points of view, in matters of multiculturalism and multilingualism, are becoming classical in nature: they concern the necessity of the applied ability to communicate between individuals who belong to different social classes and age groups, speak the same or different languages, come from different cultures, with rights and obligations in their various areas of life, etc. Key-words: linguistics, multilingualism, multiculturalism, semiotics, semiotic systems, symbols

scholarly journals Voices from different cultures: Foundation Phase students’ understanding across

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Annalie Botha
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Belief Systems ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Community Life ◽  
Linguistic Group ◽  
Cultural Boundaries ◽  
Different Cultures

From “How was your day?” to “Remember the time we …”, we use stories as a way to share our experiences, understandings and concerns with others. Stories extend our knowledge and understanding of other people and situations, other culturesand languages by including the emotional expressions of factual information. When so much of family and community life in South Africa remains insular and disconnected from other cultures, other languages and other belief systems, storiescan extend boundaries beyond our single perspectives and experiences to the varying perspectives of others. This becomes particularly important for teachers of young children who may have very different life experiences from those of the children they teach. In this project, we examined storytelling as a way to cross-cultural boundaries and of harnessing the diverse worlds of South African citizens pedagogically. We asked fourth year students in a Foundation Phase teacher education programme to identify a person from a different cultural and linguistic group; and to have that person share a story with them to discover how the experience of listening to stories from different cultures, languages, and belief systems might influence their attitudes towards teaching children with those characteristic differences.

scholarly journals Les Conflits Interethniques en République Démocratique du Congo et Dans la Région des Grands Lacs Africains : Le Cas de L’ituri

Federalism-E ◽  
1969 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-67
Author(s):  
Jok Oga Ukelo
Keyword(s):  
Natural Resources ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Geographical Area ◽  
Main Thrust ◽  
Black Africa ◽  
République Démocratique Du Congo ◽  
Congo Brazzaville

Black Africa has become the theatre of everlasting war. These are wars in which Africans massacre their brothers and plunder the natural resources of their continent. We can cite the cases of the Bakongo and the Bangala in the Congo Brazzaville or the Tutsis and the Hutu in Rwanda. In this article the questions surrounding the interethnic conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, via a case study of the conflict between the Hema and Lendu in the Ituri region, are explored. The main thrust of the article is that the concept of good governance is linked to a sustainable developmental strategy and that this is the only way to reach peace in this geographical area.[...]

scholarly journals Sensibility analysis of VORIS lava-flow simulations: application to Nyamulagira volcano, Democratic Republic of Congo

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 1835-1860
Author(s):  
A. M. Syavulisembo ◽  
H.-B. Havenith ◽  
B. Smets ◽  
N. d'Oreye ◽  
J. Marti
Keyword(s):  
Lava Flow ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Democratic Republic Of Congo ◽  
Lava Flows ◽  
Past Century ◽  
Republic Of Congo ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Aster Gdem ◽  
Volcano Observatory ◽  
Digital Elevation

Abstract. Assessment and management of volcanic risk are important scientific, economic, and political issues, especially in densely populated areas threatened by volcanoes. The Virunga area in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with over 1 million inhabitants, has to cope permanently with the threat posed by the active Nyamulagira and Nyiragongo volcanoes. During the past century, Nyamulagira erupted at intervals of 1–4 years – mostly in the form of lava flows – at least 30 times. Its summit and flank eruptions lasted for periods of a few days up to more than two years, and produced lava flows sometimes reaching distances of over 20 km from the volcano, thereby affecting very large areas and having a serious impact on the region of Virunga. In order to identify a useful tool for lava flow hazard assessment at the Goma Volcano Observatory (GVO), we tested VORIS 2.0.1 (Felpeto et al., 2007), a freely available software (http://www.gvb-csic.es) based on a probabilistic model that considers topography as the main parameter controlling lava flow propagation. We tested different Digital Elevation Models (DEM) – SRTM1, SRTM3, and ASTER GDEM – to analyze the sensibility of the input parameters of VORIS 2.0.1 in simulation of recent historical lava-flow for which the pre-eruption topography is known. The results obtained show that VORIS 2.0.1 is a quick, easy-to-use tool for simulating lava-flow eruptions and replicates to a high degree of accuracy the eruptions tested. In practice, these results will be used by GVO to calibrate VORIS model for lava flow path forecasting during new eruptions, hence contributing to a better volcanic crisis management.

scholarly journals POLITIK KEBUDAYAAN DALAM NOVEL SINDEN KARYA PURWADMADI ADMADIPURWA: KAJIAN SEMIOTIKA ROLAND BARTHES

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Nuri Dwi Vindriana ◽  
Sunarti Mustamar ◽  
Sri Mariati
Keyword(s):  
Structural Data ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Roland Barthes ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Political Issues ◽  
Sign System ◽  
Political Events ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
Two Stages ◽  
The Impact

This study relies on cultural political issues in the Sinden novel to be analyzed using the concept of Roland Barthes mythology. The mythology looks at the form of speech, including a literary work that reflects and reduces social discourse, cultural, ideological and historical. The method used in this research is a qualitative research method. The analysis has two stages of the sign system. The first system is the sign of denotative sign reading that takes the structural data covering themes, characters, conflicts, and settings that will produce signs. The results mark the first sign of the system as a new marker for a myth reading on both sign system. The reading of the myth in the Sinden novel generates political discourse cultures that reflect events in Indonesia with 1960s background. This study aims to describe the cultural issues covered by political interests and reveal the impact of cultural-political events experienced by the grassroots and increase appreciation of the reader in understanding the Sinden novel. 

scholarly journals Nilai-Nilai Moralitas dalam Syair Jahiliyah Karya Zuhair Ibnu Abi Sulma

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-101
Author(s):  
Cahya Buana
Keyword(s):  
Arabian Peninsula ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Genetic Studies ◽  
High Culture ◽  
Belief In God ◽  
Literary Art ◽  
Universal Morality ◽  
Very High

Abstrak Masa Jahiliyah selalu identik dengan dengan kebodohan dan amoralitas. Namun demikian, berdasarkan fakta sejarah, bangsa Arab pada masa Jahiliyah telah mengenal seni sastra yang berkualitas tinggi, baik dari segi isi maupun gaya bahasa. Syair sebagai karya sastra yang sulit dan rumit ternyata telah lama berkembang di Jazirah Arab, sebagaimana berkembang di kerajaan-kerajaan besar sekitarnya seperti Romawi dan Persia yang terkenal dengan peradabannya yang sangat tinggi di masa itu. Syair sebagai karya seni tidak terlepas dari unsur emosi, imajinasi, ide, dan gaya bahasa yang indah. Unsur-unsur ini tentu saja sulit diekspresikan oleh masyarakat yang tidak memiliki rasa seni dan budaya yang tinggi. Jika demikian, benarkah bangsa Arab Jahiliyah adalah bangsa yang benar-benar tidak mengenal peradaban dan tidak mengenal nilai-nilai moralitas? Melalui kajian Strukturalis genetik terhadap syair karya Zuhair ibnu Abi Sulma seorang penyair sekaligus filsuf bangsa Arab Jahiliyah,  penulis mengungkap nilai-nilai moralitas yang terdapat dalam kehidupan bangsa Arab pada masa Jahiliyah. Berdasarkan hasil analisis, terbukti bahwa bangsa Arab Jahiliyah telah mengenal nilai-nilai moralitas universal baik yang bersumber dari pengalaman hidup, maupun nilai-nilai keimanan. Secara umum, nilai-nilai moralitas yang mereka pahami bukan bersumber dari keyakinan terhadap Tuhan, melainkan bersumber dari pengalaman hidup.---Abstract Period of Ignorance always synonymous with ignorance and immorality. However, based on historical facts, the Arabs at the time of Ignorance had known literary art of high quality, both in terms of content and style. Poem as a literary work difficult and complicated turns have long been grown in the Arabian Peninsula, as developed in the kingdoms surrounding large as the Roman and Persian civilization is known for very high at that time. Poem as a work of art can not be separated from the element of emotion, imagination, ideas, and style that is beautiful. These elements are of course difficult to be expressed by people who do not have a sense of art and high culture. If  that, did the Arabs Ignorance is the nation that really knows no civilization and do not know the values ​​of morality? Through genetic studies of the poetry works Structuralists Zuhair Ibn Abi Sulma poet and philosopher of the Arabs of ignorance, the authors reveal the moral values ​​contained in the life of the Arabs at the time of Ignorance. Based on the analysis, it is evident that the Arabs of ignorance have known values ​​of universal morality both from life experiences, as well as the values ​​of faith. In general, the values ​​of morality they understood not from belief in God, but rather comes from life experience.DOI: 10.15408/al-turas.v23i1.4803

scholarly journals INFLUENCE OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS ON THE LOCAL STUDENTS’ LIFE EXPERIENCES

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (9) ◽  
pp. 09-23
Author(s):  
Siti Maziha Mustapha ◽  
Faridah Ibrahim ◽  
Suhida Hani Suid ◽  
Karthiyaini Devarajoo ◽  
Suraya Amirrudin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Time Management ◽  
English Language ◽  
Life Experiences ◽  
Willingness To Participate ◽  
Language Abilities ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Local Students ◽  
Different Cultures

This research explored the local students’ interaction with their international peers and investigated whether they consider the inclusion of international students has positively or negatively affected their education experiences. This study found that the local students were somewhat comfortable as they did not mind having international students on campus. They value the interactions that they had with the international students as they got to learn about different cultures and broaden their worldview. The local students revealed that they do face challenges in working in group activities or assignments with international students due to differences in English language abilities and attitudes towards the quality of work and time management. They also expressed interest and willingness to participate in university events or programmes that would enable them to socialise with the international students. They believe that universities should organize more events that would encourage interaction between local and international so they could form a stronger bond. It is recommended that strategies be put into place by both private and public universities to organize meaningful events or programmes that would foster greater understanding and appreciation of diversity on campus and promote a harmonious environment for a conducive multinational campus.

scholarly journals On the path to self-discovery. New meanings in the novels of the Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou "Blue White Red" and "Memoirs of a Porcupine"

2019 ◽  
pp. 127-132
Author(s):  
Nina D. Lyakhovskaya
Keyword(s):  
Creative Writing ◽  
Literary Work ◽  
Francophone Literature ◽  
Literary Studies ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Self Discovery ◽  
African Writers ◽  
First Time

The article analyses the literary work of the Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou as the first one in African Francophone literature to implant autofictional writing into traditional everyday writing context. In this article, the analysis of Alain Mabanckou’s novels is made for the first time in African literary studies, both Russian and foreign. The author emphasises the novelty of the writer's style, which is expressed in the strengthening of subjectivity, in the accentuated introduction of the autobiographical element into the fictional text. The article points out one of the strongest points of Alain Mabanckou creative writing – the subtle psychologism, which distinguishes him from other Congolese writers, his amazing ability for a metaphysical perception of life. In the opinion of the author of the article, Alain Mabanckou intellectually elevates above the typical for Francophone African writers description with its clichéd images, typical situations and features of local flavour.

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