Vladimir Nabokov, un exemple d’aliénation créatrice by Marie Bouchet

“…In his fiction, many “estranged” characters are to be found, especially as main focalizers or first-person narrators. The present article thus demonstrates how the concept of frontier is crucial to interpreting such alien status: these characters are forever estranged, due to geographical borders, temporal distances or linguistic barriers. …”
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Women in Adébáyọ̀ Fálétí’s Poetry by Abidemi Bolarinwa

“…Gender ideology contains legends, narratives and myths about what it means to be a man or a woman and suggests how each should behave in a society (Olabode, 2009). …”
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«Hijabis» in Spain: their construction as microcelebrities through their YouTube channels by Daniel-David Muñoz-Morcillo, Alejandra Walzer-Moskovic

“…Muslim hijabis content creators on YouTube play a central role in identity-building dialogues for a community that is often overlooked and lacks positive role models and its own narratives. These women emerge as microcelebrities within their community by creating authentic, intimate, accessible, and frequent content that fosters a deep and affectionate bond with their followers, who progressively develop a sense of identification and connection. …”
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Is musical ability related to second-language acquisition? A meta-analysis by Rachel M. Thompson, Lauren K. Salig, L. Robert Slevc

“…Thus, we synthesized 184 effects across 57 independent studies (n =3181) with a robust variance estimation multivariate meta-analysis, and we narratively summarized partial correlation effects across 12 studies. …”
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Palimpsestes ou l’image au second degré : Gail Albert Halaban, Hopper Redux, et Laetitia Molenaar, Here comes the Sun [it is all right] by Helena LAMOULIATTE-SCHMITT

“…In Halaban’s case, we will see that iconic narrativity can be a way of expressing the contemporary artist’s subjectivity, and to go beyond the mere interplay with the poetic language of past images. …”
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How to understand the parables of Jesus. A paradigm shift in parable exegesis by R. Zimmermann

“…Instead, the discussion of a comprehensive genre of “parable” utilises the genre consciousness of the early Christian authors; a genre that can be precisely defined by means of a literary-critical description in terms of the criteria of narrativity, fictionality, relation to reality, metaphor, appeal structure and co-/contextuality. …”
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Energy and presence: A journey from theatre lab to teacher training by Isabelle Gatt

“… This article narrates my journey through laboratory physical theatre, focusing on how actor presence emerges from physical training, imagination, intentionality and connection with the audience. …”
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HERMENEUTIKA JORGE J.E. GRACIA SEBAGAI ALTERNATIF TEORI PENAFSIRAN TEKSTUAL ALQUR’AN by Syamsul Wathani

“…The discussion focuses on three main points, (i) the Qur’anic textual narration as the object of interpretation, (ii) Gracia’s hermeneutic to interpret the text, and (iii) arranging the Qur’anic textual interpretation paradigm. …”
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GREAT EURASIAN POWER IN THE WHIRLWIND OF CHANGE: RUSSIA’S MISSION IN THE 21st CENTURY by A. V. Torkunov

“…The first part deals with the changes in international power balance and the need to conceptualize the new normal without suppressing opposing narratives. The second part assess the practical consideration of such a conceptualization with the aim of mitigating the current tensions between the Russian Federation and the Western states. …”
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De l’ascension à la descension, deux manières d’aborder le paysage ? by Xavier Cailhol

“…The second part of the article will address the conditions of the narration, the sharing of these landscapes and sensations experienced, and the degrees of appreciation and recognition by the communities of mountaineers and skiers as well as the general public.…”
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Metrics used in quality improvement publications addressing environmental sustainability in healthcare: A scoping review protocol. by Colin Sue-Chue-Lam, Sezgi Yanikomeroglu, Doulia Hamad, Brian Wong, Karen Born

“…Charted data will be synthesized narratively as well as with descriptive tables, figures, and summary statistics. …”
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Analysis of War and the Rights of Prisoners of War in Islam in Light of Quranic Verses by Mohammad Zereshki

“…By examining the Quranic verses and narrations (theoretical aspect), as well as the approach of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), the Imams (A), and the Islamic armies in warfare (practical aspect), it becomes clear that there is unity in both theory and practice. …”
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Fictions en quête d’auteur : immersion, performance et auctorialité à l’ère du storytelling transmédial by Danielle Perrot-Corpet

“…Les pratiques contre-narratives à l’ère du « storyliving » (par exemple chez Sophie Calle, Jean-Charles Massera, Yves Pagès...) manifestent une « surconscience différentialiste » (au sens de la revendication urgente de la frontière entre réalité et fiction) : en exhibant le jeu de rôle passif, irresponsable, auquel nous convie le storytelling néolibéral, elles rendent « actif esthétiquement » le problème du nécessaire désassujettissement de leur lecteur/spectateur, invité à s’émanciper des identifications prescrites en se faisant auteur de soi-même.…”
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Entre pétrole et tourisme, la conservation participative des patrimoines locaux au Timor-Leste (Timor oriental) by Dominique Guillaud, Laure Emperaire, Brunna Crespi, Rosalia Soares, Amandine Pequignot, Jean-Christophe Galipaud

“…We propose a reflection on the nature of this local heritage (territory, biodiversity, sacred objects, sacred places, narratives of origin, etc.), and on the way it has always incorporated a certain modernity. …”
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Sous les vagues bleues, le paysage by Christophe Camus

“…The history of diving is well documented, but our study focuses on the ways in which it was described, narrated and shown in order to invent a landscape that for a long time had remained invisible and inaccessible to ordinary people. …”
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Sujeição e agência em situações de violência contra as mulheres: trajetórias de superação e ressignificação by Érika Nunes de Medeiros Ferreira Borges, Eliane Gonçalves

“…The study focuses on specific characteristics and similarities in the analyzed trajectories and allows to conclude that: (i) despite the relative delay in understanding the context of violence in its early signs, (ii) assigning idiosyncratic traits to partners such as explosive behavior or jealousy and (iii) the reluctance and hesitation to seek help at moment of violence, this group of women managed to give a new meaning to their lives, indicating a desire to overcome what they went through, something already or very close to the outcome in the narratives of them all. Their overcoming points to a shift in power relations, as stressed by feminist studies dealing with the issue of violence. …”
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Competing stakeholder discourses in constructing cultural heritage: The legal case of the house at No. 98 Hai’er Lane, China by Zhonghua Wu, Jian Li

“…This paper explores how such a theme is manifested through discourse by analyzing the legal case of the house at No. 98, Hai’er Lane, China, which is entangled with multiple narratives of the local community, various levels of courts, and government agencies regarding the value of this site. …”
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A Review of the Book The Art of Islamic Banking and Finance by S.M.Reza Amiri Tehrani

“…The Art of Islamic Banking and Finance narrates the author’s (Yahia Abdul- Rahman) achievement in ‎constituting an interest-free bank in the U.S.A. …”
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The City in Words across Time: A Corpus-Based Literary Approach Using Istanbul as a Case Study by Asmaa Ramil

“…It highlights how macro literary narratives and micro linguistic patterns (mainly, on the word level) interact to construct images of the city, reflecting socio-political dynamics and demonstrating the interplay among tradition, memory and change in shaping Istanbul’s individual and collective cultural identities from the late 19th century to the early beginnings of the 21st. …”
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Keeping Up with Power/Corruption in a Pandemic: A Study of an Investigative Journalist’s Twitter Handle by Omotayo Omitola

“…Soyombo’s tweets from 1 April 2020 to 30 June 2020 harvested fromhis eponymous Twitter handle formed the study sample. By identifying narratives of corruption, scandalstories and follow-up stories in the tweets, the paper finds out that unlike what obtains in the traditionalmedia, Soyombo initiates investigation into the non-financial activities of people in positions of authorityand seizes the opportunity of asynchronous communication on Twitter to report his findings regularly.However, the same asynchronicity as well as the unfolding events of the pandemic also cause him to end upwith many questions and not enough answers. …”
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