Nowhere is American author Shirley Jackson’s (1916-1965) social and political criticism is so intense than it is in her seminal fictional masterpiece “The Lottery”. Jackson severely denounces injustice through her emphasis on a bizarre social custom in a small American town, in which the winner of the lottery, untraditionally, receives a fatal prize. The readers are left puzzled at the end of the story as Tessie Hutchinson, the unfortunate female winner, is stoned to death by the members of her community, and even by her family. This study aims at investigating the author’s social and political implications that lie behind the story, taking into account the historical era in which the story was published (the aftermath of th

This paper presents a stylistic analysis of two poems of well-known poets of the English literature, namely; E.E. Cummings and the Irish noble laureate Seamus Heaney.  The researcher's attempt here is to approach Cummings’s poem “maggie and milly and molly and may” and Heaney’s “A Kite for Aibhín” from the stylistics’ point of view.  The paper also analyzes the poems using the tools of linguistics with a view to make their meaning explicit.

          It is worth noting that stylistics as a scientific discipline is really beneficial to those who are teaching and studyi

The research sought to identify the objective trends of postgraduate students at the College of Political Science - University of Baghdad for the period from 2000-2012 through the objective trends of university theses and dissertations and what are the most and least studied topics, with a re-adjustment of previously studied topics towards topics that serve issues of concern to society and avoiding topics that have been studied a lot to avoid repetition. The research came out with the following results, the most prominent of which are: The total number of what was accomplished in this college is 401 theses and dissertations, and the dissertations had the largest share of them, as their percentage reached 69%, with 275 theses compared to 126

This research is trying to study the Intellectual political structures of the Open Society according to British Thinker –with Austrian origin- Karl Popper (1902-1994). In First Axe we dealt with the context of Open and Closed society in the Popper's thought. While in the Second Axe we studied the Utopian and graduated Engineering. Finally in the third Axe  for the Rationalism, Freedom, Individualism, and the Democracy of Equality. 

       המטפורה היא אחת התופעות הסמנטיות המבוססת על העברת משמעות של מילה מתחום שימוש לתחום שימוש אחר כדי למלא פונקציה לשונית מסוימת. המחקר הזה שופך את האור על התופעה הזאת ברומן "התמונות שעל הקיר" שהוא הרומן הראשון של הסופרת היהודית ממוצא עיראקי ציונית פתאל שנכתב בשנת 2015. הרומן הזה מדבר על חייה של אישה יהודית (נוריה) ומערכת היחסים עם המשפחה שלה במחצית הראשונה של המאה העשרים בבגדאד.        במחקר זה נעיין במ

מחקר זה נועד להגדיר את ניתוח השיח התיעודי ברומן "השגעון הגדול" של הסופר היהודי אביגדור המאירי, רומן זה שנחשב הראשון בז'אנר זה בספרות העולמית או בספרות העברית החדשה. ז'אנר זה שהופיע אחרי מלחמת העולם הראשונה , קיבל הד מרוחב בספרות העולמית  , מפני שהוא מתעד את תוצאות המלחמה מחורבן  והרס ומליוני קורבנות. סוג רומן זה מסתמך על התיעוד ועל הרומן ההיסטורי. מחקר זה מחלוק לשני חלקים,הפרק הרשון מתייחס ל"מושג התיעוד "," תול

This research delves into the role of satirical television programs in shaping the image of Iraqi politicians. The research problem is summarized in the main question: How does satire featured in television programs influence the portrayal of Iraqi politicians? This research adopts a descriptive approach and employs a survey methodology. The primary data collection tool is a questionnaire, complemented by observation and measurement techniques. The study draws upon the framework of cultural cultivation theory as a guiding theoretical foundation. A total of 430 questionnaires were disseminated among respondents who regularly watch satirical programs, selected through a multi-stage random sampling procedure.
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Post Modern Persian poetry that is rich with visions and creations has slowly but firmly regained its statues in modern Persian literature and poetry. Ali Baba Chahi is considered one of Iran’s most prominent postmodern and post-Nimaie writer and poet.

     The present paper discusses the general style characteristics as well as the distinctive stylistic creations of Ali Baba Chahi as presented in his collected poems In Caves full of Daffodils.

      In conclusion, the study crystallizes some of the stylistic characteristics of Ali Baba Chahi as a leading figure in postmodern poetry. The study, also, provides a comprehensive critical analysis of the collection of