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Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142320211201An Analysis of Grammatical Metaphor in Folding Beijing1714182910.26655/JELCS.2021.3.1ENTristaDouMA student, School of Foreign Studies, University of Science and Technology Beijing0000-0003-3918-1614Journal Article20211124Folding Beijing, a science-fiction novelette written by Hao Jingfang and translated by Ken Liu, won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Novelette, which is a success of the collaboration between the original author and translator. Science fiction is scientific, imaginative and innovative, and the use of grammatical metaphor is a powerful tool to form its characteristics. Taking Ken Liu's English translation as an example, this paper, from the perspective of grammatical metaphor in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), explores how the translator uses Ideational metaphor and Interpersonal metaphor as non-congruent metaphor to replace the congruent expressions, transforming the abstract transformation process, interpersonal communications into concreteness which can be seen or felt, thus to construct the strongly technological, objective, and concise text, present the scientific, imaginary sense of the fiction, reveal the profound humanistic connotation of the original text to achieve better communication effect then help Chinese sci-fi go global and prepare the ticket for winning global awards.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_141829_5ad9ad31e5e1a81ea7fb7ea112475d30.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142320211201Desire, Nomadism, and Becoming in Carson McCullers’ The Heart is a Lonely Hunter81614182810.26655/JELCS.2021.3.2ENMohammad HosseinMahdavi NejhadDepartment of English Language, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran0000-0002-7272-1902GhiasuddinAlizadehDepartment of English Language and Literature, Malayaer University, Malayer, Hamadan, IranOmidAmaniDepartment of English Language and Literature, Malayer University, Malayer, Hamadan, IranJournal Article20211123Carson McCullers The Heart is a Lonely Hunter has been characterized so far as depicting characters who are trapped in American south and display isolation and alienation. Presumably, her characters include tomboys, false revolutionaries, and outcasts with eccentric worldviews. However, a deep-down analysis of the characters in the novel along with a tinge of skepticism toward McCullers’ previous criticism makes it clear that her characters in this novel can be examined through new perspectives. Through a new reading of McCullers’ characters, it is argued in this article that McCullers’ characters are more or less sites of vitalities as well as new possibilities and this can be made through Gilles Deleuze’s philosophy and his concepts including becoming, desire, and nomadism. This new reading to unravel some overlooked aspects of McCullers first novel and entails that instead of considering McCullers characters including, Mick Kelly, Jake Blount, and Dr. Copeland as social outcasts, we may deem them as nomads who offer new possibilities of desire to bring some change to their societies and finally set foot on the road toward becoming.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_141828_cf63647cedce27a4b34a5501855f6f52.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142320211201Regaining Union with God: A Comparative Study of Jalaluddin Rumi and William Blake172814182710.26655/JELCS.2021.3.3ENMahdiDehghani Firouz AbadiTolou-e-Mehr Non-Profit Institute of Higher EducationJournal Article20211122The comparative study of Jalaluddin Rumi and William Blake has not been fully conducted yet. This paper will examine how man can find his true home through the divine love and annihilation with regard to human struggle in the direction of union with God. The study is limited to Rumi’s Masnavi as well as Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, Milton, and Four Zoas. In order to find the similarities and differences between the two poets, Aldous Huxley’s ideas on perennial philosophy and the theory of hermeneutics will be employed. The discussion will concentrate on the two themes of love and annihilation. At first love and annihilation will be examined in the poetry of Rumi and then paralleled to Rumi, William Bake’s attitude towards love and annihilation will be discussed. To the extent that the writer is concerned, the article is unique in a literary sense and it is possible to fill a literary gap through reviewing these two prominent figures and their literary mystical thoughts concerning love and annihilation. Consequently, it is concluded that love and annihilation could be considered as the home button of the divine GPS that man can push and be guided to his true home.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_141827_1e7341cce3826151f2fac53c89f4b7ce.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142320211201Perspectives of Harlem Renaissance in Zora Hurston's novel Their Eyes were Watching God293814182410.26655/JELCS.2021.3.4ENAli KareemSameerMinistry of Education in Iraq-Anbar Education DirectorateJournal Article20210917Zora Neale Hurston as an active member of the Harlem Renaissance, discussed the perspectives of women independence, self-expression, gender evenness and gender role in her novel ‘’Their Eyes Were Watching God’’. This study focuses on some excerpts from the novel to analyze the role of Janie Crawford, the heroin of the novel who impersonates the heroin and narrator of the novel as well. In addition, the paper also discusses how Hurston characterized Janie to be her mouthpiece in the novel to speak for women in the United States for not to be submissive and humiliated for men. The paper analyzes the novel by using the hypothesis of being Hurston both as a member of the Harlem Renaissance and as a feminist. One of the most important results of the study is; it will reread Hurston’s novel from two points of view; one as a feminist defender and the other as a member of Harlem Renaissance. The implication of this study is that it will answer the questions: how did Hurston characterized her heroin Janie to be the female voice of the African American women? And how did Hurston reflect the perspectives of Harlem Renaissance in her novel ‘’Their Eyes Were Watching God’’?https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_141824_a47ce4c72d571f0edd28146a8bc43aea.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142320211201The Effect of Collaborative Summary Writing on the Iranian EFL Learners’ Vocabulary Recall and Retention394514182510.26655/JELCS.2021.3.5ENSanazJavanbakhtyPayame Noor UniversityJournal Article20211116The purpose of this study was to discover the effects of collaborative summary writing on vocabulary recall and retention of Iranian EFL learners. For this reason, 45 female students were selected from a university and were then homogenized by the Nelson Test. The participants were randomly divided into three experimental groups: Collaborative summary writing group (n = 15), individual writing group (n = 15) and control group (n = 15). Each writing group had one intensive session for target vocabulary learning. The collaborative summary writing group had three sessions at irregular time intervals. The control group had no vocabulary-focused education. Using before and after design, students were tested again after 5 weeks. To collect data, receptive vocabulary tests were conducted both pre-test and post-test. The results of the one-way ANOVA showed that the collaborative summary writing group significantly outperformed the individual writing group in both immediate and delayed post-tests. The results suggest that EFL practitioners need to incorporate collaborative summary writing into their curriculum, instruction, and teaching materials as a useful teaching method to facilitate vocabulary learning in real-world classroom settings.<br />Keywords: Collaborative summary writing, Individual writing, Vocabulary recall and retention, EFL Learnershttps://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_141825_1db91a402a4ff6fd07901be5c7179c82.pdfEurasian Applied Linguistics Society, Moscow, Russia (Registered ID: 1167746743889)
Online ISSN: 2667-6214Journal of English Literature and Cultural Studies2667-62142320211201Hope and Despair in Pandemic Poems Selected by Ann Duffy and Manchester University465814182610.26655/JELCS.2021.3.6ENZahraYousefinezhadEnglish Language and Literature Department, Arak Azad University, IranHassanNejadghanbarKharazmi University, Tehran, IranJournal Article20211119Abstract<br />Humans around the globe felt a range of different emotions when World Health Organization (WHO) declared the pandemic in 2020. The new normal, lockdown, social distancing, and Covid19 have become the prevalent words in our life. Literature always reflects people's emotions and presents them in literary genres such as novel, drama, and poetry. The present research has explored hope and despair atmosphere in nineteen pandemic poems that responded to Carol Ann Duffy and Manchester Metropolitan University's call for poems on the covid-19 pandemic. The emotions are evaluated and investigated in the poems through words, phrases, imageries, symbols, alliterations, and other figures of speech. The results suggest that the pandemic poems share some features of hope and despair, such as references to death, social isolation, social distancing, and faith. The conclusion represents that hope and despair are the dominant emotions, although despair has a more substantial weight in the observed poems.https://www.jelcsjournal.com/article_141826_ddd6f6494955c99ab469aa5cf866ddf4.pdf