Non-verbal Communication Approach to Inculcating Moral Values in Tertiary Institutions
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2017
Pages:
12-16
Received:
13 March 2017
Accepted:
24 March 2017
Published:
7 April 2017
Abstract: Having observed that lack of moral values is one of the major causes leading to break down of laws and order and in spite of preaching, sermonizing and talking that seem to yield no positive change; there ought to be something non-verbally that can be done without even uttering a word. Every society is faced with one problem or the other. However, the so-called societal problems, upon careful and final analysis, dissolve in moral problems. The social, economic, religious, political, cultural, technological and educational problems facing nations all over the world are essentially moral in nature and character. The mere rhetoric of been found worthy in character and learning read at universities convocation ceremonies is a far cry from what is actually obtainable. Ultimately suggestion of a network of paralinguistic phenomena that have potentials of enhancing and advancing the moral values of university students are highlighted. It is recommended that para-linguistic theory and practice of non-verbal communication be vigorously applied by lecturers who would be adequately balanced so that students would achieve a combined academic and moral educational worth that will benefit humanity.
Abstract: Having observed that lack of moral values is one of the major causes leading to break down of laws and order and in spite of preaching, sermonizing and talking that seem to yield no positive change; there ought to be something non-verbally that can be done without even uttering a word. Every society is faced with one problem or the other. However, ...
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Study of Intertextuality in Cahoot’s Macbeth: A Kristevan Reading
Fatemeh Sadat Basirizadeh,
Amirhossein Emamirad
Issue:
Volume 2, Issue 2, March 2017
Pages:
17-24
Received:
20 November 2016
Accepted:
14 March 2017
Published:
11 April 2017
Abstract: The theory of intertextuality, which is proposed by Julia Kristeva is not the starting point for the textual interrelations. This paper considers the main traces of intertextuality through literary development. The intertextuality is being discussed in variety of viewpoints and Kristeva’s model is applied for studying Tom Stoppard’s Cahoot’s Macbeth as the contemporary play which is made on its Shakespearean bases. There are many traces that all together prove the Kristevan theory of Intertextuality, asserting text as “mosaic of quotations”. Tom Stoppard uses different techniques in producing this play. Stoppard, in Cahoot’s Macbeth restates the story of Macbeth, for his political and satirical intentions in the totalitarian social and political context of Czechoslovakia in the second half of the twentieth century in the Eastern Europe. There are many ellipses and compressions to make it more qualified for performing in a modern society. This play can be studied based on Kristevan notion of intertextuality in two levels. There are processes of deconstructing and reconstructing meanings in horizontal level between the play and the audience while in vertical level, this play is enrooted in Shakespeare’s works. Intertextuality causes the literary productivity and the excessiveness of interpretations due to the dialogic nature of language.
Abstract: The theory of intertextuality, which is proposed by Julia Kristeva is not the starting point for the textual interrelations. This paper considers the main traces of intertextuality through literary development. The intertextuality is being discussed in variety of viewpoints and Kristeva’s model is applied for studying Tom Stoppard’s Cahoot’s Macbet...
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