the source language to the target language). The second role is creating a positive image about the source culture in the target culture. The study concludes by asserting the translators' awareness of the purposefulness of ideological metaphors as well as their the multi-cultural expertise that allows them to decide on ideological metaphors and the best techniques to tackle them. Accordingly, translators serve as guards of the ideology of the source culture and "conscious social group" (104) who
The World According to Jared Diamond Presents a critical analysis of the book 'Guns, Germs, and Steel,' by Jared Diamond. The theme of the book is the factors underlying the broadest patterns in history; and the explanation for the dominance of western Europe over Eurasian societies. In McNeil's critical analysis he states that for three years straight Jared Diamond's book has been voted the most popular reading assignment by his freshman and international relations graduate students, it is a 427
because of its content, which illustrates revolutionary ideas for Azerbaijan. An article written by Mikail Mamedov, “The Stone Dreams scandal: the Nagorny Karabakh conflict and Armenian-Azerbaijani relations in contemporary literature” inspects the reasoning of events caused by the Stone Dreams and makes the contrast between the other pieces of literature. The critical analysis of Mamedov’s article exposes some arguments, which are not supported skillfully and which results in dissatisfaction of his idea
Chapter Two: Literature review Introduction English as a second or foreign language has gained much attention during the past decades in almost every country. In Iran English is taught as a foreign language in high-schools as well as in universities (Mirdehghan, HoseiniKargar, Navab, & Mahmoodi, 2011). Aside from different language courses presented in different levels of public academic centers, there are also private institutes that teach different levels of foreign language
William Boyd printed his analysis of Beah’s novel in The New York Times. “Babes in Arms” compared “A Long Way Gone” to other novels written about African conflicts and praised Beah for his unique first-hand account of his experiences as a child involved in war. In his review, the author states that “A Long Way Gone” allows readers to understand one of the reasons that the African conflicts differ from their Western counterparts: “the rise of the pubescent
the American Creed “are certain truths” which “are rooted in ‘Nature and Nature’s God’ and therefore, reflect the way things are meant to be.” His argument though, is that America’s version of what is self-evident in nature is unoriginal since much was borrowed from the Europeans and in general, was a platform to further white male hegemony. This argument is based on historical documents from the Revolutionary period and beyond, some
Franklin Foer is a highly acclaimed American journalist, well-known for his eccentric and individualistic writings. His devotion to the World of Soccer has prompted him to write a perspicacious and thrilling book on the sport. The extract is from the book “How soccer explains the world: An unlikely theory of Globalization” which was published on June 29th 2004. The book presents a unique and brilliantly illuminating look at soccer, the world’s most popular sport, as a lens through which to view the
Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone by Susan Shepler is a relevant and well-written book, which analyses the indications of the participation of former child soldiers in the Civil War in Sierra Leone (1991-2002) and the difficulties of their reintegration to the post-war society. The analysis is based on eighteen months of ethnographic fieldwork in communities, schools, non-formal apprenticeship programs and interim care centres as well as her long lasting experience and research in Sierra Leone. It examines
This study employed qualitative research and the research tool for this study is textual analyses. This chapter explains the research design of the study, procedure of data collection, method of data presentation, and finally the methods of data analysis. 3.1 Research Design: The qualitative method is used in my research to collect and analyze the data. The English proverbs make up the data of my research study. English proverbs are randomly chosen and analyzed in the study. The basic construct
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