Gustav Shpet's Literary and Theatre Theory

skopos theory and translating strategies of csis in translaed literary texts from english into persian

abstract translation has become a cultural act which plays a significant role in human life. with the emergence of functional translation theories, and skopos theory in particular, translation has been considered as a purposeful, interpersonal and intercultural activity which is produced for particular recipients and directed by a specific purpose. this purpose determines the translatio...

Nihilism, Relativism, and Literary Theory

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Bibliography/Bibliography of Literary Theory and Criticism (2)

Introduction: theatre, performance and social assemblage theory

The research questions analysed in this book are directly related to the size and complexity of eighteenth-century British theatre. Celebrity, Performance, Reception’s underlying assumption is that, at least as far as any robust empirical method of recovery is concerned when linked to figures for consumption, Georgian theatre was the nation’s dominant culturally expressive form in the long eigh...

Gore Galore: Literary Theory and Computer Games

Computer games have not been adequately theorized within the humanities. In this paper a brief history of computer games is presented as a starting point for developing a topology of games and a theory of computer games as rhetorical artifacts suitable for critical study. The paper addresses the question of why games should be treated seriously and suggests a theoretical approach based on Backh...