From the first commentaries of Akhundzadeh to Jamalzadeh’s introduction to Yeki Bud YekiNabud, i.e., over a period of almost fifty years, we can see a collection of a few scattered commentaries on story and novel which are rarely noticed by researchers. These scattered commentaries can be regarded as the first literary manifests of story and novel. These critiques and commentaries include subje...

The research attempted to discover the norms of translating taboo words and concepts after the Islamic Revolution in Iran using Toury’s (1995) framework for classification of norms. The corpus of the study composed of Coelho’s novels between 1990 and 2005 and their Persian translations which were prepared and analyzed manually to discover the norms. During both the selection of novels for trans...

A major goal of this research is to establish that Vikram Seth a novelist who deeply concerned with the plight women, as well their significant place and role in society. Three novels “The Golden Gate”, “A Suitable Boy”, “An Equal Music” by were taken into consideration for project. All Seth's works take three separate countries: America, India, Europe. In doing so, we may appreciate profound k...

Jelen tanulmány az Amazon weboldalon elérhető könyvek bestseller listájának adathalmazán tesztelt alábbi osztályozási módszereket hasonlítja össze: mesterséges neurális hálózat, támogató vektor gép, logisztikus regresszió, döntési fa, véletlen erdő, k legközelebbi szomszéd, és naiv Bayes-osztályozó. Bemutatjuk a különböző módszerek pontosságának összehasonlító elemzését is. Az adatsor tizenegy ...

Bestseller, Blockbuster, Top 100 - Listen und Rankings sind zentrale Ordnungs- Wissensstrukturen der Populärkultur. Auf Internetplattformen in Sozialen Medien machen sie populärkulturelles Wissen sichtbar, verfügbar tauschbar. Ralf Adelmann geht flüchtigen heterogenen Wissenskultur dieser Taxonomien des Populären nach zeigt: Sie arrangieren strukturieren als mediale Formen populärkulturelle Pro...

T he polarization of views on vitamin • C that has occurred in the last few years is well illustrated by the following sequence of events: 1970, Linus Pauling's book, "Vitamin C and the Common Cold” was published and became a bestseller, 1972, Irwin Stone published "The Healing Factor: Vitamin C Against Disease/' claiming a wide variety of health benefits from large doses of Vitamin C. 1974, th...

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Unlike Harlequins, popular Gothic novels are not restricted to one publisher, but are sold by a number of large publishers such as Ace and Fawcett. As a result, the Gothic formula is not quite as rigid as the Harlequin formula. The term "Gothic" is often used loosely to designate "suspense." Thus, Gothics tend to shade off, on the one hand, into the classical detective story and, on the other h...

in this study, the notions of homelessness and unhomeliness are studied in 2 novels by naipaul: half a life (2001) and magic seeds (2004). naipaul has been viewed by many postcolonial critics as an imperially complicit writer, for his controversial views of places and societies, particularly his disdain for non-western societies. this study examines whether the imperatives of the postcolonial c...

sadeq choobak and najeeb mahfooz are pioneer novelists in iran and egypt who have great contribution on the evolution and development of story writing. tangsir of sadeq choobak and thief and dogs of najeeb mahfooz novels have reflected the social realities of a historical period of iran and egypt and revealed the internal and external world of low level people of their societies. reflection of ...