defamiliarization, the artistic technique of presenting to audiences common things in an unfamiliar or strange way in order to enhance perception of the familiar, is the main function of artistic literature. paradox is one of its techniques. paradox is used either syntactically or semantically. ibn al-farid was a mystic sufi poet gifted by mystical perceptions in addition to his poetic talents....

Literary works that have various purposes such as adding knowledge and entertaining make novels loved by the public in their spare time. Some written author own message to convey for readers. One of values conveyed is sufistic values. The purpose this study find value novel under with it can be a means implementation studies on analysis, comparison analyzing other contribution thought general t...

This is a discussion of the paper “Housing, Monetary Policy, and the Recovery,” by Michael Feroli, Ethan Harris, Amir Sufi, and Kenneth West. The paper is part of the 2012 U.S. Monetary Policy Forum. * This version: 23 February 2012. I appreciate helpful comments from the St. Louis Fed research staff, especially Bill Emmons, Carlos Garriga, and Rajdeep Sengupta. Any views expressed are my own a...

This study scans into past of ancient man and discusses meticulously how the reproductive organ Lingam became sacred object to Hindus and why a sufi wore a phallus shaped head-dress resembling to it. In this manner the author demystifies here the procreation, the law of nature.