Criticism of J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series has maintained that its popularity stems from a well-marketed, repetitive and simple structure. However, this essay considers that this success derives from recognizable mythological heroic structures. The essay traces the protagonist’s development from the perspective of two different theories that contrast and complement each other in various wa...

Dans cette etude, Orkhan Mir-Kasimov analyse l’universalisation progressive au sein du monde musulman de la figure ‘Alī b. Abī Ṭālib – gendre et cousin Muḥammad, premier imām shi’ite en tant que source connaissance legitimite politico-religieuse, Ve/Xe XIe/XVIe siecle. L’analyse se concentre sur les conditions possibilite etapes majeures canonisation ‘Ali au-dela des cercles shi’ites convention...

Music conveys emotions by means of pitch, rhythm, loudness, and many other musical qualities. It was recently confirmed that timbre also has direct association with emotion, for example, that a horn is perceived as sad and a trumpet heroic in even isolated instrument tones. As previous work has mainly focused on sustaining instruments such as bowed strings and winds, this paper presents an expe...

Share feedback about the accessibility of this item. Description Myths of gods, legends of battles, and folktales of magic abound in the heroic narratives of the Middle Ages. Mythology in the Middle Ages: Heroic Tales of Monsters, Magic, and Might describes how Medieval heroes were developed from a variety of source materials: Early pagan gods become euhemerized through a Christian lens, and an...

In this paper, the author attempts to answer question about nature of ideal society presented by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky in his utopian novel Beyond Planet Earth. The specificity vision will be discussed analysing its connections with Tsiolkovsky’s hallmark cosmophilosophical monism, as well naturalistic approach scientific research. For purpose, elements analysed particular emphasis on and tech...

The Government's roadmap to recovery from the educational deficit caused by Covid-19 appears pivot, primarily, on 'catch-up' plans and 'discipline hubs'. Despite continuous teaching online in Covid-restricted classroom formats, teachers have been urged act like 'absolute heroes' abide their 'moral duty' keep schools open. However, neither appeals 'heroic' duty nor Nolan's Seven Principles of Pu...

Among the tests of a leader, few are more challenging-and more painful-than recovering from a career catastrophe. Most fallen leaders, in fact, don't recover. Still, two decades of consulting experience, scholarly research, and their own personal experiences have convinced the authors that leaders can triumph over tragedy--if they do so deliberately. Great business leaders have much in common w...