The work at hand analyzes the visibility of cultural identity of＂Mexico＂ on the YouTube platform （Retrieved from http：//www.youtube.com）. It is focused on qualitative and quantitative analyses of a sampling of 80...The work at hand analyzes the visibility of cultural identity of＂Mexico＂ on the YouTube platform （Retrieved from http：//www.youtube.com）. It is focused on qualitative and quantitative analyses of a sampling of 80 videos that appear when the word ＂Mexico＂ is applied in various search formats within the site itself. User profile is also analyzed, along with video title, labels, date of upload, length, view count, thematic category, and commentaries. From this sampling of videos, an analysis is made upon the cultural identity of ＂Mexico＂ within a postmodernist framework of multicultural, fragmented, and decentralized identities （Friedman, 1994）, parting from the theory of cultural hybridization （Pieterse, 2004）, and under the logic of a media convergent culture （Jenkins, 2004a）.展开更多
This study deals with two novels of Eduar AI-Kharrat： Rama wal-Tinnin （Rama and the Dragon, 1979） and al-Zaman al-Akhar （The Other Time, 1985）. The text in both novels is of the pluralist, polyphonic and modernis...This study deals with two novels of Eduar AI-Kharrat： Rama wal-Tinnin （Rama and the Dragon, 1979） and al-Zaman al-Akhar （The Other Time, 1985）. The text in both novels is of the pluralist, polyphonic and modernistic type and the real and the imaginary are juxtaposed. The narrative imitates at its diverse levels the internal conflict, argument, and uncertainty of the protagonist Michael, who finally finds his self-realization in an imaginary time, ＂the other time＂, which is also the title of one of the novels. The present study focuses on the transformation and alternation of the perspectives and the narrative vision through the destruction of the narrator＇s identity and the text itself, the analysis of the narrative shift between the first and third person, the fragmentation of the self, the ambiguity of the signs, the severity of the crisis, and the psychological conflict at its diverse levels and multiplicities. Toward this plurality and shift, it is necessary to systematically depend upon what the theories of Bakhtin and Genette have to offer in order to cover the narrative levels and multiple voices prevailing in the texts.展开更多
文摘The work at hand analyzes the visibility of cultural identity of＂Mexico＂ on the YouTube platform （Retrieved from http：//www.youtube.com）. It is focused on qualitative and quantitative analyses of a sampling of 80 videos that appear when the word ＂Mexico＂ is applied in various search formats within the site itself. User profile is also analyzed, along with video title, labels, date of upload, length, view count, thematic category, and commentaries. From this sampling of videos, an analysis is made upon the cultural identity of ＂Mexico＂ within a postmodernist framework of multicultural, fragmented, and decentralized identities （Friedman, 1994）, parting from the theory of cultural hybridization （Pieterse, 2004）, and under the logic of a media convergent culture （Jenkins, 2004a）.
文摘This study deals with two novels of Eduar AI-Kharrat： Rama wal-Tinnin （Rama and the Dragon, 1979） and al-Zaman al-Akhar （The Other Time, 1985）. The text in both novels is of the pluralist, polyphonic and modernistic type and the real and the imaginary are juxtaposed. The narrative imitates at its diverse levels the internal conflict, argument, and uncertainty of the protagonist Michael, who finally finds his self-realization in an imaginary time, ＂the other time＂, which is also the title of one of the novels. The present study focuses on the transformation and alternation of the perspectives and the narrative vision through the destruction of the narrator＇s identity and the text itself, the analysis of the narrative shift between the first and third person, the fragmentation of the self, the ambiguity of the signs, the severity of the crisis, and the psychological conflict at its diverse levels and multiplicities. Toward this plurality and shift, it is necessary to systematically depend upon what the theories of Bakhtin and Genette have to offer in order to cover the narrative levels and multiple voices prevailing in the texts.
