THE BRITON AND THE BRITISH TEXT IN THE BULGARIAN POPULAR MIND 1848-1878: ATTITUDES OF RECEPTION In the XIX c. the lessons of British democracy were still being written and had the ring of novelty for native and foreign ear alike. Some of the representative names or texts reached the Bulgarian national culture in due time, yet not within a system of direct British influences or organised Bulgarian choices. ...

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If only historical texts were focused on, it would not be an accurate portrayal of Indian history. ... (Thapar, p 18-19) If there was only focus on historical texts, there would most likely be a biased point of view. ... Literary texts give information regarding to history, such as geographical clues and cultural traditions. ... The Upanishads texts were created in order to further develop spiritual knowledge. ... From reading the Rig Veda and the Upanishads texts, one could get a feel for what life was like in earlier times. ...

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Scholars uphold works from the Literary Canon with the highest regard and proceed to manifest these works into school curriculum for literary study due to their powerful influential nature and complex ideas embedded in these texts. The Literary Canon allows us to dissemble and delve into a multitude of perspectives enabling us to gain an insightful and critical view upon these widely studied texts. ... The English Canon acts as a guide for scholars as it provides a diverse range of sophisticated texts that are guaranteed to satisfy and enhance cultivated thinking. ... Through these perspe...

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At a broader level, clothing, gestures and even sentences and whole texts may be signs in a larger sign system. ... Other first order signs in this ad are the text, the bottle of Chivas. There is text just to the right of the woman's head that says: "Yes, God is man". There is also text above the Chivas bottle in the lower right hand corner that says: "When you know". ... The text "It just doesn't get any sweeter than this". ...

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That means translators omit words or phrases that are not essential to the meaning or impact of the text. ... However, most Vietnamese translators object to this strategy and tend to translate directly for their self-described respect for the original text. ... In these situation, translators not only convey the true main ideas of original text but also show the cultural meaning behind the text. ... To me, translation by cultural substitution is the best method because of the meaning about the text and the culture that it carries....

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Intertextuality, according to Schirato and Yell (1996, p.217) refers to the different cultural literacy's we apply to the reading of a text, to help us make sense of it. ... This highlights how individuals can read a text according to preconceived opinions and historical knowledge Technical representation contributes to the meaning of a photograph. ... However every reader comes to the newspaper with a set of codes with which to decode the text, and these codes may differ from individual to individual. Therefore the text is open to a variety of interpretations depending on the ideo...

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This severe family disharmony is something that is implicitly challenged within the text by Aboriginal values. ... Contrast the way the novelist presents men and women in the text. Link this to a feminist reading of the text." ... She seems to be the most "feminen" woman in the text. ... Oriel has had many experiences by the river.The women in the text face a number of problems. ...

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The way I saw or understood the text, however, I think it is possible that humans can communicate with each other through materialistic remains, thus I combined both fields. ... The last point that I came away with from the first chapter of Miller's text is cultural anthropology. ...

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When these thoughts of fiction or irrational assumptions became published into texts, the Orient were placed at a lower level in several different ways. Now, inaccurate knowledge was known as reality where the Orient became mere facts in printed texts as stated by Said, "such texts can create not only knowledge but also the very reality they appear to describe. ...

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Even when text is translated, it is impossible to get the exact meaning as the original text. When texts are translated from language to language the accuracy of meaning decreases substantially and causes miscommunication and disagreement which would be avoided. ...

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This was written to analyze the information gathered during the study in an approach called cultural text. ... The conclusion that he reached by using the cultural texts available is that the cocks are the physical manifestation of their ego, animality and fears. ... The cultural texts that was available may have been intended the word to be used both ways. ...

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Law In both texts, there is a difference between the presences of laws in indigenous society. ... Culture (Reincarnation and Respect for Elders and Ancestors) However, there is a strong representation of culture throughout the indigenous society in both texts. ... Culture (Connection to the Natural World Moreover, both texts explore the spiritual and cultural connection to the natural world. ...

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During my study of Consumerism I have found two related texts along with two of Dawes poems, which aim to criticise, caution, persuade and educate readers. The texts include "Enter Without so much as Knocking", "Abandonment of Autos", an article from Sunday Metro "A wacko spend by Jacko" and a Leunigs cartoon. ...

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Sacred texts such as the Quran, or the Bible are based on personal interpretations of the texts. Strong personalities can influence the perspective of others and their interpretations of these sacred texts. ...

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Use examples from your print text, visual text, an item from the stimulus booklet and your own text. ... Difference in culture was evident in two texts, which we studied, in Willow Tree and Olive and in Only Ten. ...

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Many text books, and books for that matter, show some pain and struggling from non-European cultures; the books rarely tell a story of the pain they felt daily. ... This, means that Europeans were further looking to locate themselves in a changing world with their relative privilege, and this was achieved many times by the down play of texts and other things from Indigenous cultures. ... When reading from the book The Color Purple, what one gains from the text can be different then what many others may gain from this kind of text. ...

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For example, the children whose home literacy experiences were similar to school literacy experiences, performed well at school because school valorised and rewarded the types of literacy that they had, such as story reading and making meaning from text. ... These experiences include things such as: alphabet and print awareness, storybook reading, talking about text, observing family members use written language to gain information for day to day life, to maintain careers and for entertainment purposes. ...

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Diversity is our greatest strength. Diversity can be defined as difference, in this case, social or cultural difference. In reference to a text I have studied in class, "Voices Nearby", I shall contrast my opinion, using also my own knowledge. If we were all the same, there would be no point in l...

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"Everyday Use" The use of variety of customs in a text can broaden its horizons. Alice Walker has made her work even more interesting with this use of cultural versatility. In the story "Everyday Use" by author Alice Walker there are many uses of culture. The cultural application in this short st...

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Dobie (2002) assumes that post-colonialism refers to the texts produced after the colonized countries became independent. ... Post-colonialism is anything related to cultures, societies, and text produced after colonization. ...

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The thoughts of Anuj aren't described in the text, which makes him quite flat as a character, as he is only described by his actions. ... The message of the text is how hard arranged marriages can be. ...

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Tourism in the twenty first century is a way of communicating tradition and accumulating capital. People travel around the world to see these traditions and different cultures to see the unique nature of different people. Most of the time, this does not come with out a price. As we will see thro...

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" The text explains that the importance of Intercultural Communications have grown in the United States over the years. ... The text states "to take responsibility for your feelings, rely on I-language and you-language....

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Throughout the text, "Of Cannibals,"" by Michel de Montaigne, he suggests that the cannibals of South America take part in acts that are considered barbaric, but we must take into consideration the culture that considers these acts barbaric. ...

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The texts of Ancient Greece and Rome, translated into several languages, gave the world some of the most important political institutions because they were disseminated far and wide by the work of translators who spread the idea to various corners of the world. ... The lack of translations, of works of literature, spiritual texts and treatises, and other published material alludes to the fact that Western societies have closed themselves to that part of the world, "including movements and societies with potentially dreadful political implications made even more menacing by the general lack of...

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