New Testament exegesis in theory and practice by A. B. du Toit

“…The two most decisive elements in specifying meaning are text and context. Contrary to the voices calling for the death of the author, he remains an important factor. …”
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MAMARDASHVILI: SPEECH AS AN EVENT OF THOUGHT by Dmitry G. Ryndin

“…The author deals with the philosophy of M.K. Mamardashvili from the perspective of one of its central concepts, namely the concept of «event». …”
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In Search of Lost Lines: “Time Capsule” and the Epistolary Genre in Paul Auster’s Report from the Interior by Sara WATSON

“…Thus, he is able to question not only his self or himself, but the notion of the genre in which he is emmeshed, going so far as to uncover the possibilities of the hybrid nature of an autobiographical text which introduces a correspondence between two different versions of the author.…”
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„…z polska — po rosyjsku”, czyli o tym, jak Polacy używają ruszczyzny by Michał Sarnowski

“…For the first image it is the usual instrumentality of communication (rossicum is an addition and an excess of information within a Polish text), for the second image the instrumentality acquires unambiguously pragmatic features and the rossicum becomes an instrument of effective action, and for the third picture the instrumentality of Russian elements sets in motion the symbolic-cognitive (creating a sense) function of Russian in Polish text.…”
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Kissing the naked Novomeský (an interpretative probe into an unpublished chapter from Janko Silan’s book Dom opustenosti [House of abandonment]) by Andrej Gejdoš

“…Among these texts is a previously unpublished fragment When we entered there…, which is unique in the context of the works of Slovak Catholic modernists as it explores the theme of two people of the same gender kissing, both of whom were prominent figures in the literary life of the time (the author of the text Janko Silan and the poet Laco Novomeský). …”
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Narrative Strategies and Intermedial Devices in Gabriel Josipovici’s In the fertile Land by Mário Semião

“…In “Brothers” one finds these two features of Josipovici’s writing working simultaneously as a means of foregrounding the text’s own linguistic and textual premises. Following the survey of “Brothers” as a self-reflexive text, this study aims to argue for the particular relevance of In the Fertile Land in Josipovici’s oeuvre because of its varied and systematic use of these two characteristic features in his writing, which in turn call attention to the narrative process itself, a concern that pervades both the author’s fictional and non-fictional work.…”
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Subjective Hesitation in Paul Auster’s Report from the Interior: ‘you think of yourself as anyone, as everyone’ by Nicolas Pierre BOILEAU

“…Report from the Interior, Auster’s 2013 memoir opens with the earliest memories of young Paul up to the age of 12 before the author looks at tokens of his past in three subsequent sections: films, letters and diary entries are reviewed, followed by a final section composed of non-personal photographs. …”
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Maëlle Dupon : voyage au cœur des sens by Marine Mazars

“…Maëlle Dupon is a multi-faceted author: poet, short story writer and translator. A Montrealer by adoption, she continues to express herself mainly in occitan and french. …”
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Novel and Censorship or Eros’ Bad Fait h   by Maurice Couturier

“…Thus censorship is defined as the dialectic relationship that binds together all protagonists of a text’s production, circulation and interpretation – namely the author, the publisher, the censor and the reader – each of them claiming to be the interpreter of the Other’s desire.…”
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Les actes de waqf des manuscrits arabes chrétiens de la Bibliothèque nationale de France by Gérard Troupeau

“…In Arabic, the words, ”waqf”, and its synonym, ”ḥabs”, refer to the legacy of a piece of property, whether this is a moveable piece of property or a building, for the benefit of Muslim or Christian institution. The author studies around 15 documents preserved in the National Library of France (BNF) ; these manuscripts, which were bequeathed to a church or a monastery, belong to Christian Arabs who established them as waqf After having translated the entire text of these documents, highlighting various elements within them, the author emphasises their interest for the study of geography as well as ecclesiastical history thanks to the informations given in these manuscripts about the founders of different waqf-s and their beneficiaries.…”
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Antropología y radicalidad literaria. Zola, Warburg, Artaud, Debord, Pasolini by José Antonio González Alcantud

“…All of them, without being professional anthropologists, had a relationship with the discipline, especially in their approach to social evil. The author leaves the text open, without closing in the manner of Bourdieu, to reflect on exoticism, allegory and fantasy. …”
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Święty Jan z Ávili doktorem Kościoła by Wojciech Zyzak

“…The text presents his holy life, his works and his eminent doctrine. …”
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