@article{Hagen2019, author = {Hagen, Clemens}, title = {Ver y ser visto: Intelectualidad y falsa erudici{\´o}n en La Regenta}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {5}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-221822}, pages = {39-56}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Investigations focusing on the social criticism in La Regenta (1884-1885) by Leopoldo Alas «Clar{\´i}n» have constantly referred to the unmasking of society's hypocrisy and provincialism through the implementation of satire and irony in the novel. This observation, though, has to be defined more clearly. Vetustan society, specifically the bourgeoisie, is characterized primarily by the incessant exhibition of supposed wisdom and intelligentsia in public to generate social prestige and power. By analyzing the narrative strategies which are related to the composition of the secondary characters, the role of two specific public venues (Casino and Theatre of Vetusta) and the (de)construction of P. Ronzal, P. Guimar{\´a}n and S. Berm{\´u}dez in the novel, this article illustrates how false wisdom and pseudo-intelligentsia become central motifs regarding social criticism in La Regenta.}, language = {es} } @article{Kurth2018, author = {Kurth, Sarah}, title = {La semi{\´o}tica escenogr{\´a}fica en Todo lo dem{\´a}s (2016), de Natalia Almada}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {4}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-187979}, pages = {71-91}, year = {2018}, abstract = {In the wake of the general tendency towards slow cinema which has been evolving in Mexican cinema, cinematographic devices have gained importance not only with regard to the construction of a persuasive narrative but also in terms of the aesthetic constitution of the movie itself. Not only is this observation evident in the absence of camera movements but also in the semiotic depth of mise en sc{\`e}ne resulting from this circumstance. Natalia Almada's movie Todo lo dem{\´a}s (2016) provides an impressive example of both the repercussions of this technique in the representation of loneliness as well as the suggestive power of the scenographical composition. Hence, the ensuing analysis of those scenes referring to water is to elucidate the semiotics of mise en sc{\`e}ne and its influence on the representation of the main character and the repetitive routine constricting her freedom.}, language = {es} } @article{Kailich2022, author = {Kailich, Franziska}, title = {The Introduction of English-induced neologisms in Spanish tweets: a case-study on covidiota}, series = {Frontiers in Communication}, volume = {7}, journal = {Frontiers in Communication}, issn = {2297-900X}, doi = {10.3389/fcomm.2022.780340}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-274064}, year = {2022}, abstract = {This paper intends to trace the introduction of an English-induced, COVID-related neologism, covidiota, into the Spanish language. The study is based on a corpus of tweets, starting in March 2020. It examines several specific features which mark the word as a new, unfamiliar item, such as different ways of graphical highlighting, for example. On the other hand, the paper aims to detect possible indicators of an integration of covidiota into the Spanish language use in the tweet corpus compiled for this case study.}, language = {en} } @article{BaumgaertnerKernLevenetal.2021, author = {Baumg{\"a}rtner, Ingrid and Kern, Manfred and Leven, Karl-Heinz and Toepfer, Regina}, title = {Mittelalter erschließen}, series = {Das Mittelalter}, volume = {26}, journal = {Das Mittelalter}, number = {1}, issn = {0949-0345}, doi = {0.17885/heiup.1mial.2021.1.24310}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-299110}, pages = {68-86}, year = {2021}, abstract = {Research communication has been gaining public attention in recent years. Therefore, medievalists also need to focus on the transfer of their research topics to the public both within and outside the university. Based on current political demands calling for a change in communication culture, the article first of all deals theoretically with two different concepts of research communication, by distinguishing between forms of translation and those of popularization. Numerous public events, exhibitions, and cooperative projects with cities, schools, adult education centres, museums, and other educational institutions show that knowledge about the Middle Ages has been trans-mitted to interested laypersons for a long time. The authors see a particular challenge in the alterity of medieval culture, which at the same time provides an excellent opportunity for transferring research findings into society. The fascination with medieval materiality facilitates the transfer of knowledge by those disciplines that work with concrete objects, addressing issues of visuality and aesthetic experience. The article pinpoints conditions, strategies, and perspectives of successful research communication in medieval studies, and when focussing on cur-rent topics, the authors refer to concrete occasions and regional examples, showing why medieval research is still relevant today.}, subject = {Wissenschaftskommunikation}, language = {de} } @incollection{Maniruzzaman2022, author = {Maniruzzaman, Md.}, title = {Blended Learning in the New Normal: EFL Student and Teacher Perceptions and Reactions}, series = {Studies in Modern English}, booktitle = {Studies in Modern English}, editor = {Lazebna, Nataliia and Kumar, Dinesh}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, address = {W{\"u}rzburg}, doi = {10.25972/WUP-978-3-95826-199-0-81}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-296508}, publisher = {W{\"u}rzburg University Press}, pages = {81-104}, year = {2022}, abstract = {To reopen educational institutions and return to the classroom, we all need to modify how we act to successfully face the challenges of the new normal resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic and entailing our insights into and the after-effects of the pandemic. More specifically, the new normal might encompass online education we are getting used to during the pandemic and the age-old onsite education as well. Thoughtfully integrated, online and onsite learning combine to create blended learning. However, the pertinent literature reveals that English as a foreign language (EFL) students and teachers differently perceive and react to blended learning in diverse contexts. This study was designed to explore student and teacher perceptions of and reactions to blended learning in the Department of English, Jahangirnagar University in the new normal. Fifty undergraduates of EFL and eight teachers of the department participated in the study. To collect data from them, the Student Questionnaire and the Teacher Questionnaire were used. And the data were processed by applying the SPSS programme module. The findings revealed that the majority of the students and the teachers had mostly positive perceptions of blended learning, although the former did not have sufficient exposure to online learning and the latter lacked adequate insights into online teaching. Further, both the students and the teachers expressed mostly positive reactions to blended learning in the new normal, though the former deemed online examinations inadequately smooth and reliable, and the latter had insufficient experience of online instruction and assessment. The study categorically recommends reforming the curriculum, adopting relevant instructional strategies, developing suitable materials, customizing the assessment, integrating and installing technology, training the teachers, upskilling the students for blended learning, improving the infrastructure, and adjusting the management.}, language = {en} } @misc{OPUS4-32981, title = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik. Band 8 (2022)}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {8/2022}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, editor = {Bobineau, Julien and Dembruk, Sofina and Eibensteiner, Lukas and Goldmann, Julius and Hesselbach, Robert and Koch, Christian and Ravasio, Paola}, isbn = {978-3-946101-08-6}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-329813}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Die Zeitschrift promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik erscheint einmal j{\"a}hrlich und wird durch den gemeinn{\"u}tzigen Verein promptus e.V. herausgegeben. Sie richtet sich an alle Nachwuchswissenschaftler im Bereich der romanistischen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft sowie der Fachdidaktik und bietet diesen die M{\"o}glichkeit, in einem fr{\"u}hen Stadium ihrer akademischen Laufbahn qualitativ hochwertige Arbeiten zu publizieren. Zudem versteht sich die Zeitschrift als Impulsgeber f{\"u}r junge romanistische Forschung, ohne sich dabei thematisch zu beschr{\"a}nken.}, language = {de} } @article{Schneider2022, author = {Schneider, Melanie}, title = {« [C]'est absurde d'{\^e}tre bloqu{\´e} sur une autoroute » - Das Motiv des Staus in der zeitgen{\"o}ssischen romanischen Literatur}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {8}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, issn = {2364-6705}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-329807}, pages = {165-180}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Due to an ever-increasing number of automobiles on the roads, automobility fails more and more to fulfil its promise of free individual mobility, leading to traffic density and congestions of unprecedented proportions. However, those conditions seem to possess an aesthetic potential which we seek to analyze in terms of literature. Therefore, we are going to look on three novels from Romance-language areas: Julio Cort{\´a}zar's short story La autopista del sur (1966), Carlo Lucarelli's novel Autosole (1998) and Gr{\´e}goire Gauchet's novel Les robinsons de l'autoroute (2018). First, we will analyze the nature of deceleration/congestion by referring to human geographer Tim Cresswell's concept of friction. Second, we will examine recurring motifs linked to the deceleration/congestion in all novels before taking a closer look at Gauchet's novel where the friction not only applies to traffic but also to human relationships. The aim is to look at different literary representations of an everyday experience like traffic congestion and to see how literature deals with such an occurrence.}, language = {de} } @article{SenaratneMuehlbauerKiefletal.2023, author = {Senaratne, Hansi and M{\"u}hlbauer, Martin and Kiefl, Ralph and C{\´a}rdenas, Andrea and Prathapan, Lallu and Riedlinger, Torsten and Biewer, Carolin and Taubenb{\"o}ck, Hannes}, title = {The Unseen — an investigative analysis of thematic and spatial coverage of news on the ongoing refugee crisis in West Africa}, series = {ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information}, volume = {12}, journal = {ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information}, number = {4}, issn = {2220-9964}, doi = {10.3390/ijgi12040175}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-313607}, year = {2023}, abstract = {The fastest growing regional crisis is happening in West Africa today, with over 8 million people considered persons of concern. A culmination of identity politics, climate-driven disasters, and extreme poverty has led to this humanitarian crisis in the region and is exacerbated by a lack of political will and misplaced media attention. The current state of the art does not present sufficient investigations of the thematic and spatial coverage of news media of this crisis in this region. This paper studies the spatial coverage of this crisis as reported in the media, and the themes associated with those locations, based on a curated dataset. For the time frame 12 March to 15 September 2021, 2017 news articles related to the refugee crisis in West Africa were examined and manually coded based on (1) the geographical locations mentioned in each article; (2) the themes found in the articles in reference to a location (e.g., Relocation of people in Abuja). The dataset introduces a thematic dimension, as never achieved before, to the conflict-ridden areas in West Africa. A comparative analysis with UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) data showed that 96.8\% of refugee-related locations in West Africa were not covered by news during the considered time frame. Contrastingly, 80.4\% of locations mentioned in the news do not appear in the UNHCR repository. Most news articles published during this time frame reported on Development aid or Political statements. Linear multiple regression analysis showed GDP per capita and political stability to be among the most influential determinants of news coverage.}, language = {en} } @article{Bobineau2020, author = {Bobineau, Julien}, title = {Belgiens gespaltene Erinnerung: Aufarbeitung und Verdr{\"a}ngung von kolonialer Geschichte in Flandern und Wallonien}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {6}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244224}, pages = {23-42}, year = {2020}, abstract = {This article examines so-called colonial discourses in Belgium on the former Sub-Saharan colony owned by the Belgian King, Leopold II., which today is known as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) or the Congo-Kinshasa. After having introduced the colonial history of the DR Congo from the 15th century until 1910, an empirical analysis of the colonial discourses in Belgium from the 1890s until today will be illustrated in conjunction with Belgium's linguistic-cultural division and the age-related divergence. Belgian colonial discourse is characterized by a historical misrepresentation by the political authorities while especially social forces have pled for a critical examination of their own colonial history in Belgium since the year 2000.}, language = {de} } @article{Luetzelberger2020, author = {L{\"u}tzelberger, Florian}, title = {Federico Garc{\´i}a Lorcas Trilog{\´i}a dram{\´a}tica de la tierra espa{\~n}ola als Knotenpunkt von Kontinuit{\"a}t und Wandel von der Antike bis zu Netflix: Tradition, Adaption, Innovation, Inspiration}, series = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, volume = {6}, journal = {promptus - W{\"u}rzburger Beitr{\"a}ge zur Romanistik}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-244280}, pages = {131-153}, year = {2020}, abstract = {To this day, Lorca's most popular plays, the Trilog{\´i}a dram{\´a}tica de la tierra espa{\~n}ola, are considered to be among the most widely read texts of twentieth century Spanish literature. By combining elements from Antiquity with classic and modern features of Spanish theatre and placing them in new functional contexts, the author succeeds in creating an innovative theatre of sociocritical nature in times of political repression. This article analyses several of these innovations and aims to demonstrate the influence Lorca's Tragedias rurales still have on today's literature and culture. Simon Stone's play Yerma (2017) and the Netflix series Las Chicas del Cable (2017-2020) are approached here with this purpose.}, language = {de} }