This second volume in the CONTEMPORARY STUDIES ON LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE series, titled Recent Approaches in Humanities, presents a wideranging collection of essays that reflect the evolving landscape of literary and cultural inquiry today.
Bringing together voices from various disciplines, the volume explores how language operates as both a medium of communication and a tool of power, identity, and meaning-making. From pragmatic analyses of Shakespearean drama and feminist readings of folklore to metaphysical reflections on animal presence and philosophical debates on AI-generated texts, the contributions engage with the ethical, political, and aesthetic dimensions of literature.
Whether examining the transformation of myth, the performative force of speech, or the impact of digital authorship, each chapter reaffirms the humanities’ capacity to address complex human experiences in times of rapid change. As part of the Contemporary Studies on Language and Literature series, this volume continues to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and critical innovation across the field.
Table of Contents
Preface
The Pragmatics of Power and Identity in Shakespeare’s Richard II: Language, Authority. and Political Discourse.
MANUEL MACIAS BORREGO
“My Name is Bond. James Bond.” Casino Royale and Its Global Iterations
MARIA MIHAELA GRAJDIAN
Haunted Bodies: Gender, In/Visibility, and the Personal as Political in Anna Jordan’s Chicken Shop
KANAN AGHASIYEV & PELIN GÖLCÜK MIRZA
Cats, Poetry, and Beyond: A Metaphysical Analysis of Christopher Smart’s “For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry” from “Jubilate Agno”
KANAN AGHASIYEV & MUSTAFA CANLI
Symbiose aus Natur und Menschen in Marlen Haushofer’s Roman Die Wand (1963): Ein Versuch im Einklang mit der Natur zu leben
VANDANA RANI
Slipping Off the Sealskin: Examining the Nuances of Intimate Partner Violence in Selkie Mythology
ALEXA KEOUGH
Dostoevsky’s Rhetoric: Bridging Philosophy, Humanity, and Art
ELIAS MEHDAWI
Body Politics: The Struggle for Female Empowerment – Then and Now
SUSHANT KUMAR DUBE
Language Speaks Itself: AI Language Models and Poststructuralist Subjectivity
JAMES DAVID DONAHUE
“Old Ratty Does All the Work for You, So Don’t Harm Her!”: Animal Issues in Leslie Marmon Silko’s Gardens in the Dunes
ZHANG CHUN
