Representations of Otherness in Romanian Philological Studies
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- ISBN 9783631872949
- Weight: 302g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 21 Feb 2022
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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This volume presents a collection of papers from the 1st edition of the International
Conference for Young Philological Researchers on New Methodological Directions
and Perspectives in Literary and Linguistic Studies, held at “Lucian Blaga” University
of Sibiu, Romania, in May 2020.
In thirteen selected papers, authors have tackled Otherness in terms of Representations
of the Other; Grammars of Otherness; Otherness in Literature; Discourses on
Self/Other; Voices, Arts and Metaphors of Self and Other; Sameness and Otherness;
Otherness in Education; (In)(di)visibility and Translatability of Otherness, etc. The
volume spans a variety of fields, from linguistics, cultural theory, and philosophy to
literature, psychology, and art, and each is concerned with not only otherness but
also with representation.
Silvia Florea is Professor in the Department of Anglo-American and German Studies
of the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania. Her main interests include theories
of contemporary linguistics, intercultural communication, translation studies,
discourse analysis, and ethics of scientific research.
Eric Gilder is Professor of Communication and Development Studies at the Papua
New Guinea University of Technology in Lae, and a doctoral supervisor at the
“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania. His main interests are in international
media, adult education, intercultural communication, and communication for
development.
Diana Florea is Lecturer of Information Management in the Department of
Romance Studies of the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania. Her current
research interests are in the cultural histories of reading, cultural and knowledge
management, and information theories.
Roxana Grunwald is Lecturer of Discourse Typology in the Department of
Anglo-American and German Studies of the “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu,
Romania. Her main interests are in the fields of translation studies, discourse representations
and typologies, and multilingual terminology.
