The Text and Modernity. Right to Life Standpoint
Journal: Pytannia literaturoznavstva (Vol.2013, No. 87)Publication Date: 2013-09-03
Authors : Halyna Shvets;
Page : 348-360
Keywords : life position; right to life; right to die; pro-life; abortion; infanticide; euthanasia; death penalty; suicide; life-affirming / life-denying standpoint;
Abstract
In the article the importance and feasibility of the text analysis in terms of right to life life position, pro-life position in particular. The main research methods are observation and comparison. The importance of research on this issue in Ukraine is due to the influence of the right to life position in almost all areas of modern science: philosophy, culture, sociology, ethics, bioethics in particular, psychology and more. The topicality of the research consists in: the need of the definition of a ?person” and its reflection in modern texts; the need of examining new literary phenomenon - life-affirming / life-denying literature ? in system, genre and style aspect; the need to identify new genre modifications, genres interactions, literary genres, different national literatures and texts, forming genre systems in literary discourse of the XXI century. The author examines the state of research and analysis of the text from the perspective of the right to life position in Ukraine and abroad. The article shows that there is little research in the field of literature and scientific analysis of the text in terms of the right to life position in Ukraine. The author presents the basic terms and concepts. For example, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-lifers, pro-choicers, right to life, right to die, abortion, post-abortion syndrome (PAS), infanticide, euthanasia, suicide, death penalty and so on. In conclusion, the author believes that such scientific analysis is promising, because it gives the opportunity to discover new literary phenomena of the XXI century. For example, life-affirming / life-denying text, type of hero / anti-hero of such texts, language changes in the vocabulary, grammatical construction, syntax, semantics of the life-affirming / life-denying text; interpretation of life-affirming / life-denying text.
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