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"Caesura"

Journal of Philological and Humanistic Studies

Caesura—Journal of Philological and Humanistic Studies is a biannual international journal of philology and humanistic studies currently published by Emanuel University Press. The journal investigates thematic subjects in literature and language, cultural studies and morals, hermeneutics and historical texts with reference to their literary and religious contexts, but it is also intended to cover fields such as theories of the novel, poetry, and political speech, postmodern literary discourses and argumentation, disruptive languages, symbols and images in literature and culture. Caesura is dedicated to scholars preoccupied with the manner in which momentous debates in philology can benefit from an extension into the broader and convivial space of humanities in order to acquire new insights and meanings.

 

Founding Editor-In-Chief

Ramona Simuț, PhD (Emanuel University of Oradea)

[email protected]

 

Advisory Board

Professor Antonius B. M. Naaijkens, PhD (University of Utrecht)

Professor Takayuki Yokota-Murakami, PhD (University of Osaka)

Professor Éva Antal,

PhD, Dr. Habil. (Eszterházy Károly College of Eger)

Professor Péter Szaffkó, PhD, Dr. Habil. (University of Debrecen)https://www.emanuel.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Caesura-7.1-2020-1-DH-.pd

https://www.emanuel.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Caesura-8.1-2021-2-Otilia-Vezentan-Berzava.pdfProfessor Marius Cruceru, PhD (Emanuel University of Oradea)

Caesura—Journal of Philological and Humanistic Studies is published twice a year in Spring (May-June) and Autumn (October-November) by Emanuel University Press and the «Ethics and Society» Research Center. All articles selected for inclusion in Caesura are peer-reviewed by external academics.

All articles in Caesura are open access under the liberal Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY) license. The CC BY license allows unrestricted use and reproduction of the articles, provided appropriate credit is given to the original author(s).

The price of a printed issue is eur 25, excluding postage and handling charges.

ISSN: 2360-3372

ISSN-L: 2360-3372

ISSN (online): 2360-6681

Peer Reviewing Policy

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Instruction for Authors

Caesura 10.2 (2023)

Between the Rock and the Hard Place: Addressing the Imperatives of Contemporary Church-World Debate 

 
Ramona Simuț and Marcel Măcelaru 
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 The church as alternative community. Reflections on christian existence.

 LIGIA-MARIANA MĂCELARU 

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Reconciliation: Semantic and theological considerations 

CRISTIAN SANDU

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Principii contemporane ale evanghelizării

FLORIN POP

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Jesus’ triumphal entry in John 12

GORAN MEDVED

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Do religious gender ideologies promote gender prejudice?

KIMBERLY BALDWIN

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The practice of christian mentoring in the church

Practicarea mentorării creștinine în context bisericesc

DANIEL BĂBUȚĂ

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Rețele și eforturi misionare în contextul misiunii printre evreii din Austria în secolul al XIX-lea

FRANK HINKELMANN

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Challenges and opportunities of an in-between society.

A christian perspective

IOSIF RIVIȘ-TIPEI

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Caesura 10.1 (2023)

The “Critical” Language: Addressing tender spots in contemporary paradigm shifts
 
Ramona Simuț and Marcel Măcelaru 
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A historical and contextual case for modular and transnational education: The Baptist Theological School in Serbia

DWAYNE BALDWIN

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Imagini ale învierii în concepție paulină

MARCEL-LEON TREICA

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Using transgender logic – a call to respect God’s identity

KIMBERLY BALDWIN

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Superioritatea lui Cristos față de îngeri. Cristos nu doar un mesager, ci Mesagerul (Evrei 1:1-14)

OTILIA N. VEZENTAN (BERZAVA)

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Comrades in crises: Comparing the writings on environmental catastrophes in Habila’s Oil on Water and Ghosh’s Gun Island

PRATEEK UPRETI SAKSHI SEMWAL

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Peace and peacemaking in the Bible and beyond

IOSIF RIVIȘ-TIPEI

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Mentorarea din perspectivă creștină

DANIEL BĂBUȚĂ

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Power in weakness – the message of the cross in Paul’s letters to the Corinthians and its implications

CRISTIAN SANDU

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Muzica, modalitate de evanghelizare: Plantarea de biserici libere în Austria între 1960-1990

FRANK HINKELMANN

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Caesura 9.2 (2022)

“Paradigmatic Realities in Modern Theology”
 
Marcel Măcelaru and Ramona Simuț
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Holistic Mission in the Theology of the Last Fifty Years:  Challenges and Paradigms (Misiunea holistică în teologia ultimei jumătăţi de veac: provocări şi paradigme)

MARCEL ŞAITIŞ

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Who Is Jesus? Jesus’ Identity Questioned in Mark 8.27-30 (Cine este Isus? Identitatea lui Isus pusă în dezbatere în Marcu 8:27-30)

ANDREI-DANIEL POP

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Psalm 23 and Its Theological Value for Christian Worship. Ways to Apprehend the Biblical Text (Psalmul 23: valoarea teologică pentru închinarea creştină şi modalităţi de familiarizare cu textul biblic)

DANIELA LOGHIN MEISAROS

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The Neighbour as Public Person. Developing and Applying the Concept in the Public Square (Aproapele ca persoană publică: dezvoltarea şi aplicarea conceptului în sfera publică)

NICOLAE CREŢU

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The Temple of Shiloh: Importance, Meaning, Sacred Space (Templul din Șilo: importanţă, semnificaţie, spaţiu sacru)

IONEL MORARIU

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Paradigms of Leader Formation in Deuteronomistic History (Paradigme ale formării liderilor în istoria deuteronomistă)

SAMUEL FLORIN BÎRLE

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Integrity within Christian Ministry. A Biblical Approach (Conceptul de integritate în slujirea creştină: o abordare biblică)

TIMOTEI FLOAREA

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Participation in Christ in Pauline Theology. An Overview (Participarea în Cristos în teologia paulină: perspectivă de ansamblu)

VASILE FILIP

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Caesura 9.1 (2022)

Ramona Simuț
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Pentecost, the Full Gospel, and Religious Play: A Study of 3 Wolfgang Vondey’s Perspective on the Quiddity and
Contribution of Pentecostalism (Cincizecimea, evanghelia deplină şi ludicul religios: Studiu asupra specificului şi contribuţiei penticostalismului, în dialog cu teologul Wolfgang Vondey)

CIPRIAN GHEORGHE-LUCA

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Fundamental Elements Fuelling Modern Mission Work (Elemente fundamentale care au motivat lucrarea misionară
penticostală modernă)

MARCEL ŞAITIŞ

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The Principle of Representation in Romans 5.12-21 (Principiul reprezentării în Romani 5:12-21)

ANDREI-DANIEL POP

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The Synagogue – A Perspective on Its Origins 45 Sinagoga – o perspectivă asupra originii sale

IONEL MORARIU

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Jacobus Arminius’ Theology and Its Influence throughout History

BENIAMIN MOCAN

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Grace, Gentiles, and the Jews. A Hypothesis (Harul, neamurile şi evreii. O ipoteză)

IONEL MORARIU

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The Role of Affections in Christian Spirituality: A Pentecostal Perspective (Rolul afectelor în spiritualitatea creştină: o perspectivă penticostală)

SAMUEL FLORIN BÎRLE

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The Relevance of the Ten Commandments in Contemporary Society (Relevanţa celor Zece Porunci în societatea contemporană)

TIMOTEI FLOAREA

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Caesura 8.2 (2021)

Caesura. Journal of Philological and Humanistic Studies

volume 8/ Issue 2/ Fall 2021

Paradise vs. Reality in Modern Literatures

Ramona Simut
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Paradise Images in High-Fantasy Literature: The Chronicles of Narnia (Reprezentări ale paradisului în literatura high-fantasy: Cronicile din Narnia)

DAMARIS ZLATAN

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Individual and Transcendental Nature within American Romanticism (Natura individuală şi transcendentală în romantismul american)

RAMONA SIMUŢ

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Book Review 

RAMONA SIMUŢ

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Simulacra and Simulation: Shaping the Simulation Universe in Postmodernism (Simulacru şi simulare: cristalizarea universului simulării în postmodernism)

ŞTEFANIA CULDA

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Women as Moral Keepers: Perception vs. Reality KIMBERLY BALDWIN

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Caesura 8.1 (2021)

„Styles and Genres in Literary and Theological Settings”

Ramona Simuț
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Homiletical Development from a First to a Second Generation Reformer. A Comparison Between Martin Luther and John Calvin
GABRIEL MIREL ALBU

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The Superiority of Christ in History. Jesus Christ, the Final Revelation of God’s Self (Superioritatea lui Cristos în istorie. Isus Cristos, revelația finală)
OTILIA VEZENTAN (BERZAVA)

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Matthew’s Use of the Pentateuch in the Sermon on the Mount: Establishing the Foundation for Christian Living Through the Example and Instruction of Christ
CAIDEN SCALF

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A Study of the Autobiographical Genre in Saint Augustine’s Confessions (Studiu asupra genului autobiografic în Confesiunile Sfântului Augustin)
SIMONA OLTEANU

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New Perspectives in Teaching German Cultural Studies. Dach(L) Principle in Selected Schoolbooks (Neue Perspektiven in der Landeskundevermittlung. Das Dach(L)-Prinzip in ausgewählten Daf-Kursbüchern in Rumänien)
ALEXANDRA DENISA IGNA, ADINA BANDICI

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Caesura 7.2 (2020)

„Discourse and Society within Biblical Literatures”

Ramona Simuț
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Jesus not Just a Prophet. Jesus Christ, Son of God in Hebrews 1:1-14
OTILIA VEZENTAN (BERZAVA)

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Preaching as Charisma. The Pauline Perspective on Preaching
ADRIAN C. MOCAN

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Globalization and Religion. An Introductory Analysis https://www.emanuel.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Caesura-7.2-2020-2.pdf

LAURENŢIU PETRILA

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Evangelical Preaching. Peter Patterns and Paradigms
ADRIAN C. MOCAN

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Resurrection of the Dead as a Fractional Element in the Corinthian Church Community
ANDREI-DANIEL POP

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The Book of Law and its Impact on King Josiah’s Personhood and the Common Good
DANIELA LOGHIN MEISAROS

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Caesura 7.1 (2020)

„Biography and Character within Itinerant Literatures”

Ramona Simuț
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Walking to Byzantium
DAN HORAȚIU POPESCU

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The Explorations and Poetic Avenues of Nikos Kavvadias
IAKOVOS MENELAOU

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Charles Dickens, the Victorian. Novel Writing and the New Spirit of Reform
ECATERINA OANA BRÎNDAȘ

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Morpheus of the Angels as Literary Project. Shapeshifting onto the Body
RAMONA SIMUȚ

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Captive in Freedom or, Life on the Run by Mirela Roznoveanu
ADRIANA FOLTUȚ

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Book Review
RAMONA SIMUȚ

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Caesura 6.2 (2019)

„Intrusions of Life in Modern Literature. A Perspective on Customs and Discourse”

Ecaterina-Oana Brîndaș, Ramona Simuț
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Rediscovering a Ritual. Between Kitsch and Authentic Value
ALIN SERAFIM ŞTEFĂNUŢ & FLORIN CIOBAN

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Translating Literary Texts with MemoQ
BORBÁLA BÖKÖS

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A Quiet, Cheap Place to Write or, the Avatars of Silence
DAN HORAŢIU POPESCU

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Un Monde Entier Sous Le Voile Dans l’OE uvre d’ Azar Nafisi Lire Lolita À Téhéran
SIMONA D. IENCIU

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Trends in Contemporary Poetry
ALINA SIMUŢ

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Imaginary Elements of Christian Origin as Reflected in the Socialist Realistic Drama
ALIN SERAFIM ŞTEFĂNUŢ

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George Eliot’s Complex Realism. Rural, Social, Moral and Psychological Realism in Adam Bede
ECATERINA OANA BRÎNDAŞ

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Caesura 6.1 (2019)

East to West: New Findings in Comparative Literature

Yadav Sumati, Ramona Simuț
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Pico Iyer’s Autumn Lights: Season of Fire and Farewells. A Global Perspective.
GURINDER KAUR SINGH

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Gender and Narrative: A Comparative Analysis of The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood and The Palace of Illusions by Chitra Banerjee Divakurni
KAUR KAMALDEEP

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Man-Woman Relationship in Gwendolyn Brooks’s Poetry
MUTHURAMAN KANNAYAN

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Writing Drought, then and now: A Comparative Assessment of Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay’s The Drought and Anita Agnihotri’s RememberingP RASHANT MAURYA, NAGENDRA KUMAR

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Constricting Life: Constructing/Deconstructing Violence in Han Kang’s The Vegetarian
JASMINE ANAND

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Haruki Murakami’s Kafka on The Shore – A World of War and Magical Realism with Vedantic view
PATHAK TANUJA

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Caesura 5.2 (2018)

„Experiences of the Body in Literature”

Ramona Simuț
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Body, Soul, and Sin in the 17th Century British Puritanism. The Writings of Thomas Adams (1583 – 1652)
CIPRIAN SIMUȚ

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Epistemology from Edward Schillebeeckx to Neil Postmanhttps://www.emanuel.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Caesura-5.2-2018-articol-1.pdf

and Its Leverage on Contemporary Literature
RAMONA SIMUȚ

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Sergiu Grossu’ s Detention Poetry, Suffering, and Catharsis
ADRIANA FOLTUȚ

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Body, Icon, and Mystery in Biblical Literatures
ALEXANDR COCETOV

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Book Review
RAMONA SIMUȚ

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Caesura 5.1 (2018)

From Initiation to Adoption as Metaphors of Authority in Literature

Ramona Simuț
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“Who Watches the Watchmen? ” Historical Fiction and Transdiegetic Social Initiation in Alan Moore’ s Watchmen
CĂLIN D. DRAGOȘ

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Keeping Up with the Gods: Divergence and Rebranding in Neil Gaiman’s American Gods
CĂLIN D. DRAGOȘ

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William Perkins’ Legacy High and Low: From Teaching the Commoner to Massively Influencing the Grands of the Day
ALEXANDRU V. STROIE

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William Perkins and Reformation through the Instruction of Preachers in Elizabethan Puritanism
ALEXANDRU V. STROIE

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The Fruits of True Conversion in Jonathan Edwards’ Religious Affections
DINU MOGA

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The Models of New Birth and Adoption in the Writings of John and Paul
DINU MOGA

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Caesura 4.2 (2017)

The Experience of Litherature

Peter Mathews
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A Tiny, Unrecognizable Speck: The Negotiability of Literary Experience in Ian Mcguire’s The North Water
NICHOLAS BIRNS

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Disillusionment at the Caffe Florian: Ishiguro’s Cellists and the Destruction of Experience
PETER MATHEWS

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Vicente Blasco Ibanez: From Storyteller to Soldier of the Pen
JEFFREY OXFORD

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How Hemingway’s Cats Will Save Literary Studies
MELISSA E. SCHINDLER

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“To Die Content”: Death and Writing in Chu Tien-Hsin’s Man of La Mancha
MAVIS CHIA-CHIEH TSENG

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Isabel’s Sympathetic Reconciliation in The Portrait of s Lady
YU-WEN SU

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Caesura 4.1 (2017)

„Perspectives on Writing from Creativity to Politics”

Ramona Simuț
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Creative Writing in Ministry Preparation: Narrativizing Formational Reflection
BENJAMIN K. FORREST, MARYBETH DAVIS BAGGETT

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Ideas on the Sublime with John Quincy Adams
MATTHEW F. STOLZ

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Norse Women as Material for Modern Writing
RAMONA SIMUȚ

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The Political Sublime of John Quincy Adams
MATTHEW F. STOLZ

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Images of the Soul in Lucian Blaga’s Poetry
ADRIANA FOLTUȚ

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Caesura 3.2 (2016)

„Political Speech in 19th Century Literature from the Representatives to the People”

David Lohrey
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The Orphic Republic: the Citizen Orator

MATTHEW F. STOLZ

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Romanian Literary Classics: Between Oblivion and the Urge to Make Them Known
RAMONA SIMUȚ

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Caesura 3.1 (2016)

„The Neopolitical Genre in Peninsular and Latin American Literature from Hard-Boiled to Detective Series”

Osvaldo Di Paolo Harrison

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Neoliberal Panic: The Untimely Hard-Boiled Critique of Germán Maggiori’s Entre Hombres

JUAN CABALLERO

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Rethorics of Crime in Argentinian Neopolicial Novels. Stylization and Parody of Crime Fiction
FABIÁN GABRIEL MOSSELLO

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Corruption, Crime and the Urban and Cultural Landscape in Argentina during Carlos Saúl Menem’s Administration (1988-1999)
OSVALDO DI PAOLO HARRISON

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Evolution or Eternal Recurrence? Social Commentary in Eduardo Mendoza’s Detective Series
JEFFREY OXFORD

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An Alternative Discourse: Crime, Criminals, and Victims in Mundial ’78: La Historia Paralela
KIMBERLY LOUIE

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Hard-Boiled Novel and Rewriting of the Story in Las Islas by Carlos Gamerro and Segunda Vida. La Guerra No Siempre Te
Convierte En Un Héroe by Guillermo Orsi
MARCELA MELANA

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Caesura 2.2 (2015)

„Aesthetic within the Humanities: The Good, the Beautiful, and the True”

Jordan Ryan Goings

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Good (and Beautiful) News for Postmodern Apologists

DOUGLAS KEITH BLOUNT

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Encountering God’s Beauty: How Hegelian Aesthetics Helps the Theologian
JORDAN RYAN GOINGS

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The Painter and the Tree: A Biblical Rationale for Visual Art
MATTHEW ERIC RALEY

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(Re)Uniting “Christ-Haunted” and “the South”: Bringing Allegory and Culture together in Flannery O’Connor’s Criticism
MEGEN F. BOYETT

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Outside, Looking in: the Representative Aesthetic of Incompletion in Wuthering Heights
KYLE MARK JANKE

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Literature and Film: Fantasy across Media
MATTHEW BRETT VADEN

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Caesura 2.1 (2015)

„Experiments in Literature: The City between Demise and Revival”

Ramona Simuț, PhD
Emanuel University of Oradea

Yadav Sumati
PG Govt. College for Girls, Chadingarh

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“Tanta vis admonitionis inest in locis.” Czernowitz come spazio letterario della memoria
Chiara Conterno

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The Hungry Tide: Climate Sustainability en Route from Ancient Texts to Modern Fiction to Humanity
Yadav Sumati

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Profiles of History-Makers. Josephus’ Against Apion
Aurelian Botica

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Mediums in Literary Settings: The Leverage of Technology in the Modern Novel
Ramona Simuţ

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Can Death Be a Happy Event? On the Theology of Death with Nathanael Emmons (1745-1840)
Ciprian Simuţ

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The Other Is Oneself. An Expansive Definition of Postcolonial Identity
David T. Lohrey

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Caesura 1.2 (2014)

„Literature in the Middle: From High Authority to Word Reality”

Issue Editors

Ramona Simuț, PhD
Emanuel University of Oradea

Călin Lupițu, PhD
Emanuel University of Oradea

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“The All-Knowing God”. Old Testament and Hellenistic Metaphors in the Genre of New Testament Apocalyptic
Aurelian Botica

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Dystopian Narratives and Humanism. What a Zombie Makeover Really Looks Like
Jordan Ryan Goings

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“The Night Parade”. Experiencing the Folklore-Based Japanese Imaginary between Wabisabi and the Uncanny
Călin Lupițu

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The Pain and Suffering of African Children Reflected in Uwem Akpan’s Short Stories Say You’re One of Them
Yildiray Cevik

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La Citta Di Gu Cheng: Uno Scenario Apocalittico
Anna Simona Margarito

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Great Metropolitan Creations. The Tectonics of Discourse in the Postcolonial City
Timea Venter

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Caesura 1.1 (2014)

„The Literature of the Apocalypse: From Prophecy to Disaster”

Issue Editors

Ramona Simuț, PhD

Emanuel University of Oradea

Aurelian Botica, PhD
Emanuel University of Oradea

Irina Drexler, PhD
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca

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Postmodernism: Surviving the Apocalypse
David T. Lohrey

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The Antichrist(ian) Turk in Seventeenth-Century England
Sinan Akilli

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(Post-)Apocalyptic Imagination: Uncanny Undead between Sublime and Cynical
Călin D. Lupiţu

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Persuading An Audience: Margaret Thatcher’s Speech to the Foreign Policy Association (“The West in the World Today”)
Irina Drexler

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The Apocalyptic Tone of Irony in William Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
Éva Antal

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Images of the Apocalypse in Latin American Hardboiled: Preterist, Futurist, and Postmodern Interpretations
Osvaldo Di Paolo

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