Multiple Exposure

No. 2 - Year 8 - 06/2018

University of Zadar | eISSN 1847-7755 | SIC.JOURNAL.CONTACT@GMAIL.COM

Editorial

This issue of [sic] plays with the technique of multiple exposure, which we borrow from photography. In a similar way that the superimposition of several exposures creates a single and unique image, so all the articles here presented individually deal with different overlapping concepts, which produce distinctive images, texts, and readings. Thus, for example, superimposing Nigerian traditional practices on Shakespeare’s themes creates a unique phenomenon in modern Nigerian theater; similarly, Christmas customs in Croatia, overlapping the fantasy of J.R.R. Tolkien, form a particular product intended for the child reader. Additionally, this [sic] also engages in a game of meaning, working around the polysemy of the word exposure. To this effect, the presented selection of articles deals with exposure as appearance in various (multiple) digital sources, the exposure of the viewers to multifarious effects cinema can have, or the exposure (revelation) of the ideas underlying the translation process. ...

Literary Translation
Norbert Gstrein and Davorka Ljubenkov:

Prošlog sam proljeća nekoliko tjedana na opatijskoj gradskoj promenadi prolazio pored kipa Miroslava Krleže. Stoji tamo izliven u metalu, s rukama u džepovima jakne, nezgrapan kolos, pred hotelom Milenij i gleda prema moru i u obližnji otok Cres. Prorijeđeni vijenac kose na njegovoj glavi mogao bi jednako tako biti i od ostataka lovora koji mu je stavio neki uviđavni potomak, a koji sad brišu vjetar i vrijeme. Osim mještana, tek rijetki turisti znaju nešto o tom imenu, a kamoli da pred sobom imaju jednog od velikih europskih književnika prošlog stoljeća. Nešto u njegovu držanju, to što je blago pogrbljen i jako nagnut ustranu, daje mu nadmoćno ironičnu crtu ne samo kao da se ne slaže sa svime što mu se događa nego kao da događanja oko njega točno potvrđuju sliku čovjeka koju je skicirao u svojim romanima i kazališnim djelima. Mora da sam zbog tog ozračja, zbog ironije i opuštenosti, vrlo brzo ušao u dijalog s njim. Ja sam postavljao pitanja, a njegov bi odgovor uvijek bio isti: odmahiv...

DOI: 10.15291/sic/2.8.lt.4
Literature and Culture
Josip Ćirić and Maja Jadrešin:

This paper discusses links between digital humanities and philosophy, which have been connected for a long time. The paper focuses on the representation of Croatian philosophers in specialized encyclopedias and dictionaries. Main areas at the intersection of the two disciplines are targeted: generating repositories, creating social networks for experts, and new approaches to analyzing digitalized content. In this context, the paper analyzes the (under-)representation of several Croatian philosophers in tertiary sources. The results show that the number of philosophers with name entries in encyclopedias is small, that the number of languages for the existing articles is also small, and that there are certain inaccuracies in those articles. Finally, the paper suggests certain procedures to remedy the present condition.Keywords: digital humanities, national philosophies, encyclopedia, dictionaryUnutar humanistike posljednjih je godina očit pomak u metodologiji, te dijelom i u predmetu ist...

DOI: 10.15291/sic/2.8.lc.2
Literary Translation
Carlos Fonseca and Ela Varošanec:

1.Na trenutke, u tišini nastanjenoj krajolikom, jedino što se može čuti jest bljeskalica fotografskog aparata. U tom kratkom trenutku postoje samo on, kamera i kadar koji će ostati zabilježen za budućnost koju još ne zna, ali na tu je kartu stavio sve. Samo u tom kratkom trenutku ne postoji ništa osim njega i njegove vjere. Njega i njegove budućnosti. Potom ga, suptilno, prekida ona kratka zvučna katastrofa koja ga vraća natrag u prašumu: tropska šuma koja ječi i vrije u pozadini, kakofonija ptica, graja slobodnih kokoši, hrkanje umornog Indijanca, štucanje pijanog Engleza. Još dalje, na grozno jedinstvenom i bolnom mjestu, jecaji kćeri čije jauke tek sada ponovno čuje.Tek tada odvaja oči od kamere i pogleda je.Jedva joj je deset godina, pogled težak od nesanice i strašno bljedilo koji ga podsjete na one nordijske širine koje nikada nije posjetio. Pokraj djevojčice, žena zasljepljujuće ljepote, lijevom rukom čiji oblik i predobro poznaje, umiruje jecaje djevojčice. Drugom rukom, njegov...

DOI: 10.15291/sic/2.8.lt.1
Literature and Culture
Jasna Poljak Rehlicki and Hrvoje Lepeduš:

In his masterpiece Musashi (1935), the author Eiji Yoshikawa depicts the birth of an ingenious swordsman and his spiritual evolution towards the final awakening (satori). While constructing the character of Miyamoto Musashi, Yoshikawa uses the elements of Zen Buddhist philosophy and describes Musashi's progress on his way of enlightenment through a series of direct personal insights (kensho) that precede satori. The paper aims to discuss and analyze Musashi's use of different types of swords that metaphorically suggest his personal and spiritual transformation from an untamed and uncultivated person to his ultimate enlightenment. Initially, Musashi fights with a wooden sword (bokken), which symbolizes his animalistic, rampant nature. As he progresses on the way of enlightenment, Musashi embraces the steel sword (katana), though he still uses bokken at times. The struggle between his wild and civilized nature culminates at the moment of kensho, when he starts fighting with two steel swo...

DOI: 10.15291/sic/2.8.lc.3
Literature and Culture
Marko Vučetić, University of Zadar, Croatia:

This article discusses the relationship between anthropology and art in the philosophical work of contemporary Croatian philosopher Raimundo Kupareo. Anthropology is the study of man, and art is the study or manifestation of human presence. Man is a being of value that connects mysticism and rationality, knowledge and emotions, idea and matter, anthropology and art. The possibility of a touch between anthropology and art allows for the avoidance of dichotomous tendencies of separation between art and anthropology, works and authors. The artistic process, viewed from anthropological positions, is the process of rise and resurrection of the artist as the author and his/her work as a particular value. The author has been legitimized in the world as a being that conceives different ideas and is able to express them in matter, while his work has been publicly presented as a true, human value without the predetermined exclusivity of belonging to someone. That man presents a value, the same a...

DOI: 10.15291/sic/2.8.lc.1
Literature and Culture
Mirna Sindičić Sabljo, University of Zadar, Croatia:

Samuel Beckett zapamćen je kao književnik koji je bio prilično rezerviran u odnosima s medijima. Pomno je čuvao svoju privatnost, rijetko javno nastupao te davao intervjue i izjave za medije. Njegova nam pisma, objavljena u četiri sveska u razdoblju između 2009. i 2016. godine u izdanju Cambridge University Pressa, stoga otkrivaju posve nepoznato lice književnika koji je korespondirao s izrazito velikim brojem osoba tijekom života. U arhivima i privatnim kolekcijama nađeno je oko 20 000 pisama koja u potpunosti mijenjaju sliku Becketta kao pustinjaka. Pisma otkrivaju da je Beckett bio iznimno dobro povezan s poslijeratnim umjetničkim svijetom te u redovitom kontaktu s nizom bliskih osoba, poznanika i poslovnih suradnika, posebice u trenucima kad se zbog stvaralaštva povlačio u izolaciju.Samuel Beckett četiri je godine prije smrti, 1985. godine, odobrio posthumno izdavanje svojih pisama. Zadatak je povjerio Marthi Dow Fehsenfeld, koja je potom zamolila Lois More Overbeck (Emory Universi...

DOI: 10.15291/sic/2.8.lc.10