VOLUME 2(2) • 2014
The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream
ABSTRACT. The chameleonic but at the same time iconic American cinema figure, Marilyn Monroe, represented along the time different things for various people, oscillating from the absolute standard of female sensuality to the image of beauty, sexuality, promiscuity, grace, desolation and even madness..
Reading in the AfterMode
ABSTRACT. Obsession with solitude and characters imprisoned in a cell or, if not, confined to their confusion, sense of absolute and hopeless isolation, their purposelessness and ultimate failure. Sleep, oddness and madness, or confusion at least, go together. A leisurely world, in which sleep is th..
A prisoner of ambiguity
ABSTRACT. When values, norms, traditions and theories seem to have lost their compass, Kazuo Ishiguro provides his readers with a harsh lesson about moral values, for Never Let Me Go reinvents the definition of humans and replicas. Concomitantly, he destroys the identities of his characters, annihil..
The Jane Eyre Pattern
ABSTRACT. In the present paper, the attention is focused on the psychology of relationships: there is always a game of power to some extent in a love relationship and passion and tragedy are always linked. Lovers always have something destructive about them, according to psychoanalysis. In relations..
Battle for truth and beauty: the agon of translation
ABSTRACT. Kenneth Burke no doubt offered one of the most profound insights into the discrete structural and functioning principles of language considered as a reality of the highest importance for humanity, namely as symbolic action. Language thus implies by its very nature two fields: scientism and..
I wanted it and I knew I’d get it
ABSTRACT. Vivien Leigh, the eclectic British actress who fascinated millions of people, was not only the beautiful woman millions adored, but also a human being craving for harmony and peace. Her determination proved to be one of the greatest weapons she possessed and it helped her fulfill her dream..
The English baron of horror
ABSTRACT. From the classic to the modern theatre repertory, from cinematographically impersonating famous fictional characters such as mad scientists (Victor Frankenstein), implacable vampire hunters (Abraham Van Helsing) or unbeatable detectives (Sherlock Holmes), there was only one British actor, ..
The Hollywood mark
ABSTRACT. As more and more objects, from clothes to books or works of art, are today valued less for what they are and more for how they sell or please the public, movies can be no exception, especially those made in Hollywood, where marketing research and planning often make or break a feature film..
Romanian Drama. What’s up, doc?
ABSTRACT. The biographical research that we once ran on 25 eminent Romanian dramatists (scanning 140 years, from 1850 to 1990) came up with a figure of 18(72%) cases of psychopathology; we now extended the research to 50 dramatists (i.e. 25 new names, 20 of them being initially described as primaril..
LBBB in the AfterMode
ABSTRACT. The left bundle branch block (LBBB) causes an abnormal pattern of cardiac activation and affects the regional myocardial function. Although the recognition of LBBB on the surface electrocardiogram is straightforward, dissecting its effect on patient treatment and outcome can be rather more..
Microalbuminuria, LVH, and CAD in hypertensive patients
ABSTRACT. Epidemiologic and experimental data show that microalbuminuria is associated with high incidence and increased risk for cardiovascular mortality among individuals with hypertension in whom it is linked to an increased atherogenic risk pattern, especially when accompanied by other target or..
School actors in distress
ABSTRACT. Students and teachers are certainly the frontstage actors in the educational process. An overview of the Romanian literature in the field is made in the first part of this article; the second part, on the basis of a large-scale questionnaire, looks into the matter in more detail, with spec..