CURRENTS A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review Vol. 4: Beyond the Horizon 2018 Edited by Joanna Antoniak, Paula Budzyńska & Edyta Lorek-Jezińska Toruń 2018 CURRENTS. A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review Vol. 4: Beyond the Horizon/2018 Edited by Joanna Antoniak, Paula Budzyńska & Edyta Lorek-Jezińska Editor-in-Chief: Edyta Lorek-Jezińska This online version of the journal is a referential version. All texts licensed under: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. www.currents.umk.pl [email protected] ISSN 2449-8769 Cover designed by: Zuzanna Larysz / 007fff; image: Mikołaj Pawlak Logo designed by: Zuzanna Larysz / 007fff Advisory Board: Prof. Martin Butler (University of Oldenburg) Prof. Tyler Kessel (Hudson Valley Community College, Troy, NY) Dr Sigríður Ólafsdóttir (University of Island) Dr Andreia-Irina Suciu (“Vasile Alecsandri” University of Bacău) Reviews: dr Patrycja Austin, University of Rzeszów; dr Karolina Broś, University of Warsaw; dr Suranjana Choudhury, North Eastern Hill University, India; dr Eleni Griva, University of Western Macedonia, Greece; dr Andres Karjus, University of Edinburgh; dr Monika Kocot, University of Łódź; dr hab. Monika Kusiak-Pisowacka, Jagiellonian University; dr Krzysztof Majer, University of Łódź; dr Roland Mühlenbernd, Ca’Foscari University of Venice, Italy; dr Małgorzata Ossowska-Czader, University of Łódź; dr Wiktor Pskit, University of Łódź; dr Alina Resceanu, University of Craiova, Romania; dr Nelly Strehlau, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. Publisher: Academic Association for Doctoral Students at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń, Poland / Doktoranckie Koło Naukowe Filologii Angielskiej, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, Katedra Filologii Angielskiej, ul. Bojarskiego 1, 87-100 Toruń. Section editors: Joanna Antoniak, Paula Budzyńska, Bernadetta Jankowska, Marek Placiński, Julia Siepak. Proofreading: Joanna Antoniak, Paula Budzyńska, Bernadetta Jankowska, Marek Placiński, Julia Siepak, Edyta Lorek-Jezińska. Typesetting: Edyta Lorek-Jezińska. CURRENTS. A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review, based in Toruń, is a yearly interdisciplinary journal addressed to young researchers in the field of English studies. It was founded in 2013 by the Academic Association for Doctoral Students at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and its first issue was released in 2015. The journal is dedicated to all aspects of English studies, including linguistics, literary and cultural studies, translation, book editing and ESL teaching. It seeks to explore interconnections and differences between various sub-disciplines and approaches within English philology, providing a platform for debate to young scholars. Currents invites contributions from students of English departments in Poland and abroad, pursuing BA, MA and PhD degree programmes. The major part of each issue consists of academic articles related to the key themes described in call for papers published in the latest issue or on the journal website. A separate section is devoted to book reviews and conference reports. The journal applies a double-blind review procedure; each article is reviewed by two academic referees. Currents is edited by members of the Academic Association for Doctoral Students at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. All submissions and queries should be sent to the journal address: [email protected]. Editor-in-chief Edyta Lorek-Jezińska TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 6 CURRENTS EDITORIAL: BEYOND THE HORIZON 8 ARTICLES BEYOND THE HORIZON OF LANGUAGE Marek Placiński 16 Beyond the standard methods of research in the interactive alignment model Dorota Watkowska 32 Plurilingualism in institutionalized education. An attempt to find the common ground between mediation and learning outcomes Bartosz Bukatko 49 Inter-player communication in MOBA games Monika Boruta 70 Culture, interaction and language: how are they linked? BEYOND THE HORIZON OF LITERATURE AND CULTURE Julia Siepak 84 Trauma, grief, and mourning: exploring loss in Louise Erdrich’s LaRose Olivier Harenda 99 Eloping with an Indian prince: recognizing the coloniser and the colonised in Ruth Prawer Jhabvala’s Heat and Dust Joanna Antoniak 114 Beyond hegemonic masculinity—criticism and subversion of masculinity models in American rap music: the case of The Lonely Island CURRENTS. A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review Bernadetta Jankowska 129 Distorted identity, madness and trauma: the struggle for identity in Pink Floyd’s The Wall Mikołaj Pawlak 146 Make something beautiful before you are dead by Steven Roggenbuck: Digital Natives and Millennial Poetics BOOK REVIEWS Joanna Antoniak 162 Celebrating the Polish connection of John Maxwell Coetzee. Review of John Maxwell Coetzee—Doctor Honoris Causa Universitatis Silesiensis by Krzysztof Jarosz, Zbigniew Białas, Marek Pawlicki CONFERENCE REPORTS Paula Budzyńska 168 Beyond the Horizon: Cross-cultural Experience Today An Interdisciplinary Conference Paula Budzyńska 171 CEFRiTES: The Common European Framework of Reference in Tertiary Education System Joanna Antoniak 173 The Postcolonial Family: International Interdisciplinary Conference ABSTRAKTY 176 ABOUT THE AUTHORS 182 CALL FOR PAPERS 185 CURRENTS. Vol. 4/2018 Acknowledgements Had it not been for the great involvement of many people, the publication of the fourth issue of CURRENTS would not have been possible. We intend to express our gratitude to Professor dr hab. Mirosława Buchholtz, the Head of the Department of English at Nicolaus Copernicus University, for giving us an opportunity to work on the fourth issue of CURRENTS and to publish the journal in its printed version. We greatly appreciate invaluable comments provided by our Reviewers. Their attention to detail helped to inspire our young scholars and substantially contributed to the quality of this edition. We would like to thank the supervisors of BA and MA theses, which formed the bases of some of the articles included in this volume as well as doctoral students’ advisors for their useful comments and suggestions. Last but not least, we wish to extend our thanks to our colleagues, who helped us with proof-reading and other editing tasks. CURRENTS The fourth issue editors. 6 CURRENTS EDITORIAL BEYOND THE HORIZON CURRENTS. A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review. Vol. 4/2018 CURRENTS. Vol. 4/2018 Ed. Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Joanna Antoniak & Paula Budzyńska, www. currents.umk.pl ISSN 2449-8769 ‖ All texts licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 Edyta Lorek-Jezińska, Joanna Antoniak, Paula Budzyńska, Bernadetta Jankowska Nicolaus Copernicus University BEYOND THE HORIZON/CROSS-CULTURAL EXPERIENCE TODAY: INTRODUCTION Keywords: horizon, cross-cultural experience, linguistics, literary and cultural studies It is our great pleasure to deliver the fourth issue of CURRENTS. A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review, edited by members of the Academic Association for Doctoral Students at the Department of English, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń. The second issue of CURRENTS was published in 2016 and its leitmotif was the comparison between now and then in a vast range of academic disciplines including but not limited to translations, literary theories, cultural and media studies, linguistics, language evolution and ESL teaching and learning. The third issue was devoted to the concept of horizons and evolved from discussions which took place during the Horizons conference held at our Department in October, 2016. The articles published in the 2017 volume endeavoured to explore unresearched phenomena, promising new findings and future prospects broadening current academic horizons. This year's volume expands on the horizons theme and continues the explorations into what goes beyond the horizon—the theme of our 2017 conference. Horizon and what goes beyond it is, on the one hand, associated with “the limits of an observer’s point of view” as well as “danger involved in applying our own culturally-based categories to cross-cultural understanding” (Kaartinen and Saafer 8). On the other hand, horizons are, as Kaartinen and 8 CURRENTS. A Journal of Young English Philology Thought and Review Saafer argue, about “salient aspects of cultural experience located 'elsewhere', 'unseen', 'past', 'coming'” and “not so much about the limits of knowing but about potential being projected from a background of familiar experience", involving both transcendence and subjectivity (9). In Hirsch’s discussion of Carter’s commentary on “imperial history” the very act of noticing something comes from the interaction between “here” and “now” and “there” of the horizon (3-4). Venturing into what is beyond the horizon is not only about expanding the limits of vision and reaching new experience, but also understanding our own status and the necessity to redefine constantly the frame of reference through which we perceive others. Therefore, what goes beyond the horizon is inextricably bound with cross- cultural and ‘intercultural experience.’ With the world continuously changing and mobility increasing (Byram 10), the ability to communicate effectively with the representatives of various origins and cultures has become particularly significant. These changes have resulted in the development of the emphasis on intercultural perspectives in a variety of studies, including linguistics and teaching methodology but also such fields as “behavioural psychology