UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA JOUR NAL O F YOUNG RE S E A RC H E RS Ser ies SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES Y E A R II, N O . 1 / 2 0 1 9 E D I T U R A U N I V E R S I T A R I A C R A I O VA ISSN: 2668-0300 Scientific Committee: Radu Constantinescu Marin Bica Mihaela Cecilia Popescu Titela Vîlceanu Alina Vlăduț Cătălina Sitnikov Ana Maria Preda Editorial Board: Oana Gîngu Mihail Stoicescu Liana Guțulescu Oana Siiu The content of the papers is the only responsibility of the authors. Requests for further information should be addressed to [email protected] University of Craiova, 13 A.I.Cuza Street, Room C330, 200585, Craiova, Romania UNIVERSITY OF CRAIOVA JOU RN A L OF YOUN G RESEA RC H ERS Se ri e s SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES Y E A R II, N O. 1/ 2 0 1 9 EDITURA UNIVERSITARIA CRAIOVA Volume coordinators: Professor Titela Vîlceanu, PhD Professor Mihaela Cecilia Popescu, PhD CONTENTS Hayder Adnan ALSHUWAILI, Reflections of Capitalism and Socialism in Lois Lowry’s "The Giver" ......................................................................................... 3 Adnan Mohaisen Ali AL-ZUABIDI, English as a Global Currency: Location and Relocation Issues ...................................................................................... 10 Andreea BĂLAN, Foreign Women in Victorian Literature ......................................................................................................................... 16 Nicoleta Livia BOGHIAN (ROSARIO CURVELO), Magic and Mystery Power in John Fowles’s "The Magus" ........................................................................ 21 Daniela Amalia CHILOM, Multiple Etymology and the History of Etymology ......................................................................................................................... 25 Maria Cristina CHINTESCU, Mothers and Daughters in Amy Tan's "The Kitchen God's Wife" and "The Joy Luck Club" ............................................... 30 Verona Elena CIOCIOI (POPA), Fidelity and Betrayal in Translation ......................................................................................................................... 36 Sorin-Teodor CUMPĂNĂȘOIU, School Success and Failure ......................................................................................................................... 43 Jasim Mohammed FARTOOSI, Mentally Colonized: Portrayal of the Black Female Characters in African American Literature ........................................ 54 Elena Diana GĂVAN, The Romantic Phenomenon and Science ......................................................................................................................... 60 Emma Mădălina LĂCRARU (NEAMȚU), The Reader Response Theory, a Tool for Analysing the Content of Literary Blogs ............................................ 65 Daniel LEOTESCU, Old English - A Brief Insight into the Beginning of the English Language ........................................................................................... 69 Georgiana Silvia LEOTESCU, Critical Praise and Literary Awards for J.K. Rowling's "Harry Potter". An Addition to Their Wide Popularity? ................ 75 Amelia Diana MAROIU, Notions of Linguistics. Aspects of Speech Archetypes and Temporal Speech ...................................................................................... 82 Olenka Maria MĂNESCU (DICU), Translating Tourism Texts - The Concept of "The Other" ................................................................................................. 88 Isabella-Alice MATIES-VERBUNCU (STOIAN), Equivalence in Legal Translation. Functional Approaches ............................... .............................. 96 Liana Georgiana MOGA (OPREA), Literary Translation: The Art of Rewriting ...................................................................................................................... 100 Sterjo NACIKU, Exploring the Link between Communication and Negotiation ....................................................................................................................... 106 Stela PLEȘA, A Cognitive Approach to Keith Stuart's "A Boy Made of Blocks" ....................................................................................................................... 115 Georgeta POPESCU, Magic Invested Objects in Romanian Folk Narratives ....................................................................................................................... 128 Mihai Robert RUSU, The Role of Specialised Translation. A Multisided Perspective .................................................................................................... 135 Aurelia SĂBIESCU, Ernesto de Martino, "The End of the World" ....................................................................................................................... 140 Laura SEMENOV, The Representation of Women in the Interwar Period in Romania ........................................................................................................ 146 Anca Monica STANCIU, Legal and Administrative Translation: Status and Challenges .................................................................................................... 153 Maria Georgiana STOENICĂ, Legal English - Legitimacy and Identity ....................................................................................................................... 158 Andreea Daniela ȚACU, "The Rest of the World is Laughing at Us" - "Middle England" as a Political Allegory of the 21st Century Britain ......................... 163 Alexandra Ștefania ȚIULESCU, "To be or Not to Be" - A Question of the Translator's Choice in Shakespeare's "Hamlet" ............................................ 170 Corina VASILE, Functional Manipulation of Language in the Institutionalised Discourse ...................................................................................................... 175 Andreea-Carmen ZAICU, The Subjunctive Status in French - Subordination Mood or Independent Mood?......................................................................... 180 REFLECTIONS OF CAPITALISM AND SOCIALISM IN LOIS LOWRY’S "THE GIVER" Hayder Adnan ALSHUWAILI University of Craiova, Craiova, Romania, [email protected] Abstract Literature is an essential part in forming the worldview of children as far as it helps the latter expand the general notion on the tremendous number of life aspects. In these terms, reading the fiction proves to be the central method for the young generation to deepen the knowledge even in such complex phenomena like socialism, propaganda, capitalism, ideology, utopia, etc. The Giver by Lois Lowry is a striking example of such readings considering that it manages to encompass the whole depth of predicaments of presupposed ideal society. The author engages in exploring all aspects of the utopian community with the regard to the strength of ideology, the language as a mean of propaganda, the political and social regulations for the young generation to percept, the education and the upbringing, and the outdated elements in the newly established system that depicts its flaws. Keywords: socialism, utopia, The Giver, ideology, children. Introduction Literature, would it be a novel, a drama, or even any poetry, can be found applicable in understanding the economic, social, and political history from various perspectives. It allows engaging in any other times and places, experiencing the events "from inside". Naturally, it would be improper to claim that a specific precise fact or information can be taken for granted and put on trust just following its representation in fiction literature. Nonetheless, the latter is able to provide a vigorous reader with general notions and sense of a historical phenomenon simply applying it as a backdrop for the story. In this manner, the comprehension of a historical, economic, or socio-political event appears to be intelligible, though may be simplified a bit. 3 JOURNAL O F Y O U NG RESEARCHERS SOCIAL SCIENCES, ARTS AND HUMANITIES, YEAR II, NO. 1/2019 Capitalism and socialism are two distinguished political, economic, and social systems that are widely applied by states throughout the whole world. While capitalism requires the existence of markets free of authority’s intervention and the supply and demand principles for the most productive economic outcome for the whole community, socialism restricts individuals, making them reach only those commodities they need with regard to the contribution they produce inside the society; the latter also promotes the large-scale economy and communally or governmentally owned public services [1]. Thus, both socio-political systems have distinctions in terms of ownership of property, freedom of choice, access to services, and key economic and political attributes. However, in reality, no country can be defined as purely capitalist or socialist as far as it is rather the incorporation of both. On this note, engaging in embodying socialism and capitalism in any manner in children’s literature sounds reasonable as far as it is illustrative of the common adult perception of the sensitive issues. It is claimed that "in the popular imagination children are the impetus for the social change" [2]. Thus, it is of the paramount importance to softly immerse the young generation through literature in the exhaustive comprehension of the common phenomena, particularly those that have managed to have the tremendous impact on the whole world in its functioning. The Giver by Lois Lowry, in these