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The paper presents reflexively the previous interpretations of the dual forms visnije Moravě and the ethnonyms Marhari and Merehani, evidenced in the 9th century manuscript of the Bavarian Geographer. The author recalls the ever-inspiring interpretations of Pavel Jozef Šafárik from his Slavonic Antiquities. He divided Upper Moravia (in later literature - from the time of Constantine Porphyrogenitus - traditionally referred to as Great Moravia) into the Danube and the Pannonian parts. Opinions according to which these are the territories of Pomoravie and Slovak Ponitrie are not correct or acceptable. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper focuses on the problem of teaching foreign language grammar using literature in secondary schools. Our aim is to propose and provide teachers of French as a foreign language with effective and practical didactic recommendations for teaching the past tense in French through a literary text. In selecting a particular text and in conceiving didactic recommendations, we take into account the potential of working with a literary text to contribute to the self-development of the learner, to the development of his/her reading and language skills, to the development of his/her critical thinking and other important aspects of his/her personality. The chosen text is an authentic literary text -- the Quebec short story Le petit bonhomme de graisse, which in terms of content and scope meets the criteria for selecting a text for the chosen didactic purposes. The proposed activities for working with the text are designed for learners with reference language level B1 according to the CEFR, where the learners encounter the chosen grammatical phenomenon and the problem of its application in communicative practice. From a linguodidactic point of view, the chosen text corresponds to this language level and does not need to be didacticised. The partial aim of this paper is to offer FLE teachers a tool for the development of grammatical competence and its application to learners' communicative practice. In proposing activities related to authentic literary text, we take into account Slovak learners in Slovak schools, but nevertheless these proposals are applicable in the educational system of other countries where French is taught as a foreign language. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This essay aims to analyze various forms of literary censorship in present-day Egypt. Since the abolishment of institutional censorship of literature and the press in the 1970s, the main instruments of silencing speech that is perceived as offensive or dangerous have been the Egyptian Penal Code and blasphemy lawsuits, based on the Islamic principle called isba. The paper explores the relationship between censorship and the perception of literature among the reading public. It also discusses some of the famous blasphemy trials such as the one with the academic Naṣr Abū Zayd or the writer Aḥmad Nājī. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Based largely on foreign literature, the first part of the paper offers a simplified version of some basic knowledge of quantum theory to comply with the tendencies to apply quantum theory in psychology. The paper contains description of basic terminology in this field (quant, superposition, complementarity, complementary logic) and in the neo-Copenhagen interpretation of the original theory. Application of the aforementioned knowledge is focused primarily on defining quantum psychology (R. Dalrymple) and secondarily on questions of consciousness (M. Bancroft), cognitive processes (E. Conte) and such. The paper concludes with criticism of unsubstantiated applications (mere renaming of present psychological terminology, metaphors, reductionism in understanding human psyche). On the other hand, a reliable scientific approach is necessary in this field of study (clear formulation of themes, references to the specific physical interpretation of quantum theory). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Currently, the conceptualisation of the relations between literature and memory is very diverse. It can be studied on the background of intertextuality, topics, canon, metaphor, and/or from the perspective of the question how to construct the memories as a narrative. A link between literature and time plays an important role, especially in autobiographic memory. A systemic theory, cognitive psychology, gender studies and media studies belong to the latest theoretical approaches concerned with literature and memory. Contemporary interdisciplinary memory research deals with a question: to what extent can the examined phenomena be classified? Because of this, my paper has a systemic nature. It evaluates the link between literature and memory on the background of three concepts: the memory of literature, memory in literature and literature as a medium of memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]