http://hdl.handle.net/11089/2663 Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:40:38 GMT 2026-04-13T18:40:38Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/3384 Lydia T. Black (16.12.1925–12.3.2007) – Leben und Werk Knüppel, Michael The present article deals with life and work of the Social Anthropologist, Sibirist and Americanist Lydia T. Black (1925–2007), whose works cover fields of research reaching from ethnological studies on the material and spiritual cultures of the natives of North East Asia, the Aleuts and Alaska to the history of Russian Alaska. The paper includes a chronological listing of the publications of this outstanding scholar as well as a biographical sketch. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/3384 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/3380 An Old-Fashioned Genre – Maqāma in the 18th Century Hämeen-Anttila, Jaakko The eighteenth century was crucial for the development of Arabic literature. While some genres were more prone to change, the maqāma remained a conservative and elitist genre. Yet it did enjoy a kind of renaissance in the eighteenth century. The maqāmas of the eighteenth century were a varied lot, both qualitatively and content wise. Al-Harīrī remained the favourite model for eighteenth-century authors. Also other great authors of the past, such as Az-Zamahšarī and As-Suyūtī, were often imitated. The article surveys the production of maqāmas in the eighteenth century. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/3380 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/3371 Optimizing the Process of Basic Modern Chinese Teaching and Proficiency Tests for Adults in Sinological Glottodidactics in the Polish Language Environment Zajdler, Ewa The sinological studies in Poland and the Chinese language teaching have a long tradition. Due to the growing interest in Chine, the increasing need for the Chinese language competences has to be outlined. The teachers’ attention to teaching process is expected to be consistent with the level-specific curriculum, both for the teaching and testing language proficiency. Thus, fallowing the experience of commonly taught languages in Europe, the European standards derived from Common European Framework of Reference for Languages: learning, teaching, assessment (2001) have become the base for the framework of teaching and assessing Chinese language competences on the basic level A1 and A2. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/3371 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/11089/2965 Theatre in the United Arab Emirates Michalak-Pikulska, Barbara In the Emirates the first theatre productions took place in schools, for example in the al-Qassimiyya school in Aš-Šāriqa. For Emirate schools and those teaching within them were to produce the actors and dramatists of latter years. Following the gaining of independence in 1971 the Ministry of Culture lavished financial support on the numerous theatre groups that were coming into being. In the 1980s there were already 14 histrionic troupes. The organisation of the Ash-Shariqa Theatre Days (Ayyām Aš-Šāriqa al-Masraḥiyya) is viewed as a breakthrough in the history of Emirate theatre, this had its beginnings in 1984. The aim of the festival was the development of theatre all over all of the Emirates, the promoting of the performing arts, the development of knowledge about the theatre and art amongst young people. The theatrical productions that were staged from the very beginning were connected with the social current of expression which diligently accompanied the economic changes. The dramas presented a society that was comprehended the aim of life and the status of individual family members. Dramatists in presenting concrete examples from the reality that surrounded them desire to inform one of, and to instruct society. For the discovery of oil changed and divided society, one that had hitherto lived from fishing and the trade in pearls. The young generation brought up in plenty is directed towards quick profits, comfort and a consumer style of life. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/11089/2965 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z