https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/8101 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:45:27 GMT 2026-10-27T19:45:27Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/150056 Title: Scripting a multicultural future : the Chinese and Korean songs of the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army Authors: Heward, Lehyla G. Abstract: Hundreds of military songs are credited to the Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army (NAUA). The NAUA was a coalition of Chinese and Korean guerrilla armies that operated in Northeast China during the Manchukuo period (1932–45). The NAUA used songs to teach and inculcate new behaviors in line with socialist and communist ideologies. Most importantly, the songs worked on an emotional level, meaning that they conveyed collective sentiments while also directing their appropriate expression in order to foster camaraderie and boost morale. Drawing from concepts formulated by historians of emotions, I argue that the NAUA became what Barbara Rosenwein terms an “emotional community.” As such, the NAUA defied strict nationalist sentiments primarily due to the discursive power and easy dissemination of the military songs. The Chinese and Korean songs, along with their aesthetic features, have not been studied comprehensively. As literary products of a tumultuous era, the NAUA songs deliver historical evidence of the transnational and transcultural ideologies present in resistance groups across the Japanese empire. Sun, 01 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/150056 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149454 Title: Familiar strangers : images and voices of Soviet allies in dubbed films in 1950s China Authors: Hu, Nan Abstract: After the establishment of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), dubbed Soviet films became an important tool to promote the Sino-Soviet alliance among the Chinese people. This essay explores the representation of the Soviet allies through the dubbing of Soviet films in 1950s China, with a focus on not only the content of these voices, but also the techniques and aesthetics of voicing. It shows that although designed by the PRC to produce an image of the Soviets as relatable and familiar, these films also produced an image of strangers, which allowed alternative imaginations of the Soviet characters and the Sino-Soviet relationship. This paper argues for the ambiguity of the image of the “Soviet big brothers” in dubbed films in the 1950s, which disrupted the official imagination of the relationship between the Chinese and the world. Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/149454 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/146438 Title: Xi t-Torok trid? Il-barranin fil-qwiel u l-idjomi Maltin Authors: Gatt, Kurstin Abstract: Dan l-istudju għandu tliet għanijiet ewlenin. L-ewwel, li jiġbor qwiel u idjomi bil-Malti li jirreferu għall-barranin 'esterni' (bħat-Torok, l-Ingliżi, u l-Għarab) u dawk 'interni' (bħall-Għawdxin jew nies minn lokalitajiet differenti f'Malta). It-tieni, li jiġbor espressjonijiet bl-Għarbi minn diversi pajjiżi li jirreferu għal Malta, l-ilsien Malti, jew il-Maltin. It-tielet, l-istudju janalizza kif dan il-wirt lingwistiku jirrifletti preġudizzji u sterjotipi, u jiddiskuti dawn l-espressjonijiet fl-isfond tat-teorija tal-Orjentaliżmu ta' Edward Said. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/146438 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145431 Title: Die Neueren Sprachen : Jahrbuch des Gesamtverbandes Moderne Fremdsprachen, Band 16 Authors: Konerding, Peter; Oesterreicher, Mario; Reimann, Daniel; Steinbach, Andrea Abstract: Der 16. Band des GMF-Jahrbuchs Die Neueren Sprachen widmet sich einem Thema von hoher gesellschaftlicher und bildungspolitischer Relevanz: „Mehrsprachigkeit an der Schule – mehr Sprachen an der Schule wagen?“. In einer zunehmend diversen Bildungslandschaft, die durch Migration, Globalisierung und sprachliche Heterogenität geprägt ist, zeigen die Beiträge auf, wie Schulen das Potenzial von Mehrsprachigkeit aktiv als Ressource nutzen können, um inklusive und chancengerechte Bildung zu ermöglichen. Ein besonderer Fokus liegt auf zweiten, dritten und bislang selten unterrichteten Fremdsprachen sowie auf Herkunftssprachen. Der Band präsentiert innovative Konzepte und konkrete Praxisbeispiele: das Hamburger Modell eines integrierten „Sprachunterrichts“, der den Herkunfts- und Fremdsprachenunterricht zusammenführt, den Status quo slavischer Sprachen an deutschen Schulen, die schulische Rolle von Italienisch, Portugiesisch und Rumänisch, Herausforderungen und Potenziale chinesischer Sprachvarietäten im Unterricht sowie den bundesweiten Redewettbewerb „Mehr Sprachen – mehr WIR“. Die Herausgeber:innen und Autor:innen reflektieren darüber hinaus politische und gesellschaftliche Rahmenbedingungen für eine zukunftsfähige Sprachbildung und laden dazu ein, Mehrsprachigkeit als festen Bestandteil schulischer Bildung zu verankern. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/145431 2026-01-01T00:00:00Z