Proverbs and their lessons /

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New cyclopaedia of prose illustrations, adapted to Christian teaching; embracing mythology, analogies, legends, parables, emblems, metaphors, similes, allegories, proverbs; classic, historic, and religious anecdotes, etc. First series.

On cover: First series. 1--6275.

The book of Proverbs,

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The Proverbs,

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The Book of Proverbs /

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Proverbs, maxims and phrases of all ages : classified subjectively and arranged alphabetically /

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A glossary; or Collection of words, phrases, names, and allusions to customs, proverbs, etc., which have been thought to require illustration, in the works of English authors,

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A glossary, or collection of words, phrases, names, and allusions to customs, proverbs, etc., which have been thought to require illustration, in the works of English authors, particularly Shakespeare, and his contemporaries /

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Recognizing the Value of Teaching Proverbs: Multicultural Origins of Oral and Written Literacy

The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of multicultural proverbs in interdisciplinary and cross-cultural instruction through the language arts, history and social sciences. Educators can use proverbs to engage students in learning, enhance their understanding of other cultures and languages, and promote a globally-sensitive community.

Köyhyyden perintö : Tutkimus kulttuurisen tiedon sisällöistä ja jatkuvuuksista suomalaisissa elämäkerta- ja sananlaskuaineistoissa

The Legacy of Poverty. A Study of the substance and continuity of cultural knowledge in Finnish biographical and proverbial texts The study focuses on the idea of the cultural knowledge and shared understanding that ordinary people, folk , have of the concepts and ideas about rural based poverty in Finland. Throughout 19th century and well into 20th century, the majority of the population remained agrarian and poor. By the 1950s, most people still lived in rural areas and a majority of them earned their living primarily from agriculture and forestry. Urbanization proceeded rapidly from the 1960s onwards. Even though the Nordic welfare state was firmly established in Finland by the 1970s, old forms of agrarian poverty still remained in the culture. The source material for the study consists of 99 biographies and 502 proverbs. Biographical texts include written autobiographies and interviewed biographies. A primary analyzing concept is called a poverty speech. The poverty speech has been analyzed by providing answers to the following three questions: What connotations do people attach to poverty when they speak about it? What sort of social relations arise when people speak about poverty? How is the past experience of poverty constructed in the present and in the welfare state context? Cultural knowledge is a theoretical and analytical tool that enables people to categorize information. The three questions stated above are crucial in revealing the schematic structure that people use to communicate about agrarian poverty. Categories are analyzed and processed in terms of cultural themes that contain the ideals and stereotypes of spoken motif and sub-themes. The application of theoretical and analytical premises to the poverty speech has shown that there are four cultural themes. The first theme is Power. The social connotations in the poverty speech are mostly in relation to the better-off people. Poverty does not exist without an awareness of welfare, i.e. the understanding of a certain standard of welfare above that of one's own. The second theme is about family ties as a resource and welfare network. In poverty speech, marriage is represented as a means to upgrade one's livelihood. Family members are described as supporting one another, but at the same time as being antagonists. The third theme, Work represents the work ethic that is being connected to the poverty. Hard working as a representation is attached to eligibility for `a good life´ that in Finland was to become an owner-occupier of a cottage or a flat. The fourth theme is Security. The resentment of unfair treatment is expressed by using moral superiority and rational explanations. The ruling classes in the agrarian society are portrayed as being evil and selfish with no social conscience because they did not provide enough assistance to those who needed it. During the period when the welfare benefit system was undeveloped, the poor expected the wealthier people to make a contribution to the distribution of material wealth. In the premises of cultural knowledge, both oral and written traditions are about human thinking: they deal with topics, ideas and evaluations that are relevant to their bearers. Many elements expressed in poverty speech, such as classifications and customs derived from the rural world, have been carried over into the next generation in newer contexts and a different cultural environment. Keywords: cultural knowledge, cognitive categorization, poverty, life stories, proverbs

Prácticas culturales en los Refranes que dizen las viejas tras el fuego del Marqués de Santillana

Resumen: La amplia difusión de enunciados paremiológicos en la literatura medieval se afinca en la existencia de una mentalidad proverbial propia del hombre de la época, que se extiende a todos los estratos sociales e impregna las diversas manifestaciones culturales. En este trabajo me propongo estudiar el fenómeno en los Refranes que dizen las viejas tras el fuego del Marqués de Santillana, pues el refranero constituye un corpus muy apropiado para observar las prácticas culturales sobre las que se moldea el pensamiento. Me centraré en los proverbios que aluden al ámbito culinario, ya que revelan con claridad el carácter empírico, costumbrista y situacional de los refranes

Estrategias discursivas y proverbios en la poesía del Marqués de Santillana recopilada en el Cancionero General de 1511

Integran este número de la revista ponencias presentadas en Studia Hispanica Medievalia VIII : Actas de las X Jornadas Internacionales de Literatura Española Medieval, 2011, y de Homenaje al Quinto Centenario del Cancionero General de Hernando del Castillo.

Una mirada a Egipto desde la Biblia Hebraica

Resumen: ¿Qué imágenes de Egipto encontramos en la Biblia Hebrea, además del éxodo? Los textos bíblicos miran a su vecina Egipto como país de refugio (del hambre o la persecución). Pero por ser grande y fuerte, Egipto es también proveedor de armamento militar. Puede tornarse una falsa seguridad para un pueblo que debe confiar solo en Yavé. La literatura sapiencial es más benévola. En la descripción de la cama lujosa a la que una mujer descarada atrae a su amante, Proverbios 7 ofrece un homenaje indirecto a la riqueza egipcia.

Reescritura de refranes sobre la apariencia y realidad en El Criticón de Baltasar Gracián

Resumen: El presente trabajo tiene por objetivo estudiar una selección de proverbios que aparecen en El Criticón de Baltasar Gracián, obra en la que Andrenio y Critilo realizan un viaje alegórico que los hará encontrarse con maravillas y engendros. Evitando toparse con los “hombres çancones” y “mujeres tijeretas”, observarán con tono crítico el mundo que los rodea donde nada es lo que parece. A partir de la interpretación de una selección de refranes que nos remite a la tradición paremiológica medieval, los examinaremos en su contexto para comprobar cómo cada elemento apunta a un objetivo, previamente establecido por el autor, dentro de una obra ingeniosa y ejemplificadora.

El motivo del viaje en la literatura de sentencias

Resumen: En la Edad Media castellana, el motivo del viaje aparece en el siglo XIII en las colecciones de sentencias de procedencia oriental. Constituye generalmente una introducción narrativa que justifica la recopilación de los proverbios. En tanto estos constituyen enseñanzas de sabios antiguos, también se asocia en algunas ocasiones al tópico de la “translatio studii”, como se observa en la traducción castellana de Walter Burley, Vida y costumbres de los viejos filósofos. Además interesa la tematización del viaje en las mismas sentencias compiladas en las que se muestra, por ejemplo, la concepción medieval del “homo viator”, peregrino terrenal. Las sentencias de El conde Lucanor de Don Juan Manuel ilustran particularmente esta idea con la imagen de la “carrera” o camino que el hombre debe elegir para alcanzar la salvación eterna y las honras mundanas.