Literary theory is the systematic study of the nature of literature and of the methods for literary analysis. Since the 19th century, literary scholarship includes literary theory and considerations of intellectual history, moral philosophy, social prophecy, and interdisciplinary themes relevant to how people interpret meaning. In the humanities in modern academia, the latter style of literary ...

Kazanlak (Bulgarian: Казанлък [kɐzɐnˈɫɤk], Thracian and Greek Σευθόπολις (Seuthopolis), Turkish: Kazanlık) is a Bulgarian town in Stara Zagora Province, located in the middle of the plain of the same name, at the foot of the Balkan mountain range, at the eastern end of the Rose Valley.It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Kazanlak Municipality.

Depictions of nudity include all of the representations or portrayals of the unclothed human body in visual media. In a picture-making civilization, pictorial conventions continually reaffirm what is natural in human appearance, which is part of socialization. In Western societies, the contexts for depictions of nudity include information, art and pornography.

FRELIMO (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɾɛˈlimu]; from the Portuguese Frente de Libertação de Moçambique, lit. 'Liberation Front of Mozambique') is a democratic socialist political party in Mozambique.It is the dominant party in Mozambique and has won a majority of the seats in the Assembly of the Republic in every election since the country's first multi-party election in 1994.

Ein Zwirn (von mittelhochdeutsch zwirn: zweidrähtiger Faden, Zwirn, Zwirnfaden, Doppelfaden) ist ein Faden (linienförmige Textilie), der aus mehreren zusammengedrehten Garnen bzw. Garnfäden besteht. Ein Zwirn hat eine wesentlich höhere Reißfestigkeit als die nicht verzwirnten Einfach-Garne zusammen.

Research and development (R&D or R+D), known in Europe as research and technological development (RTD), is the set of innovative activities undertaken by corporations or governments in developing new services or products, and improving existing ones. Research and development constitutes the first stage of development of a potential new service or the …

Ethnographic studies. In 1961, as a member of the Harvard-Peabody study, filmmaker Robert Gardner began recording the Dani of the Baliem River Valley. In 1965, he created the film Dead Birds from this experience. Gardner emphasizes the themes of …

In cryptozoology, the Mokele-mbembe (also written as "Mokèlé-mbèmbé"), Lingala for "one who stops the flow of rivers", is a water-dwelling entity that supposedly lives in the Congo River Basin, sometimes described as a living creature, sometimes as a spirit.Those that allegedly saw the entity describe it as a large quadrupedal herbivore with smooth skin, a long neck and a single …

In sociology, the master status is the social position that is the primary identifying characteristic of an individual. The term master status is defined as "a status that has exceptional importance for social identity, often shaping a person's entire life." Master status can be ascribed or achieved.. Ascribed statuses are statuses born with—e.g., race, sex, etc. Achieved statuses …

In ancient civilizations, the removal of the human penis was sometimes used to demonstrate superiority or dominance over an enemy. Armies were sometimes known to sever the penises of their enemies to count the dead, as well as for trophies. The practice of castration (removal of the testicles) sometimes involved the removal of all or part of the penis, generally with a tube …