2015.2

In this article we focus on the aesthetical views of the writer Shiga Naoya, famous for his laconic and restrained style of short stories, lack of an entertaining plot. This author is recognized as an extraordinary sensualist able to intuitively grasp the beauty of his surroundings. The analysis of Shiga’s aesthetic values on the basis of his essays and fiction enables us to explain the effect of his prose on the Japanese reader. According to Shiga, the main purpose of a true artist is in the immediate, nearly physiological impact on the reader, in creating a rhythm in prose that resembles the life rhythm of its author. These views Shiga attempted to implement in his own work. The understanding of Shiga’s concept of art is necessary for comprehending the attractiveness of his prose and in the attempts of transferring it to the Western reader in translation.

The proper noun being the object of linguistic analysis in the Arabic linguistic tradition is examined in the article on the basis of Arab grammarian Ibn Ya’īš’s treatise “Šarḥ al-Mufaṣṣal” (XIII century). The object of analysis in question is relevant to studying logical and semantic (reference), onomasiological (nomination), morphological, derivational and syntactic aspects of Arabic grammatical theory.

The article deals with the key problem of Bantu studies, namely the noun class system in Ndonde. Ndonde is a language that is at risk of falling out of use as its speakers shift to speaking another language. Therefore, language documentation of Ndonde grammar is considered to be important. Based on field research data Ndonde nouns are classified into 18 noun classes. The article is devoted to the analysis of grammar and lexical semantic characteristics of each of these noun classes.

The article proposes principles of the adequate rhythmic translation of the Arabic poetry into Russian within the accentual-syllabic system of the Russian verse. The theoretic foundation is the interpretation of the system of ‘aruḍ exposed by the author in his publications including the monograph “Classical Arabic Verse. History and Theory of ‘Arud”. The article is intended for specialists in Arabic poetry, students of Arabic and translators.

The following article focuses on strengthening of Islamic factor in Turkish society and its depiction in Turkish press after World War II. The author shows shifts in Turkish printed press. Special attention is paid to establishing of Islamic periodicals in Turkey, and discussions of secular principles of the state.

This article attempts to bring to the limelight an insufficiently explored question, which concerns correlation between the concept of supreme power and its material and spiritual expression in the capital Phu Xuan – Hue. Issue raised by this article is directly related to the problems of integration and assimilation of foreign (primarily Chinese) cultural experience and its influence on Vietnam that traces back to the beginning of a new era.

Author investigates in details such specific trends of Japanese demographic development as fast population aging, rate of birth decrease, increase of age dependency ratio after the end of World War II, and the influence of these processes on labour force quantitative and qualitative characteristics and possible ways of its replenishment. Comparative analysis of the demographic shift in Japan and same processes in the developed countries of Western Europe and North America also occupies a significant place in the research.

Nowadays shadow elements like sarrafi, hawala and qarz-ol-hasane funds still exist in financial system of Iran. The article briefly observes these institutions and depicts causes of their appearance as well as main fields and consequences of their work. Measures taken by Iranian government against shadow institutions are presented. An attempt was made to forecast future development of illegal institutions.