Klaipėdos universitetas

As information technology is becoming a huge part of people’s lives, various genres of folklore are moving online. Old folklore genres are adapting to the changes in people’s lives and are successfully spreading in the online space, while black humour genres on the Internet reflect society, current issues, stereotypes, scandals, and real-life situations. The aim of the article is not only to classify memes (comic units of cultural information), but also to show their relevance and popularity in contemporary society. The paper describes 15 different groups of memes collected from 13 online sources. The analysed works are grouped according to their popularity and the length of their dissemination in the virtual environment (popular, tendentious), and from the most popular examples of this genre, fan-made and political memetic works are distinguished.

A number of different Midsummer celebration models can be distinguished in Lithuania Minor: the most archaic (14th to 19th century), 20th century, and the modern St John’s Day celebration models. The most archaic celebrations were rich in vestiges of the Baltic world-view and mythology: nature, fire and water were worshipped, and people cast spells to protect themselves from evil forces and ensure a good harvest and a happy life. The 20th-century ritualistic St John’s Day tradition of Prussian Lithuanians lost its existential importance as rituals became customs with new forms and symbolic meanings. The most important features of the celebration are the burning of witches in St John’s fire, and general merriment for youth. In the modern celebration model, there is an attempt to combine ethnic traditions with the needs of the consumer society. Fireworks replace ritual Midsummer fires, as bonfires lose their mythological significance. Although the institutionally organised Midsummer celebrations follow a more or less Lithuania-wide scenario; the centralised organisation of cultural events may be beneficial in fostering local forms of the Lithuanian celebratory tradition by highlighting typical elements of St John’s Day in the region of Lithuania Minor.

Mokslinio žurnalo ,,RES HUMANITARIAE“ XXXI numeris pradedamas taikomosios ir istorinės kalbotyros tyrimais. Daivos PAGOJIENĖS ir Vaidos DRUKTEINYTĖS straipsnyje aptariamos lietuvių kalbos kaip negimtosios stiliaus mokymo(si) problemos. Taikant kokybinius metodus, analizuojamos lietuvių kaip negimtosios kalbos stiliaus mokymo(si) nuostatos „Bendruosiuose užsienio kalbos mokymo(si) ir vertinimo metmenyse“ bei lietuvių kaip svetimosios kalbos mokymo(si) turinio apraše „Aukštuma“ ir lyginama su publikuota suaugusiesiems skirta mokomąja medžiaga. Anželika SMETONIENĖ publikacijoje nagrinėja Anoniminio katekizmo (1605) priesaginius veiksmažodžius denominatyvus ir deverbatyvus, t. y. priesagų vedinius iš vardažodžių ir veiksmažodžių. Iš šio šaltinio buvo išrinktos visos priesaginių veiksmažodžių formos ir jų vediniai, nustatytas Anoniminio katekizmo deverbatyvų ir denominatyvų santykis, darybos kategorijos, priesagų dažnumas ir darumas.

In the article, using authentic Lithuanian material, the celebration of St Martin’s Day in Lithuania Minor is analysed from a chronological point of view (from the first mention to the present day), in order to show the general stages in the development of the festival, and the modern changes to the customs. The paper analyses the St Martin’s Day feast from the late 19th to the 20th century, showing the structural and functional changes in the calendar feast. It also aims to analyse modern customs in the festival (since 2002), and to discuss the prospects for the continuity of the ethnic tradition in today’s festival.

The goal of the article is to examine chronologically the specific nature of the Easter holiday in

,,RES HUMANITARIAE“ XXVIII numeris pasižymi skelbiamų publikacijų įvairove, bet jo sandara ir turinys lieka ištikimas šio leidinio tradicijai. Straipsnių autoriai – įvairių Lietuvos ir užsienio universitetų mokslininkai, analizuojantys naujausias etninės kultūros, etnomuzikologijos, kalbotyros, literatūrologijos, istorijos temas.

,,RES HUMANITARIAE“ XXIX numeryje pristatomi gana plataus spektro lingvistinių reiškinių tyrimai, taip pat etnologijos, etnomuzikologijos, literatūrologijos publikacijos.