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This paper explored the role of the narrator's gender in teaching literary texts that Ahlam Mosteghanemi's makes use of gender in her literary work. This quantitative qualitative study includes only one novel 'Memory in the Flesh' (2008) first published in 1985 as its main sample. This paper argues that the shift in the gender of the narrator in 'Memory in the Flesh' employs the aesthetic elements of the narrative to stimulate the thinking skills of the language's learner in similar situations as assumed by the Gestalt shift concept. The Gestalt theory as the theoretical framework enhances EFL learners to analyse the real identities of the narrators in relation to gender. In doing so, the research constructs a theoretical framework out of two main standpoints: One of the male narrator and the other of the female narrator which are linked to the gender roles in the narration. These learning strategies are used in teaching literary texts for postgraduate students in EFL contexts. This research used two instruments: semi-structured interviews and textual analysis. This mixed method (quantitative -- qualitative) study used only one novel 'Memory in the Flesh' (2008) first published in 1985 as its main date. The findings of the study showed that the use of the Gestalt pattern in reading the literary text 'Memory in Flesh' as a case, with concern to the role of the narrator's gender improves the thinking skills of the EFL learner and interpretation abilities. This research recommends that further future research be conducted to investigate gender aspect in relevant literary works.

Gestalt is a German word for 'shape' or 'form' or 'pattern' in English. We can say that a 'shape shift' is: an involuntary perceptual jump from one shape or, form or pattern to another, e.g. From the duck-shape to. The Gestalt theory as the theoretical framework enhances EFL learners to analyse the real identities of the narrators in relation to gender. In doing so, the research constructs a theoretical framework out of two main standpoints: One of the male narrator and the other of the female narrator which are linked to the gender roles in the narration. Gestalt therapy is a client-centered approach to psychotherapy that helps clients focus on the present and understand what is really happening in their lives right now, rather than what they may.

Idea of a Gestalt shift to the history of science; it can be applied to some other areas of fiction. In this research, the Gestalt shift is used to reveal the real identities of main characters in (MIF), very similar to what (Dorsch & Macpherson, 2018) suggest that being uncertain about the. 'The Gestalt Shift in Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes Stories should appeal to multiple audiences. Sherlock Holmes scholars and members of the general reading public who are Holmes fans may be the primary audience, but those working on science and literature, and historians of science, will also find the book to be of interest.

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Leadscrape. Mind and Morals: Essays on Ethics and Cognitive Science

Abstract

Moral philosophers often assume that there are clear and unambiguous single descriptions of particular moral situations, and thus they view their primary task as that of determining the most moral action to take when in these situations. But surely there is less chance of there being a single and final way to describe a given moral situation than there is of there being a single and final way to organize and describe a visual display. Although we perceive many of our day-to-day moral experiences in an unreflective and even reflexive manner, it is also possible for us to (and we often do) 'reperceive' moral situations. On one end of the spectrum, we can slightly adjust our original perceptions by attending to details of moral significance that were at first unnoticed. Or on the other end of the spectrum, we can dramatically shift from our original perceptions to very different moral perspectives or frameworks.

I argue in this chapter that gestalt shifts play a significant role in the mental processes used to determine the moral saliencies of particular situations. I build on the recent debate between Carol Gilligan and Owen Flanagan over the relevance of the gestalt-shift metaphor to the organization and reorganization of our moral perceptions (Gilligan 1987; Flanagan and Jackson 1990; Gilligan and Attanucci 1988; and Flanagan 1991). Throughout the course of this debate, neither of them directly referred to important related issues found in philosophical and psychological discussions of perception. I propose to place this debate within that broader context and argue that a discussion of gestalt shifts in moral perception is directly linked to the more general consideration of how it is that we abstract from and draw meaning out of situations. Connectionist models of cognition, along with research on the role of tasks, metaphors, and analogies in perceptual mental processes, help answer the question, To what degree and under what conditions do we experience gestalt shifts in the organization of our moral perceptions?