Date: October 29-30, 2004

University of Bacău

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2004 (room C2)

10:00 – 10:20 WELCOMING

10:30 – 11:20 (titlu rezervat)
Prof. dr. Ştefan Avădanei, University of Iaşi
11:20 – 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 – 12:20 (titlu rezervat)
Prof. dr. Corneliu Nicolescu, University of Cluj-Napoca

British and American Studies; Translation Studies; Media and

Intercultural Studies Communication Studies; Linguistics

Room C5 - Chairperson: Prof. dr. Doina
Cmeciu
●12:30 – 13:00 American English
Support Programme. Approaches for
Language Minority Students - Conf. dr.
Tamara Lăcătuşu (University of Iaşi)
Room C6 - Chairperson: Conf. dr. I.L.
Popa
● 12:30 – 13:00 Gift of Gab - Conf. dr.
I.L. Popa (University of Bacău)

13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break 13:00 – 15:00 Lunch break

Room C5 - Chairperson: Prof. dr. Doina
Cmeciu
●15:00 – 15:30 Identity as Gift in John
Fowles’s The Magus – Asist. drd. Diana
Corban (University of Bacău)
●15:30 – 16:00 The Gift which Entraps –
Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes and Birthday
●Letters – Asist. drd. Elena Ciobanu
(University of Bacău)
Room C6 - Chairperson: Conf. dr. I.L.
Popa
●15:00 – 15:30 Gift-Giving: A Pragmatic
Approach – Asist. drd. Mircea Horubeţ
(University of Bacău)
●15:30 – 16:00 Pygmalion or From the
Gift of Speech to the Gift of Creation –
Prep. drd. Andreia Viţăluş (University of
Bacău)

● 16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break ● 16:00 – 16:15 Coffee break

● 16:15 – 16:45 A Multifold Perspective ● 16:15 – 16:45 The Prefaces of Books as

on Gift-Giving in the Middle Ages. A
Cultural Approach – Prep. Mihaela
Ciobanu (University of Bacău)
● 16:45 – 17:15 The “Unexpected Gifts”
of the Translation Process: the
Cultural Gifts – Asist. drd. Adrian Jicu
(University of Bacău)
● 16:45 – 17:15 Translation as Gift –
Conf. dr. Ioan Sava (Univeristy of Bacău)
● 17:15 – 17:45 Gifts as a Cultural Sign.
Intercultural Aspects of Selected
Translations – Dr. Piotr P. Chruszczewski
& Dr. Michał Garcarz (University of
Wrocław, Poland)
● 17:15 – 17:45 Gifts as Acts of
Reciprocity – Dr. Pascal Lardellier
(University of Dijon, France)
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2004 (room C2)
9:00 – 9:30 “Gift-Stealing Acts” in The Picture of Dorian Gray
Prof. dr.Doina Cmeciu (University of Bacău)
9:30 – 9:45 Coffee break
Room C5 - Chairperson: Prof. dr. Doina
Cmeciu (University of Bacău)
British and American Studies;
Intercultural Studies
● 9:45 – 10:15 The Ethics of Gift
Exchange in The Merchant of Venice by
William Shakespeare – Asist. Gabriela
Andrioai (University of Bacău)
● 10:15 – 10:45 Pact with the Devil or the
Gift of Knowledge – Asist. Cătălina
Bălinişteanu (University of Bacău)
● 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
● 11:15 – 11:45 Desdemona’s
Handkerchief: From Gift-Giving to
Sacrificial Ritual – Prep. drd. Raluca
Bonta (University of Bacău)
● 11:45 – 12:15 A Woman’s Gift – Asist.
drd. Gabriela Postolache (University of
Bacău)
● 12:15 – 12:45 Gift-Giving Acts with the
Americans – Dr. Bernadette Régal-Cégal
(University of Bordeaux, France)
● 12:45 – 13:15 Exchange Acts in The
Mill on the Floss – Asist. drd. Nadia
Morăraşu (University of Bacău)
● 13: 15 – 13:45 Translating as a Cross-
Cultural Phenomenon – Dr. Ludmila
Zbant (University of Chişinău, The
Republic of Moldova)
13:45 – 14:15 Conclusions
14: 15 – Lunch
Symbol and Metaphor. The Attitude of
Society to Gifts – Asist. drd. Sorin Avram
Vîrtop (University of Tg.-Jiu)
Room C6 - Chairperson:Prof. dr. Anca
Gâţă (University of Galaţi)
Translation Studies; Media and
Communication Studies; Linguistics
● 9:45 – 10:15 Giving Arguments from
Consequence: A Culturally Marked
Speech Act? –Prof. dr. Anca Gâţă
(University of Galaţi)
● 10:15 – 10:45 The Faces of Thank You
– Dr. Tomasz P. Górski (University of
Wrocław, Poland)
● 10:45 – 11:15 Coffee break
● 11:15 – 11:45 Compliments as Gifts? –
Lect. dr. Elena Bonta (University of Bacău)
● 11:45 – 12:15 An Essay on the Motif of
Gift as Illustrated in Paintings – Asist.
drd. Mariana Tîrnăuceanu (University of
Bacău)
● 12:15 – 12:45 The English Language –
A “Gift”of a Great Culture to Nations
Worldwide – Asist.drd. Daniela Popescu
(University of Tg. Jiu)
●12:45 – 13:15 Working with Young
English Learners in Understanding
Cultural Differences Through Texts –
Lect. drd. Micaela Tăulean & Dr. Viorica
Ţurcanu (University of Bălţi, The Republic
of Moldova)
●13:15 – 13:45 The Saga of Proper
Names – Lect. drd. Svetlana Corcodel
(University of Chişinău, The Republic of
Moldova