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Muth, Miriam Anna. "Adapting late Arthurian romance collections : Malory and his European contemporaries." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2012. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.610481.
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Barraclough, Jane. "Systems of exchange and reciprocity in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight." Thesis, McGill University, 1989. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=61755.
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Villasenor-Oldham, Victoria Anne. "Multiplicity and gendering the Holy Grail in The Da Vinci Code and the Mists of Avalon." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2007. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/3237.
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This thesis explores how both texts - The Da Vinci Code and The Mists of Avalon - write femininity onto the Holy Grail in seemingly problematic ways, and the way in which women's voices, through the feminization of the Grail, are often silenced.
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Hanna, Elizabeth H. "Arthur and the Scots : narratives, nations, and sovereignty in the later Middle Ages." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/9750.
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Lindstrom, Alexandra Elizabeth Anita. "A skeptical feminist exploration of binary dystopias in Marion Zimmer Bradley's The mists of Avalon." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2005. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2742.
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In Marion Zimmer Bradley's retelling of the Arthurian legends, The Mists of Avalon, she creates two dystopic cultures: Avalon and Camelot. Contrasting Bradley's account of the legends with the traditional version, Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, reveals that Bradley's sweeping revisions of the tradition do little to create a feminist ideal. A skeptical questioning of the text's plot and characters with the Women's Movement in mind opens an interpretation of the text as a critique of feminism itself.
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Mitchell, Janet. "The recurrence of the Arthurian legends in the fiction of Robertson Davies /." Thesis, McGill University, 1987. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=64042.
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Filho, Mario Tommaso Pugliese. "Presente invenção: lendo romances brasileiros contemporâneos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8149/tde-30092013-121628/.
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Esta dissertação consiste em: a) um conjunto de reflexões teóricas sobre as relações entre os conceitos de literatura e história e sobre como é possível articulá-los na escrita e na leitura de romances contemporâneos; b) uma mediação que propõe a crítica como espaço para a emergência de uma literatura do presente; c) uma leitura de intervenção de três romances brasileiros contemporâneos. A dissertação investiga elementos para a discussão do valor literário como um jogo entre invenção, no plano da linguagem, e intervenção, no plano do imaginário.This thesis consists of: a) a set of theoretical reflections on the relations between Literature and History concepts. It proposes an approach to articulate them in the writing and reading of contemporary novels; b) a mediation that proposes criticism as a space for the emergence of present day Literature; c) an interventional reading of three contemporary Brazilian novels. The thesis explores elements for discussing literary value as an interplay between invention, in language level, and intervention, in the imaginary level.
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Roth, Janet Ilene. "The Romances of the Sephardim: a Reflection of Sephardic History, Culture and Tradition." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc504106/.
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This work is a comprehensive study of the Sephardic Romancero and the historical, political and cultural elements that have contributed to the maintenance of the romance tradition in Sephardic life. The investigation begins with an overview of the past studies of the Sephardic Romancero and is followed by a survey of the history of the Sephardic Jews, both in Spain and in the Spanish Diaspora. An historical approach to the literary and linguistic aspects of the Sephardic Romancero follows and this approach is then applied to a musical study. The concluding chapter discusses the uses and functions of the romancero in the Sephardic world, particularly among the Sephardic women and the social processes that have contributed to the maintenance of the romance tradition in Sephardic culture.
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Hayes, Lydia Helen. "Looking beyond Guinevere : depictions of women in Chrétien de Troyes’ Arthurian romances, the cult of saints, and religious texts of the twelfth century." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12100.
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This thesis provides a reading of Chrétien de Troyes' Arthurian romances that reflects the cultural and intellectual context of twelfth-century Christianity. The impact of this context on Chrétien's romances is examined by identifying the influence that contemporaneous biblical expository texts, hagiography, and the material culture of the cult of saints had upon his work. Although scholars have devoted much attention to the study of Chrétien's romances, and some have examined the potential influences of various medieval Christian beliefs, practices, and symbols on his work, none have yet to produce a thorough study of these elements while focusing specifically on the female characters. Scholars have identified the influence of the cult of saints on the depiction of Guinevere in The Knight of the Cart, but have not examined this influence on the depictions of the ladies in the other four romances in detail. I look beyond Guinevere, examining all of the female protagonists in the Arthurian romances, comparing their attributes and actions to those of biblical women in contemporaneous biblical exposition and those of saints in hagiography. At the heart of this comparison is the relationship between the lady and her knight, a relationship that is described in similar terms to that between a biblical woman and God and that between saint and devotee.
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宋耕 and Geng Song. "The fragile scholar: the construction of masculinity in traditional Chinese romances and its culturalconstituents." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2000. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B44569816.
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Dalrymple, Roger. "The pious formulae of the Middle English romances : a catalogue of stylistic study." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1996. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:f3ec5168-4e84-4e8b-bc2d-14d1dcba0b6e.
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The prayers and oaths of the Middle English verse romances draw upon a range of pious formulae. These stock invocations rehearse key episodes from salvation history. Such formulae are widely viewed as mere line-fillers and they are rarely credited with stylistic influence. Yet the startling power of their apposite usage in charged narrative moments prompts further investigation. The thesis aims to demonstrate how the use of pious formulae in the romances is not inevitably mechanical. It comprises a catalogue and stylistic study of such formulae. The catalogue records all examples appearing in a single witness to each of the pre-1500 verse romances. By furnishing information on prosodic context, it offers a reference tool with which to measure the extent of technical determination in the appearance of a formula. The thesis analyses this material and advances claims for the aesthetic value of pious formulae. Chapter 1 reviews the evidence of the catalogue. It is shown how pious formulae embody an impressive range of devotional imagery. Chapter 2 illustrates that cognate formulae are widely employed in Middle English religious literature. It is shown how therein they exhibit a theological significance and a stylistic saliency. Chapter 3 shows how intermittent reflections of this serious stylistic usage are apparent in the pious romance, Guy of Warwick. Chapters 4 and 5 show how the affective resonance of such formulae is consistently exploited in the Stanzaic Morte Arthur and William of Palerne respectively. Chapter 6 provides a brief summary. It concludes that the pious formulae of the romances can convey a strong aesthetic charge. They serve as more than mere line-fillers. Three appendices are included. Appendix A explores the relation between pious formulae and medieval profane oaths. Appendix B lists the variant readings of the formulae of four romances. Appendix C comprises the catalogue.
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Gutierrez, Trapaga Daniel. "Transtextuality in sixteenth-century Castilian romances of chivalry : rewritings, sequels, and cycles." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 2015. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.709212.
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Souza, Simone Cristina Mendonça de. "Primeiras impressões : romances publicados pela Impressão Regia do Rio de Janeiro (1808-1822)." [s.n.], 2007. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/270281.
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Orientador: Marcia Azevedo de AbreuTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: Dentre os muitos títulos publicados entre 1808 e 1822 na Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro, este trabalho se concentra nos romances. Os títulos dos documentos e das obras diversas publicados nesse período foram catalogados ainda no século XIX. Entretanto, boa parte dos exemplares já havia desaparecido, fazendo com que o método utilizado para identificação dos títulos incluísse os anúncios de jornais. Como também eram anunciadas publicações feitas em Lisboa, havia a dúvida quanto à delimitação das que efetivamente foram editadas na Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro. A confusão de locais de impressão levantava a hipótese de uma relação editorial entre a Impressão Régia estabelecida na colônia e sua congênere lisboeta. Tal hipótese foi refutada após investigarmos a casa impressora portuguesa e os títulos de romances nela editados. Concluímos que somente seria possível definir quais foram os romances feitos pela primeira casa impressora oficialmente instalada no Brasil com a localização dos exemplares e a confirmação, pelos dados das folhas de rosto, de que foram impressos no Rio de Janeiro. Por meio de buscas, localizamos quase todos os romances catalogados e delimitamos os que saíram dos prelos da Impressão Régia do Rio de Janeiro. No processo, traçamos a história editorial de cada um deles, verificamos de que maneira eram anunciados pelos livreiros nos jornais e analisamos esses livros do ponto de vista material e textual. Raros e de localização trabalhosa, esses romances são atualmente pouco lembrados ou totalmente desconhecidos. No entanto, têm sua importância nos estudos sobre a circulação de livros no período colonial e em anos posteriores e, certamente, fizeram parte da formação do gosto do público por livros do gênero
Abstract: Among many titles published between 1808 and 1822 by Impressão Régia (Royal Printing) from Rio de Janeiro, this thesis concentrates on the novels. In the 19th century the organization of documents and different works published in such period began. However, a significant part of the copies had already disappeared at that time. So, the method used for identifying the titles included newspaper announcements. As publications made in Lisbon were also announced, there was a doubt regarding the delimitation of the ones which had been effectively published by the Impressão Régia from Rio de Janeiro. The confusion about printing places supported the hypothesis about an editorial relation between the Impressão Régia established in the colony and its congener in Lisbon. Such hypothesis was refuted by us after investigating the Portuguese printing house and the titles of novels published by it. We concluded that it would only be possible to define which novels were published by the first printing house officially established in Brazil by means of the localization of the copies and the confirmation, through the data printed on the title page, that they were printed in Rio de Janeiro. We localized almost every novel which were catalogued and delimited those which originated from the press of Impressão Régia from Rio de Janeiro. During the process, we framed the editorial history of each one of them, verify the way they were announced by the booksellers in the newspapers and analyzed these books from the material and textual points view. Being rare and hard to be located, nowadays, these novels are seldom remembered or totally unknown. Nevertheless, they are important for studies about the circulation of books during the colonial period and the subsequent years, and they definitely played an important part in forming the audience's taste for novel reading
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Historia e Historiografia Literaria
Doutor em Teoria e História Literária
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Silva, Ozangela de Arruda. "Pelas rotas dos livros = circulação de romances e conexões comerciais em Fortaleza (1870-1891)." [s.n.], 2009. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/270037.
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Orientador: Marcia Azevedo de AbreuDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: Esta dissertação buscou conhecer as formas de circulação dos romances em Fortaleza nas três últimas décadas do século XIX. Tornou-se clara, no decorrer da pesquisa, a existência de uma rede profissional que conectava os mercadores instalados em Fortaleza com livreiros e editores de diversas localidades brasileiras e algumas cidades europeias. Tendo isto em vista, buscou-se perceber os títulos e autores em circulação no período, bem como apresentar algumas estratégias de distribuição e divulgação dos romances utilizadas pelo mercado editorial do século XIX
Abstract: This dissertation investigates the circulation of novels in Fortaleza in the last three decades of the nineteenth century. During our research, a professional network that connects the merchants installed in Fortaleza with booksellers and publishers from various places in Brazil and some European cities, has come to light. Being aware of that, we have tried to elicit the titles and authors circulating along the period, as well as the strategies used for novel distribution in the editorial market
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Historia e Historiografia Literaria
Mestre em Teoria e História Literária
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Regan, Dawn E. A. "La formazione della figura della donna guerriera rinascimentale." Thesis, McGill University, 1995. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22625.
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Although the figure of the warrior woman has always existed as a literary topos, the popularity of the warrior woman figure has never been greater than in the period of the Italian Renaissance. The character of the female warrior in the 14th and 15th centuries in Italy results from many literary traditions ranging from the Amazons of classical and medieval times, to the many versions of the Aeneid to the character of Aigiarne in the Milione of Marco Polo. In addition, other examples exist of female characters who demonstrate their fighting capabilities who, without necessarily being considered warrior women, have helped nonetheless to shape the character of the warrior woman in the Italian Renaissance. The main objective of this thesis is to document the formation of the warrior woman figure in Italian Cavalier Romance poems dating from the late 1300's to the early 1400's before the great poems of Pulci and Boiardo.
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Andretta, Cyntia Belgini 1982. "A idéia de literatura nos romances do Novo Jornalismo." [s.n.], 2013. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/269903.
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Orientador: Antonio Alcir Bernárdez PécoraTese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem
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Resumo: A tese investiga a concepção de "literatura" proposta no âmbito do chamado de New Journalism (Novo Jornalismo). Para tanto, apresenta essa tendência jornalística inventariando e analisando os conceitos sugeridos por ele, suas ideias, seus antecedentes, seus autores, seu histórico e, principalmente, os conceitos de "literário" e "literatura" utilizados por seus escritores. O Novo Jornalismo, grosso modo, foi um fenômeno do jornalismo norte-americano, com auge de 1960 a 1980, que pretendia reunir recursos literários a técnicas jornalísticas para escrever romances de não ficção. O estudo produz uma leitura dos romances de Joseph Mitchell(O segredo de Joe Gould), Gay Talese (A mulher do próximo), Norman Mailer (A luta) e Tom Wolfe (Ficar ou não ficar), expoentes do jornalismo literário norte-americano e obras produzidas em diferentes momentos. No âmbito nacional, investiga algumas manifestações que se assemelham ao jornalismo literário produzido nos Estados Unidos e, por isso, pode ter sido influenciado pelo New Journalism. Até o presente momento, pouca bibliografia existe sobre o tema no Brasil, principalmente no que diz respeito a um estudo dessas obras na área de Teoria Literária
Abstract: The thesis investigates the concept of "literature" under the proposal called New Journalism. It presents this trend journalistic inventorying and analyzing the concepts suggested by him, their ideas, their background, their authors, their history, and especially the concepts of "literary" and "literature" used by its writers. The New Journalism, roughly, was a phenomenon of American journalism, with a peak from 1960 to 1980, which aimed to bring together the resources literary journalistic techniques to write non-fiction novels. The study produces a reading of the novels of Joseph Mitchell (Joe Gould's Secret), Gay Talese (The neighbor's wife), Norman Mailer (The fight) and Tom Wolfe (Hooking up), exponents of American literary journalism and works produced at different times. Nationally, investigates some manifestations that resemble literary journalism produced in the United States and, therefore, may have been influenced by the New Journalism. To date, there is little literature on the subject in Brazil, mainly in relation to a study of these works in the area of Literary Theory
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Teoria e Critica Literaria
Doutora em Teoria e História Literária
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Chatagnier, Juliane Camila. "Feminilidades e masculinidades : ressignificação e criação de novas identidades em romances contemporâneos /." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/152958.
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A contemporaneidade tem colaborado com as mudanças na forma como as questões de gênero e sexualidade são vistas na sociedade. Padrões tradicionais vêm sendo quebrados e algumas formas de preconceito não se encaixam mais na comunidade. Hoje, muitos homens e mulheres não têm mais uma identidade única e fixa, e não configuram um par dual, e essa fragmentação das identidades de gênero possibilita a criação de ouras nomenclaturas. Com base nesse contexto de mudanças, as personagens de nosso corpus formam-se mulheres, homens, gays, lésbicas, e a construção do gênero é vista, então, como estratégia narrativa, na qual as escritoras procuram mostrar que há possibilidades para formação de gênero distinta dos padrões impostos pela matriz heteronormativa. Assim, realizamos uma análise de como essas configurações de gênero, masculinos ou femininos, são representadas na literatura, partindo da premissa de que as identidades de gênero sofrem rupturas com os modelos tradicionais e estão deslocadas, devido às diversas orientações sexuais presentes na contemporaneidade. Como corpus deste trabalho, escolhemos cinco obras, de escritoras norte-americanas, brasileiras e inglesas, a partir da década de 1970, a saber: Rubyfruit Jungle (1973), de Rita Mae Brown; The Front Runner (1974), de Patricia Nell Warren; Hotel Dulac (1984), de Anita Brookner; Duas iguais (1996), de Cíntia Moscovich e Sapato de salto (2006), de Lygia Bojunga. A configuração da identidade de gênero das personagens é analisada sob a luz da teoria da performatividade, de Judith Butler (1993; 2003; 2004; 2015), segundo a qual o gênero é constituído por meio da repetição de atos estilizados que se tornam inerentes ao indivíduo. Butler, juntamente à Rubin (1975), Wittig (1982; 1993) e Connell (2000), embasa, também, as questões relativas à construção da masculinidade e/ou feminilidade e Laclau (1990; 2004), Ortiz (1998; 2006) e Santos (1993; 2001), dentre outros, fundamentam o estudo a respeito das modificações ocorridas na sociedade, bem como essas interferem na construção da identidade de gênero.
Contemporaneity has contributed to changes in the way gender and sexuality issues are seen in society. Traditional patterns have been broken and some forms of prejudice do not fit into current society anymore. Today, some men and women have no longer a single, fixed identity, and no longer form a dual pair, and this fragmentation of gender identities makes it possible to create nomenclatures. Based on this context of change, the characters of our corpus are women, men, gays, lesbians, and the construction of gender is seen, therefore, as a narrative strategy, in which women writers try to show that there are possibilities for gender formation which differs from the patterns imposed by the heteronormative matrix. Thus, we perform an analysis of how these configurations of gender, male or female, are represented in literature, starting from a premise that gender identities suffer ruptures from traditional models and are displaced, due to diverse sexual orientations present in contemporary times. As a corpus of this work, we chose five works by American, Brazilian and English writers, beginning in the 1970s: Rubyfruit Jungle (1973) by Rita Mae Brown; The Front Runner (1974), by Patricia Nell Warren; Hotel Dulac (1984), by Anita Brookner; Duas iguais (1996), by Cíntia Moscovich and Sapato de salto (2006), by Lygia Bojunga. The configuration of the characters gender identity is analyzed in the light of Judith Butler's theory of performativity (1993, 2003, 2004, 2015), according to which gender is constituted through the repetition of stylized acts that become inherent to individual. Butler, along with Rubin (1975), Wittig (1982, 1993) and Connell (2000), also addresses issues related to the construction of masculinities and/or femininities, and Laclau (1990, 2004), Ortiz (1998, 2006) and Santos (1993), among others, ground the study on the changes that occurred in society, as well as these interfere in the construction of the gender identity.
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Marques, Lucas de Castro. "Circulação e recepção dos romances de James Fenimore Cooper no Rio de Janeiro e em São Paulo (século XIX)." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/153187.
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Este trabalho tem como objetivo mapear e analisar a circulação e a recepção crítica dos romances de James Fenimore Cooper no Brasil do século XIX, sobretudo considerando o movimento dos livros no Rio de Janeiro, com extensão para São Paulo. Com o propósito de entender o fenômeno da circulação de suas obras entre o público leitor daquela época, apresentaremos os dados relativos ao fluxo dos livros, utilizando, como fontes primárias, os catálogos de livrarias e os periódicos de São Paulo e Rio de Janeiro, e também os catálogos de bibliotecas e gabinetes de leitura da Corte Imperial. Faremos uma reflexão sobre a recepção crítica das obras de Cooper a partir de resenhas que acompanham os anúncios de venda de livros e de textos críticos que, naquela época, citam a obra do escritor de maneira comparada a obra de José de Alencar. Consideramos que foi possível compreender como se deu a circulação e recepção crítica de Cooper, além de entender, com mais detalhes, aspectos sobre o gosto pela leitura de seus romances no século XIX.
This work aims to map and analyze both circulation and critical reception of James Fenimore Cooper’s novels in Brazil in the 19th century, especially considering the movement of books in Rio de Janeiro, extending to São Paulo. In order to understand the phenomenon of the circulation of his works among the readership of that time, we will present data related to the flow of books and feuilletons, using, as primary sources, catalogs of bookstores and periodicals from São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, as well as the catalogs of libraries and reading rooms of the Imperial Court. We will reflect on the critical reception of Cooper's works based on reviews that where attached to the book sale advertisements, as well as on the critical texts that, at that time, cite the work of the writer in a way compared to the work of José de Alencar. We considered that it was possible to understand how Cooper's circulation and critical reception occurred, in addition to understanding, in more detail, aspects about the taste for reading of his novels in the 19th century.
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Carver, Dax Donald. "Goddess Dethroned: The Evolution of Morgan le Fay." unrestricted, 2006. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-04282006-082115/.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2006.Timothy Renick, committee chair; Kathryn McClymond, Jonathan Herman, committee members. Electronic text (p. 54 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Apr. 30, 2007; title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 51-54).
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Gonçalves, Rogério Gustavo. "O percurso da memória nos romances de Antônio Torres : a constituição do eu na fronteira entre o sertão e a cidade /." São José do Rio Preto, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/122249.
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Orientador: Sérgio Vicente MottaBanca: Luiz Gonzaga Marchezan
Banca: Elaine Cristina Cintra
Banca: Antônio Manoel dos Santos Silva
Banca: Gentil Luiz de Faria
Resumo: Este trabalho consiste em um estudo comparado da trilogia de Antônio Torres, composta pelos romances Essa terra (1976), O cachorro e o lobo (1997) e Pelo fundo da agulha (2006). Tomando o elemento memorialístico como objeto de análise, examinamos o modo como os narradores o articulam nos enredos dos três romances, relacionando-o com os dados espaciais predominantes nessas narrativas. Trabalhamos com a hipótese de que, nesses romances, assim como na obra de Antônio Torres de uma maneira geral, pela memória de seus narradores ou personagens recupera-se, essencialmente, a antinomia entre a cidade e o sertão, com o intento de comprovar que a recorrência a esse contraste se caracteriza como uma obsessão temática do autor. Relacionadas a essa oposição basilar espaço-temporal que perpassa esses romances, surgem diversas questões, que vão da caracterização de problemas existenciais do homem, passando por aspectos relevantes da realidade social brasileira. Desse modo, além da averiguação das categorias narrativas de tempo e espaço nos romances, o objetivo é mostrar, como parte de nossa hipótese, a importância dos procedimentos utilizados como solução formal para a apresentação e desenvolvimento dos temas abordados. Buscamos mostrar como a instância memorialística norteia o processo de composição de Antônio Torres e é fator de alternância espacial, evidenciando uma relação de consonância entre estrutura e conteúdo romanescos, de modo a espelhar a condição psicológica dos personagens, sobretudo do protagonista da trilogia, Totonhim, associada à sua constituição identitária
Abstract: This project consists of a comparative study of the trilogy composed of the novels Essa terra (1976), O cachorro e o lobo (1997) and Pelo fundo da agulha (2006), by Antônio Torres. Using the memorialistic element as analysis object, I examine the way the narrators articulate it in the three novels' plots, associating it with the spatial data predominant in these narratives. I work with the hypothesis that, by the memory of their narrators or their characters, the antinomy between the city and the backwoods is essentially recovered, with the objective to verify that the recurrence of this contrast characterizes a thematic obsession of the author. Several issues arise then related to this fundamental spatiotemporal opposition that pervades these novels, which goes from the characterization of man's existential problems to relevant aspects of Brazilian social reality. Thereby, besides the verification of the narrative categories of time and space in these novels, I aim to present, as part of my hypothesis, the importance of the procedures employed as a formal solution to the introduction and development of the issues discussed. I seek to demonstrate how the memorialistic instance guides the author's process of composition as a factor of spatial alternation, evidencing a consonance relation between the novels' structure and content, in order to mirror the psychological condition of the characters, especially of the trilogy protagonist, Totonhim, associated to his identity constitution
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Gonçalves, Rogério Gustavo [UNESP]. "O percurso da memória nos romances de Antônio Torres: a constituição do eu na fronteira entre o sertão e a cidade." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/122249.
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Este trabalho consiste em um estudo comparado da trilogia de Antônio Torres, composta pelos romances Essa terra (1976), O cachorro e o lobo (1997) e Pelo fundo da agulha (2006). Tomando o elemento memorialístico como objeto de análise, examinamos o modo como os narradores o articulam nos enredos dos três romances, relacionando-o com os dados espaciais predominantes nessas narrativas. Trabalhamos com a hipótese de que, nesses romances, assim como na obra de Antônio Torres de uma maneira geral, pela memória de seus narradores ou personagens recupera-se, essencialmente, a antinomia entre a cidade e o sertão, com o intento de comprovar que a recorrência a esse contraste se caracteriza como uma obsessão temática do autor. Relacionadas a essa oposição basilar espaço-temporal que perpassa esses romances, surgem diversas questões, que vão da caracterização de problemas existenciais do homem, passando por aspectos relevantes da realidade social brasileira. Desse modo, além da averiguação das categorias narrativas de tempo e espaço nos romances, o objetivo é mostrar, como parte de nossa hipótese, a importância dos procedimentos utilizados como solução formal para a apresentação e desenvolvimento dos temas abordados. Buscamos mostrar como a instância memorialística norteia o processo de composição de Antônio Torres e é fator de alternância espacial, evidenciando uma relação de consonância entre estrutura e conteúdo romanescos, de modo a espelhar a condição psicológica dos personagens, sobretudo do protagonista da trilogia, Totonhim, associada à sua constituição identitária
This project consists of a comparative study of the trilogy composed of the novels Essa terra (1976), O cachorro e o lobo (1997) and Pelo fundo da agulha (2006), by Antônio Torres. Using the memorialistic element as analysis object, I examine the way the narrators articulate it in the three novels’ plots, associating it with the spatial data predominant in these narratives. I work with the hypothesis that, by the memory of their narrators or their characters, the antinomy between the city and the backwoods is essentially recovered, with the objective to verify that the recurrence of this contrast characterizes a thematic obsession of the author. Several issues arise then related to this fundamental spatiotemporal opposition that pervades these novels, which goes from the characterization of man’s existential problems to relevant aspects of Brazilian social reality. Thereby, besides the verification of the narrative categories of time and space in these novels, I aim to present, as part of my hypothesis, the importance of the procedures employed as a formal solution to the introduction and development of the issues discussed. I seek to demonstrate how the memorialistic instance guides the author’s process of composition as a factor of spatial alternation, evidencing a consonance relation between the novels’ structure and content, in order to mirror the psychological condition of the characters, especially of the trilogy protagonist, Totonhim, associated to his identity constitution
FAPESP: 2010/05456-4
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Dressel, Susan. "The Once and Future Queen: Examining the Importance of Feminist Readings of Wace’s Roman de Brut." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2004. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/704.
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Arts and Sciences
English Literature
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Colwell, Tania Michelle. "Reading Mélusine : romance manuscripts and their audiences c.1380-c.1530." Phd thesis, Canberra, ACT : The Australian National University, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109692.
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This thesis explores the historical reception of the prose Roman de Melusine and the poetic
Roman de Parthenay from the twin perspectives of the romance manuscripts and their
audiences. The Melusine romances attained wide popularity in manuscript form from their
composition in the late fourteenth century until the early sixteenth century. By investigating
the patronage, presentation, and ownership of the romance manuscripts, I ask how and why
the works appealed to and retained their hold on later medieval imaginations? What cultural
values did the romances express or reflect and what meanings did they attain which might
have facilitated their circulation far beyond the boundaries of Poitou? In exploring these
questions, my study offers a nuanced historical appraisal of the place of the Melusine
romances in the cultural lives of late medieval Francophone audiences.
The Melusine romances are located in over thirty surviving manuscripts. Employing an
interdisciplinary approach, my research analyses the relationships between the themes
expressed in these manuscripts, and the historical concerns of the French and Flemish nobility
who constituted the romances’ primary audience. In addition to exploring and revising
conventional explanations for the patronage of the romances, I examine the textual,
paratextual, and decorative mouvance to which the romances were subject, and the intertextual
relationships created by the inclusion of the romances within compilation manuscripts. From
this analysis, I identify a series of themes which demonstrably intersected with the interests
and anxieties of noble reading communities among whom the manuscripts circulated. This
thesis thus complements and extends existing studies of manuscript decoration and the
historical reception of early editions of the prose Melusine romance which were enjoyed by a
cross-section of social groups from the 1470s onwards.
My research suggests that the Melusine romances attained a significant position in late
medieval noble culture for two interrelated reasons. First, the medium of the manuscript itself
offered a flexible format which accommodated the changing preferences of patrons and
audiences of the romances. Second, and paradoxically, Melusine manuscripts persistently
expressed a range of concepts and attitudes of enduring relevance to their noble audiences
with respect to: issues of dynastic prestige and the legitimacy of territorial tenure;
metaphysical and spiritual concerns about fate and salvation; political propaganda;
government; and education.
The value of my study lies in the insights it offers into the mentalites of the later medieval
nobility, a numerically small but influential social group, and the relationships between elite
audiences and their preferred forms of literate culture. This thesis extends scholarly
understandings of, and offers fresh hypotheses for the patronage of the Roman de Melusine
and the Roman de Parthenay respectively. Further, it contextualises its analysis of the
Melusine manuscripts and compilation contents in the light of historical events and concerns
confronting late medieval noble audiences. It thus demonstrates the importance of combining
literary and historical approaches when exploring the values and meanings attached to
historical literature. While historical and literary approaches each offer unique insights into
medieval understandings of a work, it is only by contextualising each set of findings produced
by the two modes of analysis against each other that a nuanced appreciation of a literary
work’s historical role and importance can be produced.
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Walker, Malcolm. "The stone crown : a novel." 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/56818.
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Title page and prologue v.2; Title page, table of contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University of Adelaide Library."The stone crown is, in part, a contemporary reworking of the Arthurian legend." -- abstract, [v. 2], p. v.
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Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2007
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McKie, Shannon A. "La hierarchie et l’adaptation : comparaison entre Yvain et Ywain and Gawain." Thesis, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/13862.
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When comparing Ywain and Gawain with its source, Chretien de Troyes' Yvain. many
critics concentrate on the dramatic omissions and reductions made by the anonymous English
adapter. However, the more subtle differences between the two Arthurian romances also deserve
attention. Since the goal of medieval adapters of secular texts was to rethink and reinvent their
sources, these changes could reveal further aspects of the originality of Ywain and Gawain.
which is generally considered a sophisticated work in its own right.
With this study, I hope to demonstrate that some of the differences in the Middle English
adaptation may signify an effort on the part of the adapter to present his own vision of society
and hierarchy. While it is not possible to situate all the characters on a social scale, the probable
hierarchical relation between many of them can be established based on their lineage, tide or
social position. The present analysis examines modifications in the interaction between some of
these characters—due to the limits of this study, I treat only the cases where at least one female
character is concerned—and the role of hierarchical submission. I explore examples from two
perspectives: that of the characters of lower rank, whose subordination to social superiors is a
basic element of social order, and that of the characters of higher rank, whose standing implies
both their own authority and the submission of their inferiors.
I found that the English poet diminished or omitted many examples that do not respect
hierarchy in Yvain. creating the impression of a more hierarchical society in the adaptation.
That overall impression is not changed by the fact that the adapter also introduced or amplified
other exceptions to the hierarchy, for they are not of an extreme nature and occur only in a
limited context. In fact, these additions seem to follow a logical pattern as well, presenting the
image of a society in which rank and power are linked. Consequently, they too may be
interpreted as part of a coherently modified version of society and hierarchy created by the
author of Ywain and Gawain.
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Moore, Christine M. "A literary study of "Ille et Galeron" by Gautier D'Arras : generic experimentation and development in late twelfth century France." Phd thesis, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/139466.
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Hwang, Hyunyoung. "A musical discussion and analysis of romance sans paroles by three French composers : Charles-Francois Gounod, Camille Saint-Saens and Gabriel Faure." 2013. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1738934.
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Contained in this study is a musical discussion and analysis of seven Romance Sans Paroles (song without words), written by three French composers, Charles-François Gounod, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Gabriel Fauré.
The Romance Sans Parole genre seems to be quite unknown in the piano field; as a result, there are few secondary sources available. By immersing myself in these scores, I sought to discover their musical value and compositional nuance and excellence. I thoroughly investigated each composer’s unique treatment of melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and form.
Chapter One includes an Introduction, brief biographical information on each composer, the Need for the Study, the Purpose of the Study, a Review of Literature, and a Methodology. Chapters Two, Three, and Four consist of a musical analysis and discussion of the seven Romance Sans Paroles. Chapter Five offers a Conclusion and Suggestions for Further Study.
I believe my dissertation will enhance the understanding and appreciation of this art form.School of Music
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Chigidi, Willie L. "A study of Shona war fiction : the writer's perspectives." Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3118.
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This thesis is an in-depth study of Shona fiction about the liberation war in Zimbabwe. It looks at the way Zimbabwe’s liberation war is portrayed in Shona fiction and focuses on the factors that shaped writers’ perspectives on that war. It is argued that Shona war fiction writers romanticised the war and in the process simplified and distorted history. The researcher postulates that writers’ perspectives on this liberation war were shaped by factors that include the mood of celebration and euphoria, the dominant ideology of the time, the situations of independence and freedom, and literary competitions. The thesis further raises and illustrates the point that writers produced romances of adventure because they were writing on the theme of war, and if one writes on the theme of war one ends up writing an adventure story. However, it is also acknowledged that because authors were writing on a historical event they could not ignore history completely. Some aspects of history are incorporated into the fiction, thereby retaining a semblance of historical realism. The post-independence period is also seen as a time of cultural revival and this is considered as the reason behind the authors’ tendency to celebrate Shona traditional institutions and culture. The celebration of Shona traditional religion and culture introduced into the fiction the element of the supernatural that strengthened the romance aspect of the novels. Shona war fiction writers also perpetuate female stereotyping. Female characters are depicted as everything except guerrilla fighters. It is argued that there are no female characters that play roles of guerrilla fighters because during the actual war women were not visible at the war front, fighting. The thesis argues that men, who were pioneers of the guerrilla war and writers of the war stories, excluded women from liberation war discourse and ultimately from literary discourse as well. A few writers who comment on the quality of Zimbabwe’s independence and freedom show the disillusionment and despair of the peasants and ex-combatants as they struggled to settle down and recover from the war.African Languages
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Reid, Zofia Tatiana. "Disempowered women? :." Diss., 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17606.
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