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Kuzmina, O. A. "“The House That Jack Built” by Jessie L. Gaynor as an example of an English language operetta for children." Aspects of Historical Musicology 15, no. 15 (September 15, 2019): 231–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.34064/khnum2-15.12.

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Background. The children’s opera in all its diversity has undergone a rapid path to its formation and development, responding to changes in the art and aesthetic space of musical culture. The active being and the practical use of this phenomenon only emphasize the gaps in musicology science more acutely. Some researchers combine with the notion of «children’s opera» both works that involve children to participate in the performing process, and those which are aimed at a certain age audience. Other authors put the term «opera for children» as universal, but use it to describe various works. However, if the information about this genre is contained in the scientifi c literature, research on opera for children-performers analogue, children’s operetta which was formed and used by considerable demand in the late 19th – in the fi rst half of the 20th century in the English-speaking countries, is practically absent. This determines the relevance of the chosen subject. Objectives. The objective of this study is to consider the features of the libretto, the compositional and dramaturgical properties of the children’s operetta by J. L. Gaynor The House that Jack Built as one of the English-language samples of the genre. Methods. So far these methods were been applied: historical, structural and functional, comparative. Results. It is diffi cult to indicate the exact date of the children’s operetta emergence. It is known from available literature that it became widespread in the 1880s. In the following decades, the popularity of children’s operettas does not fade, rather, it only grows. The school authorities even were worried about such an intensity of extracurricular work. However, this fact did not affect the number of performances. There are books containing instructions and guidance, tips on probable diffi culties that could be faced by fi rst-time directors. In particular, it was recommended to divide responsibilities between school departments and draw up a general plan of action. Attention was paid to organizing an advertising campaign to attract as many viewers as possible. With such performance enthusiasm, there was a certain lack of repertoire written specifi cally for children and adolescents. Not surprisingly, the music teachers sought to replenish it. Among them was an American piano and harmony teacher Jessie Lovel Smith Gaynor (1863–1921) who composed The House that Jack Built (1902). This is not the only sample of children’s operetta in the heritage of J. L. Gaynor, she wrote a few more works, mostly after fairy tales: The Lost Princess Bo-Peep (its plot matches Jack’s one), The Toy Shop, Snow White, The Magic Wheel, Three Wishes, The Return of Proserpina, and On Plymouth Rock. The libretto of The House that Jack Built, written by A. G. D. Riley, is compiled on the basis of nursery rhymes, which are an integral part of the English-speaking countries culture. The operetta includes 24 folklore texts (full or fragmented): poems, two counters, and a ballad. To organize the plot, the librettist used the «stringing» method, or the cumulative principle, joining each subsequent element to the previous one with the help of the Mother Goose’s recitative lines. She is the key character, who greets and introduces new guests at her party. This principle is refl ected in the organization of the whole operetta. Mother Gooses’ cues are a refrain similar to the poem The House that Jack Built. Each character is not related to the previous one or the next, they are united only by belonging to the images of folk poetry. Since the libretto is mainly based on miniatures (with one or two verses), there are many participants of the performance: 43 characters, 21 thrushes, and collective characters, the number of which is not specifi ed precisely. There is no plot in common sense – as a series of related events built in accordance with certain principles – in The House that Jack Built. Rather, it reminds the carnival procession, in which characters are appearing one by one. They have bright, sometimes extravagant costumes, which vary with the speed of the pattern in the kaleidoscope. The structure of the operetta is simple and clear. It consists of two acts, divided into 19 big numbers (9 in the fi rst action, 10 in the second), which are often built in the form of a suite. The balance among solo-ensemble and choral numbers in The House that Jack Built is unequal. The choruses prevail in the operetta (there are about 20 of them). It is diffi cult to name the exact number because the author does not always clarify the exact cast. Solo and ensemble numbers are 4 times fewer; in addition, there are 2 numbers in the 2d act, in which the soloist and choir sing together. To achieve compositional and dramatic unity, there was a need to involve additional means in addition to the cross-cutting image of Mother Goose, since the Jack’s plot is deprived of the consistent development of events. This function is performed by several themes: «fairy tale» (in the future it is associated with the appearance of fairies and elves), «pastoral» (its emergence is marked by the remark Andante Pastorale), the theme of Jack, the dance motive, and the theme of King Cole. They are exhibited in the overture for the fi rst time. When the act begins, they are joined by the themes of Mother Goose and Thrushes. For the fi rst time, most of the themes are conducted in the overture. This determines the suite character of its structure: 6 episodes that contrast with each other by tempo. The piano part plays an important role in the operetta. It presents the leading themes, the main image-bearing and poetic motives, and supports the performers in the vocal appearances. The revealed signs give grounds to consider the English-language children’s operetta a national model of opera for children-performers. Conclusions. In the English-speaking countries, particularly in the USA, at the end of the 19th – in the fi rst half of the 20th century the tradition to perform operettas at schools was formed. This works from their form and contents were similar to compositions which were called children’s operas (operas for children-performers) in Europe. An analysis of The House that Jack Built by J. L. Gaynor allows us to interpret the author’s genre name in its original linguistic meaning – «small opera». A signifi cant number of such works still remain beyond the attention of scholars and require a thorough study both in historical and in theoretical directions.
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Sweeney, Kathryn A. "Cultural naming practices in children's literature with adoption themes." Children's Geographies 14, no. 5 (January 13, 2016): 497–512. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2015.1121538.

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Shakhanova, R., and A. Saganaeva. "THE PECULIARITY OF CHILDREN'S LITERATURE IN RUSSIA." BULLETIN Series of Philological Sciences 75, no. 1 (March 30, 2020): 317–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.51889/2021-1.1728-7804.54.

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The article deals with the question of the originality and formation of children's literature in the historical context of Russia. At all times, the most serious requirements were imposed on children's literature, since it is one of the most important sources of formation of the child's personality, his spiritual values, moral and aesthetic qualities and is of an educational nature. each period is characterized by its own tasks, requirements, themes, heroes, etc. However, the main task of children's literature has always remained the same-to teach children to believe, love, grow, understand, search, and the question of the specifics of children's literature is still reduced to repeating the truths about a dynamic plot, clarity, accessibility and fascination. The article analyzes the best examples of Russian literature, which convey all the diversity and richness of the world, instill in children a literary taste and love of reading.
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Lechner, Judith V. "Sustainability in Children's and Young Adult Literature: An Analysis of Environmental Themes." International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability: Annual Review 2, no. 2 (2006): 129–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.18848/1832-2077/cgp/v02i02/54152.

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Baratz, Lea, and Sara Zamir. "Examining Hebrew-Amharic bilingual children's literature in Israel: Language, themes, and power." Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature 49, no. 3 (2011): 18–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/bkb.2011.0048.

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Goodman, Fallon R., Todd B. Kashdan, Melissa C. Stiksma, and Dan V. Blalock. "Personal Strivings to Understand Anxiety Disorders: Social Anxiety as an Exemplar." Clinical Psychological Science 7, no. 2 (November 14, 2018): 283–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2167702618804778.

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People with anxiety disorders tend to make decisions on the basis of avoiding threat rather than obtaining rewards. Despite a robust literature examining approach-avoidance motivation, less is known about goal pursuit. The present study examined the content, motives, consequences, and daily correlates of strivings among adults diagnosed with social anxiety disorder and healthy controls. Participants generated six strivings along with the motives and consequences of their pursuit. Compared with controls, people with social anxiety disorder were less strongly driven by autonomous motives and reported greater difficulty pursuing strivings. Coders analyzed strivings for the presence of 10 themes: achievement, affiliation, avoidance, emotion regulation, generativity, interpersonal, intimacy, power, self-presentation, and self-sufficiency. People with social anxiety disorder constructed more emotion regulation strivings than did controls, but they did not differ across other themes. This research illustrates how studying personality at different levels of analysis (traits, strivings) can yield novel information for understanding anxiety disorders.
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Sithas, Mohamed, and HAKNS Surangi. "Systematic Literature Review on Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship: Citation and Thematic Analysis." Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies 8, no. 3 (June 25, 2021): 183. http://dx.doi.org/10.29333/ejecs/791.

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This paper presents a systematic review of the literature on ethnic minority entrepreneurship. A total of 174 articles converging on ethnic minority entrepreneurship, published between 2010 and 2020, were investigated. This paper extends existing knowledge of the sub-areas in ethnic minority entrepreneurship research by focusing on two different angles. Firstly, Citation analysis was performed to review research papers to recognize and classify the key areas of ethnic minority entrepreneurship currently being focused on and examined by the research community. Secondly, Thematic analysis was executed to discover the specific themes that are being researched. The study found seven different themes: immigrant studies, ethnic entrepreneurial motivations, ethnic startup process, motives of ethnic business success, failure factors of ethnic businesses, ethnic unique challenges, and favourite strong ties of ethnic minorities were identified as main themes. The number of research gaps identified should encourage novel paths and scopes in the ethnic minority entrepreneurship research field to fill these gaps in the literature.
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Pinchuck, Kathe. "Recognizing Jewish Children's Literature For Forty Years: The Sydney Taylor Book Award." Judaica Librarianship 14, no. 1 (December 31, 2008): 27–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.14263/2330-2976.1071.

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The Association of Jewish Libraries has been presenting a children's book award for forty years. The author describes some of the history and background of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, as well as its mission of "encouraging the publication of outstanding books of Jewish content for children and teens." A description of the award's namesake and her importance to Jewish children's literature is followed by a review of some of the books and authors that have been honored. These demonstrate the high standards of the Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee, as well as the quality of Jewish children's literature. Prevalent themes and trends reflect the ever changing dynamic of contemporary Jewry.
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Brimble, Mandy J., Sally Anstey, and Jane Davies. "Long-term nurse–parent relationships in paediatric palliative care: a narrative literature review." International Journal of Palliative Nursing 25, no. 11 (November 2, 2019): 542–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.12968/ijpn.2019.25.11.542.

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Background: Paediatric palliative care (PPC) is an active, total approach to the holistic care of the child and family. Close, long-lasting relationships between healthcare professionals and parents in paediatric palliative care enhance quality, provide emotional support and can influence how parents manage their role in the face of uncertainty. Aim: To present a narrative literature review of long-term relationships between children's nurses and parents in PPC settings. Methods: Six databases (CINAHL, PsycINFO, ASSIA, Scopus, Medline and BNI) were searched, identifying 35 articles. A grey literature search produced seven additional relevant items. Findings: Four themes were identified: bonds; attachments and trust; sharing the journey; going the extra mile; and boundaries and integrity. All themes revealed an element of tension between closeness and professionalism. Conclusion: Gaining a greater understanding of how closeness and professionalism are successfully managed by children's palliative care nurses could positively influence pre- and post-registration nurse education.
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Achyldurdyyeva, Jennet, Bih-Shiaw Jaw, and Christina Yu-Ping Wang. "Foreign companies’ CSR themes and objectives in Central Asia." Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR) 6, no. 2 (November 30, 2019): 331–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v6i2.279.

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The study showcases key themes and objectives of CSR of MNCs in transition economies and the types of CSR activities reported to the audience. The contribution of the paper is in bringing insights into the goals, motives, and objectives of CSR of MNCs in Central Asia. The findings of the study are based on the content analysis of the companies’ CSR activities explicitly reported to the audience. Multiple sources of publicly available data on MNCs (CSR reports, annual reports, websites of the companies, local news outlets reporting about CSR of foreign companies) were collected, coded and analyzed to generate the findings. The limitation of the study is in the limited number of companies/countries reviewed. This paper contributes to the literature on CSR of MNCs in transition economies.
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Reid, Suzanne Elizabeth. "Becoming a modern hero: the search for identity in Cynthia Voigt's novels." Diss., Virginia Tech, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/38326.

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The purpose of this study is to explore the novels of a highly respected author of young adult literature and to summarize the plots, analyze the themes, and examine themotivations of the characters in a format that would be accessible and useful to the classroom teachers and students who read her novels. The bulk of the document will follow the format of the Twayne Series of Young Adult Writers, a serial publication of biographical information, plot summary, and critical commentary that is standard in many school libraries. Cynthia Voigt's novels are both popular with teachers and students and well-acclaimed by literary critics and scholars of young adult literature. The first chapter outlines Voigt's professional career and the events in her life that affected her writing. The four chapters that follow treat individual novels grouped as they relate to themes of defining a self, balancing commitment to self and family, learning to recognize and value individual differences, and finding the courage to challenge socially conventional expectations. The sixth chapter summarizes Voigt's philosophy of personal development as it is reflected in her writing, and the last chapter suggest strategies which could be applied to Voigt's novels in the classroom. Throughout the analses of Voigt's novels, critical Opinions and scholarly commentary have been summarized to provide a perspective that is informed by a variety of sources of information about this author's work in particular and about young adult novels in general.
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DeWitt, Amy L. "Parental Portrayals in Children's Literature: 1900-2000." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4884/.

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The portrayals of mothers and fathers in children's literature as companions, disciplinarians, caregivers, nurturers, and providers were documented in this research. The impact of time of publication, sex of author, award-winning status of book, best-selling status of book, race of characters, and sex of characters upon each of the five parental roles was assessed using descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation, and multinomial logistic regression techniques. A survey instrument developed for this study was completed for each of the 300 books randomly selected from the list of easy/picture books in the Children's Catalog (H.W. Wilson Company, 2001). To ensure all time periods were represented, the list was stratified by decades before sampling. It was expected that parental role portrayals would become more egalitarian and less traditional in each successive time period of publication. Male authors were expected to portray more egalitarian parental roles, and the race and sex of the young characters were not expected to influence parental portrayals. Award-winning books were expected to represent more egalitarian parental roles. Books that achieved the Publisher's Weekly all-time best-selling status were expected to portray parents in less egalitarian roles. Secondary analyses explored the prevalence of mothers' occupations, parental incompetence, and dangerous, solo child adventures. While the time of publication affected role portrayals, the evidence was unclear as to whether the changing roles represented greater egalitarianism. The race and the sex of the young characters significantly affected parental role portrayals, but the sex of the author did not influence these portrayals. While award winning and bestselling texts portrayed parents differently than books that did not achieve such honors, most did not provide enough information to adequately assess parenting roles. Half of the mothers who worked in the texts worked in conjunction with their husbands rather than independent of them. Over 10 % of mothers and fathers acted incompetently. The time of publication and the sex of the author was associated with the prevalence of solo, dangerous, child adventures. Subsequent implications and recommendations suggest the inclusion of stronger parental characters in children's books. Many of the parents are portrayed as inactive, incompetent, or neglectful. The concern is that children are exposed to these picture book portrayals during the primary years of identity acquisition.
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Ang, Susan Wan Ling. "From enclosure to exposure : themes and trends in children's literature." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.259538.

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Majumder, Doyeeta. "The 'New Prince' and the problem of lawmaking violence in early modern drama." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11969.

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The present thesis examines the fraught relationship between the sixteenth-century formulations of the theories of sovereign violence, tyranny and usurpation and the manifestations of these ideas on the contemporary English stage. The thesis will attempt to trace an evolution of the poetics of English and Scottish political drama through the early, middle, and late decades of the sixteenth-century in conjunction with developments in the political thought of the century, linking theatre and politics through the representations of the problematic figure of the usurper or, in Machiavellian terms, the ‘New Prince'. I will demonstrate that while the early Tudor morality plays are concerned with the legitimate monarch who becomes a tyrant, the later historical and tragic drama of the century foregrounds the figure of the illegitimate monarch who is a tyrant by default. On the one hand the sudden proliferation of usurpation plots in Elizabethan drama and the transition from the legitimate tyrant to the usurper tyrant is linked to the dramaturgical shift from the allegorical morality play tradition to later history plays and tragedies, and on the other it is reflective of a poetic turn in political thought which impelled political writers to conceive of the state and sovereignty as a product of human ‘poiesis', independent of transcendental legitimization. The poetics of political drama and the emergence of the idea of ‘poiesis' in the political context merge in the figure of the nuove principe: the prince without dynastic claims who creates his sovereignty by dint of his own ‘virtu' and through an act of law-making violence.
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Grodent, Michel O. L. "De nostos à xenitia: recherches sur la nostalgie de l'exil dans la littérature grecque ancienne et byzantine." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211694.

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Hunt, Davina Latoya. "Correcting America's Childhood Literacy Campaign: The Neglected Aspect of Financial Themes." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32143.

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Financial responsibility within the United States volleys between the individual and outside agencies frequently; however, the uninformed individual suffers financially as a result. Integrating concepts of personal finance and children's literature together will promote life-sustaining habits of personal finance and will likely lessen the prevalence of a culture that does not stress financial literacy.
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Anker, Willem P. P. "Die idioot : spieël en skadu ; Sirkus (roman)." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53373.

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Thesis (MA)- Stellenbosch University, 2003.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In fulfilment of the degree of Magister in Creative Writing: Afrikaans, a novel titled Sirkus (Circus) is presented in which the main character figures as an idiot. It is accompanied by a perspicacious formal essay which maintains the relationship between theory and novel. The essay titled "Die idioot: spieël en skadu" (The idiot: mirror and shadow) reflects on the problematics concerning the representation of the idiot in literary texts. The essay investigates the phenomenon of the idiot in literature according to well-known literary texts presenting idiots. What these texts have in common is that the narrator acts on behalf of a character who does not have the ability nor the will to narrate himself. The problematics is viewed from a thematic as well as writing technique niveaux, according to insights gleaned from literature, philosophy, narratology and psychology. The argument concludes by reflecting on the responsibility of the author and the ethics of creating an effigy of the idiot. The novel Sirkus, (Circus), focuses on an idiot character with webbed hands and feet, Siegfried Landman. It is an exposition of his journey to hell starting on a farm in the Karoo. It takes him through a grotesque urban landscape where he eventually ends up in a circus of freaks. The text starts with the death of Siegfried's father and is in the form of a quest narrative, a quest for the vague image of his uncle Fischer. The tale emanates predominantly from Siegfried's consciousness. During the course of the text he is accompanied by varioius travelling companions who each fmd a voice in the text.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING Ter vervulling van die graad van Magister in Kreatiewe Afrikaanse skryfkunde is 'n roman getiteld Sirkus voorgelê waarin die hoofkarakter 'n idiotefiguur is. Dit word vergesel met 'n verbandhoudende beskoulike werkstuk: "Die idioot: spieël en skadu", wat die vorm aanneem van 'n essay oar die problematiek rondom die representasie van die idioot in literêre tekste. In die werkstuk word die verskynsel van die idioot in die letterkunde ondersoek aan die hand van bekende literêre tekste waarin idiotefigure gerepresenteer word. Hierdie tekste het dit gemeen dat die verteller optree namens 'n karakter wat nie die vermoë óf die wil het om self te vertel nie. Die problematiek word beskou op tematiese sowel as skryftegniese vlakke aan die hand van insigte uit die letterkunde, filosofie, narratologie en sielkunde. Die argument sluit uiteindelik af met 'n besinning oor die skrywerlike verantwoordelikheid en 'n skrywerlike etiek ten opsigte van die uitbeelding van die idioot. Die roman Sirkus fokus op 'n idiote-karakter met gewebde hande en voete, Siegfried Landman. Dit is 'n uitbeelding van sy hellevaart wat begin op 'n plaas in die Karoo en hom voer deur 'n groteske stadslandskap voor hy uiteindelik opeindig in 'n sirkus van fratse. Die teks begin met die dood van Siegfried se vader en is in die vorm van 'n soektognarratief, 'n soektog na die vae beeld van sy oom Fischer. Die verhaal word grotendeels vanuit Siegfried se bewussyn vertel. Hy word deur die verloop van die teks vergesel deur verskeie reisgenote wat elk ook 'n eie stem in die teks verkry.
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Higgins, MaryEllen. "Questions of apprenticeship in African and Caribbean narratives gender, journey, and development /." Access restricted to users with UT Austin EID Full text (PDF) from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3034547.

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Oersen, Sheridene Barbara. "The representation of women in four of Naguib Mahfouz's realist novels: Palace walk, Palace of desire, Sugar street and Midaq alley." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2005. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&amp.

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This thesis involved the various discourses around Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz's representation of women in four of his most well-known novels, which were originally written in Arabic. At the one extreme, he is described as a feminist writer who takes up an aggressive anti-patriarchal stance, delivering a multi-faceted critique on Egyptian society. Mahfouz's personal milieu, as well as the broader social context in which he finds himself, was given careful consideration. It was also considered whether the genre in which the four novels have been written has a significant influence on the manner in which Mahfouz has represented his female characters.
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Rondou, Katherine. "Le thème de sainte Marie-Madeleine dans la littérature d'expression française, en France et en Belgique, de 1814 à nos jours." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/210807.

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Le présent travail enrichit la thématologie à un double niveau, à la fois par une réflexion méthodologique sur les différents modes de manifestation du thème, et par une meilleure connaissance d'un "mythe" littéraire précis, celui de sainte Marie-Madeleine, dont la vitalité ne laisse aucun doute, tant dans la fréquence de l'utilisation du personnage depuis deux mille ans, que dans l'originalité des interprétations, malgré d'inévitables redites et banalités.

Sur la base d'une analyse minutieuse des différentes composantes du thème magdaléen dans la littérature franco-belge d'expression française après 1814, et des incarnations féminines qui s'en dégagent, cette thèse définit les contours du visage de la Madeleine de ces deux derniers siècles, et démontre la raison fondamentale de la permanence de la figure évangélique à travers les siècles :sa rencontre immédiate, et constante, avec le motif de la Femme dans la civilisation judéo-chrétienne.
Doctorat en philosophie et lettres, Orientation langue et littérature
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Books on the topic "Children's literature – Themes, motives"

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Naranjo, Claudio. The divine child and the hero: Inner meaning in children's literature. Nevada City, CA: Gateways/IDHHB Publishers, 1999.

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Griswold, Jerome. Feeling like a kid: Childhood and children's literature. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Feeling like a kid: Childhood and children's literature. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

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Approaches to literature through theme. Phoenix, Az: Oryx Press, 1992.

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author, Marron Alexandra, ed. Interpretation book clubs: Analyzing themes. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2015.

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Whyte, Padráic. Irish childhoods: Children's fiction and Irish history. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars, 2011.

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Er tong wen xue de san da mu ti. Shanghai Shi: Hua dong shi fan da xue chu ban she, 2009.

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White, Kerry. Australian children's fiction: The subject guide. Milton, Qld: Jacaranda, 1993.

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Chʻasedae munhak ŭi ihae. Sŏul-si: Tʻaeyŏng Chʻulpʻansa, 2007.

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White, Kerry. Australian children's fiction: The subject guide update. Milton, Qld: Jacaranda, 1996.

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"Themes from the state crime literature: motives." In State Crime, 90–109. Willan, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203832967-7.

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"Introduction: definitions, themes, changes, attitudes." In International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature, 25–36. Routledge, 2004. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203325667-10.

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"Anti-African Themes in “Liberal” Young Adult Novels." In Neo-Imperialism in Children's Literature About Africa, 79–92. Routledge, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203886496-14.

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"The World Is a Confused Pink Sheep: Subversive Uses of Icelandic Themes in the Poetry of Þórarinn Eldjárn." In The Nation in Children's Literature, 83–94. Routledge, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780203104279-12.

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Palfrey, Colin. "Main themes." In The Future for Health Promotion, 1–24. Policy Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781447341239.003.0001.

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This book examines the evidence on the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health promotion policies and projects, with particular emphasis on the UK. As an introduction, this chapter clarifies the key concepts in the health promotion literature such as ‘new public health’, civil society, poverty and empowerment. It first considers the potentially disputed assumption that ‘health’ is an unequivocal concept before discussing the social determinants of health, the emergence of a ‘new public health’ in the UK that consists of health promotion as a model of health policy, and the role of civil society in health promotion. It also explains what poverty is, the impact of public health and health promotion interventions, the purpose of health promotion, and motives for improving people's health (such as empowerment, charity, economics). Finally, it reflects on the future for health promotion.
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Bauer, Jack. "Growth Themes in Personal Narratives." In The Transformative Self, 159–92. Oxford University Press, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199970742.003.0006.

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Theme in a personal narrative conveys the narrator’s value orientations (what the person values, is motivated by, needs, or believes is important in an event) but not whether the event turns out well (tone does that). Three great themes in both literature and life stories are agency, communion, and growth. Themes of eudaimonic growth are central to the transformative self. Growth themes come in various, overlapping forms, notably agentic, communal, reflective, and experiential forms. Growth themes and growthy tones work together to convey not only the value orientation of growth but also the value fulfillment or attainment of eudaimonic growth, experienced as a sense of meaningfulness. Growth themes link actions to motives and to mechanisms of development, which may be why growth themes are powerful predictors of separate measures of happiness, love, wisdom, and growth, regardless of the type of event.
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Sanders, April M., Laura Isbell, and Kathryn Dixon. "LGBTQ+ Literature in the Elementary and Secondary Classroom as Windows and Mirrors for Young Readers." In Incorporating LGBTQ+ Identities in K-12 Curriculum and Policy, 198–222. IGI Global, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-1404-7.ch007.

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Educators looking for books to offer to children and young adult readers with LGBTQ+-inclusive themes can use these results to review award winning books and the themes found in the texts. This critical content study includes children's and young adult books winning the Stonewall Award from the American Library Association. The selected books are reviewed for themes applicable to mirrors and windows that are provided to readers in the text. Windows provide a way for readers to see an experience unlike their own while mirrors offer a reflection of experiences the reader has experienced. Both offer a way for readers to connect with the text.
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Berk, Laura E. "The Child in Contemporary Culture." In Awakening Children's Minds. Oxford University Press, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195124859.003.0011.

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In this chapter, I take up dilemmas that today’s parents face in rearing young children. Throughout this book, we have touched on myriad forces that make contemporary parenting highly challenging. These include one-sided, contradictory messages in the parenting-advice literature; career pressures that impinge on parent involvement in children’s lives; abysmally weak American child-care services to assist employed parents in their child-rearing roles; cultural violence and excessive materialism permeating children’s worlds; schools with less than optimal conditions for children’s learning; and impediments to granting children with deficits and disabilities social experiences that maximize their development. Contemporary parents do not just find child rearing more difficult; they feel more uncertainty than their predecessors about whether and how to intervene in their children’s activities and behavior. In the pages that follow, I draw on major themes of this book—the power of adult warmth, appropriate expectations, narrative conversation, make-believe play, and teaching in the “zone”—to show how Vygotsky’s sociocultural approach can serve as a guide for resolving a great many child-rearing concerns. This chapter answers twenty questions drawn from a survey of over four hundred parents of 2- to 8-year-olds living in a Midwestern city with a population of one hundred thousand. In that survey, I asked parents to list any questions about young children’s development and learning that interested or worried them. The questions I answer here address issues that appeared most often in parents’ responses. Each represents a concern that surfaced in three or more parental replies. I intend these answers to parents’ questions to reflect a way of thinking about child rearing, not a set of recipes for dealing with specific events. When parents are familiar with principles that are grounded in contemporary theory and research on children’s development, they can better deal with the quandaries generated by the changing home, school, and community contexts in which today’s children grow up. Although adverse cultural trends have complicated and threatened good child rearing, parents—as agents of change, buffers against stressful life circumstances, and gatekeepers of learning opportunities—can do much to protect, restore, and reshape children’s experiences.
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Veligorsky, Georgy A. "“Houses are alive. No?”The image of a “revived” house in English literaturein the late XIX — early XX century." In Russian Estate in the World Context, 298–312. A.M. Gorky Institute of World literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22455/978-5-9208-0623-9-298-312.

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In this article we will talk about the unusual topos that occurs in Victorian and Edwardian literature — the “revived” estate. Indirectly going back to Gothic literature and the “horror literature” that inherited it (where the house can come to life literally, become harmful, frightening and even mortally dangerous for the inhabitant), however, it develops in a completely different way. The ghosts that inhabit the rooms of such a mansion are the guardians of a good and bright memory, “hidden joy”; embodied by the past, who lives in a shaky, invisible world. These ghosts have many hypostases: sometimes they turn out to be just a figment of the tenant’s imagination, and sometimes they are a real poltergeist, but not frightening, but protecting and preserving (W. Woolf, “A Haunted House”). Another manifestation of this topos can be called a house that comes to life, when the hero distinguishes between the beating of his heart (as happens in the novel by E.M. Forster “Howards End”) or hears a whisper of voices in the curtains shaken by the wind. The combination of these two motives (poltergeist and living house) is also found in the works of modernists (W. Woolf, “Orlando: A Biography”). Of particular interest is the image of a revived estate house in children’s literature; in this vein, we will consider the novel by Ph. Pierce, “Tom’s Midnight Garden”.
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Visscher, Marijn S. "Poets and Politics at the Court of Antiochus III." In Beyond Alexandria, 154–99. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190059088.003.0005.

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The fourth chapter explores the literature composed at the court of Antiochus III. First, it discusses literary engagements with the Galatians used to assert authority over Asia Minor against the Attalids. The poetry of Simonides of Magnesia celebrating a Seleucid king fighting the Galatians fits well into the political climate of that time. The second part of the chapter looks at Euphorion of Chalcis, a well-known poet who could be considered an heir of Callimachus. Euphorion never travelled to Alexandria and instead worked for Antiochus III, and his poetry shows a clear interest in Seleucid motives and themes. The chapter ends with a discussion of the work of Hegesianax of Alexandria Troas in the context of Seleucid interactions with Rome. It is shown that his work had a political dimension: Hegesianax’ history of the Troad also included an account of the foundation of Rome and its alleged links with Troy.
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Subramani, Guru, Aubrey M. Fisher, Moria F. Bittmann, Andrea H. Mason, Brittany G. Travers, and Michael R. Zinn. "Development of a Robotic Motor Skills Assessment System for Children With Autism." In 2017 Design of Medical Devices Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/dmd2017-3447.

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Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by atypical social interactions and repetitive behaviors/restricted interests[1]. It is found that children with autism also experience delayed or impaired motor skills development [2]. It would be advantageous to develop methods that precisely evaluate these motor skills impairments. The use of robots for evaluating upper limb motor competency have been looked at in the stroke literature [3]. We would like to leverage robotic tools for motor skills assessment but with focus for children with autism spectrum disorder. Robotic methodologies provide a unique way of testing upper limb motor skills. For instance, if a person holds on to the end of a robot arm and moves the robot arm in space, the robot can apply forces and prevent or assist the person with these motions. In this fashion, the robot can apply perturbations in a repeatable and precise manner with high fidelity. Since individuals with autism have anxieties interacting with other individuals[4], using an impersonal robot would alleviate the anxiety of social interactions. These individuals learn motor skills best with consistent repetition and strong reinforcement, qualities that robots provide. Therefore, a robot based evaluation strategy and therapy paradigm for children with Autism would be beneficial for the community.
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Permyakova, Margarita, Olga Vindeker, and Tat’yana Smorkalova. "Life Satisfaction and Happiness of Russians at a Mature Age." In Russian Man and Power in the Context of Dramatic Changes in Today’s World, the 21st Russian scientific-practical conference (with international participation) (Yekaterinburg, April 12–13, 2019). Liberal Arts University – University for Humanities, Yekaterinburg, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.35853/ufh-rmp-2019-sp04.

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The article describes the results of the empirical study into sociodemographic correlates and subjective correlates of happiness. The relevance of the study is determined by the fact that the modern world places exorbitant, often conflicting requirements (information-driven, need and motive-based, value-oriented, etc.) on the individual. Our study aimed to define the linkage between the happiness of mature Russians and their satisfaction with different aspects of life. We formed the hypothesis of a connection between happiness and satisfaction with the job, material situation, health, proper rest, inter-spousal relations, and relationships with their children and friends. The results revealed that the feelings of happiness are connected with both objective socio-demographic indicators and the level of satisfaction with different life aspects. Happiness positively correlates with the number of children in a family and income, and also with overall life satisfaction. With age, a subjective sense of happiness “fades” a bit, and the respondents estimate happiness slightly lower (it is more characteristic of the female part of the sample). Men and women do not differ in the level of being happy but there exist some peculiarities in the linkage of happiness with such factors as marital status (being married) and the number of children – unlike men, for women these correlations are statistically significant. Also, men, compared to women, are more satisfied with the material situation and inter-spousal relations and less satisfied with their relations with friends. In general, the obtained results complement the data published in academic literature. Thus, it was found that not all factors considered as predictors of happiness in the public mind correlate with the feelings of happiness. For instance, it was revealed that such an essential factor of material wellbeing as homeownership has nothing to do with a sense of happiness: the respondents with and without own homes are equally happy
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