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Androulaki, Eleni. "Ptolemaic Aspirations in Callimachean Poetry(A geographic perspective)." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1468574866.
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Stott, Katherine Margaret. "Rereading the 'books' of the Hebrew Bible : a comparative study of references to written documents in the Hebrew Bible and classical literature /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2005. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe18669.pdf.
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Levin, Suzanne Michelle. "Shades of Cato and Brutus: Classical References in the Révolutions de Paris and the Rise of Republicanism, June-October 1791." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1338322217.
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Romanello, Matteo. "From index locorum to citation network : an approach to the automatic extraction of canonical references and its applications to the study of classical texts." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 2015. http://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/from-index-locorum-to-citation-network-an-approavch-to-the-automatic-extraction-of-canonical-reeferences-and-its-applications-to-the-study-of-classical-texts(7c5af968-545b-48b9-9aad-108e25979fa0).html.
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My research focusses on the automatic extraction of canonical references from publications in Classics. Such references are the standard way of citing classical texts and are found in great numbers throughout monographs, journal articles and commentaries. In chapters 1 and 2 I argue for the importance of canonical citations and for the need to capture them automatically. Their importance and function is to signal text passages that are studied and discussed, often in relation to one another as can be seen in parallel passages found in modern commentaries. Scholars in the field have long been exploiting this kind of information by manually creating indexes of cited passages, the so-called indices locorum. However, the challenge we now face is find new ways of indexing and retrieving information contained in the growing volume of digital archives and libraries. Chapters 3 and 4 look at how this problem can be tackled by translating the extraction of canonical citations into a computationally solvable problem. The approach I developed consists of treating the extraction of such citations as a problem of named entity extraction. This problem can be solved with some degree of accuracy by applying and adapting methods of Natural Language Processing. In this part of the dissertation I discuss the implementation of this approach as a working prototype and an evaluation of its performance. Once canonical references have been extracted from texts, the web of relations between documents that they create can be represented as a network. This network can then be searched, manipulated, visualised and analysed in various ways. In chapter 5 I focus specifically on how this network can be leveraged to search through bodies of secondary literature. Finally in chapter 6 I discuss how my work opens up new research perspectives in terms of visualisation, analysis and the application of such automatically extracted citation networks.
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FERRARI, BRUNO. "MULTIPLE SUBVERVIONS: CLASSICAL-REFERENCED EPIC CONFIGURATIONS IN CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2017. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=34074@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
O objetivo principal deste trabalho é investigar sobre a permanência do gênero épico na contemporaneidade, a partir da leitura e análise das seguintes obras: Uma viagem à Índia, de Gonçalo Tavares, Viva o povo brasileiro, de João Ubaldo Ribeiro, A odisseia de Penélope, de Margaret Atwood e A odisseia de Homero (segundo João Vítor), de Gustavo Piqueira. O trabalho parte da premissa de que, assim como todo paradigma consagrado, na contemporaneidade, o épico é retomado e modalizado em diferentes gêneros formando novas configurações. Assim, focaliza o relacionamento que as obras do corpus estabelecem com as matrizes clássicas e seus procedimentos estilísticos, temas e motivos. Ao utilizarem o gênero épico como paradigma, todos os escritores estabelecem um relacionamento intertextual explícito e ambíguo com as matrizes épicas clássicas. A partir da referência a elas, eles promovem sua desconstrução e subversão e evidenciam seus vieses, ora questionando, ora reafirmando sua viabilidade e importância nos dias de hoje.
The main aim of this work is to investigate about the permanence of the epic genre in contemporaneity by analyzing the following works: Gonçalo Tavares s Uma viagem à Índia, João Ubaldo Ribeiro s Viva o povo brasileiro, Margaret Atwood s A odisseia de Penélope, e Gustavo Piqueira s A odisseia de Homero (segundo João Vítor). This thesis departs from the point that the epic genre, like any other established paradigm, is and modalized in diferente genres, forming new configurations. Therefore, it focuses on the relationship that the works in the corpus entail with the classical matrix and its stylistic procedures, themes and motifs. All the writers studied establish an ambiguous and explicit intertextual relationship with the classical epics. Departing from the reference to them, they promote their deconstruction and subversion, evidencing their biases, both questioning and reinforcing their viability and importance nowadays.
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Troudi, Khaled. "Qurʾanic hermeneutics with reference to narratives : a study in classical exegetical traditions." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3355.
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Qurʾānic Hermeneutics with Reference to Narratives: A Study in Classical Exegetical Traditions ABSTRACT This dissertation is a critical study of the hermeneutical analysis used in classical tafsīr with reference to some Qurʾānic narrative passages. It examines those discourses that are related to these narrative passages by producing a comparative review of the some widely used Qurʾānic commentaries—namely, those by Hūd ibn Muḥakkim, al-Ṭabarī, al-Zamakhsharī, al-Thaʿlabī, al-Rāzī, al-Ṭabrisī, Ruzbihān al-Baqlī, and Nisābūrī. It critically studies the conditions that influenced the interpreters’ prejudices and preconceptions. Also, this research critically analyzes the gap that exists between these Qur’ānic narratives and their interpretations. This research consists of five chapters. The first two chapters deal with hermeneutics and narratives with respect to approaches and methods. The last three chapters are case studies, which explore the hermeneutical discourses related to these narratives. An analysis of the early methods of exegesis used on selected Qurʾānic narrative passages—conducted through the interrelated concepts of linguistics, grammar, lexicography, mysticism, history, textuality, and theology- will serve as the framework within which to study the level of understanding of these interpreters of the Qurʾānic text and their impact on the Muslim community. Critical research is conducted and primary sources are used to study how these exegetes understood the Qurʾānic text and contextualized the available knowledge to interpret Qurʾānic narratives on the literary, textual narrative, theological, and mystical levels.
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Pugh, Beverley Jane. "Jasper Heywood's translation of Seneca's Thyestes : with particular reference to the latter's sixteenth and seventeenth-century reception and the themes of tyranny, kingship and revenge." Thesis, University of Warwick, 1997. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/4199/.
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The thesis offers a critical analysis of the transmission of Seneca's Thyestes in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. In Volume 1, the 1584 Gryphius edition of Seneca's Thyestes; the 1560 edition of Heywood's translation of the play and the 1674 edition of Wright's translation and burlesque version have been transcribed. This is the first time that these texts have been presented together for discussion. The commentary (Volume II) examines a broad range of dramatic material including Neo- Latin plays such as Goldingham's Herodes (1570/80); Gwinne's Nero (1603); Snelling's Thibaldus (1640) and the anonymous Stoicus Vapulans (1648). Prose works considered include the Latin lexicas and grammars of Lilly and Whitinton; philosophical treatises such as Reynolds A Treatise of the Passions and Faculties of the soule of Man (1640); and religious works such as Hooper on the Ten Commandments (1560). It presents hitherto unpublished material- MS Sloane 1041; and material that has previously received little attention- the Hendrik Goltzius' engraving of Melpomene (1592) and the Restoration Mock-Thyestes in Burlesque. Research material was consulted at the British Library; BL Department of Manuscripts; BL Print Room; University of Warwick Library; University of Birmingham Library; Senate House Library, University of London; The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford; The Warburg Institute and The Institute of Classical Studies.
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Sung, Li-wen. "Decoding Chinese Classical Architecture for Contemporary Architectural Design - With Special Reference to Modern Architectural Development in Taiwan." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40260.
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This research began with an exploration of the phenomenon of cultural conflict and fusion in the process of architectural modernization in Taiwan. It will examine the impact of modern and contemporary theories on the practice of architecture of the island. It will then seek out the essence of Chinese classical architecture in order to develop an approach for the development of the future Chinese/Taiwanese architecture. In addition, the findings of the study could serve as a reference for scholars who would pursue historical and theoretical studies of in the subject, or for architects who are seeking design concepts to enhance their projects.
The study utilizes an interpretive-historical methodology. It emphasizes that researchers should investigate social phenomena within broader and more complex contexts of what to uncover the underlying cultural factors. To highlight their significance, the author will pursue a hypothetic project to examine and demonstrate the meaningfulness and applicability of the concepts learned from the research.
Efforts were made to discover ways in which Taiwanese and Chinese architectural culture can deal with foreign influences, such that it will be able to enjoy the benefits of modernization while maintaining its unique character and identity. Moreover, it will attempt to uncover ways in which Chinese architecture can in fact influence the global contemporary architectural culture. Finally, it is hoped that this work will produce a useful reference for students, scholars and architects who wish to develop design projects that reflect and celebrate regional cultures.Ph. D.
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Hasler, P. "Classics for girls : classics in independent schools 1902-1960 with special reference to the differing experiences of boys and girls." Thesis, Swansea University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.637240.
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At the end of the nineteenth century independent education was largely classical, knowledge of arcane tongues a shibboleth for privileged classes. During the twentieth century demarcation of the class structure became less pronounced and education compulsory for children across the social spectrum. One aspect that distinguished independent schools from state schooling was the classical nature of their curriculum; in 1900 Greek and Latin was taught to almost all boys in these schools. In the nineteenth century upper and middle class girls were groomed for the marriage market. Education was considered an unhealthy and unladylike pursuit which did not befit their status. Social attitudes changed and education became more acceptable to parents and available to all. Due to a lack of tradition teachers in girls' schools were willing to try new methods and often offered a fresh approach. Difficulties such as a shorter working day, a broad curriculum and late start made it hard to achieve the same standard as boys in classics. By 1920 supporters of sciences and modern languages had claimed a greater share of the timetable. Those who could not cope with classics were channelled into the modern side streams, an option initially seen as second class. Gradually as career opportunities opened up these alternatives to classics gained in respectability and the vocational values of classics were questioned. Emphasis in their teaching moved from composition and grammar to the literature and its context. Despite attempts to modernise the teaching of classics, change was slow. Whilst private schools were independent of state control, the focus of examinations caused a uniformity of purpose and stifled opportunities for innovation. As the academic route became an acceptable one for girls so their experience drew closer to that of boys. In 1919/20 Oxford and Cambridge withdrew Greek as an entry requirement and it became a specialist subject. Regulations of the new 'O' and 'A' levels in 1951 resulted in Latin losing its status as an entrance qualification. The 1960 decision by Oxford and Cambridge to drop it as a requirement for all removed the only justification for learning Latin for many, although it still retained a more secure place in independent schools than in state schools. The character of the independent schooling system, with the reactionary preparatory schools at the bottom of the chain, did not foster change. Each element of the system focused on entry to the next, classics playing a crucial role in the transition, although other subjects took an increasing proportion of the curriculum. For girls classics was not an integral part of the system, but one that gained a place as academic results became crucial to careers.
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McAteer, Cathy. "A study of Penguin's Russian Classics (1950-1964), with special reference to David Magarshack." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/1983/ffcf2439-b779-4190-8b61-a0fffb817f64.
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This thesis analyses the figures and events behind Penguin’s twentieth-century re-launch of the nineteenth-century Russian literary canon. It explores the combination of factors behind Penguin’s makeover of Russian literature, arriving fifty years after the first translations that can be considered ‘commercial’ by Constance Garnett. In this project, primary research is viewed through the lens of sociological concepts as a means of interrogating the dynamics and relations behind the Penguin Russian Classic titles. My analysis of Penguin’s agents – the founder Allen Lane, the Penguin Classics editorial team, and the earliest Russian-English literary translators – and their agency relies on archive-based research, which has enabled me to construct evidence-based case studies of the key figures and their practice. I have made a particular case study of the prominent Penguin translator David Magarshack, one of the longest serving translators of the early corps, analysing his notes on the literary translation process and the correspondence he exchanged with Penguin. In a departure from traditional sociological approaches, I have juxtaposed the study of Magarshack’s personal background, career and Penguin relations with a text-based study of his translation work, with comparisons to other translators as appropriate, as a way of identifying and understanding the finer details of his practice which, otherwise, would not be revealed. I argue that it is thanks to the collaboration of Penguin’s agents that Penguin’s Russian Classics represent a significant stage in Russian literature in modern Anglophone translation. By combining publishing innovation with translations written in good, modern English and aspiring to Rieu’s ‘principle of equivalent effect’, Penguin brought classic Russian literature into the twentieth-century to suit a self-improving, inquisitive, post-war British reader. This thesis examines for the first time how Penguin and its publishing and translation practices catered to this target readership and thereby generated a new appreciation for classic Russian literature.
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Morris, Brad Lawson. "A Countertenor's Reference Guide to Operatic Repertoire." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1554918197976462.
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Al-Shaer, Naser Eddin M. A. H. "Required daily prayers : A comparative study with special reference to the position of women in the classical sources of Islam and Judaism." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.501229.
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Muhamad, Fuad bin Abdullah Muhamad Fuad bin. "The influence of Islam upon classical Arabic scientific writings : an examination of the extent of their reference to Quran, Hadith and related texts." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1995. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=124305.
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Science and Islam. Interest in this subject by mainly Muslim contemporary writers, is evident from the amount of literature seeking to link scientific phenomena to Islam. While the trend to relate scientific facts to Quran, Hadith and related Islamic texts is confirmed by the amount of literature cited, whether or not there has been such an approach by scientists in the history of Muslim civilisation is the question this thesis seeks to answer. Historical contribution to science by scientists within the domain of Muslim civilisation is well recognised. Although the vital role played by Muslim civilisation in the transmission of ancient science, especially that of the Greek, to mediaeval Europe is generally acknowledged, the exact role of Islam as a religion in this scientific development is not clear. This thesis explores an aspect of the history of Muslim civilisation which may contribute to elucidate the role of Islam in Muslim science.
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Amerasinghe, Nirosha Devika. "The action of drugs on potassium-evoked release of acetylcholine from rat hippocampal prisms with special reference to tacrine and classical cholinesterase inhibitors." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1995. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/the-action-of-drugs-on-potassiumevoked-release-of-acetylcholine-from-rat-hippocampal-prisms-with-special-reference-to-tacrine-and-classical-cholinesterase-inhibitors(1cb08fc7-c7f5-4b1c-8a7c-7a03038e0990).html.
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Stevenson, Christine McKee. "The design of prisons and mental hospitals in the neo-classical period, with special reference to the work of C. F. Hansen (1756-1845)." Thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art (University of London), 1986. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.283737.
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Trotter, Michael Robert. "Reevaluating the New Testament Text of Didymus the Blind: An Examination of the New Testament References in P. BYU 1." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2015. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/5853.
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In 1941 a large cache of papyri preserving the writings of Origen and Didymus the Blind were discovered in Tura, Egypt. 43 years later 22 signatures from the Tura papryi containing Ps. 26:10–29:2, 36:1–3 from Didymus the Blinds' commentary on Psalms were acquired by Brigham Young University. These signatures remain unpublished at present. This paper examines Didymus' use of the New Testament in this hitherto unpublished section of his commentary and seeks to reevaluate past scholarship on the New Testament text of Didymus in light of this new data. In addition to providing an inventory of all the New Testament references and significant textual variants used by Didymus in this section of his commentary, this paper will also analyze the consistency, or lack thereof, with which Didymus referenced the New Testament throughout his five Tura commentaries. This analysis will show that previous conclusions on the New Testament text of Didymus the Blind need to be reevaluated in a manner that takes into account the significant lack of consistency with which he referenced the New Testament in his classroom lectures as opposed to his published works that were intended for circulation.
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Woodward, Stephen Richard. "The uses of classical Greek myth and drama in the education and development of the child with special reference to children aged eleven to thirteen." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1987. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/6036/.
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In the Introduction the individual's consciousness is placed at the centre of the educational experience. The child's desire to create meaning is argued to be fundamental to the learning process. In Chapter One types of traditional tale are categorised. The similarities are seen as more important than differences and the storyteller as crucial to transmission. In Chapter Two, starting from the Greek civilisation from which they arose, the potential of Greek myths as structures for the development of ethical considerations is argued. A structuralist method of analysis is proposed. In Chapter Three the development of the structure of storylines through a process of storytelling-to-drama is traced within the development of the city-state. The idea of an aesthetic is introduced. In Chapter Four the art of oral storytelling is defined and its value as an educational medium highlighted. The theory of "junctures" is introduced to supplement the structuralist method of analysis of two examples of storyline that follows. In Chapter Five the value of storytelling as a method in educational drama is justified through its presentation of structure for the individual to manipulate in the construction of meaning. In Chapter Six children's work is analysed to show transmission of storyline and the development of aesthetic and ethical awareness through the manipulation of structure. In the Conclusion the implications for Classics, the curriculum and teaching methods are argued. These lie in the value to the individual child of the experiential approach. There are four appendices. The first is a journal describing the creative output of young children. The second is a journal describing the classroom improvisations of children aged eleven to thirteen. The third consists of transcripts and photocopies of dramatic reenactments by children aged eleven to thirteen. The fourth comprises aims of a Classical Studies department and outlines of Greek Storylines.
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Keady, Jessica Mary. "Purity and the communities of the Dead Sea Scrolls : a socio-historical re-evaluation of classical Jewish purity systems with special reference to gender studies." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2015. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/purity-and-the-communities-of-the-dead-sea-scrolls-a-sociohistorical-reevaluation-of-classical-jewish-purity-systems-with-special-reference-to-gender-studies(8bd3e4db-de31-43a2-adde-23800ff90685).html.
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The Dead Sea Scrolls provide verifiable everyday depictions of mixed communities of elite and ordinary Essenes in the Second Temple period. However, to date, scholarship on purity and impurity in the Dead Sea Scrolls has been mainly concerned with establishing an elite - predominantly male focused - history. This thesis aims to redress this imbalance through the application of contemporary theories from Gender Studies to selected purity passages of the Dead Sea Scrolls, to challenge the view that women are an uncontrollable and leaky problem when they are impure and to bring the uncontrollable aspects of the impure and vulnerable male into discussion. This will be achieved in four ways. Firstly, by applying Raewyn Connell’s hegemonic masculinity framework, I will use references to the Rule of the Community (in its 1QS form) and the War Scroll (in its 1QM form), to demonstrate the vulnerable and uncontrollable aspects of ordinary male impurities. This will reveal the evolving vulnerability of men when impure and the dimensions at play between masculinity and purity/impurity. Secondly, the embodied and empowered aspects of impure women will be revealed through an application of embodiment theories to selected passages from 4QD (4Q266 and 4Q272) and 4QTohorot A (4Q274). This will demonstrate from an empowered and embodied perspective how the impure female is regulated. Thirdly, I will be applying Susies Scott’s three conceptual features for understanding the everyday to the Temple Scroll (11QTa) and the Rule of the Congregation (1QSa) to demonstrate the changing dynamics between ordinary impure males and impure females. When necessary Scott’s three conceptual features will be used throughout each of the three principal chapters to reveal how impurity disrupts the construction of daily life. Fourthly, underlying each of these points is the premise that gender and purity in the Dead Sea Scrolls communities are performative, dynamic and constantly changing categories. To conclude, the application of inter-disciplinary approaches provides an enhanced understanding of the everyday realities experienced by the pure and impure ordinary members of the Dead Sea Scrolls communities and forms the basis for additional studies in this topic area.
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Ellis, Nicholas J. "Jewish hermeneutics of divine testing with special reference to the epistle of James." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2013. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:0046deb6-8d05-4b36-aa1c-0b61b464f253.
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The nature of trials, tests, and temptation in the Epistle of James has been extensively debated in New Testament scholarship. However, scholarship has underexamined the tension between the author’s mitigation of divine agency in testing ( Jas 1:13–14) and the author’s appeal to well-known biblical testing narratives such as the creation account (1:15– 18), the Binding of Isaac ( Jas 2:21–24), and the Trials of Job ( Jas 5:9–11). is juxtaposition between the author’s theological apologetic and his biblical hermeneutic has the potential to reveal either the author’s theological incoherence or his rhetorical and hermeneutical creativity. With these tensions of divine agency and biblical interpretation in mind, this dissertation compares the Epistle of James against other examples of ancient Jewish interpretation, interrogating two points of contact in each Jewish work: their portrayals of the cosmic drama of testing, and their resulting biblical hermeneutic. The dissertation assembles a spectrum of positions on how the divine, satanic, and human roles of testing vary from author to author. These variations of the dramatis personae of the cosmic drama exercise a direct influence on the reception and interpretation of the biblical testing narratives. When the Epistle of James is examined in a similar light, it reveals a cosmic drama especially dependent on the metaphor of the divine law court. Within this cosmic drama, God stands as righteous judge, and in the place of divine prosecutor stand the cosmic forces indicting both divine integrity and human religious loyalty. These cosmic and human roles have a direct impact on James’ reading of biblical testing narratives. Utilising an intra-canonical hermeneutic similar to that found in Rewritten Bible literature, the Epistle appeals to a constructed ‘Jobraham’ narrative in which the Job stories mitigate divine agency in biblical trials such as those of Abraham, and Abraham’s celebrated patience rehabilitates Job’s rebellious response to trial. In conclusion, by closely examining the broader exegetical discourses of ancient Judaism, this project sheds new light on how the Epistle of James responds to theological tensions within its religious community through a hermeneutical application of the dominant biblical narratives of Job’s cosmic framework and Abraham’s human perfection.
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Hardy, Beverley Grace. "Appropriation and affinity : the legacy of the Romantic and non-Classical writers of the period around 1800 in GDR literature, with particular reference to Christa Wolf." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.278412.
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Alharbi, Tahani Ateeqallah A. "A socio-pragmatic study of forms of address and terms of reference in Classical Arabic as represented in the Chapter of Joseph in the Holy Quran." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2015. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/11127/.
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In a sociolinguistic-pragmatic framework, the Classical Arabic terms of address and forms of reference used by the members of the society of the story of the Prophet Joseph as presented in the Holy Quran are analysed. The addressing as well as the referring terms (nominal and pronominal) are, first, extracted from the Quranic text in order to explore their linguistic features with regard to number, case, and gender. They are, then, not interpreted in isolation, but in contexts to be tested against the common sociolinguistic variables (age, gender, setting and status). In addition, the collected data are discussed contextually as well as theoretically in relation to contemporary views, such as Brown and Levinson's (1987) politeness theory, Brown and Gilman's (1960) theory of power/solidarity and Brown and Ford's (1961) theory of intimacy/ status. It is found that the choice of these addressing and referring terms by Classical Arabic speakers is determined by the above sociolinguistic factors particularly gender, setting, and status. Also, although Classical Arabic addressing and referring systems do not have the pronominal T and V distinctions suggested by Brown and Gilman's (1960), the theory of power/solidarity is found applicable to many aspects of Classical Arabic addressing and referring behaviours. In addition, the analysis of the data supports the views proposed in Brown and Ford's (1961) theory of intimacy/ status. Positive and negative politeness, as classified by Brown and Levinson (1987), are reported by the present study data in many aspects of addressing and referring behaviours.
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Forsyth, Alison. "The living classic : Gadamer's hermeneutics and the dramatic rewrite with reference to selected plays by Marowitz, Fugard, Berkoff and Harrison." Thesis, University of Stirling, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.244455.
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Frederick, Julie Ann Parker. "The Conception of Irony with Continual Reference to Kierkegaard: An Examination of Ironic Play in Fear and Trembling." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2285.pdf.
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James, Paula. "Unity in diversity a study of Apuleius' Metamorphoses : with particular reference to the narrator's art of transformation and the metamorphosis motif in the Tale of Cupid and Psyche /." Hildesheim ; New York : Olms-Weidmann, 1987. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/15604421.html.
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Gatty, Fiona K. A. "Ideal beauty in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century French art and art criticism with special reference to the role of drapery and costume." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2014. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:9c3f5f9e-0a0c-4c1e-a7c1-62ed972cfd12.
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Scholarly attention to late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century French art has focused on the importance that Johann Joachim Winckelmann attributed to the male nude figure in his definition of ideal beauty, and the impact of his work on debates over the 'beau idéal' in French art and art criticism. In contrast, Winckelmann's extensive interest in the detail of ancient costume, the folds of drapery, and the teleological and aesthetic significance that he ascribed to them, has been underplayed. The role played by costume and drapery as components of the 'beau idéal' in French art and aesthetics has also not been fully explored. This thesis examines the way in which costume and drapery formed an important component and embodiment of ideal beauty in the work of Winckelmann and in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century French artistic circles, providing new insights into the arguments over the meanings of Truth, Beauty and Nature in this period. The thesis proposes that ideal beauty in late eighteenth- and early nineteenth- century France was conveyed in works of art through the accurate rendering of costume and the expressive qualities of drapery in combination with the perfect form and contour of the nude body. The first part of the thesis sets up a proposition that costume and drapery formed part of the definition of ideal beauty in the work of Winckelmann. Highlighting the significance of Winckelmann's work on costume and drapery in French art theory, it demonstrates how the definition of ideal beauty in France also incorporated the accurate rendering of costume and the aesthetic impact of drapery. In demonstrating the significance of costume and drapery to both Winckelmann and French theorists it is proposed that the application of a meta-historical approach of costume and drapery to French art theory can provide new understandings and readings of the definition of ideal beauty, the hierarchy of the genres and the broader aesthetic concerns of late eighteenth- and early nineteenth- century French art. The second part of the thesis applies the proposed hermeneutic of costume and drapery to a small selection of theoretical work on the nature of ideal beauty and on a significant collection of Salon criticism. With this approach to the primary material this thesis demonstrates how French artists were able to express the 'beau idéal' within the traditional academic conventions and hierarchies, and negotiate the sense of public unease over the use of nudity in contemporary art.
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Lehoux, Daryn Rosario. "Parapegmata, or, astrology, weather, and calendars in the Ancient World, being an examination of the interplay between the heavens and the earth in the Classical and Near-Eastern cultures of antiquity, with particular reference to the regulation of agricultural practice, and to the signs and causes of storms, tempests, &c." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ53766.pdf.
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Murray, Shirley Anne. "Quis ego sum saltem? : an investigation of Plautus' Captiui, Menaechmi and Amphitruo with special reference to problems of identity." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2330.
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Many of Plautus' extant plays contain identity problems, the results of comic confusions in identity. The confusion may arise from deliberate deceit through impersonation, or from mistaken identity through ignorance. While mistaken identity features in many Plautine plays, these identity problems are usually brief comical complications arising from the machinations of a crafty slave or from a twist of fate. However, the Captiui, Menaechmi and Amphitruo all contain pervasive identity problems which are complicated and extend throughout the play. Further, all three plays present an unusual identity problem which provides strong contrast to the conventional Plautine problems including the ineligible girl later being found to be of free birth and now available for marriage, or the son and his slave successfully obtaining money from the son's father by trickery and impersonation. On closer examination, it is apparent that in each of these three plays Plautus has explored these identity issues and used them as a vehicle to highlight other significant social and moral issues. In Captiui, the young man who should be eligible for marriage is instead found to be the slave of his own father who has unwittingly mistreated him. In Menaechmi, two identical twin brothers, separated as young boys, who are coincidentally in the same foreign town at the same time and are repeatedly mistaken for one another, with far-reaching consequences. In Amphitruo, two mortals are impersonated by two gods, with identity theft and depersonalisation occurring. In all three plays, the identity problems form an integral part of the play and are explored extensively by Plautus. This dissertation examines the concepts of personal identity as exploited by Plautus in these three plays in the light of concepts of personal identity and the self as found in the works of ancient and modern philosophers, and of contemporary psychologists and sociologists.Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2007.
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Matthews, Lydia Lenore Veronica. "Conspicuous concealment : an investigation into the veiling of Roman women, with special reference to the time of Augustus." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/2325.
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Although there is much evidence for the practice of female veiling in the Classical world
it has for the most part been ignored.
Evidence for the veiling of Roman women is found in many sources. Ancient
lexicographers list many names for veils that these women wore. Each of these veils was
particular to the context in which they were worn and by whom they were worn. The
plenitude of veiling terminology as well as the specialized nature of these veils alerts the
reader to the importance that the Romans attributed to the veil, suggesting that it formed
an important part of their culture and this is described in visual and literary terms by
ancient artists and writers.
From discussions on modern veiling it is possible, through the application of a
comparative methodology, to create models that can elucidate the Roman system. From
anthropological studies undertaken on modern veiling cultures, it can be appreciated
how notions of 'honour' and 'shame,' a belief in the evil-eye, the polluting force of the
female body and the use of the veil as a means of sexual communication influenced
Roman veiling. In this way it becomes possible to understand how the veil became a
marker for the positive forces of femininity and for the containment of the negative
influences. The veil became a signifier of sound gender relations. The fact that this
vestimentary code is able to generate meaning in the minds of observers is because it
works in conjunction with a rhetorical system of dress.
The practice of veiling is therefore viewed by the Romans in a positive light, and its
disruption is understood by them as a cause for concern. This concern was especially
apparent during the late republic. The dissolution of the traditional forms of government
was in some ways problematized in terms of gender, with women's abandonment of
their traditional roles and their incursion into the public sphere being of specific
importance. In order to remedy this, attempts were made by the new regime of Augustus
to promote a return to what were seen to be traditional gender relations. This programme
of moral reform made use of both formal, legalistic decree (the Julian marriage laws)
and more propagandistic constructions (the public works of art). In this process
traditional symbols assumed a high degree of salience. Because of its power to signify
the beneficial and appropriate status of the female body, one of the most important of
these symbols was the veil.
In this dissertation the artistic and literary manifestations of veiling and its social and
political significance are discussed with specific reference to the Augustan period.Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2007.
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Patchay, Sheenadevi. "An analysis of postmodern narrative strategies with specific reference to Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting." Diss., 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15743.
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My dissertation focuses on an analysis of postmodern narrative
strategies in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being
(ULB) and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting ( BLF) . By
analysing the postmodern ab/use of narrative strategies, I argue
that postmodern fiction marks a decided shift from both classical
realism and modernism.
My dissertation has predominantly been motivated through my
contention that postmodern fiction is not elitist as it has been
perceived to be. Rather, I suggest that postmodern fiction
ab/uses narrative strategies to deconstruct the ontological
boundaries between the political and private and fiction and
'fact'. Consequently, postmodern fiction interrogates the
contrived intelligibility of History. A further argument that
I raise is that postmodern fiction through its (re) appropriation,
subversion and use of parodic structures creates.narrative space
for the Other.
In order not to canonize Kundera's texts, I situate both ULB and
BLF as 'nodes' within a diffuse network of intertextual
discourse. My analyses of the postmodern narrative strategies
in ULB and BLF, attempt to interrogate the diffuse 'nature' of
postmodern fiction which resists both authorative analysis and
closure.
In exploring the relationship between recuperation and postmodern
narrative strategies in ULB and BLF and other works and/or texts
of fiction, I argue that postmodern fiction does not revel in its
narrativity, it constitutes, instead, a political strategyAfrikaans and Theory of Literature
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Patchay, Sheendadevi. "An analysis of postmodern narrative strategies with specific reference to Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting." Diss., 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15743.
Full textAbstract:
My dissertation focuses on an analysis of postmodern narrative
strategies in Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being
(ULB) and The Book of Laughter and Forgetting ( BLF) . By
analysing the postmodern ab/use of narrative strategies, I argue
that postmodern fiction marks a decided shift from both classical
realism and modernism.
My dissertation has predominantly been motivated through my
contention that postmodern fiction is not elitist as it has been
perceived to be. Rather, I suggest that postmodern fiction
ab/uses narrative strategies to deconstruct the ontological
boundaries between the political and private and fiction and
'fact'. Consequently, postmodern fiction interrogates the
contrived intelligibility of History. A further argument that
I raise is that postmodern fiction through its (re) appropriation,
subversion and use of parodic structures creates.narrative space
for the Other.
In order not to canonize Kundera's texts, I situate both ULB and
BLF as 'nodes' within a diffuse network of intertextual
discourse. My analyses of the postmodern narrative strategies
in ULB and BLF, attempt to interrogate the diffuse 'nature' of
postmodern fiction which resists both authorative analysis and
closure.
In exploring the relationship between recuperation and postmodern
narrative strategies in ULB and BLF and other works and/or texts
of fiction, I argue that postmodern fiction does not revel in its
narrativity, it constitutes, instead, a political strategyAfrikaans and Theory of Literature
M.A. (Theory of Literature)
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Barrett, Deborah. "Honour and revenge : a study of the role of honour in Euripides' Medea and Hippolytus with reference to a selection of contemporary societies." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5561.
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My purpose in this study is twofold. Firstly, I intend to examine the existence of honour in Greek society by an analysis of its presentation in works of Greek literature. In order to achieve this, I shall first examine the values of the Homeric, heroic society so that a picture of the code of honour that was used in those times, might be established. This code of honour provided the foundation upon which later honourable behaviour was based and from which it grew; it is, therefore, a necessary addition in a study such as this. Then, I shall proceed to a study of Euripides' Medea
and Hippolytus, two plays that firmly incorporate the motif of honour and revenge. Secondly, I intend to examine a few examples of modern societies. The purpose of this is to ascertain whether any relationship between archaic, classical and contemporary cultures can be established. Shared values and beliefs will be examined in order to determine any possible similarities between cultures and societies that are chronologically separated by hundreds of years.Thesis (M.A.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 1998.
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Jappie, Achmat Ahdiel. "The development of the arabic essay and short story with particular reference to the contributions of Mustafā Lutfī al-Manfalūtī." Diss., 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/1656.
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The dissertation firstly looks at how the Arabic essay and short story developed in Egypt since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Then a discussion follows on the life and contribution of the Egyptian author, Mustafā Lutfī al-Manfalūtī, as representative of this literary evolution.
The general influences on Egyptian literature are discussed, and the general development of Arabic prose from 1850 onwards is then detailed, including the efforts to save Arabic literature from stagnation and degeneration. Following this, the focus is on the origins of the essay and short story. This leads to dealing with the growth and advancement of the essay and short story, together with the revival of the Arabic heritage and how the Arabic novel came into being.
Then Mustafā Lutfī al-Manfalūtīs biography, environmental circumstances and personalities that influenced his writings are focused on. Afterwards, the core discussion is Al-Manfalūtīs seven literary works, and his ideas and opinions as reflected in his writings. In conclusion, the relevance of his writings and an appraisal of his literary contributions are detailed.Religious Studies & Arabic
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Pineault, Mychel. "Comportement des systèmes de référence quantiques pour le moment cinétique." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/8572.
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Le domaine des systèmes de référence quantiques, dont les dernière avancées sont brièvement présentées au chapitre 1, est extrêmement pertinent à la compréhension de la dégradation
des états quantiques et de l’évolution d’instruments de mesures quantiques. Toutefois, pour
arriver à comprendre formellement ces avancées et à apporter une contribution originale au
domaine, il faut s’approprier un certain nombre de concepts physiques et mathématiques, in-
troduits au chapitre 2. La dégradation des états quantiques est très présente dans le contrôle
d’états utiles à l’informatique quantique. Étant donné que ce dernier tente de contrôler des sys-
tèmes à deux états, le plus souvent des moments cinétiques, l’analyse des systèmes de référence
quantiques qui les mesurent s’avère opportune. Puisque, parmi les plus petits moments ciné-
tiques, le plus connu est de s = 1 et que son état le plus simple est l’état non polarisé, l’étude 2
du comportement d’un système de référence mesurant successivement ce type de moments ci- nétiques constitue le premier pas à franchir. C’est dans le chapitre 3 qu’est fait ce premier pas et il aborde les questions les plus intéressantes, soit celles concernant l’efficacité du système de référence, sa longévité et leur maximum. La prochaine étape est de considérer des états de moments cinétiques polarisés et généraux, étape qui est abordée dans le chapitre 4. Cette fois, l’analyse de la dégradation du système de référence est un peu plus complexe et nous pouvons l’inspecter approximativement par l’évolution de certains paramètres pour une certaine classe d’états de système de référence. De plus, il existe une interaction entre le système de référence et le moment cinétique qui peut avoir un effet sur le système de référence tout à fait comparable à l’effet de la mesure. C’est cette même interaction qui est étudiée dans le chapitre 5, mais, cette fois, pour des moments cinétiques de s = 1. Après une comparaison avec la mesure, il devient manifeste que les ressemblances entre les deux processus sont beaucoup moins apparentes, voire inexistantes. Ainsi, cette ressemblance ne semble pas générale et semble accidentelle lorsqu’elle apparaît.The field of quantum reference frames, which recent progress is briefly presented in chap- ter 1, is extremely relevant when it comes to understanding the deterioration of quantum states and the evolution of quantum measurement instruments. However, to fully understand these advances and to be able to bring an original contribution to this field, one must first understand a number of concepts in physics and mathematics. These concepts are explained in chapter 2. Since the deterioration of quantum states is very present when controlling useful states in quan- tum computing, and since quantum computing attempts to control two-states systems, often angular momenta, analyzing quantum reference frames proves to be relevant. Having s = 1 as 2 the smallest known angular momentum, and since its simplest state is the unpolarized state, the study of a reference frame behavior that measures successively this type of angular momentums is the first step to be taken (chapter 3). The most interesting questions concern the efficiency of the reference frame, its longevity, and the optimization of these two quantities. The next step is to consider polarized and general angular momentum states (chapter 4). This time, analyzing the deterioration of the reference frame proves to be more complex, and can be examined in an approximate manner by looking at the evolution of certain parameters given for a certain class of states of reference frames. Furthermore, the existence of an interaction between the reference frame and the angular momentum can affect the reference frame approximatively as much as the measuring it does. It is this very interaction that is studied in chapter 5, but this time, for s = 1 angular momenta. Comparing this interaction with the measurement shows very clearly that the similarities between the two processes are a lot less visible than with s = 1 , and 2 even perhaps nonexistent. Therefore, the similarity does not seem to be general and appears to be accidental when it is significant.