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Alcorn, Lyndon Eric. "Acadian Forest stewards, a literature critique, book composition, and validation of the book concerning forest ecology and forest management in Nova Scotia." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp04/mq23685.pdf.
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Saunders, Corinne J. "Into the wild wood : the motif of the forest in medieval romance." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.317774.
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Roughley, Megan. "Looking for the forest in the trees : Djuna Barnes's Nightwood and the carnivalesque." Thesis, University of York, 1991. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/4264/.
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Potts, Dale E. "Woods Voices, Woods Knowledge: Work and Recreation in the Popular Literature of the Northeastern Forest, 1850-1963." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2007. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/PottsDE2007.pdf.
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Baccini, Giulia <1979>. "The Forest of laughs (Xiaolin): mapping the offspring of self-aware literature in ancient China." Doctoral thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/1064.
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My research is centred on the analysis of the Xiaolin (Forest of Laughs), a collection of anecdotes ascribed to Handan Chun (?132–225? AD) a famous scholar of Later Han – Wei period. Today the Xiaolin is considered the first specimen of collections of anecdotes specifically written for entertainment purposes. If it is true that Xiaolin’s anecdotes had no other aim than entertaining, it can, with reason, be considered the offspring of self-aware
literature in ancient China. My research tries to bring evidences to this last statement. In order to do this, I provide a historical survey of the intellectual debate at court among the members of educated elite since Western Han to Wei Jin period. Then, I draw attention to the morphology and the structure of the brief narratives, which are collected under the title of Xiaolin. I provide historical information of the author’s deeds and compositions, to show him
as a characteristic member of the educated elite of his own time. Finally, I present the critical edition of the anecdotes ascribed to the Xiaolin, with their translations.La mia ricerca è concentrata sull’analisi del Xiaolin (Foresta di risate), una collezione di aneddoti ascritta a Handan Chun (?132–225? d.C.), famoso studioso della fine degli Haninizio Wei. Oggi il Xiaolin è considerato la prima collezione aneddotica scritta principalmente per intrattenimento. Se è vero che gli aneddoti del Xiaolin non hanno altro fine che quello di intrattenere il lettore, questa collezione può, a giusta ragione, essere considerata una delle prime testimonianze della nascita di una letteratura consapevole di sé nella Cina antica. Il mio lavoro cerca di dimostrare quest’ultima affermazione. Per fare ciò, presento un’indagine storica del dibattito intellettuale tra gli studiosi membri dell’elite del periodo Han e Wei. In secondo luogo analizzo le morfologie e le strutture delle brevi narrative raccolte sotto il nome di Xiaolin. Successivamente fornisco informazioni storiche sulle opere e le vicende legate all’autore, cercando di metterlo in luce come personaggio caratteristico dell’elite intellettuale della sua epoca. In fine, presento l’edizione critica del testo e la traduzione in inglese degli aneddoti.
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Wolfgang, Bonnie J. "The silence of the forest : a translation from French to English with analysis and literature review." Virtual Press, 1996. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1033635.
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The Central African Republic is a small country located in the center of Africa. It is a very young nation in terms of political independence, but as the CAR emerges as a nation, it has begun to produce valuable authors who write for the French speaking world. This thesis is an attempt to bring part of the CAR's literature to the United States.Le Silence de la Foret was written by Etienne Goyemide and not only describes the culture of the mainstream population of the CAR, but also that of Pygmies. Although the book is a novel, the cultural aspects are not fictitious. This thesis is a translation of Goyemide's novel into English so that it can be made accessible to the English speaking world.The process of translating such a literary work required and increased knowledge and understanding of both French and English. In attempting to capture the style and tone of the author, careful attention was given to such aspects as tense, syntactic structures, register and vocabulary. A chapter of the thesis is devoted to describing the problems encountered during translation and the reasoning for the translations chosen.Department of English
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Randell, Nicholas. "The Function of Forest in The Faerie Queene: Seeing the Woods for the Trees." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 1987. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1396871057.
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Mameli, Beatrice. "Wylde and Wode, Wild Madness in Middle English Literature." Doctoral thesis, Università degli studi di Padova, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11577/3424040.
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In this thesis, some episodes of wild madness in Middle English romance are analysed. Some knights, such as Lancelot, Tristan, Ywain and Partonope, experience this insanity generally as a consequence of a dramatic event in their love life. This wild madness presents precise characteristics: the mad knights tend to prefer wild and secluded environments – like the forest – they give up their clothes, alter their diet and are extremely aggressive. It has been suggested that these episodes might be influenced by the Biblical precedent of Nebuchadnezzar. It has also been noted that these madmen share some of the traits of the woodwose, or wild man, a popular figure in medieval folklore. These episodes, however, seem to contain possible references also to the medical theories, the laws and the customs of the time. Besides, the context of chivalric adventures and courtly love in which these protagonists act implied a strong frame of canons and conventions which needed to be respected. This dissertation focuses above all on Middle English texts, like Malory's Le Morte Darthur, Ywain and Gawain, and Partonope de Blois, but also the French versions of these works are occasionally taken into account.In questa tesi vengono analizzati alcuni episodi di follia selvaggia nel romanzo medio inglese. Alcuni cavalieri, come Lancillotto, Tristano, Ivano e Partonope, vengono colpiti da questa pazzia selvaggia in genere a seguito di un evento drammatico nella sfera amorosa. Questo tipo di follia presenta delle precise caratteristiche: i cavalieri pazzi hanno la tendenza a prediligere ambienti selvaggi e solitari, come la foresta; essi inoltre, si spogliano delle proprie vesti, alterano la loro dieta e divengono estremamente aggressivi. Si ipotizza che questi episodi siano stati influenzati dal precedente biblico di Nabucodonosor. Si è notato inoltre che alcuni di questi folli presentano alcuni tratti comuni anche al woodwose, l'uomo selvaggio, una figura molto diffusa nel folklore medievale. Questi episodi, tuttavia, sembrano contenere dei possibili riferimenti anche a teorie mediche e a leggi e costumi dell'epoca. Inoltre, il contesto di avventure cavalleresche e di amor cortese in cui agiscono i protagonisti presuppone una forte cornice di canoni e convenzioni che doveva necessariamente venir rispettata. La tesi si concentra soprattutto su testi in medio inglese, come Le Morte Darthur di Malory, Ywain and Gawain e Partonope de Blois, ma occasionalmente anche le versioni francesi di queste opere vengono prese in considerazione.
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Gollnick, Brian. "The bleeding horizon : subaltern representations in Mexico's Lacandón Jungle /." Diss., Connect to a 24 p. preview or request complete full text in PDF format. Access restricted to UC campuses, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ucsd/fullcit?p9913152.
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Hilden, Courtney. "Romantic Rhetoric and Appropriation in William Apess’s A Son of the Forest." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1872.
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Since the 1992 republication of On Our Own Ground: The Complete Writings of William Apess, a Pequot, most academic work on Apess has focused on his Methodism, his Native American identity, or the intersection between these two parts of his life and work. Dr. Tim Fulford is the only scholar to have written about Apess and Romanticism. In his book Romantic Indians: Native Americans, British Literature, and Transatlantic Culture, 1756-1830, Fulford illustrates the elegiac modes often present in the work of Apess. This thesis will examine William Apess’ Son of the Forest as an expression of early nineteenth century American Romanticism from a post-colonial standpoint. Apess uses Romantic rhetoric to define Native American identity and through that identity, argue for Native American political agency.
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Giang, Nancy. "Overgrow the system| Dysphagia of plastic food and ecological fiction as environmental action in Karen Tei Yamashita's Through the Arc of the Rain Forest." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1596973.
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Writing about food and eating food are both environmental acts. The ways in which humans conceive of edible material—by speaking about it and growing it in the ground—are reflections of their view of the natural world.
Ecological fiction like Karen Tei Yamashita’s Through the Arc of the Rain Forest connects imagined visions of food with the current reality of our agricultural system in the United States. In both the fictitious narratives and lived experience, synthetic polymers overtake almost every aspect of life, including edible matter. The ubiquitous plasticization of food is one of the main causes of the current global environmental crisis.
Ultimately, the treatment of food in ecological fiction and in practice reveals our mistreatment of the environment and of our own bodies. Employing a systems-based way of thinking ecologically make visible the yet invisible lines of interconnection among the natural world, edible matter, and living beings.
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Deel, Michael. "Ron Rash’s Serena: A Novel (2008): Dramatizing the Industrial Logging of the Appalachian Forest, and the Continuing Debate Between Laissez Faire Capitalists and Proponents of Government." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2014. https://dc.etsu.edu/honors/202.
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In this thesis, the author gives a summary of Ron Rash’s 2008 novel, Serena, and discusses the history behind the novel and the time period that the novel was set in. This thesis discusses the socioeconomic struggles of the Gilded Age, and the role of government intervention in the economy and everyday life during the Reformation Era under Theodore Roosevelt, and the implementation of the National Park Service. The thesis goes on to mention why the Smoky Mountain National Park is especially important, for its natural uniqueness and the important precedent the formation of the park represents in the history of the United States of America. Notable historical figures are also addressed, such as, Horace Kephart, Horace Albright, George Masa, and Gifford Pinchot.
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Koret, Peter D. "Whispered so softly it resounds through the forest, spoken so loudly it can hardly be heard : the art of parallelism in traditional Lao literature." Thesis, SOAS, University of London, 1994. http://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29157/.
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Parallelism is a fundamental yet overlooked organizational device in the composition of Lao literature. This device is used in the creation of style, developing in complexity and sublety from the spoken language, prose, to poetic literature. In literature composed in the poetic form of Kau:n A:n, the plot on every level is organized in an intricate and symmetrical layering of parallel pairs. Narrative is built from a pattern which can be referred to as AAB, which consists of two initial sections, parallel in meaning and frequently similar in grammatical structure, followed by a third and final section which provides a conclusion. AAB patterns, which can be of any length, have traditionally been used by Lao (and other Tai) poets to narrate a progression of ideas, time, or events. Typically within a Lao story there are numerous layers of overlapping patterns. There is a consistent symmetry in the placement of smaller patterns inside of larger ones. The AAB pattern provides a model from which the evolution of a Lao story can be interpreted. A comparative study reveals that when a story is copied, the text evolves through the systematic grafting of new AAB patterns onto older patterns, the enlargement of existing patterns, and the strengthening of existing parallels between statements. It appears that the continual recopying of Lao literature is responsible for the incredible intricacy of its parallel layers. This thesis, in its initial chapter, also provides a general description of Lao literature, including the topics; a) the history of ancient Lao scripts and literature, b) the relationship between the literature and the Buddhist religion, c) sources of the literature in other societies, d) literary works in the Nitsay, Ha:y and Kau:n A:n literary forms; the different roles they play and the circumstances of their composition, transcription, performance, and preservation, e) the relationship between the literatures of Lanna and Laos, f) the major plot types, g) the use of formula and themes, h) the role of creativity in composition and transcription, and i) a history of the study of parallelism and a consideration of the role that parallelism plays in traditional Lao literary narrative. The inventory in the appendix provides a list of 142 works of Lao literature, describing the literary forms in which they are written, their length, extent of distribution, published equivalents, and possible relationship with works in other societies.
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Johnson, Brooke. ""Wand'ring this Woody Maze": Deciphering the Obscure Wilderness of Paradise Regained." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2020. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3749.
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The setting of Milton’s great sequel is puzzling, being called a desert and a “waste wild” (IV. 523) repeatedly and at the same time including descriptions of protective oaks and woody mazes. These conflicting descriptions conjure up several questions: In which environment does the epic take place? Because Milton is so detailed in his adaptations of biblical narrative the inclusion of trees is quite perplexing. While he does tend to expand biblical narrative quite frequently – e.g. Paradise Lost – he rarely initiates a change without just cause. The crux of this particular change centers on what this just cause could be. How does the addition of a few trees change the overall effect of Milton’s brief epic? This thesis thus attempts to find further meaning in Paradise Regained’s setting by exploring three possibilities for this just cause while uncovering what the concept of a tree/forest means in early modern England.
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Silveira, Lidimara Souza da. "Estudo da assembleia de Chironomidae (Insecta, Diptera) em nascentes Neotropicais." Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora (UFJF), 2017. https://repositorio.ufjf.br/jspui/handle/ufjf/6395.
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Chironomidae é a mais rica família de insetos, em espécies e abundância, em nascentes e outros ecossistemas de água doce. Contudo, os Chironomidae são pouco estudados. O primeiro capítulo utiliza uma abordagem cienciométrica com o objetivo de avaliar o nível atual do conhecimento científico produzido a respeito de Chironomidae em nascentes. A avaliação da literatura mundial mostra um número reduzido de publicações sobre o assunto, principalmente comparado a outros ecossistemas de água doce. A maioria das publicações no assunto é da Europa, as áreas restantes ainda não foram bem estudadas. No segundo capítulo são apresentados os resultados dos levantamentos realizados em diferentes bacias hidrográficas de Minas Gerais e seu principal objetivo foi verificar os fatores que influenciam a distribuição das larvas de Chironomidae. Alguns táxons considerados comuns no estudo foram Caladomya, Corynoneura, Chironomus, Endotribelos. Nossos resultados destacam um papel preponderante para os fatores ambientais (granulometria, oxigênio dissolvido, pH, cobertura vegetal, altitude) em determinar a composição das assembleias de Chironomidae. Os resultados dessa pesquisa enfatizam a necessidade de maior atenção às nascentes, considerando a importância das mesmas para a biodiversidade aquática.
Chironomidae is the richest insect family in species and abundance in springs and other freshwater ecosystems. However Chironomids are scarcely studied. The first chapter deals with a scientometric approach in order to meet the current level of scientific knowledge produced recently for Chironomidae that can be found in springs. The evaluation of the world literature shows a reduced number of publications on the subject, mainly compared to other freshwater ecosystems. Most of publications in the subject are from either Europe, the remaining areas are yet to be better worked on. The second chapter presents the results of surveys carried out in different watersheds of Minas Gerais State and its main goal was to determine the factors that influence the distribution of Chironomid larvae. Some taxa considered common in the study were Caladomya, Corynoneura, Chironomus, Endotribelos. Our results highlight a preponderant role for the environmental factors (granulometry, dissolved oxygen, pH, vegetation cover, altitude) in determining the composition of Chironomidae assemblages. The results of this research emphasize the need for greater attention to the springs, considering their importance for aquatic biodiversity.
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Dalhem, Johannes. ""Le passé n’est ainsi qu’une invention du présent" : formen kritischen historischen Erzählens im französischen Gegenwartsroman (Simon, Forest, Rouaud, Kaddour)." Thesis, Lyon, 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016LYSE2091.
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La thèse se propose d’étudier différentes formes de la représentation du passé dans le roman contemporain français. Si la recherche a pu constater, depuis un certain temps déjà, un véritable « retour de l’Histoire » sur la scène littéraire actuelle, force est de constater que chez certains auteurs, ce « retour » s’accompagne d’une méfiance profonde à l’égard de la connaissance de l’Histoire et des formes (culturelles, littéraires) de sa mise en récit. Ainsi Philippe Forest, dans Le Siècle des nuages (2010), raconte-t-il l’histoire de son père tout en se posant la question de savoir comment on peut écrire cette histoire qui constamment se dérobe. Il en sort un roman historique paradoxal et foncièrement autoréférentiel qui se construit et se déconstruit sous les yeux du lecteur. De façon comparable, Jean Rouaud, dans L’Imitation du bonheur (2006), invite son lecteur dans « l’atelier » de l’écrivain afin d’exhiber les sources et les ressources de son travail. Il ne se sert ainsi des techniques de l’illusion réaliste que pour mieux les parodier par la suite. Dans Waltenberg (2005) d’Hédi Kaddour, en revanche, la critique du récit historique se fait à travers la fragmentation de l’intrigue, la multiplication des temps et des lieux ainsi que par l’abandon de la linéarité. Aussi l’auteur nous présente-t-il une histoire éclatée qui se soustrait aux catégories d’unité et de cohérence. Bien que les stratégies de représentation dans ces trois romans soient diverses, elles renvoient pourtant à un concept commun que je propose ici d’appeler le récit historique critique.Dans la partie principale de mon travail, il s’agit d’analyser les trois romans mentionnés ci-dessus en tenant compte, notamment, des outils méthodologiques élaborés par la narratologie (D. Cohn, A. Nünning, W. Wolf) et par la théorie de l’histoire (H. White, P. Ricœur, R. Kosel-leck). Cette partie principale est précédée d’une partie plus « théorique » subdivisée en trois axes de recherche : L’approche systématisante essaie de condenser certaines des caractéristiques les plus importantes du récit historique critique dans une vue d’ensemble, élargissant par ailleurs le propos sur d’autres textes littéraires (contemporains). L’approche historicisante se propose de tisser un lien entre les romans analysés dans la partie principale de la thèse et l’œuvre de Claude Simon, considérée ici comme une sorte de paradigme esthétique pour une nouvelle écriture de l’histoire. L’approche comparative, enfin, tourne le regard vers les historiens professionnels (Ginzburg, Jablonka, Boucheron) qui, à l’instar des romanciers, ont exploré, ces derniers temps, de nouvelles formes de mise en récit du passé. Si ces nouvelles formes se rapprochent du récit littéraire par l’usage qu’elles font de la fiction, elles restent néanmoins sceptiques sur la possibilité même de représenter le passé, devenant de la sorte comme un équivalent en histoire du récit historique critique littéraireThis PhD thesis offers a study of different forms of representations of the past in the French contemporary novel. Since several years, literary critics agree that there has been something like a “return to history” on the actual literary scene. But we also have to state that some con-temporary authors combine this “return” with a profound suspicion against the knowing of history and the (cultural or literary) forms of telling it. In his Le Siècle des nuages (2010), Philippe Forest tells the story of his father while at the same time questioning himself about how to represent a story which seems to withdraw itself constantly. The result is somewhat paradoxical and may be described as a self-referential historical novel that constructs and deconstructs itself in front of the reader’s eyes. In a similar way, Jean Rouaud’s L’Imitation du bonheur (2006) invites its reader in the artist’s workshop in order to reveal the sources and the resources of the story. Exploiting the techniques of realistic illusion, Rouaud is in fact parodying them. Waltenberg (2005) by Hédi Kaddour acts differently: in this novel, historical narration is undermined by a broken storyline, by a pluralization of times and spaces and by the abandoning of the chronological order. Thus the author confronts us with a history “in pieces” that doesn’t obey the principles of unity and coherence anymore. Even if the strategies of historical representation are quite different in these three novels, they are all based on a common concept which I suggest to call “critical historical narration”.The main part of my work consists of the analysis of the three novels mentioned above, an analysis which is mostly based on methods provided by narratology (D. Cohn, A. Nünning, W. Wolf) or theory of history (H. White, P. Ricœur, R. Koselleck). This main part is preceded by a more general part that is subdivided into three theoretical approaches: the systematizing approach tries to reunite some of the most important features of critical historical narration in a synopsis and thereby takes also account of other (contemporary) literary texts. The historical approach connects the novels analysed in the main part of this thesis to the work of Claude Simon, which will be considered here as an esthetical paradigm for a new kind of historical narration. Finally, the comparative approach focuses on professional historians (Ginzburg, Ja-blonka, Boucheron) who have been exploring new strategies of historical writing in the same way that novelists have done. Indeed, if these new strategies converge with those in literary writing because of the use they make of fiction, they are nevertheless included in a more general reflection on the possibilities of representing the past. Historiography thus may provide something like an equivalent to critical historical narration in literature
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Sand, Veronica. "Translation or rewriting of proper names : A study of children’s literature across a century." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-102022.
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The translation of names is a topic for discussion within many fields, no less so within translation studies. Furthermore, the translation of proper names in children’s literature is a topic with on-going changes. There is a divide between those who believe that the names should be translated into proper cultural equivalent and those who believe it is time to have faith in children being able to handle foreign names. That is what this study will focus on. Approx. 15 names from seven children’s books from 1865 to 2011 were studied to conclude that there seems to be a greater faith in children’s ability to handle foreign names. Three languages were compared English, Spanish, and Swedish with the majority of the 337 names studied being kept in their original format, with spelling intact.Översättningen av namn är ett diskussionsämne inom många områden, inte minst inom översättningsstudier. Utöver detta är översättningen av egennamn inom barnlitteratur ett ämne som är under ständig förändring. Det finns en klyfta mellan de som menar att namn borde bli översatta till sin kulturella likvärdighet och de som menar att det är på tiden att lita på att barn kan hantera främmande namn. Det är denna diskussion som kommer vara fokus för denna uppsatsen. Ca. 15 namn från sju barnböcker från 1865 till 2011 studerades för att visa att det verkar finnas en större tilltro till barns förmåga att hantera främmande namn. Tre språk jämfördes, engelska, spanska och svenska. Var utav de 337 namnen som studerades var majoriteten oförändrade i översättningarna.
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Salomonsson, Felicia, and Ingrid Skog. "Hur skildras skogsmiljöer i barnlitteratur? : En innehållsanalys av barnlitteratur publicerad mellan år 1900–2021." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-85183.
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Syftet med denna studie är att bidra med kunskap om hur skogsmiljöer skildras i barnlitteratur som är publicerad mellan år 1900–2021 och om det eventuellt har skett några förändringar. En konventionell innehållsanalys har använts som metod för att kunna besvara syftet. Totalt har 18 barnböcker analyserats, jämnt fördelade i tre årsperioder: 1900–1949, 1950–1999 och 2000–2021. Resultatet visar framför allt flera områden där det framträder skillnader mellan årsperioderna. En av skillnaderna är att skogsmiljön har gått från att vara helt central till att bli mer avlägsen från människan. En annan tydlig förändring är hur arter har gått från att beskrivas på ett normativt sätt, till att beskrivas på ett mer kunskapsinriktat sätt. Antropomorfismen har präglat en stor del av barnlitteraturen, men har sakta börjat försvinna i de nyaste böckerna. Resultaten visar också att ett antropocentriskt förhållningssätt, där människan sätts i centrum, dominerar i dessa barnböcker. Studien bidrar med kunskap om vad läsaren möter i barnböcker och antyder att det kan vara viktigt att reflektera över innehållet i den barnlitteratur som används i förskolans utbildning.The aim of this study is to contribute with knowledge about how forest environments are depicted in children’s literature that is published between the years of 1900-2021 and if there is anything that has changed. A conventional content analysis has been used to answer the aim of the study. In total, 18 children’s books have been analyzed, equally distributed between the timeframes: 1900-1949, 1950-1999 and 2000-2021. The result indicates that above all, there are several areas that hold differences between the timeframes. The forest environment was once very central in the books and now appears more distant from humans. Another clear difference is how different species used to be described with words embedded with value that is now described more factually. Anthropomorphism has been very evident in children’s literature but is slowly starting to disappear in newer books. The result also shows that an anthropocentric perspective, where the human is central, dominates in these children’s books. The study provides knowledge on what the reader will meet in children’s literature and suggests that it can be of importance to reflect over the content within the children’s literature that is being used in a childcare setting and preschool education
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Riedel, Casper. "Ethnopharmacological evaluation through literature review and GC-MS analysis of Baccharis magellanica." [Copenhagen] : University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Life Sciences, Department of Plant Biology, 2007. http://www.forskningsbase.life.ku.dk/retrieve/6144494?format=application/pdf.
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Beasley, Garland. "Judging the Rational and the Dead: Ann Radcliffe and Feminist Theology." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/188.
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“Judging the Rational and the Dead: Ann Radcliffe and Feminist Theology” argues Radcliffe’s first three novels, The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayne (1789), A Sicilian Romance (1790), and The Romance of the Forest (1791), show a progression of feminist theology informed by the late eighteenth-century British religious movement of Rational Dissent. The thesis attempts to complicate and extend Radcliffe scholarship by moving away from fractured critical discourses and into more cohesive readings of Radcliffe that include feminist and theological interpretations of her work. Of particular interest to the project are Radcliffe’s views on the circumscribed nature of women’s existence within British notions of church and state. The thesis does more than attempt to note Radcliffe’s objections to the circumscribed nature of women in British society; it also seeks to explore the potential solutions offered by a feminist theology that rejects establishment religious hierarchies in favor of a more Unitarian system.
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MacKenzie, Garry Ross. "Landscapes in modern poetry : gardens, forests, rivers, islands." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/5910.
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This thesis considers a selection of modern landscape poetry from an ecocritical perspective, arguing that this poetry demonstrates how the term landscape might be re-imagined in relation to contemporary environmental concerns. Each chapter discusses poetic responses to a different kind of landscape: gardens, forests, rivers and islands. Chapter One explores how, in the poetry of Ian Hamilton Finlay, Douglas Dunn, Louise Glück and David Harsent, gardens are culturally constructed landscapes in which ideas of self, society and environment are contemplated; I ask whether gardening provides a positive example of how people might interact with the natural world. My second chapter demonstrates that for Sorley MacLean, W.S. Merwin, Susan Stewart and Kathleen Jamie, forests are sites of memory and sustainable ‘dwelling', but that deforestation threatens both the ecology and the culture of these landscapes. Chapter Three compares river poems by Ted Hughes and Alice Oswald, considering their differing approaches to river sources, mystical immersion in nature, water pollution and poetic experimentation; I discuss how in W.S. Graham's poetry the sea provides a complex image of the phenomenal world similar to Oswald's river. The final chapter examines the extent to which islands in poetry are pastoral landscapes and environmental utopias, looking in particular at poems by Dunn, Robin Robertson, Iain Crichton Smith and Jen Hadfield. I reflect upon the potential for island poetry to embrace narratives of globalisation as well as localism, and situate the work of George Mackay Brown and Robert Alan Jamieson within this context. I engage with a range of ecocritical positions in my readings of these poets and argue that the linguistic creativity, formal inventiveness and self-reflexivity of poetry constitute a distinctive contribution to contemporary understandings of landscape and the environment.
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Nenninger, Marcus. "Die Römer und der Wald Untersuchungen zum Umgang mit einem Naturraum am Beispiel der römischen Nordwestprovinzen /." Stuttgart : F. Steiner, 2001. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/48030875.html.
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Thesis--Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 1997.Includes loose errata slip. Appendices: p. [215]-[219]. Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-262).
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Ward, Mary Elizabeth. "Forests of thought and fields of perception : landscape and community in Old English poetry." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2018. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8674/.
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Old English poetry is centred on the concept of community and the importance of belonging. Landscape was a component of any community since, during the period when Old English poetry was being composed and written down, the landscape was a far more important constituent of daily life than it is for the majority of people today. Landscape dictated the places that could be settled, as well as the placing of the paths, fords, and bridges that joined them; it controlled boundaries, occupations, and trading routes. In the poetry of the period landscape, as part of the fabric of community, is the arbiter of whether each element of a community is in its proper place and relationship to the others. It is the means of explaining how a community is constructed, policed, and empowered. Erring communities can be corrected or threats averted through the medium of landscape which also positions communities in place and time. Landscape is presented as the cause of dissension in heaven, the consequent creation of hell, and the key to comprehension of the fundamental difference between them. The linguistic landscapes of Old English poetry are a functional component of the meaning inherent in the narratives.
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Ford, James. "A scientific characterization of trumpet mouthpiece forces in the context of pedagogical brass literature." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2007. http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-5183.
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Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of North Texas, 2007.System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Accompanied by 4 recitals, recorded Apr. 5, 1999, Nov. 2, 2001, Apr. 8, 2002, and Sept. 24, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 58-61).
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Stokes, Anne Marie. "German writers and the intermediate-range nuclear forces debate in the 1980s /." The Ohio State University, 1991. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487757723997193.
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Naquela, Victorina. "Modelos de previsão: uma revisão de literatura." Master's thesis, Universidade Portucalense, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11328/1374.
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Dissertação de Mestrado em Finanças.O planeamento de toda e qualquer actividade futura tem como ponto de partida a previsão. Não é possível atingir objectivos reiais e precisos sem que a previsão esteja presente na gestão. O trabalho que se apresenta centra-se em identificar os fundamentos teóricos que sustentam os conteúdos sobre modelos de previsão nas instituições do ensino de pós graduação, em Angola. A pesquisa analisou programas de cinco instituições do ensino superior com cursos de pós graduação através de um quadro comparativo dos conteúdos por disciplinas. Os resultados obtidos mostram que as instituições convergem no sentido de existirem disciplinas com mesmos conteúdos e mesmas terminologias, e divergem no sentido de algumas disciplinas terem a mesma terminologia conteúdos diferentes, terminologias deferentes mesmos conteúdos e disciplinas como subtema de outras. Os conteúdos sobre modelos de previsão têm o seu sustento nos conteúdos das disciplinas como métodos quantitativos, análise de dados econometria e métodos de investigação.
The planning of any future activity has as its starting point the forecast. It is not possible to achieve real objectives and precise without the forecast to be present in the management. The work presented focuses on identifying the theoretical foundations underpinning the contents about forecast models in the institutions of post graduate education in Angola. The survey examined five programs of higher education institutions with postgraduate courses through a comparative table of contents by subjects. The results obtained show that institutions converge towards disciplines exist with same content and same terminologies, and diverge in same disciplines have the same terminology different content, different terminologies same contents and disciplines such as subthemes of others. The contents about forecast models have their livelihood in the contents of disciplines such as quantitative methods, data analysis, research methods and econometrics.
Orientação:Prof. Doutor Paulo Alexandre Botelho Rodrigues Pires.
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Waage, Frederick O. "Raintree County, the Foremost American Environmental Novel: Uncovering the Deep Message of an Undervalued Text." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://amzn.com/0773415165.
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The life of Raintree county--The 1940s: Raintree County's national context: environmentalism and ecology in the U.S. 1940s--Indiana's 1940s--The earth of Raintree County--Bioregional Raintree County--The ecofeminism of Raintree County--Sacred earth, pagan earth--The threat of technology--The self and the republic--Raintree County and the republic.https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu_books/1099/thumbnail.jpg
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Forst, Bettina von der [Verfasser]. "Eros im sakralen Raum : zur Interdependenz von Raumdiskurs und Liebessemantik / Bettina von der Forst." Bamberg : Univ. of Bamberg Press, 2008. http://d-nb.info/991983963/34.
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Margerrison, Christine Mary. "Ces forces obscures de l'ame : woman, race and origins in the imaginative writings of Albert Camus." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264122.
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Alexander, Elizabeth Chenoweth. "Alcoholism and the Family: The Destructive Forces in Hardy's Tess of the D'urbervilles." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1992. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500856/.
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This study examines the forces which shaped the main character--Tess Durbeyfield--in Hardy's novel in terms of the effects which her alcoholic family had upon her mental and emotional potential and which ultimately become the determining factors in her self-destruction. Using the elements and patterns set forth in the literature regarding the dynamics of the alcoholic family, I attempt to show that Hardy's novel may best be understood as the story of a woman whose life and destiny are controlled by the consequences of her father's alcoholism. This interpretation seems to account best for many elements of the novel, such as Tess's destruction, and provides a rich appreciation of Hardy's technique and vision.
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Göthe, Cecilia. "Dealing with Dragons - parodi eller travesti på de klassiska sagorna?" Thesis, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, Stockholm University, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-26977.
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Uppsatsen är en närläsning av Patricia C. Wredes bok Dealing with Dragons och undersöker huruvida boken i fråga är en parodi eller travesti på de klassiska sagorna, t.ex. Törnrosa och Askungen. Jag tar också reda på om det går att läsa boken på olika sätt beroende på hur stor förkunskap man har om de gamla sagorna. Gérard Genette har skrivit boken Palimpsestes: La littérature au second degré, och jag har med hjälp av en svensk översättning använt mig av hans teorier om hypotext - hypertext, parodi, travesti och transformation. Jag tar även hjälp av Jack Zipes och hans bok The Brothers Grimm - From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World. Dessutom används Barbara Walls bok The Narrator's Voice - The Dilemma of Children's fiction för att reda ut begreppet dubbelt tilltal.
Uppsatsen är indelad i tre delar med tillhörande underrubriker: Inledning, analys och slutdiskussion. Under analysdelen tar jag upp Wredes sätt att använda sig av direkt och indirekt transformation samt om hänvisningarna till bl.a. Grimms sagor är inslag av parodi eller travesti. Metoden jag använder mig av är att visa och analysera utdrag ur boken som är direkt eller indirekt transformerade från sedan länge befintliga sagor eller legender.
Resultatet av analysen når sitt syfte och svarar på frågeställningen. Slutsatsen är att boken Dealing with Dragons till största delen är en parodi på kända sagor, men att inslagen av travesti är nödvändiga och behövs för den roliga och lite snälla tonen som boken tillhandahåller.
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Moller, Kathrin. "The representation of women as destructive forces in 15th-century Spanish prose, with special reference to 'Celestina'." Thesis, University of London, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.369093.
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De, Hoces Lomba María. "Retórica forense y Literatura: el orator perfectus y la obra literaria como instrumento de defensa jurídica." Doctoral thesis, Universidad de Alicante, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10045/95549.
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Tomando como base obras literarias de reconocido prestigio, así como la formación académica y vivencias personales de sus autores, es posible establecer una relación real y plenamente útil entre Derecho y Literatura, de manera que se constate que el primero es capaz de influenciar una obra literaria más allá de la mera ficción. Estas obras, a las que llamaríamos defensas literarias serían capaces de alcanzar plenos efectos en el mundo real, afectando directamente a la vida de sus creadores, cumpliendo de ese modo la intención con la que fueron escritas. Se trataría de una vertiente más del conocido movimiento Derecho y Literatura, ya que se produce una doble interacción entre ambas disciplinas. Por un lado, el Derecho, a través de la presencia de elementos y estructuras jurídicas, es capaz de condicionar el sentido de una obra literaria mientras se beneficia de una serie de instrumentos que le permiten alejarse de la rigidez del lenguaje jurídico; a su vez, al tratarse de obras de naturaleza literaria, puede extender la Literatura su ámbito de actuación a otras esferas distintas de la ficción, tradicionalmente influenciadas por otras disciplinas. Se trataría pues, de un subgénero en el que la inserción total del Derecho en la Literatura origina una obra literaria en fondo y forma, que a su vez es capaz de desplegar efectos asimilables a los de un documento de naturaleza jurídica y procesal como es el escrito de defensa.
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Perromat, Augustin Kevin. "El plagio en las literaturas hispánicas: Historia, Teoría y Práctica." Phd thesis, Université Paris-Sorbonne - Paris IV, 2010. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00992391.
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La presente investigación tiene como objeto el plagio literario en las literaturas hispánicas desde una dimensión histórica, teórica y práctica. Desde el punto de vista histórico, la percepción del plagio y su representación discursiva han sufrido evoluciones importantes, aunque siempre han conservado elementos comunes. Un plagiario es un Ŗfalso autorŗ, pero esta noción de base se ha ido enriqueciendo a partir de materiales provenientes de numerosos horizontes epistemológicos y discursivos. Considerado como una mera infracción moral o jurídica y, posteriormente, asimilado a una difusa noción de intertextualidad, los estudios más recientes se sirven de la pragmática para intentar explicar la naturaleza ambigua y po-lémica de la cuestión. Esta tesis aborda el fenómeno desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, reaprovechando las contribuciones hasta ahora dispersas en la literatura comparada, el derecho, la historia o las distintas literaturas naciona-les, pero conservando en su centro de interés las literaturas hispánicas. El estudio se divide en tres partes. Una primera que concierne la aparición, consolidación y evolución de la noción hasta fines del siglo XVII. En la segunda parte, se exponen las distintas teorías sobre el plagio, en relación con las perspectivas disciplinarias adoptadas. Por último, se ana-lizan las aplicaciones prácticas del plagio: sus usos normativos, estratégicos, ideológicos o artísticos. El plagiarismo como procedimiento creativo está presente en numerosos movimientos de diferentes épocas, asociado especialmente a la vanguardia y a la Posmodernidad. Este trabajo propone una visión y un corpus teórico y literario de conjunto sobre estos contenidos, hasta ahora dispersos en obras esencialmente monográficas, con la esperanza de que abran nuevas líneas de investigación en el ámbito de la literatura hispánica.
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Perekrest, Julija. "Literatūros eksperimentų formos ir strategija: Oulipo grupės ir lietuvių autorių tekstai." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2010. http://vddb.laba.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2010~D_20100617_144738-03066.
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Magistro darbe nagrinėjamos literatūros formos ir strategija Oulipo grupės („Potencialios literatūros dirbtuvės“ – literatūrinis judėjimas, susiformavęs Prancūzijoje septintajame dešimtmetyje) kūryboje ir lietuvių autorių tekstuose. Į eksperimentą darbe žvelgiama iš rašytojo pozicijos, kaip į sąmoningą skirtingų literatūros elementų jungimą ir suvaržymų taikymą, rezultate gaunant naujas literatūros formas ir struktūras. Tiriamosios medžiagos pagrindas – Oulipo grupės literatūrines sampratas plėtojantys teoriniai straipsniai ir praktinis tradicinių bei naujų metodų taikymas literatūrai. Lietuvių literatūros eksperimentus pristato šie kūriniai: poeto P. Morkūno (1900-1941) poezijos rinkinys „Dainuoja degeneratas: dadaistiški imažinistiniai eilėraščiai“ (1993), J. Meko (g. 1922) dienoraštis „Žmogus be vietos. Nervuoti dienoraščiai“ (2000) ir V. Klimašausko (g. 1977) romanas „Alfavilnius, arba Keisti Arnoldo Sputniko nuotykiai“ (2008).
Magistro darbe įgyvendinti tokie tikslai: pristatytos kalbiniais suvaržymais paremtos literatūros formos (lipograma, palindromas, totograma, taip pat transformacijos metodas S+7 ir kt.). Išryškinti žanriniai ir struktūriniai eksperimentai I. Calvino, R. Queneau ir J. Meko konkrečiuose kūriniuose. Pasitelkiant R. Queneau ir V. Klimašausko tekstus, aptartos tradicinės knygos transformacijos galimybės ir jų reikšmė kūrinių prasmei.
Apibendrinant Oulipo grupės ir lietuvių autorių literatūros eksperimentus, prieinama prie išvados, jog eksperimentas... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]The analysis of Lithuanian authors performances and the Oulipo experimental works with literary forms and strategies disclosed that the experiment is perceived as the conscious conjunction of literary elements and accommodation of constraints. As a result there is the emergence of new forms and structures. The main objectives of Master’s thesis are these: to present literary forms which are based on constraints; to reveal literary experiments related to genre and structure in the texts of I. Calvino, R. Queneau and J. Mekas; and through the works of R. Queneau and V. Klimašauskas to review several options of “the ordinary book” transformation and these influence to the meaning of the work. Analysis of the Oulipo group and Lithuanian authors works leads to the conclusion that experiment is expressed in all fundamental areas of literature. The competence of literary science is essential for the author because – as before starting the experimental work author is able to choose from the largest number of experimental elements and consequently he receive a variety of results.
Après avoir analysé les formes et la stratégie des expériments littéraires dans les oeuvres d‘Oulipo et des textes des auteurs lituaniens, on peut souligner que l‘expériment est reflété comme la conjonction consciente des éléments littéraires et l‘accommodation des contraintes dont le résultat est l‘apparition de nouvelles formes et structures. La base des matériaux étudiés – les articles théoriques du groupe Oulipo et l‘adaptation pratique des méthodes traditionelles et modernes. Les exemples des expériments lituaniens sont présents dans les oeuvres suivants: „Dainuoja degeneratas: Dadaistiški imažinistiniai eilėraščiai“ (P. Morkūnas), „Žmogus be vietos: Nervuoti dienoraščiai“ (J. Mekas), „Alfavilnius, arba Keisti Arnoldo Sputniko nuotykiai“ (V. Klimašauskas). Le but de ce mémoire est multifonctionnel: montrer les formes littéraires qui s‘accommodent aux contraintes particulières (lipogramme, palindrome, tautogramme, la méthode S+7 etc.), révéler des expériments liés aux genres et structures dans les textes d‘I. Calvino, R. Queneau et J. Mekas. Grâce aux ouvrages de R. Queneau et V. Klimašauskas, on a examiné quelques possibilités de transformation du livre et leur importance au sens de l‘oeuvre. Finalement, la revue des expériments d‘Oulipo et des auteurs lituaniens se dirige vers une conclusion espérée qu‘un expériment s‘exprime dans la littérature et toutes ses domaines fondamentales. Avant de se mettre au travail expérimental, la compétence des sciences litéraires est... [toliau žr. visą tekstą]
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Dolph, Annette R. "Forces of nature in the naturalistic novel : Dreiser and Hardy." Virtual Press, 2006. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1337192.
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This study refocuses the current critical discussion of determinism and character identity development in Theodore Dreiser's Sister Carrie, a predominantly "urban" novel, by juxtaposing the ways in which the natural world functions deterministically in Thomas Hardy's The Return of the Native and Theodore Dreiser's The Bulwark. First, a close reading of The Return of the Native suggests that characters' interactions with the natural world determine their identities by forcing shifts in perception and complicating their abilities to assert an identity apart from their environments. Then, a reading of The Bulwark—a novel in which Dreiser deals with the natural world quite directly—allows an exploration of how these same patterns of perception, understanding, and identity formation take shape in a text by Dreiser. The final chapter of this study synthesizes these readings of The Return of the Native and The Bulwark as a means of entry into an analysis of Sister Carrie's deterministic forces. Ultimately, attention to how the natural world influences characters through its timelessness and infinite size, as well as to how the natural world shapes a character's perspective and sense of self, adds to our understanding of the novel's determinism.Department of English
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Glover, Joseph. "Titanic Forces : Trauma, Eros and the Death Drive in Sebastian Barry’s A Long Long Way." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Engelska, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-29828.
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Perromat, Augustín Kevin. "Le plagiat dans les littératures hispaniques : histoire, théorie et pratique." Thesis, Paris 4, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010PA040090/document.
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La présente recherche a pour objet le plagiat littéraire dans les littératures hispaniques d’un point de vue historique, théorique et pratique. Si la perception du plagiat et sa représentation discursive ont été l’objet d’importantes évolutions tout au long de l’Histoire, un certain nombre d’éléments semble récurrent. Un plagiaire est un «faux auteur», mais cette notion de base n’a cessé de s’enrichir à partir de matériaux provenant d’horizons divers, tant épistémologiques que discursifs. Considéré comme une simple infraction morale ou juridique et rattaché par la suite à une diffuse notion d’intertextualité, les études les plus récentes ont recours à la Pragmatique pour essayer d’appréhender la nature ambiguë et polémique de la question. Ce travail adopte une approche pluridisciplinaire du phénomène, réunissant des contributions jusqu’à présent éparpillées entre la Littérature Comparée, le Droit, l’Histoire ou les différentes littératures nationales, mais gardant toujours son centre d’intérêt dans les littératures hispaniques. L’étude est divisée en trois parties. La première concerne l’apparition, la consolidation et l’évolution de la notion jusqu’à la fin du XVIIe siècle. Ensuite, nous exposons les différentes théories sur le plagiat, mises en relation avec les approches disciplinaires adoptées. Enfin, nous offrons une analyse sur les applications pratiques du plagiat : on y découvre leurs différents emplois normatifs, stratégiques, idéologiques ou artistiques. Cette étude propose une perspective d’ensemble ainsi qu’un corpus théorique et littéraire sur ces contenus, en vue d’ouvrir de nouveaux axes de recherche dans le domaine des littératures hispaniquesThe object of this study is literary plagiarism in Spanish Literatures, from a historical, theoretical and practical approach. From a historical point of view, plagiarism perception and representation have encountered important evolutions. However, they have preserved common elements. A plagiarist is an ‘untruthful author’, but to this basic notion other materials have been attached from a number of epistemological and disciplinary perspectives. Considered first as a mere moral or legal infringement and subsequently assimilated to a certain concept of intertextuality, recent studies make use of pragmatic approaches to intend an explanation of the ambiguous and polemic nature of the subject. This thesis studies the phenomenon from a multidisciplinary approach, gaining with the contributions collected from Law, Comparative Literature, History or the different national literatures, though maintaining its focus on Spanish Literatures. The study is divided in three parts. The first one deals with the emergence, instauration and evolution of the concept until approximately the end of the XVIIth century. Secondly, different theories are reviewed in relation with the particular disciplinary approaches adopted. Finally, practical applications of plagiarism are considered: normative, strategic, ideological or artistic uses.This study offers a general view of the subject and both a theoretical and a literary corpus, until presently scattered in monographic works, in order to propose some possible research guidelines on plagiarism in the realm of the Spanish Literatures
La presente investigación tiene como objeto el plagio literario en las literaturas hispánicas desde una dimensión histórica, teórica y práctica. Desde el punto de vista histórico, la percepción del plagio y su representación discursiva han sufrido evoluciones importantes, aunque siempre han conservado elementos comunes. Un plagiario es un “falso autor”, pero esta noción de base se ha ido enriqueciendo a partir de materiales provenientes de numerosos horizontes epistemológicos y discursivos. Considerado como una mera infracción moral o jurídica y, posteriormente, asimilado a una difusa noción de intertextualidad, los estudios más recientes se sirven de la pragmática para intentar explicar la naturaleza ambigua y po-lémica de la cuestión. Esta tesis aborda el fenómeno desde una perspectiva multidisciplinar, reaprovechando las contribuciones hasta ahora dispersas en la literatura comparada, el derecho, la historia o las distintas literaturas naciona-les, pero conservando en su centro de interés las literaturas hispánicas. El estudio se divide en tres partes. Una primera que concierne la aparición, consolidación y evolución de la noción hasta fines del siglo XVII. En la segunda parte, se exponen las distintas teorías sobre el plagio, en relación con las perspectivas disciplinarias adoptadas. Por último, se ana-lizan las aplicaciones prácticas del plagio: sus usos normativos, estratégicos, ideológicos o artísticos. El plagiarismo como procedimiento creativo está presente en numerosos movimientos de diferentes épocas, asociado especialmente a la vanguardia y a la Posmodernidad.Este trabajo propone una visión y un corpus teórico y literario de conjunto sobre estos contenidos, hasta ahora dispersos en obras esencialmente monográficas, con la esperanza de que abran nuevas líneas de investigación en el ámbito de la literatura hispánica
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Degrér, Christofer. "lowercase t (parting with and for caps lock Moondialed No +***** *****8 [Orbituary]) : Mezzanine 2." Thesis, Kungl. Konsthögskolan, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kkh:diva-365.
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When I write I, I also write we (say we also write that we’re momentarily in possession of the possibilities, and as for the possibilities: they have us), as in my hyperbolic twin brother and I, and from that point on (as well as before) in company with the gaps between us. The auto-corrections, the imposed circumstances, the complicities, and some conspirationalist copings within a system with no clearly identifiable nemesis. Here, the act of resistance to whatever is playing us, also enacts the playing of that which plays us. The heinous power of family and narrative insists. Two lead narratives are interwoven during the course of time it took for a pizza to be delivered (from pizzeria Marco Polo): Looping on a Panasonic Viera TX-55AX630E, the search for a/my lost and/or hidden dad arrives through the mispronunciation of the word “that” during a negotiation in a park. Where a tangled hypothesis, along the lines of “what if the plot device of a shot of a moon in a video used to forward time (as in an alternative to ‘later that night’) was a graphic representation of an analog clock recognized in a to-be sliced pizza that is eventually consumed as a means to induce a food coma?” takes place (and time, as saved time is always already lost). It’s almost dark already. Also it's not, and the future held hostage by the river of the forest of the woods is followed by the sense of not being able to tell if there’s an emotion or a feeling present. Visits from passed pasts. It all starts to feel originatory. Thanks to X, this keeps on happening, thoughts and behaviours about suspicious timing and holistic systems keep on happening. This keeps on happening, and it works its way into physical works in an exhibition space with no reference to an infirmary, where parrot tulips are emotional flowers, a print is printed using a temperamental printer, sawdust creates glossy eyes, and all locked doors are eventually keyed out. An investigation into conditions of influence, co-authorship, connectivity, all within a space cohabited by comedy, sentimentality, and other states subject to flatness.
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Stenberg, Felicia. "Cooperative Apocalypse : Hostile Geological Forces in N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth Trilogy." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för språk (SPR), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-96839.
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In this thesis I explore the place of the human in the Anthropocene, and our relationship to the Earth through an analysis of N. K. Jemisin’s The Broken Earth trilogy. As the trilogy depicts an apocalyptic landscape where the Earth has sentience and humanity is divided into three subspecies, this work of speculative fiction lends itself well to be interrogated and examined as an allegory for our current climate crisis. The analysis is anchored in posthumanism and employs a variety of concepts, such as Bruno Latour’s work on agency and deanimation, Donna Haraway’s Chthulucene, and Amitav Ghosh’s work on speculative fiction among others. I argue that The Broken Earth trilogy illustrates that the Earth is an agentive network that can no longer be ignored and contend that the trilogy complicates both anthropocentrism and individualism by depicting amplified versions of human beings, and in doing so highlights the arbitrary boundaries between both nature and society, and human and nonhuman. Thus, The Broken Earth trilogy can be read as a warning call for a future to be avoided at all costs, while concurrently be used to make sense of the incomprehensibility of our contemporary era.
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Surface, Eric Alan. "An Integration of the Training Evaluation and Job Performance Modeling Literatures: Confirming BE KNOW DO with United States Army Special Forces Training Data." NCSU, 2003. http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-01082003-010557/.
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Training data from 1441 graduates of the U.S. Army Special Forces Qualifications Course (SFQC) offered an opportunity to test a multidimensional model of training performance. A three-factor model based partially on the Kraiger, Ford, & Salas (1993) framework was operationalized with level-of-performance training criteria (Sackett & Mullen, 1993) and successfully confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The model utilized the BE KNOW DO terminology from the U.S. Army?s leadership model to describe the cognitive, skill-based, and affective training outcome factors. Several alternative models were tested and found not to be identified, suggesting the Kraiger et al. (1993) version provided the best description of performance. Additionally, the BE KNOW DO model was successfully confirmed for two individual phases of the SFQC training separated in time. Therefore, structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses were conducted to determine the relationship of similar constructs over time. Each construct from the initial training phase was found to predict its counterpart in the later phase. The degree of relationship varied for the constructs, suggesting some were more influenced by time and situation. Two performance modeling issues?the specificity of performance constructs and the impact of overfitting a model to the idiosyncratic characteristics of the initial sample on cross-validation?were investigated as well. Results related to the specificity of modeling performance content were inconclusive. Both the one- and three-factor construct models failed to provide adequate fit. The over-modified model provided a worse fit upon cross-validation in 11 out of 12 cases, demonstrating the importance of cross-validating modified models. An integration of the training evaluation and job performance literatures is presented and serves as the rationale for proposing a general three-factor performance model. The idea that all performance can be described in terms of three factors regardless of the context, content, situation, measurement method, or performance level should be investigated. Future directions for practice and research are discussed.
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Kilic, Adam. "On the Road to the Market : Kerouac, Revisions, and Market Forces." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för kultur och estetik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-118164.
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The publication of the thitherto unavailable original scroll of On the Road in 2007 marked a decisive point for Beat scholarship. Enabling line-by-line comparison, the two versions could suddenly be placed under proper scrutiny, and Kerouac’s revisions set up against the established myth of the novel’s creation. How should we understand the revisions? To supply a contribution to an answer, this paper will map the artistic as well as personal trajectory of Jack Kerouac throughout the 1950s. Basing my analysis largely on correspondence, I will show how Kerouac constantly oscillated between different positions and attitudes within the space of literary production. The essay will argue that Kerouac’s pursuit of literary prestige, stood side by side with the always-present alternative of satisfying the demands of the large audience. If we add to this Kerouac’s obsession with his imagined audience it becomes clear that his final work resulted from more than his own aesthetic preferences. Devoting a section to his aesthetic program, I will explore to what extent editorial revisions, even seemingly minor ones, compromised his original text in significant ways. Keeping in mind his erratic trajectory, and adding to it Warren French’s complementary observation that Kerouac’s personality was violently split, will allow us to identify an equally contradictory literary self-expression. Thus comparing On the Road with Visions of Cody (the latter emerged through the revisions of the former), Kerouac’s literary expression can be said to manifest itself in two fundamentally different ways. In Road as a reifying gesture that mystifies man’s connection with the earth, and, in Visions as an opposite gesture of dereification that seeks to disclose the source of man-made products that have become reified. Proposing that the autobiographical component of Kerouac’s writing is essentially a gesture of dereification, the essay will argue that editorial revisions of such works inescapably destabilize the unity between experienced reality and textual representation.
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Sims, Mary Hughes. "Examining facts, finding ugly truths : the historical and political forces that shaped the critical reception of Alice Walker's The third life of Grange Copeland." Virtual Press, 1999. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1117659.
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The purpose of this study has been to determine what extraliterary forces--cultural, historical, political, social--shaped the critical reception of Alice Walker's first novel, The Third Life of Grange Copeland (1970). The philosophies of Hans Robert Jauss, as espoused in Toward an Aesthetic of Reception (1971), guided this study. Particular interest was placed on Jauss's claim that every work has its own specific, historically, and sociological determinable audience, that every writer is dependent on the milieu, view, and ideology of that audience and that literary success presupposes a book which presents what the audience expects, a book which presents the audience with its own image. (26)The Third Life of Grange Copeland appeared at the end of the Civil Rights Movement, in the midst of a Black Arts Movement (a movement that presented black artist with a criteria for representing their people), and on the cusp of a black feminist movement which moved black women from the object to the subject position in black literary discourse.The politically charged context in which Walker's first novel appeared determined her first audience's reception to her work. The reception from black civic leaders, literary critics, scholars and the black community was largely negative. This initial negative response has followed Walker throughout her literary career despite the fact that she has won both the American Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.Department of English
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Earls, Alison. "Genuine cherry red : a fiction novel." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2003.
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"Genuine Cherry Red" is a fiction novel.
It is the story of three people who live in a house beside a hill in the flattest place on earth - an almost fable-like setting. In different ways, each is locked inside the order and control they have constructed through the years. Surrounded by nature and its reliable cycle, they are resisting change and denying the unpredictable randomness of life. Marta is a young woman who is both intelligent and naïve, caught inside a private maze of thinking and rethinking. She lives with her mother's cousin Ena who gave up nursing to take Marta in when her mother succumbed to depression, and Ena' s husband Len, a successful and prolific writer of cowboy fiction. Since a cancer diagnosis, Len - who had been living with multiple
sclerosis - has been virtually catatonic ... until Grey Bob suddenly arrives. The central character of Len's fictional stories permeates their lives and things begin to change.
The natural environment, the people of the nearby town, the order of the house all transform and Marta, Ena and Len struggle to cope. But they have no choice. When the inevitable shifts occur, spontaneous events have impact and disease progresses, each member of the family eventually finds a way to deal with the fact that reality can be
haphazard and out of their control. So, through the presence of a fictional character, three people are forced to confront the erratic nature of human life.
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Hutt, Dan. "Outsiders, outcasts, and outlaws: postmodernism and rock music as countercultural forces in Salman Rushdie's The ground beneath her feet." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/8851.
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Master of ArtsDepartment of English
Dean G. Hall
Salman Rushdie's 1999 novel The Ground Beneath Her Feet is ostensibly a rock 'n' roll novel, largely set in the 1960s, that traces the commercial rise of Indian rock star protagonists Vina Apsara and Ormus Cama. As their fame and wealth rise to global status and their stage show comes to entail a logistical complexity of military proportions, it becomes increasingly difficult to discern the couple's earlier countercultural ideals within their new established culture status. I argue that despite the change from countercultural to establishment-based values in the novel's protagonists, Rushdie does make a case in The Ground Beneath Her Feet for the possibility of countercultural efficacy against the commodifying culture of global capitalism (which I refer to as the "Frame"). His recipe for combating the exclusive hierarchies produced by the Frame is a combination of the non-totalizing politics of postmodernism and the subversive potential of uncommodified rock music. I pay close attention to establishing the historical templates--John Lennon of the Beatles and Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys--of the novel's protagonists in an effort to understand the sort of countercultural alternative Rushdie is proposing. I likewise focus on the novel's depiction of the Beach Boys' Smile album, which as a still commercially unreleased record, reinforces Rushdie's imperative in The Ground Beneath Her Feet for an uncommodifying counterculture and works in tandem with his portrayals of the artistic plights of several minor characters in the novel as well.
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Ghazarian, Seta. "Forces within and without: Lily Bart's movement towards epiphany in The House of Mirth." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2003.
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The House of Mirth's main character, Lily Bart, is charaterized a fated character, incapable of exerting free will. With the help of Lawrence Selden and Gerty Farish, she realizes that, for the most part, she has lived and acted according to what others expect of her.
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Haime, Kyla. "The soldier's perspective in A rumor of war." Cleveland, Ohio : Cleveland State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1261351164.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Cleveland State University, 2009.Abstract. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on Jan. 13, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 36-37). Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center and also available in print.
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Jennings, Brandon Davis. "Big Men." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1245613714.
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Martin, Hugh J. "On Leave." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1615464229027344.
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Besa, Camprubí Carles. "Màxima i Novel·la: el cas de "À la recherche du temps perdu"." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/1728.
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La tesi s'organitza segons dos eixos, l'un de caràcter general, i l'altre de caràcter aplicat. El primer és l'anàlisi de la funcionalitat narrativa del gènere de la màxima dins del gènere de la novel·la. El segon, l'estudi d'aquesta funcionalitat en la Recherche de Proust, obra escollida com a "cas" particular que obliga a reconsiderar les hipòtesis que ha formulat la teoria literària sobre el tema de les relacions entre els gèneres de la màxima i de la novel·la. El capítol 1 és un capítol introductori on es mostra la necessitat de l'estudi que s'emprèn en els capítol següents.
El capítol 2 consisteix en una definició de la màxima a partir de la seva comparació amb les altres formes breus de la prosa com el pensament, l'aforisme o el proverbi , i conclou defensant una anàlisi narrativa de la màxima novel·lesca. Aquesta perspectiva qüestiona la importància de les propietats formals de la màxima i reivindica una aproximació al gènere que tingui com a punt de mira les seves propietats funcionals: des d'aquesta òptica, no importen tant els trets característics de la màxima (allò que comparteix amb les altres formes breus i allò que la distingeix d'aquestes formes) com allò que fa la màxima en un altre text.
La idea que la màxima novel·lesca no és tant una forma com una força en el text en què es troba és a la base del capítol 3, que estudia els equívocs que comporta la tendència a extreure les màximes d'una ficció per convertir-les en unitats constitutives d'un nou llibre. Aquesta descontextualització elimina el caràcter de "text en un altre text" propi de la màxima novel·lesca, i per tant la converteix en un enunciat privat de la seva enunciació.
El capítol 4 estudia el tema de les relacions entre la màxima i la novel·la a partir del discurs de la Retòrica en tant que ciència del text que en descriu el bon funcionament. Més concretament, s'hi analitzen les manifestacions que en la narrativa i en la teoria i la crítica literàries ha tingut el dogma retòric de la continuïtat del text i dels principis que s'han associat a aquest dogma com la regularitat, l'articulació i el desenvolupament orgànic del discurs.
Els dos primers apartats del capítol 5 defensen la discontinuïtat i la fragmentació del text de la Recherche, discontinuïtat posada de manifest per la tendència exògena de les seves màximes; el tercer i darrer apartat del capítol relaciona la màxima amb el concepte de motivació narrativa, mostrant com la màxima és una estratègia amb què el narrador fa versemblants gran part dels episodis del relat.
Al capítol 6 s'analitza la màxima en la Recherche entenent aquesta darrera no ja com a text, sinó com a novel·la en el sentit genèric del terme, i mostra com el pes que té en l'obra el discurs sentenciós obliga a reexaminar la qüestió del seu estatut genèric.
El capítol 7 estudia la manera com la màxima afecta el procés de la lectura, és a dir, el tipus de contracte que, per mitjà de la màxima, el narrador estableix amb el narratari, així com l'efecte que pressuposa que tindrà en aquest darrer i la resposta que preveu per part seva. Aquest estudi s'enceta amb una revisió de la teoria de la recepció i de la psicocrítica, i es tanca amb aportacions vingudes de la Retòrica, entesa ara com una teoria de la relació entre els subjectes.
El capítol 8, finalment, fa una recapitulació dels continguts tractats i presenta algunes possibles línies de recerca relacionades amb el tema estudiat que la tesi ha deixat per cobrir.
This doctoral dissertation follows two lines of argument. The first one investigates the narrative function of sententiousness within the novel as a genre. The second one is an applied reading of the narrative function of maxims in Marcel Proust's work "À la recherche du temps perdu". This work was selected because it allows us to challenge the main theses that literary theory has to offer with regards to the relationship between sententiousness and the novel.
Chapter 2, following the Introduction, defines the maxim in comparison to other short forms of narrative and explores its formal properties to claim for an approach to the genre that emphasizes functional properties instead.
The idea that maxims within novels work less as a "form" than as a textual "function" is at the origin of chapter 3, where I investigate the misreading that result from extracting maxims from fictional texts to compose other new works.
Chapter 4 addresses maxims from the point of view of Rhetoric, and more in particular, it deconstructs the rhetorical dogma in support of the continuity of text, and the principles behind such dogma.
Chapter 5 makes a case for discontinuity in "À la recherche..." a discontinuity that is revealed by the exogenous thrust of maxims within that text and shows other maxims to work to introduce verisimilitude in the fiction.
Chapter 6 analyses how maxims work within "À la recherche..." as a novel, not as a text. I demonstrate that the genre of Proust's "À la recherche..." should be reconsidered in the light of the importance of sententious discourse in this novel.
Chapter 7, followed by the Conclusions, studies how maxims affect the reading process, that is, the kind of contract established between narrator and narratee by means of maxims: how the narratee is affected by maxims and what the narrator foresees as the narratee's response