Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Loneliness in literature'

Makala haya yanashughulikia maswahli ya udhanaishi katika fasihi ya Kiswahili. Makala yanalinganisha riwaya mbili, Mgeni ya mwandishi wa Kifaransa anayeitwa Albert Camus na Kichwamachi ya mwandishi wa Kiwahili, Euphrase Kezilahabi, na kuonyesha jinsi riwaya hizo zinayofanana na zinavyotofautiana. Kwa vile Kichwamaji inafanana na Mgeni, ni sahihi humwita Kezilahabi mwandishi ya udhanaishi, lakini kuna tofauti nyingi pia baina ya riwaya hizo mbili. Tofauti moja ni kwamba Albert Camus anamtazama mtu peke yake na hali yake iliyotengwa kabisa na watu wengine, na Kezilahabi, licha ya mtu peke yake, anaizingatia jamii nzima na hali yake vilevile. Tofauti hii ni tokeo la sifa za communalism katika mawazo Kiafrika ya kimapokeo yanayotilia mkazo jamaa na jami, siyo mtu peke yake
This article analyses and compares the the two writings Kichwamaji by Euphrase Kezilahabi and L´etranger by Albert Camus. Written in the tradition of existentialism, the two writings have many similarities but also differ in some important aspects. While Camus sees the individual just by itself, Kezilahabi also includes the whole family and is writing with it in the tradition of the african communalism

O objetivo principal do meu trabalho pode ser resumido numa pergunta: qual é a relação entre pessoas e espaço? Tudo começou a partir daqui. Durante a minha prática fotográfica gosto de andar sem um plano específico ou meta, porque acho que é a única maneira para encontrar a essência da cidade. Mas a verdade é que, no fim das minhas explorações, tudo se torna em uma questão de espaço. Uma pesquisa sobre a relação que eu tenho com o espaço, e que outras pessoas também têm; a forma como a composição da cidade é feita de espaços cheios e vazios, a maneira como as casas se desenvolvem ao redor do conceito de espaço sensorial e visual. Depois de ter analisado diferentes definições de espaço, tentei analisar o sentimento que está por trás disso, aquele que por séculos tem sido o leitmotiv de artistas e poetas – quer positivo quer negativo – e agora mais que nunca, tem sido o centro da atenção dos média e da arte por causa da situação mundial atual. Este projeto teve como objetivo explorar cada tonalidade da ideia de solidão como sentimento artístico, aplicado ao conceito do espaço e contexto urbano; ABSTRACT: Space and loneliness: the artistic disorientation and exploration in the urban environment In the end the purpose of my work can be summed up with only one question: what relationship do people have with space? Everything starts from there. In my photography practice I like to wander without a specific plan or direction in order to catch the essence of the city, but the truth is that at the end of my explorations, everything becomes a question of space. The relationship that I have with space, that other people have with it, how the city is made by voids and full spaces, how a house evolves around the concept of visual and sensory space. After analysing some different definitions of space, I will be dealing with the feeling behind it, the one that for centuries has been the leitmotiv of artists and poets – in both positives and negatives ways – and now more than ever has been on the focus of media and art because of the recent world situation. The aim of this paper is to try to explore every single shade related to the idea of loneliness seen as an artists’ feeling and applied to the spatial and urban contextualization.

The affective domain of loneliness is an essential creative force in children's lives. Unwanted solitude, although disparaged in our culture, is a theme that takes center stage in stories. This study explores the ways in which Loneliness as an active archetypal presence operates in positive ways in children's imaginations as revealed by children's literature, folklore, film, and myth. The isolated orphan or banished outsider lost within the wilds of narrative makes and enriches her emergent world using the tools of the body, imagination, and voice. Utilizing the modalities of visual art, dramatic play, and lyrical storytelling, inventive companions and elaborate landscapes are constructed which succeed in soothing and expanding the child's psyche.

Employing the archetypal psychology approach, this study imagines (and personifies) Loneliness as the youngest of three sisters: Solitude, Aloneness, and Loneliness. Although these three siblings share similar genetic traits and are woven together in countless tales, Sister Loneliness stands apart as a unique archetypal actor. She is far more restless and angst-ridden than her sisters. Dissatisfied with her companionless state, she holds within her a yearning—the desire/eros—to construct a new cosmology filled with inventive possibilities. This dissertation qualitatively describes these vast and varied universes.

In conjunction with an analysis of well-known (and lesser-known) children's stories, the research examines Loneliness's real-world creations in the classroom and therapeutic settings, including children's drawings, sand play constructions, stories, and poetry. Further areas of focus are the role of the adult in solitary geographies, the gendered-base response to loneliness, and the transitional object as a vital compass on the path towards individuation.

Key Words: loneliness, creativity, children's literature, child development, folklore.

The focus of this study is the representation of homosexuality in the English literature of the first decades of the twentieth century. After an overview of the social and scientific background, the works of E. M. Forster and Radclyffe Hall are considered. The choice falls on Maurice and The Well of Loneliness since they can be classified as the first gay and lesbian modern novel respectively. The analysis will firstly focus on how much of the authors’ own biographies can be recognized in the texts. Secondly, the differences and congruencies between the characters in the novels and the official representation of homosexuality are highlighted. Finally, the authors’ attitudes and ideas about the situation of the homosexual community are compared in an attempt to better understand the climate they experienced and the aim of the novels.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004.
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Bakgrund: Upplevelsen av ensamhet ökar med en stigande ålder. Det finns ett samband mellan ensamhet och psykisk eller fysisk ohälsa, och detta samtidigt som medellivslängden förväntas öka i Sverige och i andra delar av världen. Situationen medför ett ökat behov av att vårdpersonal ska kunna se lidandet ensamhet skapar och för att kunna ge adekvat vård. Syfte: Att beskriva äldre personers erfarenheter och upplevelse av ensamhet. Metod: Litteraturstudie med 10 vetenskapliga artiklar från databaserna PubMed och Cinahl. Analysen av artiklarna genomfördes med hjälp av Fribergs femstegsmodell och SBUS granskningsmall. Resultat: Analysen resulterade i tre huvudkategorier med sju underkategorier: Ensamhetens konsekvenser, Saknad av betydelsefulla relationer och Att skapa meningsfullhet. Konklusion: Resultatet av litteraturstudien visade på att äldre personer erfarenheter och upplevelser påverkar det psykiska måendet. Ensamhet kan vara kopplat till känslan av utanförskap från samhället. Genom att lyfta fram äldres upplevelse av ensamhet kan sjuksköterskan bidra till en förbättrad vård och ge en djupare förståelse för den ensamma individen.
Background: The feeling of loneliness or exclusion increases with age. And there is a connection between perceived loneliness and mental or physical ill health. At the same time, the average life expectancy is expected to increase in Sweden and other parts of the world. The situation means that there is an increased need for healthcare professionals to see the suffering created by loneliness, to provide adequate care. Aim: To describe older people's experience of loneliness. Methods: Literature review conducted with 10 qualitative articles found in PubMed and Cinahl. Analysis was conducted with help from Friberg's five steps model and SBUS review template. Result: The analysis resulted in three main categories with 7 subcategories: The consequences of loneliness, The lost of meaningful relationships and To create meaningfulness. Conclusion: The result of this literature study showed that elderly peoples experiences of loneliness affects their mental health. Loneliness could be related to feelings of alienation from the society. By highlight elderly peoples experience of loneliness is it possible for the nurse to enable and contribute with a better care and to give a deeper understanding for the lonely individual.

Mermaid Rumspringa is a short story collection that focuses primarily on female protagonists at different stages in their lives. It is an exploration into the effects society has on young people, the way in which mental health issues manifest in young minds, and the way the people who are closest to the individuals dealing with these issues try to adapt and understand them, and in some cases, completely ignore them. This collection utilizes magical elements to try and soften the blow of the serious issues that are being explored both internally and externally within each of the individual stories. These stories present as allegories, as well as classic story tropes with intricate twists and subversions, to make the readers uncomfortable within their comfort zones. As a whole, these stories fit in nicely within the speculative fiction spectrum, and they draw the attention of the average millennial.

The present thesis aims to investigate the cultural profile of the notions of loneliness and solitude in American culture. To do so, the discipline of Cultural linguistics is complemented by corpus linguistics methods, in two different corpus-based studies. The first study investigates the differences and similarities of loneliness and solitude across individualist and collectivist cultures. The second study focuses on the United States only, with the collection of a corpus of advice columns, and research on the emotions connected to the state of being alone.

Inledning: Under Covid-19 pandemin har ett intresse väckts hos författarna angående hur en upplevd ensamhet påverkar en äldre negativt.Bakgrund: Bland annat kulturen, upplevelsen av ens egen hälsa och förtrogna kontakter påverkar upplevelsen av ensamhet. Äldre som bor på särskilda boenden upplever en större ensamhet än äldre som bor i eget hushåll. Ensamhet är en subjektiv upplevelse och kan delas in i existentiell, emotionell och social ensamhet. Besvär med ensamhet kan leda till en försämrad hälsa och ett ökat vårdbehov. Syfte: Belysa vilka omvårdnadsåtgärder som minskar de äldres besvär av ensamhet på särskilda boenden.Metod: En litteraturstudie baserad på 13 vetenskapliga artiklar med kvalitativa (n=3) och kvantitativ (n=10) metod.Resultat: Resultatet delas in i två huvudteman och åtta underteman. Den äldres syn på hur ensamhet kan minskas med fyra underteman: att få stöd och uppmärksamt, att ha kontroll över sin vardag och vara nöjd med livet, att vara i kontakt med det existentiell och spirituella samt att få distrahera sig. Andra temat handlar om Omvårdnadsåtgärder i form av aktiviteter med fyra underteman: Reminiscens- och kognitivstimulerandeterapi, videosamtal, djur- och robotterapi samt hobbyaktiviteter.Slutsats: Olika omvårdnadsåtgärder lämpar sig till olika former av ensamhet, beroende på om den äldre upplever existentiell, emotionell eller social ensamhet. Vidare är den äldres individuella intresse och förutsättningar av relevans vid val av omvårdnadsåtgärd.
Introduction: A spark of interest has grown during the Covid-19 pandemic about how experienced loneliness can affect elderly in a negative way.Background: For instance, culture, the experience of once own health and close relationships influences experienced loneliness. Elderly in residential care facilities experience loneliness in a higher regard than elderly who lives at home. Loneliness is a subjective experience and can be divided into existential, emotional, and social loneliness. Encumbrance of loneliness can lead to decline in health and increased care needs. Aim: Portray nursing interventions that decrease the elderly’s encumbrance of loneliness at residential care facilities.Method: A literature review based on 13 scientific studies with qualitative (n=3) and quantitative (n=10) methods.Result: The result has been divided into two main themes and eight sub-themes. The elderly’s view of how loneliness can be decreased, with four sub-themes: to get support and attention, to have control over once daily-life and to be satisfied with life, to be in contact with the existential and spiritual dimensions, and to distract one-self. The second main theme is nursing interventions in the form of activities, with four sub-themes: reminiscence- and cognitive stimulation therapy, videocalls, pet- and robot therapy and leisure activities.Conclusion: Different nursing interventions is suitable to different kind of loneliness, depending if the elderly is experiencing existential, emotional, or social loneliness. Furthermore, the elderly’s individual interest and condition is of relevance when applying nursing intervention.

This thesis is an examination of sex in D. H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover and Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness as it relates to the social, linguistic and political elements of literary modernism. Both novels "think sex," allowing specific concepts of sex to act as methods of communication between artists and readers. By writing sex, Hall and Lawrence address the modern reader, providing a script for ideal readerly and writerly approaches to the novel. The first chapter examines contemporary cultural and gender theory's understanding of the relationship between sex and discourse and relates this to political and literary considerations of modernism. The second chapter looks at psychosexual medical texts that influenced modernism's understanding of sex and art; the final chapter examines "thinking sex" in Lady Chatterley's Lover and The Well of Loneliness by examining the content and reception of both works.

The loneliness theme of Carson McCullers' fiction falls into three divisions or levels. And because of her focus on the individual, her general theme of loneliness as it results from human isolation is universal. She develops her "broad principal theme" through an examination of human characteristics common to all human beings. In expressing her concept of isolation as a human condition, however, she presents loneliness as she believes it exists in her own culture, and, for this reason, her works present a loneliness that results from American cultural attitudes and is tempered by a Southern sense of nostalgia. After first establishing an understanding of McCullers' basic theme through an analysis of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, this study analyzes the nature of the Southern tradition and its influence on the criticism of her fiction with particular focus on the problems of determining to what degree her Southern settings inhibit the interpretation of her works beyond a regional perspective. A comparison of thematic elements, events, and characterization in The Heart is a Lonely Hunter to nonfiction critical discussions of American culture in The Image by Daniel Boorstin and The Pursuit of Loneliness by Philip Slater shows that the social context and the theme of isolation in the novel reflect a condition of life that is American, not distinctively Southern. The final portion of this study continues the analysis of McCullers' basic theme in Reflections in a Golden Eye, The Member of the Wedding, The Ballad of the Sad Cafe, and Clock Without Hands, comparing elements of these later works to The Image and The Pursuit of Loneliness in order to demonstrate the particularly American loneliness of her characters and the value of her works to the tradition of American novel.

SAMMANFATTNINGBakgrund: Antalet äldre i Sverige blir fler och medellivslängden ökar. Meningsfulla aktiviteter, balans mellan förmågor och utmaningar samt positiv livssyn framkom som förutsättningar för att uppnå hälsa hos äldre. När äldre beskriver lycka påtalas ofta barn. Ohälsa i form av ensamhet och social isolering kan skapa lidande för äldre. Problem: Flytt till vårdboende kan vara fyllt med oro och skapa ensamhet. Ensamhet är en hälsorisk. I samband med ökat vårdbehov kan äldres sociala kontakter minska vilket kan leda till nedstämdhet. I förlängningen kan nedstämdhet generera social isolering som kan leda till ohälsa. Syfte: Att skapa en översikt om hur äldre på vårdboende påverkas av möten med barn i IGP. Metod: Sex kvalitativa, fyra kvantitativa samt två mixed-method artiklar analyserades i en allmän litteraturöversikt. Resultat: Tillfredsställelse och förbättrad livskvalitet främjades vid interaktioner med barn. Barnens närvaro genererade energi och minskade agitationer. Sociala samspelet mellan barn och äldre ökade efter hand. Intag av läkemedel minskade när äldre vistades med barnen. Högljudda och livliga barn genererade ibland stress hos de äldre. Slutsatser: Möten över generationsgränser kan bidra till stärkt hälsa och livskvalitet hos äldre. Barnens närvaro bidrog till ökad energi och minskad användning av läkemedel. Interaktionen mellan deltagarna ökade under intergenerationsprogrammet.
Background: The number of elderly people in Sweden is increasing and their life span increases. Meaningful activities, challenges, balance between abilities and a positive view of life, emerged as prerequisites for achieving health of the elderly. When elders describe happiness, children are often a part of it. Illness in shape of loneliness and social isolation can create suffering for elderly people. Problem: Moving into a nursing home can create illness in shape of anxiety and loneliness. Loneliness is a health risk. In connection with an increased need for care, the social contacts of the elderly may decrease, which may lead to depression. In the long run, depression can generate social isolation that can lead to illness. Aim: To create an overview of how the elderly in nursing homes are affected by meetings with children in IGP. Method: Six qualitative, four quantitative and two mixed-methods-articles has been analyzed in a common literature review. Result: Satisfaction and increased quality of life was promoted by interaction with children. The presence of the children created energy and declined agitations. Social bonding between children and adults increased over time. The use of medications decreased when the elderly got to interact with children. Loudly and lively children was sometimes generating stress. Conclusions: Meetings over generations can maintain health and quality of life. The presence of children contributed with increased energy and less use of medications. Interaction between the participants increased during the intergenerational program.

In this study of Lev Shestov, the biographical method is used to explain his philosophy. The grave crisis or nervous breakdown Shestov went through caused a total transformation of his - convictions and values. It was probably this drama that led to his repudiation of the common life and traditional philosophy with its emphasis on reason, knowledge, and ethics in favour of an extreme individualism and religious transcendence. The aim of the dissertation is to examine, amongst the great number of philosophers and writers Shestov analysed, mainly those in his view “marginal thinkers”, who were of the greatest interest to him – Fyodor Dostoevsky, Lev Tolstoy, Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Luther, and Søren Kierkegaard. On the basis of this analysis the character of Shestov’s philosophy is defined. According to Shestov, like his own crisis, the crises that these thinkers experienced occasioned a total transformation of their convictions and values. Šestov does not let his life find complete expression in his philosophy. Instead he projects his crisis into the five thinkers’ crises and philosophy. To characterize the previous and new modes of thinking, the concepts of alienation (degeneration, degradation, depravity) and authenticity (deliverance from alienation) are used. Shestov’s judgment of the consistency of the five thinkers’ new attitudes is presented, i.e. deliverance from the common life with its emphasis on rational eternal truths and moralism. Authentic life is in Shestov’s opinion the from the individual’s everyday life concealed experience of despair in extreme situations. This constitutes a grave crisis that leads to the repudiation of all hitherto held convictions and cherished hopes. The contrast between the Russian philosopher’s personal, (after his crisis) mainly tranquil, harmonious life and his philosophy is glaring. Analyzing the five thinkers, Shestov finds that they did not persevere with their new convictions, instead they complied with the by everybody accepted and everywhere valid truths. Shestov’s “theoretical”, uncompromising and consistent stance on one side and the lack of these characteristics with the aforementioned thinkers on the other side, to a great extent places Shestov in another category than these. In Shestov’s view freedom is in the region of tragedy, which nobody enters on his own will and in the incomprehensible trust in a capricious, “inhuman” God. According to Shestov, only the philosopher, who derives his thinking from a situation, where he experiences extreme despair and hopelessness, can claim to be a true philosopher.

Examinator: docent Julie Hansen; Uppsala universitet

In this essay I perform readings of five influential literary works of the Modern Breakthrough in Nordic literature: Et dukkehjem (1879) by Henrik Ibsen, Niels Lyhne (1880) by Jens Peter Jacobsen, Barndomsvänner (1886) by Karl August Tavaststjerna, Fru Marianne (1887) by Victoria Benedictsson, and Ensam (1903) by August Strindberg. My aim is to identify and analyze discourses of loneliness and community. A central theme, both in this literature and in the contemporary society, is the problematization of gender roles. I find that the literature questions the polarization of gender roles through its depiction of marital relationships. At the same time, alternative communities are often portrayed as more fallible than those of marriage and nuclear family, forming discourses where marriage and nuclear family are prioritized over alternative communities – with a possible exception of national community. This paradoxical existence of modernity highlights the complexity of societal development: societal change requires not only political reforms but also change within subjects. The paradoxicality can be viewed as a manifestation of inner struggles. Finally, I reflect upon the endeavor to obtain entity that I find in these literary works. As connections between nature, culture and kinship, as well as between the past, the present and the future are formulated, issues of power/powerlessness and responsibility are brought into question. I propose further studies on these themes in relation to the emergence of nationalism, racial biology and fascism in 19th and 20th centuries, in order to deepen the understanding of the structure and the conditions of nationalism, racial biology and fascism in this context.

Cette recherche s’intéresse aux nouvelles coréennes des écrivains nés dans les années 1980-1990. Bien qu’ils aient grandi dans une Corée démocratique et sous des conditions matérielles plus simples que leurs ainés, les « jeunes auteurs » présentent des œuvres constamment marquées par la noirceur et le mal-être. À travers l’exemple de cinq nouvelles, nous analysons la solitude et le silence au regard d’une approche interdisciplinaire liant la littérature et la traduction. Cette thèse offre une traduction intégrale et commentée du corpus primaire, afin de questionner la manière dont la solitude est ressentie par les jeunes dans la société coréenne actuelle. Une solitude négative issue de l’isolement au milieu d’un groupe dont on souhaiterait faire partie s’oppose à une solitude positive émanant d’un désir de calme au milieu du tumulte d’un quotidien parfois rendu difficile par des normes inspirées par la hiérarchie héritée du confucianisme. De plus, être seul peut être un phénomène volontaire ou non. En outre, les personnages mis en scène dans les nouvelles souffrent de difficultés de communication. La communication directe réelle est difficile à mettre en place, que ce soit du fait d’un « mal-dit » de la part du locuteur, ou d’un « mal-compris » de la part de l’interlocuteur. Lorsque cette difficulté à s’exprimer à l’oral se change en silence, l’incapacité involontaire à parler par peur des malentendus s’ajoute au choix volontaire de se cacher dans le silence. Ainsi, tout en exprimant la souffrance d’une existence, les expressions silencieuses comme l’écriture et la littérature se présentent comme des formes de communication idéales
This research aims to focus on Korean short stories written by young writers born in the 1980s. Despite being raised under a democracy and easier conditions than their seniors, the so-called “young generation” of writers displays a constant gloominess and uneasiness in their works. Through the examples of five short stories, loneliness and silence are analyzed under an interdisciplinary approach, making use of both literary and translation studies. While producing a fully commented translation, this thesis shows how the fact of being alone can be felt by young people in today’s Korean society, opposing a negative loneliness coming from the isolation from the group one wishes to be part of, and a positive solitude viewed as a oasis of calm in the middle of a roaring daily life often made stressful by the Confucian-hierarchy-inspired norms. We analyze how being alone can be seen both in a positive and negative way, and also as a voluntary or involuntary fact. Furthermore, the characters displayed in the short stories suffer from difficulties of speech and communication. Real and direct communication is hardly made possible, would it be a matter of “wrongly-said” from the first speaker, or “wrongly-understood” from the interlocutor. When this speech uneasiness turns into silence, the involuntary incapacity to speak from fear is added to the voluntary choice to hide from the risks of a distorted oral production. Thus, while expressing the suffering of one’s life, silent expression such as writing and literature appears to be the easiest choice

Este trabalho tem como propósito analisar as questões de identidade, gênero e sexualidade nos romances The Well of Loneliness, de Radclyffe Hall, e Stone Butch Blues, de Leslie Feinberg. O foco desta análise recai sobre as personagens principais dos romances, Stephen Gordon e Jess Goldberg, que vivem múltiplos conflitos por conta de sua expressão e identidade de gênero não estarem em consonância com seu sexo biológico. A dissertação fundamenta-se nos conceitos teórico-metodológicos da teoria do corpo, na conceituação pós-moderna de identidade e nos conceitos de gênero e sexualidade, assim como seus desdobramentos. Dentre os conceitos considerados relevantes desenvolvidos para essa análise estão os transgenders e transexuais, uma vez que as protagonistas apresentam características congruentes com ambas as categorias. Considerando-se o desenvolvimento das personagens Jess e Stephen, pode-se perceber o caráter múltiplo e processual da identidade pós-moderna, tendo toda a gama de aspectos relacionados a gênero e sexualidade como elementos (trans)formadores
The aim of this work is to analyze the issues of identity, gender and sexuality in Radclyffe Halls The Well of Loneliness and in Leslie Feinbergs Stone Butch Blues. The focus of this analysis lies in the main characters of the two novels, Stephen Gordon and Jess Goldberg, who live multiple conflicts since their gender identity and gender expression are not in consonance with their biological sex. The theoretical-methodological fundaments of this thesis are based on the concepts of the theory of the body, on the postmodern conceptualization of identity and the concepts of gender and sexuality, as well as their unfolding. Among the relevant concepts developed for this analysis are the transgenders and transsexuals, once the protagonists display features which are congruent with both categories. Concerning the development of the characters Jess and Stephen, one can notice the multiple and processual nature of the post modern identity, which has a whole range of aspects related to gender and sexuality as (trans)forming elements

Este trabalho se propõe a analisar duas obras do escritor português António Lobo Antunes, tendo em vista algumas instâncias narrativas, que, a nosso ver, sobressaem na obra do autor. As obras são Ontem não te vi em Babilónia, romance publicado em 2006, e O arquipélago da insónia, de 2008. Os dois romances compõem o ciclo de produção mais recente do autor, no qual as experimentações formais e estéticas são mais intensas do que nos romances anteriores. Além disso, as obras apresentam convergências temáticas já explicitadas por uma leitura atenta de seus títulos. Ontem não te vi é a representação de um tempo de espera, um tempo de frustração; Babilónia é Babel, símbolo maior da incomunicabilidade para o Ocidente. Já arquipélago é um conjunto de ilhas, reunião marcada pelo isolamento e pela incomunicabilidade; insónia é, igualmente, uma espera frustrada por algo que não vem, no caso, o sono, que nos romances será metáfora para a morte. O trabalho privilegiará, portanto, a análise do espaço, a partir do símbolo da casa; do tempo, insone e de morte; e do texto, que se apresenta, essencialmente, por uma enxurrada discursiva. Assim, pretende-se entrar no universo antuniano e, como parece ser o desejo do autor, desvendar a nós mesmos e a nosso tempo
This work proposes an analysis of two novels by the portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes, taking into consideration narrative instances that, from our point of view, are highlighted in the authors work. The books are Ontem não te vi em Babilônia, novel that was published in 2006, and O arquipélago da insônia, published in 2008. The novels make up the authors most recent production cycle, in which the formal and aesthetic experiences are much more intense than in his previous novels. Besides that, these works show thematic convergences that appear in careful reading of the books titles: Ontem não te vi is the representation of time passing, time of frustration; Babilônia is Babel, the biggest symbol of incommunicability for the West. Arquipélago is a group of islands, a gathering that is noticeable for its isolation and incommunicability; Insônia is equally a frustrated wait for something that never arrives, in this case, sleep, which is a metaphor for death in his novels. Therefore, this work is going to focus on the analysis of space, taking into consideration the house as a symbol; time, as death and sleepless; and the text, that is, basically, presented as a discursive overflow. This way, we will enter in Lobo Antunes universe and, what seems to be the authors desire to reveal ourselves and our time

The dissertation discusses the work O amanuense Belmiro of Cyro dos Anjos, based on the critical reception, going through some readings and studies undertaken on the mining author and his literary production, to settle in the analysis of the novel's narrative. At this point, it looks like the character Belmiro Borba faces the evils of affection. In other words, how it reacts to evil that print you love, nostalgia, fear and loneliness. Each of these affects the mark with a different pattern of pain. However, our brave hero always reacts the same way; writing their pain on a daily intimate and solitary as a way of redemption. This analytical perspective about the emotions that affect the amanuensis takes us at the end of the dissertation, to reflect on ourselves and our relationship to life.
A dissertação aborda a obra O amanuense Belmiro, de Cyro dos Anjos, partindo da recepção crítica, passando por algumas leituras e estudos empreendidos sobre o autor mineiro e sua produção literária, até fixar-se na análise da narrativa do romance. Nesse ponto, examina-se como o personagem Belmiro Borba enfrenta os males dos afetos. Em outras palavras, como ele reage diante do mal que lhe imprimem o amor, a nostalgia, o medo e a solidão. Percebemos que cada um desses afetos o marca com uma estampa diferente de dor. No entanto, nosso bravo herói reage sempre da mesma maneira; escrevendo sua dor em um diário íntimo e solitário, como forma de redenção. Essa perspectiva de análise acerca dos afetos que acometem o amanuense nos leva, ao final da dissertação, a uma reflexão sobre nós mesmos e sobre nossa relação com a vida.

My aim is to recreate from the texts and films the world which is shown, and then examine it in order to demonstrate a number of points. I hope to show that there is such a phenomenon as an English working class, and that this class has its own culture. This culture is different from, and in many ways opposed to, the “high” artistic culture of the elite, but is not a culture of lack, as in “lack of culture”. It is rather a creation of the working class themselves and serves as a positive force in their lives, which are again different from and frequently opposed to the lives of the upper and middle classes. It is also resistant to the mass culture and the ideology which this conveys, or is argued to convey, and these resistant attitudes form part of the working-class culture. Work plays an important part in the lives of Sillitoe´s characters, and this activity has been consistently neglected in English literature, at least as regards the working class. Despite views which represent the post-war working class in England as less cohesive and more individualistic, I argue that the way that Sillitoe´s characters live and think about their lives reflects the previous history of the working class, and the attitudes revealed had been developed over more than a century. Rather than being an isolated picture of two disconnected individuals, the works represent a point in a continuum of literature about the working class, a continuum which has been extended not least by Sillitoe himself. I include the films in this thesis for a number of reasons. The films are closely linked to the books not only through contemporaneity and the fact that Sillitoe wrote the screenplay for both, but also through the Free Cinema movement. This, I argue, can be seen as the cinematic counterpart to the Angry Young men in literature, and these two movements were and are closely interwoven in the cultural event of the late 50s/early 60s in England, and thus are considered from the same point of view as the books. The structure of this work is as follows: in the first part I give a brief outline of the Industrial Revolution in England, and the changes which it produced in society, especially in the political, educational and cultural fields. The key words in the title of this thesis, “work”, “culture”, “class”, are all complex, open to multiple interpretations, and all have their roots in the Industrial Revolution. This leads me to the development of the idea of culture and the development of cultural studies as a discrete field of enquiry. I examine the literature produced by and about the working class, with particular reference to the work itself. In the second part I look at the cultural production in wartime and post-war England, which includes the work of those writers usually grouped together as the Angry Young Men, to give the social and cultural background against which Sillitoe wrote the works to be studied. This takes me on to the books themselves, with particular attention paid to the role of work and culture, in its various meanings, which will include the ideology to which the characters are subjected. In the third part I examine the two films, both as a development of the Free Cinema movement and in the same terms as used for the books, namely in terms of the portrayal of the two main characters in their respective roles in society and their reactions to the ideology of that society, and also in terms of their portrayal of culture. Finally, some conclusions are drawn, in which the main point is that Sillitoe showed in these two works that the working class have their own culture and ideology, and that these are different from and opposed to the culture and ideology which are dominant in the society in which they live.
Mi objetivo es recrear desde los textos y películas el mundo allí mostrado, y examinarlo a continuación para llegar a demostrar algunos puntos. Espero demostrar que el fenómeno denominado clase obrera existe como tal, y que esta clase tiene su propia cultura. Esta cultura es diferente de, y en muchos sentidos opuesta a la “alta”cultura artística de la élite, pero no es una cultura de carencia, como en “falta de cultura”. Es más bien una creación de la propia clase obrera y sirve como una fuerza positiva en sus vidas, que son también diferentes de y con frecuencia opuestas a las vidas de las clases medias y altas. También mantiene una resistencia frente a la cultura de masas y la ideología que conlleva, o dice conllevar, y estas actitudes de fuerza forman parte de la cultura de la clase obrera. El trabajo tiene un papel importante en las vidas de los personajes de Sillitoe, y esta actividad ha sido continuamente negada en la literatura inglesa, al menos en lo que se refiere a la clase obrera. A pesar de las opiniones que presentan la clase obrera inglesa de la post guerra como menos cohesionada y mas individualista, sostengo que el modo en que los personajes de Sillitoe viven y piensan sobre sus vidas refleja la historia previa de la clase obrera, y las actitudes mostradas se han desarrollado a lo largo de mas de un siglo. Mas que ser un retrato aislado de dos individuos inconexos, las obras representan un punto en un continuum de literatura sobre la clase obrera, continuum que en buena parte se ha extendido por el propio Sillitoe. Incluyo las películas en esta tesis por una serie de razones. Las películas están estrechamente relacionadas con los libros no solo por la contemporaneidad y el hecho de que Sillitoe escribiese los guiones de ambas, sino también a través del movimiento del Free Cinema. Esto, sostengo, puede considerarse como el equivalente cinematográfico de los Angry Young men en literatura, y estos dos movimientos estaban estrechamente entretejidos en el evento cultural de finales de los 50/comienzos de los 60 en Inglaterra, y por tanto son considerados desde el mismo punto de vista que los libros. La estructura de este trabajo es la siguiente: en la primera parte hago un breve resumen de la Revolución Industrial en Inglaterra, y los cambios que produjo en la sociedad, especialmente en los campos de la política, la educación y la cultura. Las palabras clave en el título de esta tesis (“trabajo”, “cultura” “clase”), son todas complejas, abiertas a múltiples interpretaciones, y todas tienen sus raíces en la Revolución Industrial. Esto me lleva a desarrollar la idea de la cultura y el desarrollo de los estudios culturales como un campo distinto de la investigación. Examino la literatura producida por y sobre la clase obrera, con referencia particular al propio trabajo. En la segunda parte atiendo a la producción cultural en Inglaterra durante y después de la guerra, la cual incluye la obra de aquellos escritores que generalmente están agrupados como “the Angry Young Men”, para mostrar el ambiente contra el que Sillitoe escribió los libros examinados. Esto me lleva a los libros mismos, poniendo especial atención en el papel del trabajo, y la cultura en sus diferentes significados, lo cual incluye la ideología a la que los personajes están sujetos. En la tercera parte, examino las dos películas, como una evolución del movimiento del Free Cinema, y en los mismos términos usados para los libros, a saber, la descripción de los dos protagonistas en sus papeles respectivos en la sociedad y sus reacciones a la ideología de esa sociedad, y también en la descripción de la cultura. Finalmente, se sacan unas conclusiones, en las cuales el punto principal es que en estas dos obras Sillitoe demostró que la clase obrera tiene su propia cultura e ideología, y que éstas son diferentes y opuestas a la cultura e ideología dominantes en la sociedad en que viven.

Bakgrund: Ensamheten är ett komplext fenomen som förekommer i olika former och samtliga människor kommer troligen att uppleva någon form av ensamhet under livet. Med den stigande åldern följer olika livsförändringar som kan påverkar förekomsten av ensamhet. Närmare 60% av de äldre personerna i Sverige uppger att de känner sig ensamma. Eftersom ensamhet är en personlig upplevelse är det viktigt att sjuksköterskor arbetar personcentrerat för att kunna identifiera patientens enskilda behov och främja hälsan. Syfte: Syftet med denna litteraturstudie var att sammanställa äldre personers upplevelser av ensamhet. Metod: En litteraturstudie med kvalitativ ansats har genomförts, där tio kvalitativa studier från Cinahl och PubMed analyserats med en innehållsanalys. De inkluderade studierna har kvalitetsgranskas för att sedan sammanställas till ett resultat. Resultat: Från innehållsanalysen framträdde fem huvudkategorier; ensamhet ur olika synvinklar, förluster i livet, vikten av sociala relationer, en känsla av utanförskap och existentiella frågor. Ensamheten påverkades av olika livshändelser såsom efter ens partner avlidit, när det sociala nätverket minskades, efter pensionen och när familjemedlemmar prioriterade annat framför de äldre personerna. Resultatet visade på svårigheter med att sätta ord på ensamheten och berätta om den. Konklusion: De äldre personerna upplevde att fenomenet ensamhet både hade en positiv men framförallt en negativ inverkan på välbefinnandet. Det framkom att ensamhet var något mer än att vara ensam, utan den kan förstås som ett mångfacetterat fenomen med högst individuella upplevelser. Det är därför viktigt att sjuksköterskor har kunskap om ensamhet för att få en djupare förståelse för patientens upplevelser och behov.
Background: Loneliness is a complex phenomenon that occurs in different forms and all humans are likely to experience some form of loneliness during their lifetime. Life changing events can affect the appearance of loneliness and nearly 60% of the older people in Sweden have described themselves as lonely. Since loneliness is a personal experience it is important that nurses work person-centred to identify the patient’s individual needs and encourage health. Aim: The aim of this literature review was to summarize older peoples experiences of loneliness. Method: A literature review with qualitative approach has been made and 10 studies from Cinahl and PubMed have been analysed using a content analysis. The quality of the included studies has been reviewed and then compiled in a result. Results: From the content analysis five main categories appeared; different point of views of loneliness, losses in life, the importance of social relations, a feeling of abandonment and existential questions. The experience of loneliness was affected by life changing events such as the death of a spousal, decreasing social network, after retirement and at times when family members prioritized otherwise than the older people. The result shows the difficulties in describing loneliness and tell others about it. Conclusion: The older people experienced that the phenomenon of loneliness impacted on the well-being, both in a positive way but especially in a negative way. Loneliness emerged to be more than just being alone, it can be understood as a multifaced phenomenon with individual experiences. Therefore it´s important that the nurses have knowledge about loneliness to gain a deeper understanding for the patients experiences and needs.

The following is a collection of original poetry. The manuscript consists of an introduction explaining influences and style, and four chapters of poems categorized by subject matter: object/nature, writing/creativity, relationships, and family/figures. INDEX WORDS: Poetry, Poem

This dissertation attempts to show that the phenomenon of loneliness is written into Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient. The Introduction offers a description of the origins of loneliness as a field of study, presents key instances of loneliness in literature, and investigates the nature of loneliness. In the first chapter, the Villa is introduced as a figural and conceptual framework for analysis. The second chapter focuses on the patient’s room and the library, leading to a discussion of personal and existential loneliness, identity and naming. The third chapter investigates social loneliness with reference to the kitchen, garden and hallway, addressing notions of race and othering, home and family. The fourth chapter discusses the body and embodiment, as well as emotion and metaphor. The dissertation argues that the stylistic, thematic and structural features of The English Patient suggest and reflect the complexities and characteristics of loneliness.
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輔仁大學
跨文化研究所翻譯學碩士班
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The thesis aims to observe how classic features of The Well of Loneliness, an English lesbian classic fiction in the early 20th century, have been transformed with the change of time in the target culture. To achieve the aim, this study analyzes the translational strategies, or norms, of its two Chinese translations published in Taiwan. The classic features in this study refer to the two literary ambitions the author demonstrates throughout the book. One is the use of the term “invert,” which reflects different medico-scientific ideas from then sexologists, psychopathologists, and psychoanalysts, to challenge the Church’s accusation of immoralty. The other is the abundant use of Biblical allusions and metaphors that also serve to counter inverts’ stigma of sin in then society. Following the deductive research method proposed by Gideon Toury in Descriptive Translational Studies, the study focuses on (1) what translational norms have been applied to representing the two classic features in the two Chinese translations, and (2) how these norms reflect the two translations’ positions in the target culture, more towards classic literature or mass literature. Therefore, chapter two compares the two translators’ Chinese translations of the term “invert,” and observes how their choices match with the author’s writing ambition while also answering to the changing atmosphere in the receiving society. Then, chapter three analyzes the two translators’ representations of the Biblical allusions and metaphors, with Toury’s and Nida’s categorizations of metaphor translation and Bible translation. Chapter four looks at publishers’ arrangements for the two translations on their translator’s notes, introductory prefaces, front covers, back covers, and intertitles, using Toury’s, Gérard Genette’s, and Carmen Toledano-Buendía’s ideas of extratexts, or paratexts. The final chapter concludes some translational norms in construction of the two classic features in the two Chinese translations, and provides some advice and suggestions for future studies on the classic fiction’s future Chinese translations.

This thesis deals with the analysis of two novels by Juan José Millás (El desorden de tu nombre and La soledad era esto), in which it concentrates on the characters in difficult life situations and their feeling of loneliness. The first part of work examines Spanish postmodern literature after 1975 and its characteristics which can be found in the work of Millás. The second and principal part is dedicated both to the typology of characters and also to the topic of loneliness, its cause and outcome. The aim of this work is an attempt to define main events which have influence on the evolution and current condition of the characters that these have in common or, on the contrary, different. There will be also taken into consideration whether the protagonist is a man or a woman. The work will be also focused on protagonists' characters, their inner world, existential questions which the persons ask themselves and their search of lost identity.

Dissertação de Mestrado Integrado em Psicologia apresentada à Faculdade de Psicologia e de Ciências da Educação
A população mundial está a envelhecer, nesse contexto, é possível observar uma tendência para um maior isolamento social e solidão entre os idosos. As intervenções com base tecnológica surgem como alternativa em situações em que intervenções presenciais não são possíveis de serem realizadas, como no período da pandemia COVID-19 ou em casos de isolamento geográfico ou incapacidade de deslocamento devido a condições de saúde. Sendo assim, o objetivo desta revisão integrativa de literatura passa por investigar e descrever as intervenções que utilizem a tecnologia com o propósito de minimizar os efeitos do isolamento social e da solidão nessa população. Efetuou-se uma pesquisa sistemática da literatura tendo em consideração artigos que estudassem intervenções com base tecnológica e os seus efeitos na solidão e no isolamento social nos idosos. Para tal, pesquisaram-se artigos científicos publicados em língua inglesa nas bases de dados PUBMED, B-ON e Web of Science entre os anos de 2000 e 2020. A pesquisa nas bases de dados possibilitou o acesso a 270 artigos e a pesquisa manual a 2 artigos. Por fim, e depois de aplicados os critérios de inclusão e exclusão, foram selecionados 13 artigos para análise. Foram avaliadas características sociodemográficas, objetivos, medidas, design e principais resultados em relação às variáveis: solidão e isolamento social. Por meio de uma análise temática, constatou-se que atividades sociais baseadas na Internet, treino das habilidades tecnológicas, jogos digitais, grupo de exercícios físicos online, serviço de amizade, videoconferências, robôs sociais, e terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental de baixa intensidade por WhatsApp foram os tipos de intervenção utilizados nos artigos selecionados. Os resultados encontrados são encorajadores; a maior parte dos estudos analisados demonstra o potencial e a eficácia das intervenções terapêuticas com base tecnológica na redução da solidão e do isolamento social nos idosos. No entanto, ainda existem barreiras que precisam de ser solucionadas e aspetos que carecem de investigação (e.g. iliteracia digital), de modo a que o acesso às novas ferramentas tecnológicas seja facilitado para a população sénior.
The world population is aging, and in this process, we can observe a growing tendency towards the isolation and loneliness of the elderly. Technological interventions have become an alternative when face-to-face interactions are impossible, such as during COVID-19, or in cases when the elderly lives in secluded areas or is unable to reach treatment due to their health conditions. Considering this, the goal of this integrative literature review is to expound on possible technological interventions and strategies that aim to minimize the adverse effects among the elderly of social isolation and loneliness. The present literature review has systematically searched for articles which focus on Internet-based Interventions and how they affect the loneliness and social isolation of the elderly. To achieve this, papers published in English between 2000 and 2020 were collected from databases such as PUBMED, B-on, and Web of Science. In total, the search in the databases allowed electronic access to 270 articles and the manual search to 2 articles. After following several criteria necessary for the inclusion or exclusion of the papers in this review, 13 papers were selected for final analysis. This literature review assessed the sociodemographic characteristics, objectives, methodology, and main results directly related to the variables under investigation. A thematic analysis found that social interaction activities based on the Internet, training of digital skills, online games, online workout groups, befriending groups, video conferences, social robots, and Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (LI-CBT) via WhatsApp were the interventions of choice of the selected papers. The results are encouraging in that most studies reviewed reported on evidence that attest to the effectiveness of such treatments among the elderly. Still, barriers remain that need to be overcome and research gaps that need addressing (e.g. digital illiteracy). When these are done, access to new digital tools will be facilitated to this population.

Tese de mestrado em Estudos Anglísticos apresentada à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, 2007
O romance The Well of Loneliness (1928), de Radclyffe Hall, pode ser considerado um dos mais conhecidos romances lésbicos cujo título, pelo menos, é familiar. Identidade e representação são categorias que se influenciam reciprocamente, tornando-se, portanto, indispensável analisar o tipo de identidade lésbica retratada nesta obra. Será possível conceber um discurso ‘reversivo’, tal como definido por Foucault, numa obra que integra uma definição de sexualidade desviante adoptada da sexologia, assim como uma idealização da heterossexualidade? A protagonista, Stephen Gordon, é representada de acordo com a noção de invertida congénita dos sexólogos do século XIX. Alegadamente emancipatória, por permitir entender a homossexualidade como patologia em vez de pecado ou crime, a teoria da inversão sexual deve ser entendida como prejudicial no caso da homossexualidade feminina. Ao contrário da homossexualidade masculina, o lesbianismo nunca foi definido como crime em termos legislativos; não correspondendo a sua medicalização a qualquer tipo de progresso. Escrita em forma de súplica pelo direito à existência das/dos invertida/os, dirigida à sociedade, The Well of Loneliness não rejeita a heterossexualidade, embora represente o desejo como categoria fluida. Em oposição a Stephen, o protótipo da invertida, Mary Llewellyn significa uma identidade lésbica liberta da classificação da sexologia. Neste estudo, propomos analisar a teoria da inversão sexual e a construção da heterossexualidade como norma nesta obra. Para mais, a representação de personagens secundárias, como Mary ou Valérie, será apresentada como a alternativa ao modelo da sexologia representado por Stephen Gordon.
Abstract: Radclyffe Hall’s 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness is considered the one lesbian novel whose title, at least, is familiar to everyone. Since identity and representation influence each other reciprocally as far as cultural practices are concerned, one should ask what kind of lesbian identity is being depicted in this particular novel. Indebted to sexology’s definition of deviant sexuality and an all-pervading idealization of heterosexuality, does this novel allow for a ‘reverse’ discourse as defined by Foucault? Stephen Gordon, the protagonist, is represented in terms of the nineteenth-century sexologist’s female congenital invert notion. Allegedly liberating, since it conceptualised homosexuality as disease instead of sin or crime, the theory of sexual inversion might be seen as extremely damaging in case of female homosexuality. As opposed to male homosexuality, lesbianism never constituted a criminal act, which means that casting it in terms of congenital disease did not comprise any kind of progress. Written as a plea for society’s recognition of the invert’s right to existence, The Well of Loneliness does not reject heterosexuality, although desire is depicted as fluid. In opposition to Stephen, who emerges as the invert’s prototype, Mary Llewellyn signifies a lesbian identity liberated from sexological classifications. This study proposes to analyse the theory of sexual inversion and the construction of heterosexuality as a norm in this novel. Furthermore, the representation of secondary characters, such as Mary and Valérie, will be explored as alternatives to the sexological model represented by Stephen Gordon.

Dissertação de Mestrado em Estudos Francófonos apresentada à Universidade Aberta
Na literatura, várias cidades assumiram a condição de símbolos literários vinculados à escrita de autores significativos. Nas poéticas de Charles Baudelaire, Georges Rodenbach e Fernando Pessoa / Bernardo Soares, a cidade assume a condição de um universo simbólico, no qual as vivências mais profundas dos poetas encontram eco. Paris, Bruges e Lisboa são presenças permanentes nas obras destes três autores. Indo para além de meras descrições de cidades, geografias urbanas individuais vão com efeito emergir, verdadeiras formas de arte que acabam por tecer paisagens interiores bem singulares. As cidades que se lêem nas páginas de Le Spleen de Paris, Le Carillonneur e Livro do Desassossego confirmam-se como criações artísticas e tornam-se cidades literárias, reflexos de uma estética urbana particular. Pretendeu-se, assim, neste trabalho, através do estudo comparativo destas três obras e das poéticas por elas reveladas, detectar especificidades, semelhanças e diferenças no que à temática da cidade diz respeito.
In Literature, several cities have assumed the condition of literary symbols linked to the writing of meaningful writers. In the poetic works of Charles Baudelaire, Georges Rodenbach and Fernando Pessoa / Bernardo Soares, the city assumes the air of a symbolic universe in which echoes the poet’s deepest living experiences. Paris, Bruges and Lisbon are permanently present in each writer’s works. While exceeding simple description of cities, individual geographies indeed will emerge, true forms of art which end up weaving quite singular interior landscapes. The cities we read on the pages of Le Spleen de Paris, Le Carillonneur and Livro do Desassossego assume themselves as artistic creations becoming literary cities: the making of a unique urban aesthetics. It was intended in this work, through the comparative study of these three poetic works, to detect specificities, similarities and differences in the city thematic.
Dans la littérature, plusieurs villes ont assumé la condition de symboles littéraires liés à l’écriture d’auteurs significatifs. Dans les poétiques de Charles Baudelaire, Georges Rodenbach et Fernando Pessoa / Bernardo Soares, la ville détient la condition d’un univers symbolique, où les mémoires plus profondes des poètes trouvent leur écho. Paris, Bruges et Lisbonne sont des présences permanentes dans les oeuvres de ces trois écrivains. Tout en dépassant de simples descriptions de villes, des géographies individuelles vont en effet émerger, véritables formes d’art qui finissent par tisser de bien singuliers paysages intérieurs. Les villes qu’on lit dans les pages de Le Spleen de Paris, Le Carillonneur et Livro do Desassossego se confirment comme des créations artistiques et elles deviennent des villes littéraires, des reflets d’une esthétique urbaine particulière. On a voulu, ainsi, dans ce travail, par l’étude comparative de ces trois oeuvres et des poétiques qu’elles révèlent, détecter les spécificités, les similitudes et les différences en ce qui concerne la thématique de la ville.

Esta investigação pretende trazer à atualidade a memória de uma escritora esquecida no tempo, Luzia. Apresenta-se a vida e obra desta autora, bem como a sua receção na sociedade da época. É realizado um relato das crónicas das suas vivências, das suas viagens, vagabundagens, bem como da busca do “eu” que a autora enceta, e que nos dá a conhecer através da obra. Faz-se também um roteiro por todas as suas obras, buscando as imagens mais significativas, que comprova a existência de um reino mágico, no qual Luzia por vezes habita. É também realizada uma recolha de testemunhos da imprensa, anos depois de Luzia falecer, traçando qual a opinião que público e literatos tinham de Luzia, ao mesmo tempo que se tenta perceber os motivos que levaram ao esquecimento da escritora. São também evidenciados os traços que distinguiam Luzia como mulher e escritora na sua época.
This research aims to bring to present days the memory of a time forgotten writer, Luzia. We present the life and work of this author, as well as the reception it had in society at the time. We present a recollection of her experiences, travels, wanderings and the pursuit of "self" that the author transpires throughout her work. The author’s work is analyzed, seeking the most significant images, which proves the existence of a magical kingdom in which Luzia sometimes inhabits. It’s also provided a compilation of press clippings, years after Luzia died, converging the opinion of both laymen and scholars, of the writer and her work, while trying to understand the reasons that led her to oblivion. It’s also highlighted the traits that distinguished Luzia as a woman and writer in her days.