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Goodchild, Neil John English Media & Performing Arts Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences UNSW. "Liszt's technical studies: a methodology for the attainment of pianistic virtuosity." Awarded by:University of New South Wales, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38153.
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In 1970, the Hungarian publishing firm Editio Musica Budapest began a long term project, ending in 2005, that endeavored to compile and publish all Liszt's works in a complete edition titled, The New Liszt Edition (NLE). Through the efforts of this firm, Liszt's Technical Studies were published in the way that he had originally intended for the first time in 1983. Yet, although the eminent Liszt-scholar Michael Saffle has stated that 'Pedagogy is one of the most thoroughly-mined veins of Liszt material ever uncovered', academic discussions on Liszt's Technical Studies (Walker, 2005), his definitive pedagogical work for piano, are scarce. What it was that Liszt set out as being fundamental to the acquisition of pianistic virtuosity in the Technical Studies and the nature of its trajectory is generally unknown. Through an examination of the didactic instruction Liszt supplied in the Preface of the autograph manuscript to the Technical Studies and specific technical commentaries written by Mme. Auguste Boissier in her Liszt pedagogue, I will argue that the Technical Studies are built on six artistic and mechanical principles, exemplified by Liszt in the exercises, written to help the pianist acquire technical virtuosity. The methodical divisions of the work into sections that deal with specific mechanical objectives are illustrated with musical examples and their technical trajectory defined.
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Van, Dine Kara Lynn. "Musical Arrangements and Questions of Genre: A Study of Liszt's Interpretive Approaches." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2010. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28488/.
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Through his exceptional creative and performing abilities, Franz Liszt was able to transform compositions of many kinds into unified, intelligible, and pleasing arrangements for piano. Nineteenth-century definitions of "arrangement" and "Klavierauszug," which focus on the process of reworking a composition for a different medium, do not adequately describe Liszt's work in this area. His piano transcriptions of Schubert's songs, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and the symphonies of Beethoven are not note-for-note transcriptions; rather, they reinterpret the originals in recasting them as compositions for solo piano. Writing about Liszt's versions of Schubert's songs, a Viennese critic identified as "Carlo" heralded Liszt as the creator of a new genre and declared him to have made Schubert's songs the property of cultured pianists. Moreover, Liszt himself designated his work with Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique and the symphonies of Beethoven "Partitions de piano": literally, piano scores. As is well known, concepts of genre in general create problems for musicologists; musical arrangements add a new dimension of difficulty to the problem. Whereas Carl Dahlhaus identifies genre as a tool for interpreting composers' responses to the social dimension of music in the fabric of individual compositions, Jeffrey Kallberg perceives it as a "social phenomenon shared by composers and listeners alike." The latter concept provides a more suitable framework for discussing the genre of transcriptions, for their importance derives in large part from relationships between the original and the derivative works, both as constructed by Liszt and perceived by critics and audiences. During the nineteenth and early twentieth century's, Liszt's transcriptions of songs and symphonies were construed as both compositions for pianists and subsets of the originals. Consequently, these compositions should be studied for their own musical value as well as for the light that they shed on the original works. Liszt's transcriptions are derivative and at the same time created distinct genres.
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Bourgon, Julie. "Création, éthique et vérité : Broch et Blanchot ; suivi de, En trompe-l'oeil." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp01/MQ37193.pdf.
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Tasis, Moratinos Eduardo. "El exilio en la poesía de Tomás Segovia y Angelina Muñiz Huberman." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/1886.
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Tomás Segovia and Angelina Muñiz Huberman belong to a group of writers known as «Hispanomexicanos». Most approaches to this generation have been towards the role that exile plays in their early work, paying almost no attention to its role after that initial stage. These approaches have been limited to the first years of their work, in the belief that those writers subsequently moved on to deal with issues which are different from those in which their experience of exile is clearly the central topic. However, through an analysis of the poetry of Muñiz and Segovia, this thesis aims to show that exile continues to play a central role beyond that first stage. It argues that their exile is transformed into a series of symbols that come to constitute a shared style and, more importantly, it proposes that their experience of exile is transformed into a feeling of existential displacement which impels a search for meaning and belonging to the world. Consequently, the conclusion presented in this thesis is that exile plays a central role in their poetry, in the sense that it expresses the ways in which these two writers search and transmit meaning and attempt to feel part of the world. Ultimately, this thesis aims to set an example of approach which could be productively taken to study the work of other writers from this generation.
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Pham, Thien Truong. "Tanizaki Junʼichirō and the art of storytelling." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25504.
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This thesis deals with the storytelling art of Tanizaki Jun'ichirō. An esthete par excellence, this prolific writer produced for over half a century a string of works that are essentially dedicated to the glorification of art and beauty. This glorification in turn enhances the quality of life which, also in the author's view, is both a dream and a game. Art and beauty, dreams and games are virtually the building blocks of Tanizaki's fictional universe in which illusion and reality are meant to be complementary rather than opposing forces that govern human existence. Transplanting this fabulous world into the reader's heart is the result of Tanizaki's special skill in storytelling. An analysis of his four major works will hopefully bring this skill into full view.
Chapter One examines Tanizaki's early short story "Shisei" that marks his brilliant debut. Though marred by technical flaws, "Shisei" succeeds remarkably in luring the reader into a fairy-tale atmosphere where art and beauty are the only raison d'être. A sensuous style characterizes this lively tale and between the lines flows a life force that will become Tanizaki's trademark.
The theme of art and beauty is brought to a climax in "Shunkinshō" which is analysed in Chapter Two. The simple perspective of "Shisei" is now abandoned, giving way to a maze of multiple viewpoints that are there for the single purpose of hypnotizing the reader. The ultimate goal is to make the reader share the passion and devotion of an artist in the pursuit of the Ideal. The monogatari style is a feature of this novella and helps generate the ambiguity needed for the narrative.
Chapter Three deals with "Yume no ukihashi," a tale of dream and sensuality. Man's ambition to create and perpetuate dreams is given full treatment in this story in which illusions are the name of the game. Incest is also a thorny issue but Tanizaki seems to consciously skirt the problem with various devices.
Fùten rōjin nikki, Tanizaki's crowning novel, is the subject of Chapter Four. Everything that the author stands for in his writing is now brought into focus. Using the casual form of a diary, art motifs and erotic scenes are placed at well-calculated points so that structural balance is maintained throughout the story. A game-playing spirit and the overwhelming life force which starts with "Shisei" embody this last tour-de-force that proudly consolidates the author's fame.
This thesis, through the four works that are examined, can be considered an attempt to shed some light on the question of why and how Tanizaki fascinates the reader.Arts, Faculty of
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Bafna, Sonit. "A morphology of intentions : the historical interpretation of Mies van der Rohe's residenital [sic] designs." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23335.
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Sautter, Sabine. "Irrationality and the development of subjectivity in major novels by William Faulkner, Hermann Broch, and Virginia Woolf." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape9/PQDD_0017/NQ55379.pdf.
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Miller, Marc 1969. "The persona "Moyshe-Leyb" in the poetry of M.L. Halpern." Thesis, McGill University, 1996. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=24096.
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While much has been written on the Yiddish poet Moyshe-Leyb Halpern, there is a paucity of critical material which deals with the issue of persona in his poetry. This is unfortunate since the use of persona takes centre stage in Halpern's oeuvre. This work will discuss the issue of persona in Halpern's poems, and will focus specifically on one of Halpern's personae: "Moyshe-Leyb." I will begin with an overview of the relevant literary criticism on Halpern, and a discussion of the major themes found in his poetry. Furthermore, I will discuss Halpern's connection to literary modernism, and this movement's paradigm of persona. Finally, I will examine Halpern's possible motivations for choosing a persona with his own name, and the themes and issues found in these poems.
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Tongra-ar, Rapin. "Fanny Fern: A Social Critic in Nineteenth-Century America." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1995. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc278370/.
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This dissertation explores Fanny Fern's literary position and her role as a social critic of American lives and attitudes in the nineteenth-century. A reexamination of Fern's literary and non-literary works sheds light on her firm stand for the betterment of all mankind. The diversity and multiplicity of Fern's social criticism and her social reform attitudes, evident in Ruth Hall. Rose Clark, and in voluminous newspaper articles, not only prove her concern for society's well-being, but also reflect her development of and commitment to her writing career.
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Smith, Laurel A. "A genre revised in the epic poetry of H.D. and Gwendolyn Brooks." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/776700.
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In the canon of twentieth century American poetry, "long poems" or "anti-epics" or epic poems represent a formidable genre. Defining epic poetry has proved difficult in our modern era, and the possibility that women might write epics is not often considered. This study includes a review of the literature that may define the epic genre and of the literature that contributes to our understanding of a tradition of women's poetry in American literature. The review of both issues--possible epic poetry and women's poetic tradition--is a necessary prerequisite for considering the argument that H.D.'s iielen in Eavpt and Gwendolyn Brooks's In the Mecca are twentieth century epics. With the focus on a female heroine, on personal and interpersonal values, and on a reconsideration of cultural lieroism, these poems are important literary contributions in addition to being "revised" epics.A revision of the epic signifies that the poet has found a way to accomplish individual expression in this familiar genre, a genre characterized by narration, cultural themes that may be didactic, and multiple voices for the poet. H.D. and Brooks have revised the genre of epic poetry in unusual ways. H.D. has taken a legendary figure, Helen of Troy, and made her the primary speaker and the seeker of truth. Instead of the classical glorification of war, Helen's quest includes a renunciation of war and a reconsideration of the ways we know ourselves and our history. Brooks has made an "unknown" black woman the center of her urban epic. Mrs. Sallie's quest, initiated by the real search for a missing daughter, becomes a quest for the meaning of family, community, and selfhood.Revising the genre was a unique process for both H.D. and Brooks, and studying Helen and Mecca together emphasizes the diverse traditions--literary and nonliterary--that may elucidate our understanding of each poem. Moreover, only refers to a "a genre revised" by H.D. and Brooks not only refers to a revision of epic poetry but to poetry as a whole. Each woman created her own blend of "traditions and individual talent" in order to produce Helen in Egypt and In the Mecca.Department of English
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Hogue, Cynthia Anne. "Figuring woman (out): Feminine subjectivity in the poetry of Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, and H.D." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/185054.
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Historically, women have not been "speaking subjects" but "spoken objects" in Western culture--the ground on which male-dominated constructions have been erected. In literature, women have been conventionally held as the silent and silenced other. Lyric poetry especially has idealized not only the entrenched figures of masculine subject/feminine object, but poetry itself as the site of prophecy, vision, Truth. Most dramatically in lyric poetry then, the issue of women as subjects has been collapsed into Woman as object, that figure who has been the sacrifice necessary for the production of lyric "song" and the consolidation of the unified masculine voice. It has thus been difficult for women poets to take up the position of speaking subject, most particularly because of women's problematic relationship to Woman. Recent feminist theorists have explored female subjectivity, how women put into hegemonic discourse "a possible operation of the feminine." This dissertation analyzes that possibility in poetry as exemplified in the works of Emily Dickinson, Marianne Moore, and H.D. I contend that these paradigmatic American poets constitute speaking subjects in their poetry that both figure Woman conventionally and reconfigure it, i.e. subvert the stability of those representations, thereby disturbing our view. I argue that this double identification produces, in effect, a divided or split subjectivity that is enabling for the female speaker. As an alternative to the traditionally specularized figure of Woman then, such a position opens up distinctly counter-hegemonic spaces in which to constitute the female subject, rendering problematic readerly consumption of the image of Woman as a totality. I explore the attempts to represent women's difference differently--the tenuous accession to, rejection of, or play with the lyric "I" in these poets' works. Dickinson, Moore, and H.D. reconfigure Woman and inscribe female speakers as grammatically and rhetorically, but not necessarily visually, present, thereby frustrating patriarchal economies of mastery and possession.
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Pollard, Matthew. "The bodies of Kleist : aspects of corporeality in his dramatic works." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=35047.
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This dissertation examines the representations of the body in the completed dramatic works of Heinrich von Kleist (1777--1811). While taking into account the psychoanalytical and philosophical approaches to Kleist, this project has Heiner Miller's words as its point of departure: that the theater represents the collision of ideas with the body. The forces of power, gender and authority leave their traces of this collision on the bodies of his characters, whose metaphorical and literal falls, wounds and recoveries speak their own gestural language.This study is organized on the principle of Kleist's use of genre designation, the approximate chronological order of his plays, and the representation of the body. Chapter one focuses on Die Familie Schroffenstein, Der zerbrochne Krug, and Amphitryon and the notion of bodily authenticity and integrity; chapter two, on Die Hermannsschlacht and Penthesilea, looks at the spectacle of violence and its effect on the body mobilized by emotional extremity; the third chapter, on Kleist's most celebrated works, Prinz Friedrich von Homburg and Das Kathchen von Heilbronn, examines aspects of gender and vulnerability. The conclusion views his essay "Uber das Marionettentheater" not as a key to understanding his works, but rather as a culmination of them, and investigates Kleist's writing on the wounded body and its connection to grace.
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Jeannotte, Valérie. "Temps morts : la femme qui tue la mort chez Théophile Gautier." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=99725.
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This thesis analyses the figure of the mythicized women as an attempt to escape the threat of time and death that is typical in Gautier's fictional narratives. In "La Cafetiere", "Omphale", "Le Pied de momie", "La Morte amoureuse" and "Arria Marcella", the feminine characters belong to both earthly and heavenly opposite realities. This study is based on several works such as Gilbert Durand's Structures anthropologiques de l'imaginaire, Georges Poulet's Etudes sur le temps humain and Mircea Eliade's Aspects du mythe. In the creation work part, nostalgia is introduced through characters that are overwhelmed by the death or the disappearance of a loved one.
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Paddock, Virginia Lee. "Madness as metaphor : a study of mysticism in the life and art of Emily Dickinson." Virtual Press, 1991. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/762988.
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The present study establishes a more full and accurate understanding of the importance of mysticism in the art and life of Emily Dickinson, and shows that because of the physiological changes endured by the mystic and the unique relationship between mysticism and madness, what might be read literally as madness (psychosis) in Dickinson's poems should be seen as a metaphor for the dark counterpoint of the mystical cycle.Chapter One establishes a necessary background on mysticism and discusses the effects of mystical experience on the mind and body of the mystic. As the mystic undergoes spiritual purification, she will be changed physiologically because the central nervous system has to be cultured and strengthened to withstand the changes created by the transcendental level of consciousness.Chapter Two chronologically documents Dickinson's mystical achievement, using her letters as the primary source and Evelyn Underhill's five stages of mystical development as the base of measurement. Dickinson achieved the first mystic life-Awakening, Purgation, and Illumination. Hints of the Dark Night of the Soul may be seen in her later years, but there does not appear to be firm evidence that it was ever fully established. Oscillating between states of pain and pleasure throughout her life, she did not achieve the perfect serenity, peace, and certitude that characterizes Union. Chapter Three examines the symbiotic relationship between mysticism and madness, to show that they share a common source and the end result depends on the preparedness of the individual. Chapter Four examines selected poems, written from 1859-65, from the perspective that Dickinson is a mystic describing mystical experience rather than a psychotic describing insanity. Chapter Four, as does Chapter Three, refers to the interpretation of Dickinson's poetry made by the Freudian psychiatrist, Dr. John Cody, because his interpretation has made the strongest argument for literal madness in Dickinson's work. Chapter Three shows the insufficiency of the argument to explain Dickinson, other mystics, and two of the parallel cases Cody used to support his thesis; Chapter Four demonstrates the same insufficiency when applied to Dickinson's poems of madness, terror, and despair. Chapter Five briefly examines the relationship between Dickinson, the mystic, and Dickinson, the poet.Department of English
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Roberts, Timothy Paul English UNSW. "Little terrors:the child???s threat to social order in the Victorian bildungsroman." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. English, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/23930.
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This thesis is a study of rebellious child protagonists in Victorian bildungsroman. It discusses five novels ??? Jane Eyre, The Mill on the Floss, What Maisie Knew, Vanity Fair and Kim ??? that feature ???radical child??? protagonists who use indirect methods of narrative control to resist conservative models of character development. It argues that these novels form a subset of subversive English bildungsromane, which threaten the genre???s traditionally liberal values. Theories of narrative desire, reader seduction and discursive manipulation are used to reveal how the radical child in the Victorian bildungsroman takes command of the reader???s sympathy and gains power over the realist text, despite its physical and social powerlessness. Especially important is the presence of a fantasy counterplot, which coexists with, and ultimately undermines, the bildungsroman???s realistic surface narrative of successful socialisation. The counterplot allows radical child protagonists to develop in a non-linear manner that contradicts bourgeois ideals of stable progress. Focusing instead on sites of rupture between the individual and society, subversive bildungsromane resist both the dialectical model of character, which aims to harmoniously unite the protagonist with the realist world, and the dialogic model of interaction, which requires the restriction of personal liberty for the common good. This rebellious child in the Victorian bildungsroman thus represents an assault on the genre???s democratic ideals. Rejecting compromise, the radical child replaces the bildungsroman???s central ethic of interpersonal responsibility with an individualistic ethic of domination. Indeed, the thesis argues that the appeal of such child protagonistslies in their rejection of the obligatory, but anticlimactic, exchange of freedom for security that underpins the realist bildungsroman???s social contract, a rejection attractive to the reader precisely because it is unrealisable in reality. Finally, the thesis compares this radical child with the Gothic monster. While the monster is punished for its subversion, the radical child???s counterplot enables it to enact most of its subversive desires unpunished. The conservative English bildungsroman thus becomes a more effective way of representing asocial energies than the more obviously radical Gothic genre, which openly displays its anti-democratic sentiments.
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Nuckels, Rosa Turner. "Visions of Light In the Poetry of William Blake and Emily Dickinson." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc279349/.
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In this study the author compares the broad outlines of Blake's and Dickinson's thought, pointing out evidence of decisive Biblical influence not only on the content of their thought but on their attitude toward language as well. the author argues that both poets assumed the philosophical position of Job as they interpreted the Bible independently and as they explored many dimensions of experience in the fallen world. The author represents their thought not as a fixed system but as a faith-based pattern of Christian/Platonic questing for truth.
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Prothero, James. "The influence of Wordsworth on twentieth-century Anglo-Welsh poets." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2005. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683327.
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Price, Kenneth Robert 1962. ""Nobody knows, so still it flows"—The Discourse of Water in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson." Thesis, University of North Texas, 1996. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc277904/.
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Emily Dickinson's use of water as a dominant poetic trope differs from typical religious archetypal associations with baptism, cleansing, and rebirth. Dickinson transforms rather than recapitulates established theological concepts, borrowing and adapting Biblical themes to suit her artistic purposes.
Dickinson's water poems are the poet's means of initiating a discourse with God. Dickinson's poems, however, portray the poet's seeking communion and finding only a silent response to her attempts to initiate an exchange with God. Unable to find requital to her needs for discourse, Dickinson uses Biblical imagery to vindicate ultimately abandoning the orthodox tenets of Calvinism.
Resenting the unresponsiveness of God, particularly if the solitude she experiences has been imposed through His will rather than her own, Dickinson poetically reverses roles with God to establish her autonomy, looking instead to the reader of her poetry to requite her need for discourse. And as interaction is seen as a need that Dickinson must have realized, poetry may then be understood as the poet's invitation of the reader into the discourse she finds lacking in God.
Refuting Calvinist doctrines allows the poet to validate her autonomy as well. Instead of following a course of life prescribed by God, Dickinson demonstrates her resistance to suppliance through water. Dickinson refuses to follow God's guidance unquestioningly because merely being part of a collective who follow an indifferent god provides no lasting distinction for a poet seeking immortality.
Having broken the union with God and established her god-like identity as a poet, Dickinson turns to the similar use of Biblical language in her poetry to establish the communion with her reader that she finds lacking in her relationship with God. Dickinson then strengthens this bond with the reader by asserting that divinity is present in every individual not suppressed by the restraining presence of God.
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McSwain, Jeffrey Y. "Simul sanctification : Karl Barth's appropriation of Luther's dictum 'simul iustus et peccator'." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/11818.
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‘Simul sanctification' is a transformational program for sanctification derived from Karl Barth's radical appropriation of Luther's dictum simul iustus et peccator. Barth's simul establishes the Christological link of the Second Adam with every human being. From this emerges what I contend is a ‘Chalcedonian anthropology' built on a double-duality: the original Chalcedonian formulation gives rise to a second duality revealed within Christ's one human person—the duality of a true, iustus humanity and a corrupt, peccator humanity. In order to appreciate the benefits regarding Barth's Spirit-charged epistemological program for sanctification and conversion, it will be imperative to elucidate the comprehensive nature of Barth's actualism as a way of establishing Barth's view of humanity's dynamic and free iustitia in Christ. Central to assessing the threat of the peccatum determination will be an examination of Barth's theology of the cross, especially in regards to his single subject economy derived from the person of ‘Jesus Christ and him crucified.' Through Barth's assessment of the cross I exposit the similarities and the differences between Chalcedonian Christology and ‘Chalcedonian anthropology;' the latter duality is proven by resurrection revelation to be ultimately provisional in nature. From here I probe Barth's position regarding the annulment of the simul as well as its beginning. By investigating Barth's doctrine of creation I argue that Barth's simul is reflective of the original antithesis between God and nothingness, the darkness under which Christ first placed himself so that humans would know both his solidarity in the darkness and his victory over it. Christians continue to dwell in the overlap of the simul's two mutually exclusive determinations, but by looking through Barth's simul to our true, created and redeemed humanity in Christ we are equipped to interpret our lives and the world around us most hopefully.
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Wright, Ross M. "Karl Barth's academic lectures on Ephesians (Göttingen, 1921-1922) : an original translation, annotation, and analysis." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/399.
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This thesis consists of an original translation, annotation, and analysis of Karl Barth’s Academic lectures on Ephesians, delivered in Göttingen, winter semester, 1921-1922. The translation is composed from a typescript of Barth’s handwritten manuscript, located in the Karl Barth Archives, Basel, and is annotated for scholarly research, including complete bibliographical information on Barth’s sources. Barth’s exposition is a detailed exegesis of the Greek text of Eph. 1:1-23, comprising 13 lectures, with a summary of Ephesians 2-6 in the final chapter. Materially and formally, the exposition strongly resembles Romans II and Barth’s 1919 sermons on Ephesians, which the study examines. It also exhibits the theological objectivity of the Göttingen period, chiefly because of Barth’s explication of gnosis in Ephesians and his appropriation of Calvin’s theology of the knowledge of God. Barth made a material discovery in his study of Ephesians that fundamentally shaped his subsequent theology. He observes in Eph. 1:3-14 a train of thought which witnesses to God’s action to the creature in Christ and the creature’s subsequent movement to God. He concludes that we have come from God, who has chosen us in eternal election, and we are moving toward the glory of God, our divinely appointed goal. The exposition’s central theme is expressed in Barth’s claim that “the knowledge of God is the presupposition” and “the goal” of human existence. The distinguishing mark of Barth’s theological exegesis is its concreteness, that is, his ability to speak about the text’s contemporary meaning without lapsing into theological abstraction. This concreteness is the consequence of his theological hermeneutic. He describes the interpretive event as a field of action, consisting of the biblical text, the activity of the interpreter, and the divine speech act.
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Bromling, Laura Cappello, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "From the pens of the contrivers : perspectives on fiction in the nineteenth-century novel." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2003, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/154.
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This thesis investigates the way that moral and aesthetic concerns about the relationship between fiction and reality are manifested in the work of particular novelists writing at different periods in the nineteenth century, Chapter One examines an early-century subgenre of the novel that features deluded female readers who fail to differentiate between fantasy and reality, and who consequently attempt to live their lives according to foolish precepts learned from novels. The second chapter deals with the realist aesthetic of W. M. Thackeray; focusing on the techniques by which his fiction marks its own relationship both to less realistic fiction and to reality itself. The final chapter discusses Oscar Wilde's critical stance that art is meaningful and intellectually satisfying, while reality and realism are aesthetically worthless: it then goes on the explore how these ideas play out in his novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray.iv, 120 leaves ; 28 cm.
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Lima, Leandro Siqueira. "Glória e legado do primeiro romântico: Gonçalves de Magalhães." Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, 2009. http://repositorio.ufes.br/handle/10/6457.
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Previous issue date: 2009-06-22This study concerns itself with the works of Gonçalves de Magalhães the usherer of romanticism in Brasil , the age in which he emerged and the criticism for and against the almost forgotten author. In the intention of investigating these, a common denominator was found in 3 principal works of the carioca author: the poem Carta ao meu amigo Dr. Candido Borges Monteiro , the article Ensaio sobre a História da Literatura Brasileira and the inaugural volume of poems in the Romantic Movement, Suspiros poéticos e saudades. This denominator the author in search of a justification for his creative activity is in exaggerations of reference to himself, and are exposed with total sincerity in works with little attraction, influencing generations of criticism to observe the figure of the author at the loss of his works
Este trabalho tem interesse pela obra de Gonçalves de Magalhães, o introdutor do romantismo no Brasil, pela época de sua inscrição e pela crítica construída contra e a favor desse escritor quase esquecido. Na intenção de investigá-las, levantou-se um denominador comum em três obras principais do autor carioca: o poema Carta ao meu amigo Dr. Candido Borges Monteiro , o artigo Ensaio sobre a História da Literatura Brasileira e o volume de poemas inaugurador do movimento romântico, os Suspiros poéticos e saudades. Tal denominador o escritor em busca de uma justificativa para sua atividade criadora dá-se pelo exagero das referências a si mesmo, e que reveladas com total franqueza em meio a uma obra pouco atraente, influenciou as gerações de crítica a observar a figura do autor em detrimento de suas produções
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Hart, Hilary 1969. "Sentimental spectacles : the sentimental novel, natural language, and early film performance." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/297.
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Advisor: Mary E. Wood.
xii, 181 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm. Print copy also available for check out and consultation in the University of Oregon's library under the call number: PS374.S714 H37 2004.The nineteenth-century American sentimental novel has only in the last twenty years received consideration from the academy as a legitimate literary tradition. During that time feminist scholars have argued that sentimental novels performed important cultural work and represent an important literary tradition. This dissertation contributes to the scholarship by placing the sentimental novel within a larger context of intellectual history as a tradition that draws upon theoretical sources and is a source itself for later cultural developments. In examining a variety of sentimental novels, I establish the moral sense philosophy as the theoretical basis of the sentimental novel's pathetic appeals and its theories of sociability and justice. The dissertation also addresses the aesthetic features of the sentimental novel and demonstrates again the tradition's connection to moral sense philosophy but within the context of the American elocution revolution. I look at natural language theory to render more legible the moments of emotional spectacle that are the signature of sentimental aesthetics. The second half of the dissertation demonstrates a connection between the sentimental novel and silent film. Both mediums rely on a common aesthetic storehouse for signifying emotions. The last two chapters of the dissertation compare silent film performance with emotional displays in the sentimental novel and in elocution and acting manuals. I also demonstrate that the films of D. W. Griffith, especially The Birth of a Nation, draw upon on the larger conventions of the sentimental novel.
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Notarangelo, Maria Luisa Douglas. "Connecting composition and literature through the rhetorical situation." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2146.
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This thesis suggests that the idea of the rhetorical situation-a work's text (or language), author, audience, and social context-can serve as a connection between literature, literary theory, and composition studies. Criticisms of Emily Dickinson's Poem 754 are presented, and each is categorized according to the element of the rhetorical situation upon which it focuses.
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Li, Jing. "Problematics of self in moral space : a study of Willa Cather, Susan Glaspell and H.D." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2010. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1177.
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Phiri, Aretha Myrah Muterakuvanthu. "Toni Morrison and the literary canon whiteness, blackness, and the construction of racial identity." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002255.
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Toni Morrison, in Playing in the Dark, observes the pervasive silence that surrounds race in nineteenth-century canonical literature. Observing the ways in which the “Africanist” African-American presence pervades this literature, Morrison has called for an investigation of the ways in which whiteness operates in American canonical literature. This thesis takes up that challenge. In the first section, from Chapters One through Three, I explore how whiteness operates through the representation of the African-American figure in the works of three eminent nineteenth-century American writers, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain. The texts studied in this regard are: Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Leaves of Grass, and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This section is not concerned with whether these texts constitute racist literature but with the ways in which the study of race, particularly whiteness, reveals the contradictions and insecurities that attend (white American) identity. As such, Morrison’s own fiction, written in response to white historical representations of African-Americans also deserves attention. The second section of this thesis focuses on Morrison’s attempt to produce an authentically “black” literature. Here I look at two of Morrison’s least studied but arguably most contentious novels particularly because of what they reveal of Morrison’s complex position on race. In Chapter Four I focus on Tar Baby and argue that this novel reveals Morrison’s somewhat essentialist position on blackness and racial, cultural, and gendered identity, particularly as this pertains to responsibilities she places on the black woman as culture-bearer. In Chapter Five I argue that Paradise, while taking a particularly challenging position on blackness, reveals Morrison’s evolving position on race, particularly her concern with the destructive nature of internalized racism. This thesis concludes that while racial identities have very real material consequences, whiteness and blackness are ideological and social constructs which, because of their constructedness, are fallible and perpetually under revision.
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Bailly, Jean-Jacques. "Eros et infini: essai sur les écrits de Marc-Alain Ouaknin." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211049.
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Les principaux livres de Ouaknin ont constitué un matériau de choix me permettant de poser deux questions par hypothèse liées l’une à l’autre :
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Cloutier, David 1948. "A Comparison of the Transcription Techniques of Godowsky and Liszt as Exemplified in Their Transcriptions of Three Schubert Lieder." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1987. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc331767/.
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This investigation sought to compare the transcription techniques of two pianist-composers, Godowsky and Liszt, using three Schubert lieder as examples. The lieder were "Das Wandern" from Die Schöne Müllerin, "Gute Nacht" from Winterreise, and "Liebesbotschaft" from Schwanengesang. They were compared using four criteria: tonality, counterpoint, timbral effects, and harmony. Liszt, following a practice common in the nineteenth century, was primarily concerned with bringing new music into the home of the domestic pianist. The piano transcription was the most widely used and successful medium for accomplishing this. Liszt also frequently transcribed pieces of a particular composer in order to promulgate them by featuring them in his recitals. The Schubert lieder fall into this category. Liszt did not drastically alter the original in these compositions. Indeed, in the cases of "Liebesbotschaft" and "Das Wandern," very little alteration beyond the incorporation of the melody into the piano accompaniment, occurs.Godowsky, in contrast, viewed the transcription as a vehicle for composing a new piece. He intended to improve upon the original by adding his own inspiration to it. Godowsky was particularly ingenious in adding counterpoint, often chromatic, to the original. Examples of Godowsky's use of counterpoint can be found in "Das Wandern" and "Gute Nacht." While Liszt strove to remain faithful to Schubert's intentions, Godowsky exercised his ingenuity at will, being only loosely concerned with the texture and atmosphere of the lieder. "Gute Nacht" and "Liebesbotschaft" are two examples that show how far afield Godowsky could stray from the original by the addition of chromatic voicing and counterpoint. Godowsky*s compositions can be viewed as perhaps the final statement on the possibilities of piano writing in the traditional sense. As such these works deserve to be investigated and performed.
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Niwa-Heinen, Maureen Anne. "Relational narrative desire : intersubjectivity and transsubjectivity in the novels of H.D. and Virginia Woolf." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/342.
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Stocks, Lynette. "Gautier critique: liberte, fraternité et la défense du réalisme." Thesis, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/69454.
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In considering the art criticism of Théophile Gautier, this thesis looks at the role of art in the society of the industrial revolution. It also looks at the critical climate, and the aims and the nature of Gautier’s art criticism, and examines the role which Gautier played in the renaissance of the Realist aesthetic in 19th century France.Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Adelaide, School of Humanities, 2006
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"曾國藩詩學觀探論." 2007. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5893406.
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吳巧雲."2007年9月".
論文(哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2007.
參考文獻(leaves 146-153).
"2007 nian 9 yue".
Abstract also in English.
Wu Qiaoyun.
Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2007.
Can kao wen xian (leaves 146-153).
Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論
Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究緣起 --- p.1
Chapter 第二節 --- 前人硏究曾氏詩學成果述評 --- p.3
Chapter 第三節 --- 硏究方法、材料及目標 --- p.6
Chapter 第二章 --- 詩歌批評觀
Chapter 第一節 --- 《十八家詩鈔》成書過程和編撰動機 --- p.8
Chapter 第二節 --- 對前代詩人的選評 --- p.15
Chapter 第三節 --- 論詩體 --- p.33
Chapter 第四節 --- 詩歌評語論說 --- p.43
Chapter 第三章 --- 詩歌創作、鑑賞論
Chapter 第一節 --- 詩歌創作論 --- p.72
Chapter 第二節 --- 聲調說：詩文以聲調爲本 --- p.84
Chapter 第三節 --- 曾氏詩歌創作實踐以及後世之評價 --- p.92
Chapter 第四章 --- 曾國藩論詩與當時詩壇之關係
Chapter 第一節 --- 曾氏詩學與桐城詩派的淵源 --- p.103
Chapter 第二節 --- 曾氏論詩與道、咸間宋詩派學說之異同 --- p.127
Chapter 第三節 --- 小結 --- p.140
Chapter 第五章 --- 結語 --- p.143
參考資料 --- p.146
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"《黑奴籲天錄》的敘事者與譯文操縱." 2000. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5895839.
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張婉麗."2000年8月"
論文 (哲學碩士)--香港中文大學, 2000.
參考文獻 (leaves 208-219)
附中英文摘要.
"2000 nian 8 yue"
Zhang Wanli.
Lun wen (zhe xue shuo shi)--Xianggang Zhong wen da xue, 2000.
Can kao wen xian (leaves 208-219)
Fu Zhong Ying wen zhai yao.
摘要 --- p.i
前言 --- p.v
目錄
Chapter 第一章 --- 引言 --- p.1
Chapter 第二章 --- 小說敘事者與操縱理論 --- p.8
Chapter 2.1 --- 小說的敘事者 --- p.8
Chapter 2.2 --- 操縱理論 --- p.14
Chapter 2.3 --- 《黑奴籲天錄》的敘事者與譯文操縱 --- p.24
Chapter 第三章 --- 《黑奴籲天錄》的翻譯背景 --- p.26
Chapter 3.1 --- 原文的内容 --- p.26
Chapter 3.2 --- 原文的文化系統 --- p.28
Chapter 3.2.1 --- 政治 --- p.28
Chapter 3.2.2 --- 宗教 --- p.3 2
Chapter 3.2.3 --- 婦女地位 --- p.33
Chapter 3.2.4 --- 作者 --- p.35
Chapter 3.3 --- 對 Uncle Tom´ةs Cabin 的評論 --- p.40
Chapter 3.4 --- 譯文的文化系統 --- p.48
Chapter 3.4.1 --- 政治 --- p.49
Chapter 3.4.2 --- 教會的活動 --- p.52
Chapter 3.4.3 --- 婦女地位 --- p.53
Chapter 3.4.4 --- 翻譯的功利主義 --- p.55
Chapter 3.4.5 --- 譯者 --- p.58
Chapter 3.4.5.1 --- 林纾 --- p.58
家庭 --- p.58
政治思想 --- p.60
婦女觀 --- p.63
文學作品 --- p.65
Chapter (一） --- 創作及文學觀 --- p.65
Chapter (二） --- 翻譯及翻譯觀 --- p.68
Chapter 3.4.5.2 --- 魏易 --- p.73
Chapter 3.5 --- 對《黑奴籲天錄》的評論 --- p.75
Chapter 第四章 --- 《黑奴籲天錄》的敘事者（一） ´ؤ´ؤ宗教的表述及婦女形象的表述 --- p.85
Chapter 4.1 --- 宗教的表述 --- p.86
Chapter 4.1.1 --- 基督教與小說中的人物 --- p.89
Tom與湯姆 --- p.90
Cassy與凱雪 --- p.107
Quimbo與昆蒲、Sambo與三蒲 --- p.110
Topsy與托弗收 --- p.112
其他 --- p.115
George與哲而治 --- p.116
Chapter 4.1.2 --- 基督教與敘事者聲音 --- p.126
Chapter 4.1.3 --- 宗教的表述´ؤ´ؤ總結 --- p.135
Chapter 4.2 --- 婦女形象的表述 --- p.137
Chapter 4.2.1 --- 婦女形象 --- p.138
婦女角色 --- p.138
女性讀者 --- p.148
Chapter 4.2.2 --- 廚房的比喻 --- p.156
Chapter 4.2.3 --- 婦女形象的表述´ؤ´ؤ總結 --- p.164
Chapter 第五章 --- 《黑奴籲天錄》的敘事者（二） ´ؤ´ؤ敘事距離與奴隸制度的關係 --- p.166
Chapter 5.1 --- 敘事者與小說人物的距離 --- p.166
Chapter 5.2 --- 敘事者與讀者的距離 --- p.172
Chapter 5.3 --- 總結 --- p.184
Chapter 第六章 --- 結語 --- p.187
Chapter 6.1 --- 譯者對敘事者的操縱 --- p.187
Chapter 6.2 --- 「忠實的譯者」 --- p.199
參考書目 --- p.208
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Douglas, William N. "Futures far and near : the science fiction of Olaf Stapledon." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/151075.
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Olaf Stapledon is lauded by authors and critics of science fiction as the author of seminal works of twentieth century science fiction, including the early novels, Last and First Men (1930), Odd John (1935), and Star Maker (1937). Stapledon, however, did not consider himself to be a science fiction writer, and drafted these three novels largely in ignorance of genre science fiction. An examination of Stapledon's life reveals him to have been, in essence, a lecturer and public speaker, and a teacher in adult education, in the area of philosophy in particular. Stapledon's approach to these early novels was as a pedagogue and public intellectual. The challenge of reconciling Olaf Stapledon's production of these texts in ignorance of the bases of genre science fiction with their reception as defining pillars of that genre, can be met by illustrating the manner in which Stapledon, through his novels, engaged rigorously with contemporary systems of knowledge, and extrapolated from them potential futures. Nowhere is this more evident than in Stapledon's consistent, and consistently ambivalent, engagement with the theories and ideas of Sigmund Freud. In Last and First Men, Stapledon engages with Darwinian and Freudian accounts of human development, through his use of evolutionary projections of humanity's future as a vehicle to explore the implications of such changes on the individual and their society. In Odd John, Stapledon considers more closely potential changes in the individual psyche which might equip individuals to realise a utopian society, and contrasts these with perceived limitations in humanity's current mental apparatus. In Star Maker, Stapledon explores the nature of the human urge to worship and the significance of this urge for the individual and for society in light of the world view of secular modernity. In these novels Stapledon engages optimistically with futurity, consistently considering and drawing on contemporary systems of knowledge to explore the future implications of potential change. In so doing, Stapledon has created texts which adhere to the tenets of science fiction, and which have demonstrably engaged with issues that science fiction texts into the twenty-first century have continued to explore.
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Pillay, Ivan Pragasan. ""Could it be madness - this?" : bipolar disorder and the art of containment in the poetry of Emily Dickinson." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/827.
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This dissertation engages in a critical analysis of the poetry of Emily Dickinson which, to me, suggests that the poet suffered from a type of manic-depression known specifically in psychiatric parlance as bipolar disorder. I argue that although Dickinson experienced much pain and suffering she learnt, through time, to address, understand and contain adversity - that ultimately, she transformed these experiences into the raw materials for poetic creation. Dickinson's poetic achievements are often obscured by a misunderstanding of her mental and emotional constitution. This thesis provides an alternative to the views of those commentators who maintain that Emily Dickinson was insane, neurotic or delusional. I intend, ultimately, to offer the reader a fresh insight into Emily Dickinson's poetry by reading it from the assumption that she suffered from bipolar disorder.Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2007.
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Lin, Wan-yu, and 林菀榆. "The Analysis and Interpretation of “Ballade in b Minor, No. 2” by Franz Liszt (1811-1886)." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/80177884569003242026.
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碩士東吳大學
音樂學系
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Abstract The purpose of this thesis is to analyze and discuss the interpretation of Ballade in b Minor by Franz Liszt. Liszt is one of the most important musicians in the Romantic Period. He composed two ballades. His first ballade, Ballade No. 1 in D-flat major, started in 1848 and completed in 1849. His second ballade was finished in 1953. At the same year, he also composed Piano Sonata in b minor. This thesis is going to situate the context of Liszt’s music and explore the composition background of this piece. Furthermore, this thesis is to discuss the prevailing romanticism, virtuosity at his time, and the influence of Chopin’s ballade on Liszt’s works. This thesis also analyzes the creation through different perspectives, including skills, interpretation, related background, and performance interpretation. The b Minor Ballade(1853), based on the ancient Greek love story of Hero and Leander composed by three themes. He developed the method of "transformation of themes" as part of his revolution in form which shows his unique music texture and style. In tonality and harmony, this piece has abundant sonority. Concerning transformation of major and minor, the composer uses common-tone modulation, enharmonic modulation, and some featured chords, including Neapolitan Sixth, and Diminished 7th chords. Liszt’s music shows incredibly difficult piano skill by dazzling notes and exaggerating contrast. Nevertheless, this piece is still visually vivid and poetic: not only does the listener see the stories depicted in the music, but also the emotional worlds are palpable. Keyword: Liszt, Romanticism, Virtuosity, Ballade, Ballade in b Minor
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"Dialects in music, an innovative idea: a study of Franz Liszt's symphonic poems." Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5887074.
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by Li Chi Man.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 134-137).
PREFACE --- p.iii
Chapter Chapter One --- PROLOGUE- THE CLASSICAL AND ROMANTIC STYLES --- p.1
Chapter Chapter Two --- THE CONCEPT OF DIALECTICS AND TRANSCENDENCE --- p.9
Chapter Chapter Three --- STUDY OF FRANZ LISZT'S SYMPHONIC POEMS --- p.15
Les preludes (1848) --- p.18
Ce qu'on entend sur la montagne (1848-9) --- p.27
Tasso: lamento e trionfo (1849) --- p.38
Heroide funebre (1849-50) --- p.47
Prometheus (1850) --- p.55
Mazeppa (1851) --- p.63
Festklange (1853) --- p.71
Orpheus (1853-4) --- p.79
Hungaria(1854) --- p.86
Hunnenschlacht (1857) --- p.95
Die Ideale (1857) --- p.103
Hamlet (1858) --- p.112
Von der Wiege bis zum Grabe (1881-2) --- p.120
Chapter Chapter Four --- EPILOGUE - SOME OBSERVATIONS --- p.128
BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.134