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Minard, Scott David. "Francis Bacon and composition." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1987. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/396.
Full textHong, Kimberly Yuen 1984. "Tear Down the Veils: Francis Bacon's Papal Variations 1946-1971." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/9871.
Full textTwentieth-century British figurative painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is perhaps best known for his near-obsessive series of papal paintings inspired by Diego Velazquez' renowned portrait Pope Innocent X (1650) and created over the course of Bacon's entire artistic career. The artist's working process plays a crucial role in understanding this celebrated and varied series. Bacon deliberately avoided Velazquez' "original" portrait, preferring instead to work with photographic reproductions of the piece alongside a large collection of seemingly disparate visual material in his chaotic studio at 7 Reece Mews (South Kensington, London, England). This thesis proposes that Bacon explored issues of mechanization, fragmentation, and repetition through these visual juxtapositions in order to offer a critique of artistic and religious institutions.
Committee in Charge: Dr. Kate Mondloch, Chair; Dr. Lauren G. Kilroy; Dr. Ellen Rees
Nelson, Megan Jane. "Francis Turner Palgrave and The golden treasury." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25947.
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Mullins, Nigel Lorraine Griffin. "A perspective on the question of the absence or presence of religious beliefs relating to elements of modern artistic endeavour, with special reference to the life and work of Francis Bacon." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1007710.
Full textBreukelaar, Jennifer S. English Media & Performance UNSW. "Heroics of the false: a new look at noir." Awarded by:University of New South Wales. English, Media and Performance, 2007. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/29485.
Full textKuxdorf, Stephanie. "Love in a machine age : gender relationships in the novels and short stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald." Thesis, McGill University, 1990. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=59896.
Full textWelch, Edward. "A Catholic novelist in context : suggestions for a reassessment of the work of Francois Mauriac." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2000. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:73570115-4495-4492-a21f-59ee6b6543d0.
Full textRoza, Alexandra M. "Towards a modern Canadian art 1910-1936 : the Group of Seven, A.J.M. Smith and F.R. Scott." Thesis, McGill University, 1997. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=20178.
Full textRalls, Warren John. "An investigation into the enlightenment and aspects of Spanish life which may have influenced Los Caprichos (1797-1799) of Francisco de Goya (1746-1828)." Thesis, Rhodes University, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002217.
Full textLacroix, Michel 1969. "La beaute comme violence : la dimension esthetique du fascisme francais, 1919-1939." Thesis, McGill University, 2000. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=37754.
Full textOur thesis is divided in three parts, each one devoted to one of fascism's central themes: the leader, the youth, and the group. In our first chapter, we examine the charismatic leader's many faces, among which are the poet and the warrior. We then show that fascism's discourse on heroism makes of the epic hero an ideological model and that, in its turn, this ideological hero greatly influenced Pierre Drieu la Rochelle's representation of the hero. But, as we indicate, Drieu's novels reveal that the cult of the hero is both a glorification of the self and a self-hatred. In our second chapter we examine fascism's cult of youth such as it was in Italy and Germany, after which we have demonstrated that, in a way, French fascism was an extreme radicalization of the contemporary French discourse on youth. Then, we analyse one of Robert Brasillach's novels which brings to the fore the dark side of fascism's cult of youth: its death drive.
In our last chapter, we unearth the aesthetic principles underlying fascism's political spectacle, principles that we also find at the heart of Drieu's texts. We consequently state that Drieu has adopted fascism's aesthetic years before he realized he had fascist ideas. Going a little further yet, we stipulate that Drieu thus reveals that the aesthetic was one of the main roads towards fascism. We then establish, in our final conclusion, a synthetic description of fascist aesthetics: an aesthetics of pathos, exhibition, sublime, violence, and death.
Loots, Maria Johanna. "Gotiese elemente in Francois Bloemhof se debuutroman, Die nag het net een oog." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2316.
Full textIn this thesis I examine the Gothic elements in François Bloemof’s debut novel, Die nag het net een oog (1991). There are two reasons this novel can be seen as an exemplary text in Afrikaans: firstly, it contributes to a genre of which there are very few examples in Afrikaans, namely the Gothic novel. Secondly, it leads to a reevaluation of texts of C.J. Langenhoven, C. Louis Leipoldt and Marius Gie (pseudonym of Martha C Gieseke). Apart from a discussion of the Gothic novel in general and specifically Bloemhof’s novel, this thesis also examines his large oeuvre, constant focus on renewal and his position in the Afrikaans literary system. The Gothic novel is generally regarded as a form of popular literature. This aspect, together with the history, function, development and characteristics of the Gothic novel, is also looked at in the thesis in an attempt to contribute to the minimal theoretization on this subject in Afrikaans. Lastly I will discuss the Gothic elements in Bloemhof’ s debut novel. Die nag het net een oog has many of the characteristics of the earlier Gothic novels, but Bloemhof renews them by crossing over conventional boundaries. The heroine being the rescuer instead of the rescuee, is one such example. The study is concluded with short summarizing comments and suggestions for further study.
Souza, Ariane Carvalho. "Presença do naturalismo francês no romance epistolar "O marido da adúltera", de Lúcio de Mendonça /." Assis [s.n.], 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94054.
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Banca: Ana Maria Carlos
Resumo: No romance epistolar O marido da adúltera, publicado em 1882 pelo escritor e jornalista Lúcio de Mendonça, encontram-se traços marcantes e inequívocos da estética naturalista desenvolvida, sobretudo, por Émile Zola. Neste trabalho, pretende-se verificar de que modo o idealizador da Academia Brasileira de Letras recebeu as ideias do Naturalismo e as inseriu em sua obra, verificando o processo de adaptação executado pelo autor brasileiro, que soube dialogar com a estética naturalista em voga na época, aplicando muitos de seus princípios, discordando de alguns deles. Cabe observar, igualmente, o fato de que Lúcio de Mendonça optou pelo romance epistolar, gênero pouco utilizado no Brasil do século XIX, mas fundamental para a construção desta obra. Esta pesquisa visa, portanto, analisar de que maneira o autor de O marido da adúltera utilizou-se do naturalismo francês para criar um romance epistolar brasileiro, publicado, originalmente, no periódico O Colombo, em forma de folhetim; característica, aliás, que se conserva no momento da publicação do romance em livro, em 1882
Abstract: On the epistolary novel The adulterer's husband, published in 1882 by the writer and journalist Lúcio de Mendonça, it‟s found distinctive features and unequivocal from the naturalist theory developed, especially, by Émile Zola. In the present paper, it‟s intended to verify what way the creator from the Brazilian Academy of Letters received the ideas of Naturalism and put them into his work, checking the adaptation process performed by the Brazilian author, who knew how to dialog with the naturalist aesthetics in common use that time, enforcing lots of his principles, disagreeing with some of them. It must be noted, equally, the fact that Lúcio de Mendonça chose the epistolary novel, a not very used gender in Brazil in XIX century, but something fundamental to this work to be made. Therefore, this research aims to analyze what way The adulterer's husband's author used the French naturalism to create the Brazilian epistolary novel, published, at first, by Colombo journal, as a soap opera; characteristics that, by the way, are preserved at the book‟s publishing moment, in 1882
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Carman, Jeffrey Merrit. "The challenges of and opportuniies in using a literature-based assignment in a composition class." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2002. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/2171.
Full textMelo, Gedivânio Feitosa Mateus. "Caligrafia apagada = silêncio na escrita de Esperando Godot." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/284351.
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Resumo: Considerando o Silêncio como um elemento inerente aos processos de criação do teatro moderno, esta pesquisa dedica-se à investigação do Silêncio na obra "Esperando Godot", de Samuel Beckett, construindo cuidadosa reflexão sobre a sua presença em categorias específicas da dramaturgia beckettiana. As inquietações que surgiram ao longo da pesquisa convergiram para que essa análise se configurasse a partir da seguinte proposição: o Silêncio que subsiste em "Esperando Godot" não se restringe à partitura das rubricas e ao dialogismo pautado na palavra, mas na dialética construída a partir da linguagem de seus elementos cênicos inseridos na escrita e no visual estético. Por ora, esta pesquisa denomina "Caligrafia Apagada" o Silêncio aqui investigado
Abstract: Considering the Silence as an inherent element to creation processes of Modern Theater, this research is devoted to research the Silence on the Play "Waiting for Godot" by Samuel Beckett, building careful reflection on its presence in specific categories in the Beckettiana dramaturgy. The concerns that arose during the research have converged to make this analysis shaped by the following proposition: The Silence that remains in "Waiting for Godot" is not restricted to the punctuation of the rubrics and dialogism based on the word, but in the dialectic constructed from the language of their scenic elements inserted in the writing and the visual aesthetic. For now, this research is called "Off Calligraphy" Silence here investigated
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Artes Cenicas
Mestre em Artes
Souza, Ariane Carvalho [UNESP]. "Presença do naturalismo francês no romance epistolar O marido da adúltera, de Lúcio de Mendonça." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/94054.
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No romance epistolar O marido da adúltera, publicado em 1882 pelo escritor e jornalista Lúcio de Mendonça, encontram-se traços marcantes e inequívocos da estética naturalista desenvolvida, sobretudo, por Émile Zola. Neste trabalho, pretende-se verificar de que modo o idealizador da Academia Brasileira de Letras recebeu as ideias do Naturalismo e as inseriu em sua obra, verificando o processo de adaptação executado pelo autor brasileiro, que soube dialogar com a estética naturalista em voga na época, aplicando muitos de seus princípios, discordando de alguns deles. Cabe observar, igualmente, o fato de que Lúcio de Mendonça optou pelo romance epistolar, gênero pouco utilizado no Brasil do século XIX, mas fundamental para a construção desta obra. Esta pesquisa visa, portanto, analisar de que maneira o autor de O marido da adúltera utilizou-se do naturalismo francês para criar um romance epistolar brasileiro, publicado, originalmente, no periódico O Colombo, em forma de folhetim; característica, aliás, que se conserva no momento da publicação do romance em livro, em 1882
On the epistolary novel The adulterer’s husband, published in 1882 by the writer and journalist Lúcio de Mendonça, it‟s found distinctive features and unequivocal from the naturalist theory developed, especially, by Émile Zola. In the present paper, it‟s intended to verify what way the creator from the Brazilian Academy of Letters received the ideas of Naturalism and put them into his work, checking the adaptation process performed by the Brazilian author, who knew how to dialog with the naturalist aesthetics in common use that time, enforcing lots of his principles, disagreeing with some of them. It must be noted, equally, the fact that Lúcio de Mendonça chose the epistolary novel, a not very used gender in Brazil in XIX century, but something fundamental to this work to be made. Therefore, this research aims to analyze what way The adulterer’s husband’s author used the French naturalism to create the Brazilian epistolary novel, published, at first, by Colombo journal, as a soap opera; characteristics that, by the way, are preserved at the book‟s publishing moment, in 1882
Mendes, Flavio da Silva 1985. "O ovo do ornitorrinco : a trajetória de Francisco de Oliveira." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/281087.
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Resumo: Esta tese de doutorado é dedicada ao estudo da trajetória de Francisco de Oliveira. Nascido no Recife, em 1933, o sociólogo trabalhou ao lado de Celso Furtado na SUDENE entre 1959 e o início da ditadura civil-militar, em 1964. No final daquela década, em São Paulo, ele se juntou a outros intelectuais no recém-criado CEBRAP, que se tornaria um importante polo de produção científica sobre a realidade brasileira e de oposição política ao regime autoritário. Em 1972, vinculado àquele grupo, Francisco de Oliveira publicou seu famoso ensaio Crítica à razão dualista, que seria referência constante nos debates político-econômicos de sua geração. Poucos anos depois, em 1977, ele lançou Elegia para uma re(li)gião, uma análise crítica da atuação da SUDENE atravessada por uma discussão sobre a questão regional. No final dos anos 1970, com o início da distensão política, o sociólogo se engajou na luta pela redemocratização e na criação do Partido dos Trabalhadores. Seus textos da década seguinte se equilibram entre o clima otimista proporcionado pela conjuntura nacional e as preocupações com as transformações do capitalismo mundial, que impunham novos desafios às Ciências Sociais. Ao longo dos anos 1990 a derrota de suas apostas políticas e o avanço de uma democracia de corte liberal aprofundaram o tom pessimista de seus trabalhos e alimentaram o diagnóstico do Brasil como uma nação presa a um impasse evolutivo, como sugere a metáfora apresentada em O ornitorrinco. A análise de seus ensaios, realizada nesta tese, revela detalhes de como uma geração de intelectuais brasileiros pensaram o desenvolvimento nacional e algumas das decepções diante desse processo
Abstract: This thesis is dedicated to the study of Francisco de Oliveira's trajectory. Born in Recife (1933), the sociologist worked alongside Celso Furtado in SUDENE between 1959 and the beginning of the civil-military dictatorship (1964). At the end of that decade, in São Paulo, he joined other intellectuals in the newly created CEBRAP, which would become an important scientific production center on the Brazilian reality and political opposition to the authoritarian regime. In 1972, linked to that group, Francisco de Oliveira published his famous essay Crítica à razão dualista, a constant reference in political and economic debates of his generation. A few years later, in 1977, he released Elegia para uma re(li)gião, a critical analysis of the performance of SUDENE crossed by a discussion on the regional issues. In the late 1970s, the sociologist engaged in the struggle for democracy and the creation of the Partido dos Trabalhadores. His texts during next decade are balanced between climate optimistic provided by the national situation and concerns about the transformations of world capitalism, which imposed new challenges to Social Sciences. In 1990's the defeat of his political bets and the advancement of a liberal democracy cutting deepened the pessimistic tone of his works and fed the diagnosis of Brazil as a nation attached to an evolutionary dead end, as suggested by the metaphor presented in O ornitorrinco . The interpretation of his trial reveals details of how a generation of brazilian intellectuals thought the national development and some of their disappointments on this process
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Sociologia
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Cloete, Michael. "Postmetaphysical versus postmodern thinking : a critical appraisal of Habermas's debate with postmodernism." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53008.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Philosophy has traditionally been concerned with the question of reason and rationality, as its central focus. From the perspective of the modern metaphysical tradition, this focus has developed around the theme of subjectivity in general, and the assumption of an ahistorical transcendental subject in particular. The idea of reason was thus foundational for the articulation and validation of the notions of truth and freedom. From the perspective of modernity, reason has thus been the condition of the possibility of enlightenment, freedom and moral progress. The debate between Habermas and the representatives of postmodern thinking represents the latest chapter regarding the question of reason, its limits, and its possibilities. What makes this debate particularly challenging is that Habermas, while he defends the idea of reason against its critique by the postmodernists, is actually in agreement with them in their dismissal of the tradition of metaphysical thinking. In view of his defense of the idea of reason, however, Habermas has invariably been accused of defending an outmoded and discredited form of philosophical thinking, while his opponents have generally been hailed as progressive thinkers who have succeeded in effecting a radical break with the conceptual legacy of the metaphysical tradition. In my dissertation I argue that the exact opposite position is the case, namely, that it is Habermas, and not his postmodern opponents, who has effected a radical break with metaphysical thinking. It is his ability to transform the idea of reason, from a transcendental into a postmetaphysical concept, in terms of which the question of reason and rationality, and the related ideas of truth and knowledge, are recast in fallibilistic terms, that, in my view, represents the overcoming of metaphysics. The postmodern turn, on the other hand, in view of its reluctance to consider the question of reason from an alternative model of rationality, finds itself still trapped within a form of transcendental thinking in which it seeks to enquire into the (im)possibility of reason, in the absence of a transcendental subject. In the final analysis, I argue that it is postmetaphysical rather than postmodern thinking, that offers us a practical alternative to the problematic conception of reason, bequeathed by the tradition of metaphysical thinking.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die fenomeen van die rede en die betekenis van rasionaliteit vorm tradisioneel 'n sentrale fokus van die filosofie. Vanuit die perspektief van die moderne metafisiese tradisie het hierdie fokus ontwikkel rondom die tema van subjektiwiteit in die algemeen, en die aanname van 'n a-historiese transendentele subjek in die besonder. Die rede was dus fundamenteel vir die artikulasie en legitimering van die konsepte van waarheid en vryheid. Vanuit die perspektief van moderniteit was die rede dus die voorwaarde vir die moontlikheid van verligting, vryheid, en morele vooruitgang. Die debat tussen Habermas en die verteenwoordigers van postmoderne denke verteenwoordig die mees onlangse hoofstuk van die verhaal van die vraag na rede en rasionaliteit - die beperkings daarvan, asook die moontlikhede daarvan. Hierdie debat bied besondere uitdagings omdat Habermas, terwyl hy die idee van rede verdedig teen die kritiek van die postmoderniste, eintlik met hulle saamstem vir sover hulle die tradisie van metafisiese denke verwerp. In die lig van sy verdediging van die idee van rede, is Habermas egter voortdurend daarvan beskuldig dat hy 'n uitgediende en gediskrediteerde vorm van filosofiese denke bly voorstaan, terwyl sy opponente in die algemeen voorgehou is as progressiewe denkers wat suksesvol 'n radikale breuk gemaak het met die konseptuele erfenis van die metafisiese tradisie. In my dissertasie beweer ek dat die teenoorgestelde inderwaarheid die geval is, naamlik dat dit Habermas, en nie sy postmoderne opponente nie, is wat hierdie radikale breuk met metafisiese denke suksesvol uitgevoer het. Dit is sy verrnoe om die idee van die rede te transformeer vanaf 'n transendentale na 'n post- metafisiese konsep, in terme waarvan die vraag na rede en rasionaliteit, en die verwante idees van waarheid en kennis, omskep is in fallibilistiese beg rippe, wat, soos ek aantoon, 'n (die!) suksesvolle transendering van die metafisika bewerkstellig. Die postmoderne wending, aan die ander kant, in die lig van die traagheid daarvan om 'n alternatiewe en verruimde konsepsie van rasionaliteit te ontwikkel, bly vasgevang in 'n vorm van transendentele denke waarin dit probeer om ondersoek in te stel na die (on)moontlikheid van die rede ten aansien van die afwesigheid van 'n transendentele subjek. Uiteindelik beweer ek dat dit die post-metafisiese eerder as die postmoderne denke is wat aan ons 'n praktiese alternatief bied vir die problematiese konsep van die rede, soos ons dit qeerf het by die tradisie van metafisiese denke.
Ricardo, Marinêz de Fátima. "As máscaras do narrador realista : uma leitura de Jacques le fataliste de Denis Diderot /." Araraquara : [s.n.], 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102367.
Full textAbstract: This thesis has as objective to analyze the narrator's role as the structurer of the novel Jacques Le Fataliste, by Denis Diderot (1713-1784). In spite of having been written eighty years before the Realism emerging as an aesthetic movement, this novel presents literary procedures that were denominated, in the XIX century, as being "realists". Among them, it stands out the narrator, responsible for fictional strategies which generate an ambiguity between fiction and history, provoking, in the reader, hesitation between credibility and doubt. Besides, the narrator presents a subjective approach, that sometimes just narrates the facts, other times it interferes in what it is being narrated, judging the characters and their actions, and sometimes it camouflages in the attempt of looking distant and neutral. It is also observed, concerning the narrator, the accomplishment of a metaficcional activity that totally evidences a provoking writing process for its time. The reflections and critics it presents about the novel gender formation, and the writing itself, constitute a singular narrative experience by making itself evident inside the novel itself. In that way, the narrator is the element that structures or unstructures the work as a whole, generating the text cohesion, before the several narrated histories and to the reader's eyes. Its analysis determines, finally, the characteristics of a novel that stands out among all novels published in France in the XVIII century, establishing a true formal paradigm for its succedaneums writers, notedly for the ones from the XIX century, in the whole world.
Orientador: Sidney Barbosa
Coorientador: Patrick Wald-Lasowski
Banca: Maria Dolores Aybar Ramirez
Banca: Paulo César Andrade da Silva
Banca: Esther Maxine Trew
Banca: Sílvia Maria Azevedo
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Jalabert, Adeline Marie. "Zazie dans le métro = violência na escrita de Raymond Queneau e nas traduções para o português do Brasil." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/269766.
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Resumo: No romance Zazie dans le métro (1959), Raymond Queneau explora a linguagem coloquial, valendo-se da língua que chamou de neo-francês. O autor faz um verdadeiro "exercício de estilo" oral popular, em que mistura registros e faz paródias, imprimindo ao romance, além de um ritmo rápido, redundâncias, ortografia fonética, ausência de concordâncias gramaticais, arcaísmos etc. em franca oposição aos preconceitos em relação à língua oral. O oulipiano questiona a língua, provocando o leitor e obrigando-o a se distanciar da linguagem a que está habituado. Este trabalho propõe uma reflexão sobre a violência observada tanto no texto dito 'original' de Queneau, quanto na tradução e, em particular, na passagem do neo-francês à língua portuguesa do Brasil. Se a própria escrita de Zazie na língua original (o neo-francês) já é um exercício, da tradução espera-se um trabalho que podemos chamar de "trabalho dobrado". Para tanto, admite-se a violência na tradução, o que permite levantar várias questões relativas à língua, à cultura, à identidade, à dicotomia entre língua oral e língua escrita, entre obra original e obra traduzida, além de questionar os limites e as proibições, a criação literária, o trabalho do tradutor, as normas acadêmicas, o desafio da escrita e favorece a divulgação de obras literárias importantes
Abstract: In the novel Zazie dans le métro (1959), Raymond Queneau explores colloquial language, making use of what he called neo-French. The author makes a real popular and oral "exercise in style", mixing registers and parodies, making the novel fast paced and using redundancy, phonetic spelling, grammatically incorrect expressions, archaisms etc. in clear opposition to the prejudices about oral language. The oulipian questions language and culture provoking the reader and forcing him to distance himself from the language he is accustomed to. This work proposes a reflection on violence observed both in Queneau's 'original' text and in its translations, particularly between neo-French and Brazilian Portuguese. If the actual writing of Zazie in the original language (neo-French) was already an exercise, in translation, a kind of "double work" is expected. Admitting violence in translation allows us to raise several issues relating to language, culture, identity, the dichotomy between oral and written language, and between original work and translated work, to limits and prohibitions, literary creation, the work of the translator, academic standards, the challenge of writing and dissemination of important literary works
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Teoria, Pratica e Ensino da Tradução
Mestre em Linguística Aplicada
Jordan, Shirley Ann. "The art criticism of Francis Ponge : problems and solutions." Thesis, University of Hull, 1991. http://hydra.hull.ac.uk/resources/hull:7037.
Full textHoyer, Steven. "Intention and interpretation." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=68104.
Full textChapter two is about interpretation. I open the chapter with an examination of extreme conventionalist theses, arguing that their success depends on an unjustifiably strict demarcation between intentionality and textuality. Appropriating aspects of Donald Davidson's work in the philosophy of language, I argue for the recognition of linguistic communication as a form of intentional action. I then defend this thesis against more moderate conventionalist theories to offer a viable approach to the interpretation of literary works.
Oketch, Selline Atieno, and Mary Eileen West. "The changing image of women in Francis Imbuga's Oeuvre." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/2949.
Full textAnger, Suzy. "Victorian hermeneutics and literary interpretation /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/9374.
Full textRicardo, Marinêz de Fátima [UNESP]. "As máscaras do narrador realista: uma leitura de Jacques le fataliste de Denis Diderot." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/102367.
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Esta tese tem por objetivo analisar o papel do narrador como estruturador do romance Jacques Le Fataliste de Denis Diderot (1713-1784). Apesar de ter sido escrito oitenta anos antes da eclosão do Realismo enquanto movimento estético, esse romance apresenta procedimentos literários que foram denominados, no século XIX, como sendo “realistas”. Dentre esses, destaca-se o referente ao narrador, responsável por estratégias ficcionais geradoras de uma ambigüidade entre ficção e história, provocando, no leitor, hesitação entre credibilidade e dúvida. Além disso, esse narrador apresenta uma abordagem subjetiva, que ora apenas narra os fatos, ora interfere no que é narrado, julgando as personagens e suas ações, ora se camufla na tentativa de aparentar distanciamento e neutralidade. Observa-se também de sua parte a realização de uma atividade metaficcional que evidencia um processo de escritura provocador para a sua época. As reflexões e críticas que a obra apresenta sobre a formação do gênero romance e sobre a própria escritura constituem uma experiência narrativa singular por se evidenciarem no interior do próprio romance. Dessa maneira, o narrador é o elemento que estrutura ou desestrutura a obra como um todo, gerando a coesão do texto, diante das várias histórias narradas e aos olhos do leitor. A sua análise determina, enfim, as características de um romance que se destaca dentre os publicados na França no século XVIII, constituindo-se num verdadeiro paradigma formal para os escritores seus sucedâneos, notadamente para os do século XIX, no mundo todo.
This thesis has as objective to analyze the narrator's role as the structurer of the novel Jacques Le Fataliste, by Denis Diderot (1713-1784). In spite of having been written eighty years before the Realism emerging as an aesthetic movement, this novel presents literary procedures that were denominated, in the XIX century, as being realists. Among them, it stands out the narrator, responsible for fictional strategies which generate an ambiguity between fiction and history, provoking, in the reader, hesitation between credibility and doubt. Besides, the narrator presents a subjective approach, that sometimes just narrates the facts, other times it interferes in what it is being narrated, judging the characters and their actions, and sometimes it camouflages in the attempt of looking distant and neutral. It is also observed, concerning the narrator, the accomplishment of a metaficcional activity that totally evidences a provoking writing process for its time. The reflections and critics it presents about the novel gender formation, and the writing itself, constitute a singular narrative experience by making itself evident inside the novel itself. In that way, the narrator is the element that structures or unstructures the work as a whole, generating the text cohesion, before the several narrated histories and to the reader's eyes. Its analysis determines, finally, the characteristics of a novel that stands out among all novels published in France in the XVIII century, establishing a true formal paradigm for its succedaneums writers, notedly for the ones from the XIX century, in the whole world.
Meir, Amira. "Medieval Jewish interpretation of pentateuchal poetry." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=28842.
Full textThe effort begins by defining Pentateuchal poetry and discussing a range of its presentations by various ancient writers. Subsequent chapters examine its treatment by Rabbi Saadia Gaon of Baghdad (882-942), Abraham Ibn Ezra of Spain (1089-1164), Samuel Ben Meir (1080-1160) and Joseph Bekhor Shor (12th century) of Northern France, David Kimhi of Provence (1160-1235), and Obadiah Sforno of Italy (1470-1550).
While all of these commentators wrote on the poetic passages, none differentiated systematically between Pentateuchal prose and poetry or treated them in substantially different ways. Samuel Ben Meir, Ibn Ezra, Bekhor Shor, and Kimhi did discuss some poetic features of these texts. The other two men were far less inclined to do so, but occasionally recognized some differences between prose and poetry and some phenomena unique to the latter.
Antonio, Patrícia Aparecida [UNESP]. "Do pêndulo poético: poesia e crítica em Murilo Mendes e Francis Ponge." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/139494.
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O presente trabalho tem por objetivo observar como opera a pendularidade entre poesia e crítica da poesia na obra de Murilo Mendes (1901-1975) e Francis Ponge (1899-1988). O brasileiro e o francês procedem à fusão de discurso da obra e discurso sobre a obra num movimento em que sujeito lírico e crítico (eles mesmos ficcionais) se encontram em permanente tensão. Entendendo poesia e crítica como atividades reflexivas fundamentadas na linguagem, as questões principais às quais pretendemos nos lançar são: a) Como se configura e opera pendularidade e indistinção entre discurso poético e crítico em Murilo Mendes e Francis Ponge? b) Como se configura a voz poético-crítica para se adequar a um ato de dupla face como esse? c) O que se depreende da aproximação ou do distanciamento da conduta lírico-crítica, levando-se em consideração subjetividade e objetividade? Nesse sentido, esta Tese busca ler comparativamente os dois poetas tendo por horizonte poesia e crítica enquanto atos indistintos, de caráter inacabado, em que autor e leitor participam ativamente. Assim, os poemas aparecem como atos que configuram uma prática literária, que é lírica, crítica e criativa, a um só tempo. No centro dessa prática, os sujeitos lírico-críticos manipulam a criação partindo de um corpo-a-corpo com o texto, como fica claro com as obras que selecionamos para este estudo: de Murilo Mendes, O discípulo de Emaús (1945), Convergência (1970), Poliedro (1972) e Retratos-relâmpago (1973); de Francis Ponge, Proêmes (1948), Méthodes (1961), Pour un Malherbe (1965) e La table (1981). Poesia e crítica, então, podem ser compreendidas no sentido da poiesis, de uma construção que coloca em crise (cuja raiz etimológica é a mesma que a da palavra crítica) o lírico, o crítico, a prosa, a poesia, bem como uma ideia fechada de literatura e de gêneros literários.
This study aims at observing how the pendularity between poetry and poetry criticism operates in the work of Murilo Mendes (1901-1975) and Francis Ponge (1899-1988). The Brazilian and the French merge the work’s speech and the speech about the work into a movement in which the lyrical and the critical subject (fictional themselves) find each other in constant tension. Having the understanding of poetry and criticism as reflective activities based in language, the main questions we intend to present are: a) How is the pendularity and indistinctness between poetic and critical speech designed and operated for Murilo Mendes and Francis Ponge? b) How is the poetical and critical voice designed to fit a double-sided act as this one? c) What is interpreted from the approach and distancing from the critical and lyrical behavior, taking into consideration subjectivity and objectivity? On this regard, this Thesis seeks a comparative reading of both poets, having as an outlook, poetry and criticism as indistinct acts of unfinished character in which author and reader are active participants. Thus, the poems are shown as acts that design a literary practice which is lyrical, critical and creative, all at the same time. At the center of this practice, the lyrical and critical subjects manipulate the creation by jostling with the text, as seen in the pieces we have selected for this study: Murilo Mendes’ O discípulo de Emaús (1945), Convergência (1970), Poliedro (1972) and Retratos-relâmpago (1973); and Francis Ponge’s Proêmes (1948), Méthodes (1961), Pour un Malherbe (1965) and La table (1981). Therefore, poetry and criticism can be understood in the same meaning as poiesis, a construction that sets into crisis (whose etymological root is the same as the critical word) the lyrical, the critical, the prose, the poetry as well as an idea of closed literature and literary genders.
Ce travail a pour objectif d’observer comment opère le pendule entre poésie et critique de poésie dans l’œuvre de Murilo Mendes (1901-1975) et Francis Ponge (1899-1988). Le Brésilien et le Français procèdent à la fusion de discours de l’œuvre et discours sur l’œuvre dans un mouvement dans lequel le sujet lyrique et le critique (eux-mêmes fictionnels) se trouvent en une permanente tension. En comprenant poésie et critique comme des activités réflexives fondées sur le langage, voici les questions principales auxquelles nous prétendons nous lancer : a) Comment se configure et opère le pendule et l’indistinction entre discours poétique et critique chez Murilo Mendes et Francis Ponge ? b) Comment se configure la voix poétique-critique pour s’adapter à cet acte à double-face ? c) Qu’est-ce qu’on peut conclure de l’approximation ou du recul de la démarche lyrico-critique, quand on considère subjectivité et objectivité ? À cet égard, cette Thèse cherche une lecture comparative de poètes, en ayant pour horizon la poésie et la critique comme des actes indistincts, de nature inachevée, dans lesquels auteur et lecteur participent activement. Ainsi, les poèmes apparaissent comme des actes qui configurent une pratique littéraire critique, lyrique et créative en même temps. Au centre de cette pratique, les sujets lyrico-critiques manipulent la création par un corps à corps avec le texte, comme nous pouvons le voir nettement dans le corpus de ce travail : de Murilo Mendes, O discípulo de Emaús (1945), Convergência (1970), Poliedro (1972) et Retratos-relâmpago (1973) ; de Francis Ponge, Proêmes (1948), Méthodes (1961), Pour un Malherbe (1965) et La table (1981). De cette manière, la poésie et la critique peuvent être comprises au sens de la poiesis, d’une construction qui porte la crise (dont la racine étymologique est la même que celle de critique) du lyrique, du critique, de la prose, de la poésie, aussi bien qu’une idée fermée de la littérature et des genres littéraires.
Turner, Seth. "Revelation 11:1-13 : history of interpretation." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2005. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:57efe3b3-7c61-412f-9001-5269860a896d.
Full textNicol, George Grey. "Studies in the interpretation of Genesis 26.1-33." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1987. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:8fff7ce7-9a50-4011-9f54-5776c84aa36a.
Full textBennett, Richard. "Variations : influence intertextuality, and Milan Kundera, Jean Rhys, and Tom Stoppard." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26254.
Full textChapter two deals with theories of intertextuality, principally those of Julia Kristeva and Michael Riffaterre. As alternatives to theories of influence, neither proves satisfactory. Both founder on the contradictory goal to explain all literature, at the expense of recognizing literary diversity.
Chapter three concerns literary variations. These are texts which are deliberately premised on pre-existing texts. I focus on three examples from this class of literary texts which is not satisfactorily dealt with by any of the theories I consider. I pursue a less wide-ranging approach in order to unearth important features of literary variations.
Kilian, Monica. "The exile's experience : an examination of the poetry of Hilde Domin and Waclaw Iwaniuk." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26855.
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Graham, Catherine (Catherine Elizabeth). "Standpoints : the dramaturgy of Margaretta D'Arcy and John Arden." Thesis, McGill University, 1991. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=60621.
Full textPetersen, Jeffrey J. 1981. "Playful Conversations: A Study of Shared Dynamics Between the Plays of Paula Vogel and Sarah Ruhl." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/10155.
Full textPulitzer Prize winning playwright Paula Vogel, playwright and educator, has blazed a trail in American theatre, opening new avenues for female playwrights. In 2005 Vogel's student Sarah Ruhl burst onto the scene with her play The Clean House. As one of the most produced playwrights of 2005, Ruhl has been celebrated as the new voice of American theatre. There are similarities, as might be expected between teacher and former student, but some of the similarities suggest something more: a dynamic shared between Vogel's and Ruhl's plays which suggests an ongoing theatrical conversation and may suggest directions for future American drama.
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Murray, Jessica. ""Notes for the Manual Assembly"." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1157616/.
Full textBailey, Catherine Diana Alison. "Mending the web : a thematic study of Xu Dishan’s fiction." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25343.
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Loevlie, Elisabeth M. "Literary silences : saying the unsayable: an exploration of literary silence in the works of Pascal, Rousseau and Beckett." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2001. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365530.
Full textMarais, Susan Jacqueline. "(Re-)inventing our selves/ourselves : identity and community in contemporary South African short fiction cycles." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1016357.
Full textClark, Marcella. "A failed performance in self-fashioning: an interpretation of Francis Beaumont's The knight of the burning pestle." Thesis, Kansas State University, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/9828.
Full textKing, Noel. "Anxieties of commentary : interpretation in recent literary, film and cultural criticism /." Title page, table of contents and abstact only, 1994. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phk532.pdf.
Full textHSIAO, CHING-SONG GENE. "SEMIOTIC INTERPRETATION OF CHINESE POETRY: TU MU'S POETRY AS EXAMPLE (CRITICISM)." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1985. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/188120.
Full textWetzel, Rebecca L. "ADAPTATION AND INTERPRETATION: A STUDY OF THEATRICAL BANDE DESSINEE." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1563987098560659.
Full textClifton, Kevin Mark. "Poulenc's ambivalence a study in tonality, musical style, and sexuality /." Thesis, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/utexas/fullcit?p3099436.
Full textFitzsimmons, John Francis. "The construction of meaning in narrative : Dickens and the stereotype / by John Francis Fitzsimmons." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/18655.
Full textBeales, Brodie Jane. "Becoming-Dionysian : art, exploration and the human condition in the works of Rimbaud, Burroughs and Bacon / Brodie Beales." 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/22229.
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Twidale, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Mary). "Sensibility in Frances Burney's novels / Kathleen M. Twidale." 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21567.
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Twidale, Kathleen M. (Kathleen Mary). "Sensibility in Frances Burney's novels / Kathleen M. Twidale." Thesis, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2440/21567.
Full textHerbst, Michael. "Goya's grotesque : abjection in los Caprichos, Desastres de la Guerra, and los Disparates." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10539/20926.
Full textMy basic premise in this study is, if abjection is a psychosocial phenomenon, even a kind of waste category and mechanism, it should be discernible and analysable as an underlying structure in the form, iconography and purpose of works of art. Certain modes of art will manifest or express it more lucidly and abundantly than others. Satire and the Grotesque, which Goya adopts in his graphic Work, are especially fruitful in this regard. In both, one can find processes and states of degradation and vitiation that accord with the two facets of abjection Hal Foster (1996) so pragmatically terms the operation to abject and the condition to be abject. Satire, with its inclination to criticise political, social and ecclesiastical figures, can chiefly be interpreted in terms of the operation to abject (to lower, cast down, depose, sideline), while the Grotesque, displaying the distorted, monstrous, 'freakish', hybrid, impossible, relates more to tire condition to be abject. This conjunction between satire/the Grotesque and abjection guides my interpretation of Los Caprichos and Los Disparates. Los Caprichos, in which Goya took it upon himself to "censure" and "ridicule" "human errors and vices", are marked by a quite strict use of satire to criticise, mock and marginalise certain social groups (prostitutes, nobles and corrupt clerics, in particular). Since society, or the Symbolic that undergirds it, cannot do without the abject, either in its role as midden or as oppositional determinant or defining other, the satirical project cannot banish or destroy the abject; it can, however, bid and lobby for some degree of social reclamation and rejuvenation. The satirist depicts the grotesque, sordid, obscene, deviant, abandoned and licentious to indicate to the viewer/reader what s/h e must laugh off to live a decent, obedient, constructive and law-fearing life. Goya takes this aapproach in Los Caprichos. After all, in at least one letter to his friend Martin Zapater he hinted that he feared the "witches, goblins, phantoms, arrogant giants, knaves" and "scoundrels" of his society, and evidently felt a need to part from them. How deep this need ran one cannot say; many of his images suggest a degree of equivocation (he vacillates between being on the side of the law and on the side of Ms own more incorruptible conscience, from which he upbraids the law) and ambivalence (on the one hand, he scolds his objects of attack and appears to be repelled by them; on the other, he seems to relish depicting them in grotesque and blighted shapes, as if the satirical purpose is secondary to the opportunity his art provides to invent forms and get close to the forbidden, the anti-social, the rotten, the abject). In Los Disparates equivocation and ambivalence come more to the fore. Goya often appears most aggressively satirical in the Disparates when he questions corruption in social institutions such as tire Church and the law. Some images, notably Folhj of the Mass, juxtapose a wrathful figure with a mass of social ills, foibles and depravities, and seem characteristically satirical, but the majority of the etchings are striking in their lack of closure, as if a "state of unresolved tension", to quote Michael Steig, adequately rewarded Goya for the labour of production. Man xoandering among Phantoms, for example, is ambiguous and seems to sum up Goya's relationsMp to the abject toward the end of his life: through the surrogate of an old man, Goya appears to have struck a deal with the abject; submerged in it, corrupted by it, impure, but nevertheless sufficiently single-minded to find an identity separate from it. Complicit, but differentiated: all subjects stand in this way to the abject. In Los Desastres, especially given that I do not deal with the Caprichos Enfdticos section of the series, my interpretation is determined less by satire than by the question of how an antagonistic nation uses war as a mechanism of conclusive abjection to extend military, political and, ultimately. Symbolic influence - by means of sanctioned murder, execution, even rape - over another nation, w ith the aim of making that nation succumb to the abjection of surrender and the imposition of a foreign Symbolic. War also produces heaps of corpses and, in the occupied cities, ill and starving destitutes: those reduced to conditions of permanent or near-permanent abjection by war's ballistic exacerbation of the operation to abject. Contact with abjection through art strengthens, weakens and expands the self. It carries the threat of immersion in the repressed and the promise of risque pleasure - both from the diminution of unpleasure through the making or viewing of art, and the more positive pleasure of jouissance. Contact with abjection allows, further, for the complicated experience of being liminal, grotesque and abject oneself while caught between the poles of the Symbolic and tire abject. Whether we, as makers an d /o r viewers, criticise or joy in it, abjection holds out the alluring prospect of catharsis and temporary relief both from its own hazards and the rigours and inhibitions of social life. Goya, it would appear, found this intervenient condition compelling enough to return to it - if he ever truly left it - over a period of almost three decades through the medium of the three graphic series I explore in this dissertation.
Resler, Johanna Elizabeth. "SARA’S TRANSFORMATION: A TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT’S SARA CREWE AND A LITTLE PRINCESS." Thesis, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/1614.
Full textFrances Hodgson Burnett’s life revolved around her love of story-telling, her sons, nature, and the idealized notion of childhood. Burnett had an ability to recapture universal aspects of childhood and transform them into realistic stories containing elements of the fantastic or fairy tales. Her ability to tell stories started at a young age when she and her sisters were given permission to write on old pieces of paper. Burnett’s love for storytelling, reading, and writing was fostered in her parents’ household, in which a young Burnett was given free reign to explore her parents’ book collection and also left unhindered to imagine and act out stories by herself and with her sisters and close friends. Later her love for telling tales became a means of providing for her family—beginning with short story submissions to magazines. Although Burnett did not necessarily start out writing for children her career ended up along that path after the success in 1886 of her first children’s book, Little Lord Fauntleroy. After this success, she was a recognizable author on both sides of the Atlantic. Sara Crewe; or, What Happened at Miss Minchin’s, the 1887–88 serial publication in St. Nicholas magazine and the 1888 short story publication both were titled the same, and the subsequent reworkings of Sara’s world in the forms of two plays, A little un-fairy princess (England, 1902), and A Little Princess; Being the Whole Story of Sara Crewe, Now Told for the First Time (United States, 1903), and the 1905 full-length novel which retained the American 1903 play’s title, outlines the creative process that Burnett undertook while exploring the world of Sara Crewe. By examining the above forms, readers and scholars gain an insight into not only the differences between the forms, but also a view of how the author approached adapting an already published work, and the influence of editors on an authors work. The examination of the development of Sara’s timeline will bring light onto Burnett’s growth as a writer and specifically her transition into her role as a children’s literature author.
Chen, Yu-hsin, and 陳郁心. "Francis Poulenc Petites Voix''s Music Analysis and Interpretation." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/zd6x7x.
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Francis Poulenc ( 1899-1963 ) is one of the most important French composers in the early 20th -century. Influenced by Neo-classicism, Poulenc developed his own personal musical language which is light, humorous, and sagacious. He wrote in many different musical genres during his life, including ballet, opera, piano, vocal, choral, and chamber music. In 1936, after his good friend Pierre-Octave Ferroud’ sudden death in a car accident and religious experience in Rocamadour, Poulenc started to compose choral music, including Petites Voix. Petites Voix, completed in 1936, includes five short pieces for three-part treble voices. Poulenc chose five lovely poems as the text from Madeleina Ley’s poetry Petites Voix, and created five short choral songs. La Petite Fille Sage ( The Good Little Girl ) describes a substantial day of a little girl. Le Chien Perdu ( The Lost Dog ) is a conversation between a kid and a dog. En Renreant de L’école ( On the Way Home from School ) describes the surprising things that happened on the way home from school. Le Petit Garçon Malade ( The Little Sick Boy ) describes a sick boy whose mind is full of feelings of helplessness. Le Hérisson ( The Hedgehog ) talks about a father who brings a Hedgehog home and some funny things happen in the family. Each song describes a little story happening in daily life from a child’s point of view, and Poulenc has put these texts to music with excellent technique to express childlike innocence. This master report consists of seven parts. The first part is an introduction. It is followed by background of early 20th-century french music, a biographic sketch of Poulenc life, characteristics of Poulenc secular choral works, a biographic sketch of Madeleina Ley life, analysis of Petites Voix, and interpretation of Petites Voix. The last part is the conclusion. There are three appendices at the end of this paper. Appendix A contains the phonetic alphabets and the general rules of French diction. Appendix B offers the translation and a French pronunciation guide for the lyrics of these five pieces. Appendix C is a list of Poulenc choral works
Su, Chih-pin, and 蘇稚蘋. "An Analysis and Interpretation of Francis Poulenc''s ''Nocturnes''." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7x94np.
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After World War I, a significant change for the concepts of culture and art occurred in France, which eventually causes a cultural revolution. Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) experienced such a transformation and became one of the most important French composers and pianists in the twentieth century. He was a member of the French group Les Six; his music was therefore often considered informal. However, those who had ever listened to his music were impressed deeply by the graceful melodies and rich harmonies presented in his works. Poulenc was prolific, producing a total number of 34 opuses for piano. In particular, he finished most of his outstanding works in the 1930s, of which Nocturnes is the most representative. Nocturnes is characterized by two main elements generally found in Poulenc’s works, referred to as Neo-classicism and Popular Music, from which the characteristics of his piano music can be realized comprehensively. The primary purpose of this thesis is to thoroughly discuss Poulenc’s famous piano pieces Nocturnes. The thesis is organized as follows. Firstly, the development of French cultures in the early twentieth century is introduced particularly with a historical perspective. In Chapter 2, Poulenc’s life and his composition style are presented, followed by an emphasis on the unique characteristics of his piano music. Chapter 3 describes the background when Poulenc composed Nocturnes, with a discussion of the skills required for the interpretation. It is anticipated that this study is capable of offering the understanding of Poulenc’s piano music.
WU, YUN-WEI, and 烏昀瑋. "The Analysis and Interpretation of Francis Poulenc's Huit Nocturnes." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84bs37.
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Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) was a prestigious French composer and pianist in the twentieth century and in the meantime, he was also a member of "Les Six". His works are famous for beautiful and simple melodies and he is regarded as the best melodies composer after the death of Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). Poulenc composed thirty-four piano solo works in his life and "Huit Nocturnes" belong to his representative works which he intensively composed in 1930. These works were originally written as individual jotting pieces which spanned almost a decade. He decided to aggregate them into one work in 1938. Although these are works with jotting ideas in surface, they hide some mystery, like special notation mode and symmetrical tonal relations and they are closely related. By analysing music context, I discovered not only beautiful melodies but also a special using of harmonic configuration which create a unique sound effect and give me the direction of interpretation. In this research, I will especially emphasise the features of each piece and a detail explanation of music content and provide performers a clear outline of the work.