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451	The carceral in literary dystopia: social conformity in Aldous Huxley’s Brave new world, Jasper Fford’s Shades of grey and Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy Chamberlain, Marlize 02 1900 (has links) Includes bibliographical references (leaves 123-127) / This dissertation examines how three dystopian texts, namely Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Jasper Fforde’s Shades of Grey and Veronica Roth’s Divergent trilogy, exhibit social conformity as a disciplinary mechanism of the ‘carceral’ – a notion introduced by poststructuralist thinker Michel Foucault. Employing poststructuralist discourse and deconstructive theory as a theoretical framework, the study investigates how each novel establishes its world as a successful carceral city that incorporates most, if not all, the elements of the incarceration system that Foucault highlights in Discipline and Punish. It establishes that the societies of the texts present potentially nightmarish future societies in which social and political “improvements” result in a seemingly better world, yet some essential part of human existence has been sacrificed. This study of these fictional worlds reflects on the carceral nature of modern society and highlights the problematic nature of the social and political practices to which individuals are expected to conform. Finally, in line with Foucault, it postulates that individuals need not be enclosed behind prison walls to be imprisoned; the very nature of our social systems imposes the restrictive power that incarcerates societies / English Studies / M.A. (English Studies) Dystopia Utopia Science fiction Social systems Social conformity Post-structuralism Michael Foucault Jacques Derrida Future societies Satire Prison Dystopian fiction Young adult dystopian fiction Imprisonment Power Hegemony Discipline Docility Carceral Discourse Discursive formations 809.93372 Roth, Veronica -- Themes, motives Roth, Veronica. Shades of grey Fforde, Jasper -- Themes, motives Fforde, Jasper -- Shades of grey Dystopias in literature Science fiction -- Themes, motives Future, The, in literature Conformity in literature
452	Pierre Bourdieu Heitzmann, Daniela 25 April 2017 (has links) Pierre Bourdieu (1930–2002) war ein französischer Ethnologe und Soziologe, der von 1981 bis 2001 einen Lehrstuhl für Soziologie am Collège de France innehatte. Sein zentrales Erkenntnisinteresse richtete Bourdieu auf die Beständigkeit der sozialen Verhältnisse, deren zentralen Mechanismus er im Phänomen der symbolischen Gewalt fand. Bourdieu beschreibt dabei, wie in der sozialen Praxis über Akte des Klassifizierens Herrschafts- und Machtverhältnisse konstituiert und perpetuiert werden. Als Beispiel schlechthin für die symbolische Gewalt benennt Bourdieu die „Männliche Herrschaft“. Die Rezeption dieses Konzepts ist in der deutschsprachigen Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung bis heute jedoch eher zurückhaltend. info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/301 ddc:301
453	Empowering young people through narrative Steyn, Lynette 06 1900 (has links) Dominant discourses on power, childhood and gender lead to power inequalities in social relationships in families and schools, allowing abuses of power (the subjugation and marginalisation of women and young people). These dominant structures of belief are often disrespectful of young people's experiences, stories and knowledges. This research attempted to respond to dilemmas in child relationships, to challenge belief structures that construct relationships between adults/young people, and to empower young people to stand up for their beliefs and make their voices heard. The research was guided by a post-modern, narrative pastoral approach. To deconstruct discourses that restrict young people within social institutions, social construction discourse, feminist post-structuralism, narrative theology and feminist theology were used. Narrative practices were used to look at depression, guilt, trouble and anger. Re-authoring conversations were used to construct preferred stories about young people's identities and to explore alternative stories and the not-yet-said on drugs. / Philosophy, Practical & Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology (Pastoral Therapy)) Post-modem epistemology Narrative pastoral approach Feminist post-structuralism Social construction discourse Post-modem theology Power discourse Childhood discourse Gender discourse Externalising conversations Ethical responsibility Accountability 305.20968 Psychotherapy -- South Africa Interpersonal relations -- South Africa Pastoral psychology -- South Africa Narrative therapy -- South Africa Discourse analysis -- South Africa Feminist psychology -- South Africa Conversation analysis -- South Africa Social interaction -- South Africa Conflict of generations -- South Africa
454	Temporality and the past: recollections of apartheid in selected South African novels in English Xaba, Andile 11 1900 (has links) The study provides a theoretical account for the representation of apartheid in South African fiction. Narrative strategies employed in the post-apartheid novels The innocence of roast chicken (Richards, 1996), The smell of apples (Behr, 1996), All we have left unsaid (Case, 2006) and Thirteen cents (Duiker, 2011) reveal that depictions of the past contribute to narrative structure and the production of meaning. Genettean temporal relations, namely narrative order, duration and frequency are a systematic method to analyse the selected novels, since it enables a contrast between the narrative past as the histoire, and the narrative present as the récit. Retrospective events are constructed as memories, thereby are complemented by Bergson’s psychological and philosophical theory in the analysis and interpretation of the dualistic interaction between the apartheid and post-apartheid temporal centres adopted within the novels. The representation of apartheid may be seen as sub-themes and time as configurations of temporal zones. / Afrikaans & Theory of Literature / M.A. (Theory of Literature) Gerard Genette Structuralism Narratology South African fiction Jo-Anne Richards Marc Behr Maxine Case K. Sello Duiker Henri Bergson Temporal relations Memory Recollections of apartheid in fiction Apartheid and gender Apartheid and guilt Apartheid and secrets 820.9968 Apartheid in literature South Africa -- In literature Collective memory in literature Recollection (Psychology) in literature Case, Maxine. All we have left unsaid Behr, Mark. Reuk van appels Duiker, K. Sello. Thirteen cents
455	Constructing and transforming the curriculum for higher education : a South African case study Dirk, Wayne Peter 07 1900 (has links) This study explores the various processes that constructed and transformed the undergraduate curriculum in a Faculty of Education at a South African university. It attempts to delve beneath the representation of post-apartheid curriculum change as a linear process. The thesis argues that scholars should attempt to unravel how the curriculum performs the task of social transformation at the site of the university by empirically investigating how the relationship between structure and action links with the ideals of post-apartheid higher education policy. Theoretically, this study posits that the deficit in the local literature on the use of the structure/agency relationship as a heuristic device for examining institutional change should be addressed with the relational sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. / Sociology / D. Phil. (Sociology) Pierre Bourdieu Genetic structuralism Structure/agency Relational sociology Post-apartheid Field-analytical approach Field Habitus Capital Socio-analysis Position-taking Classification struggle Higher education curriculum Institutional analysis Institutional power Participant objectification Epistemic reflexivity Hysteresis Culture History Fundamental pedagogics 378.1990968
456	Temporality and the past: recollections of apartheid in selected South African novels in English Xaba, Andile 11 1900 (has links) The study provides a theoretical account for the representation of apartheid in South African fiction. Narrative strategies employed in the post-apartheid novels The innocence of roast chicken (Richards, 1996), The smell of apples (Behr, 1996), All we have left unsaid (Case, 2006) and Thirteen cents (Duiker, 2011) reveal that depictions of the past contribute to narrative structure and the production of meaning. Genettean temporal relations, namely narrative order, duration and frequency are a systematic method to analyse the selected novels, since it enables a contrast between the narrative past as the histoire, and the narrative present as the récit. Retrospective events are constructed as memories, thereby are complemented by Bergson’s psychological and philosophical theory in the analysis and interpretation of the dualistic interaction between the apartheid and post-apartheid temporal centres adopted within the novels. The representation of apartheid may be seen as sub-themes and time as configurations of temporal zones. / Afrikaans and Theory of Literature / M. A. (Theory of Literature) Gerard Genette Structuralism Narratology South African fiction Jo-Anne Richards Marc Behr Maxine Case K. Sello Duiker Henri Bergson Temporal relations Memory Recollections of apartheid in fiction Apartheid and gender Apartheid and guilt Apartheid and secrets 820.9968 Apartheid in literature South Africa -- In literature Collective memory in literature Recollection (Psychology) in literature Case, Maxine. All we have left unsaid Behr, Mark. Reuk van appels Duiker, K. Sello. Thirteen cents
457	Välsignad förbannelse : En retorisk analys av bibliskt material i Black Metallyrik Jonsäll, Hans January 2015 (has links) This bachelor thesis offers a rhetorical analysis of the album Maranatha by Swedish Black Metal artist Funeral Mist. Its main focus is on the intertextuality between the song "Blessed Curse" and the biblical book Deuteronomy, especially Deut 28 from which it has sampled a large portion of text. In the analysis I uncover the similarities and differences between the two texts in order to explain how the biblical fragments constitute new meanings when rearranged and taken out of their original context. The analysis concludes with relating the material to its new context i.e. the album Maranatha and the Black Metal scene by explaining other intertexts and references to the Bible and discussing which genre is best suited to describe the album as a whole. The results of the study show that the biblical quotations in the lyrics convey radically different messages and meanings compared to their original content in Deut 28. This in turn acknowledge how dependent linguistic symbols are on their context. I finish off my thesis with a few reflections on the moral and ethical implications of this use of biblical material concerning the anti-christian agenda supported by members of the Black Metal scene and specifically how Daniel Rostén of Funeral Mist view his own work and agenda. Deuteronomy Deut 28 blessings curses Black Metal Extreme Metal Funeral Mist Arioch Marduk Maranatha Blessed Curse intertextuality structuralism rethorical criticism polemics satanism occultism occulture apocalypse apocalypticism christianity judaism hebrew Hebrew Bible New Testament aramaic greek music lyrics reception history of reception cultural studies Bible and popular culture Deuteronomium Deut 28 välsignelser förbannelser Black Metal Extreme Metal Funeral Mist Arioch Marduk Maranatha Blessed Curse intertextualitet strukturalism retorisk analys polemik satanism ockultism occulture apokalyps apokalyptik kristendom judendom hebreiska Hebreiska Bibeln Nya Testamentet arameiska grekiska musik lyrik reception receptionshistoria kulturorienterad bibelvetenskap populärkultur
458	Constructing and transforming the curriculum for higher education : a South African case study Dirk, Wayne Peter 07 1900 (has links) This study explores the various processes that constructed and transformed the undergraduate curriculum in a Faculty of Education at a South African university. It attempts to delve beneath the representation of post-apartheid curriculum change as a linear process. The thesis argues that scholars should attempt to unravel how the curriculum performs the task of social transformation at the site of the university by empirically investigating how the relationship between structure and action links with the ideals of post-apartheid higher education policy. Theoretically, this study posits that the deficit in the local literature on the use of the structure/agency relationship as a heuristic device for examining institutional change should be addressed with the relational sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. / Sociology / D. Phil. (Sociology) Pierre Bourdieu Genetic structuralism Structure/agency Relational sociology Post-apartheid Field-analytical approach Field Habitus Capital Socio-analysis Position-taking Classification struggle Higher education curriculum Institutional analysis Institutional power Participant objectification Epistemic reflexivity Hysteresis Culture History Fundamental pedagogics 378.1990968
459	Empowering young people through narrative Steyn, Lynette 06 1900 (has links) Dominant discourses on power, childhood and gender lead to power inequalities in social relationships in families and schools, allowing abuses of power (the subjugation and marginalisation of women and young people). These dominant structures of belief are often disrespectful of young people's experiences, stories and knowledges. This research attempted to respond to dilemmas in child relationships, to challenge belief structures that construct relationships between adults/young people, and to empower young people to stand up for their beliefs and make their voices heard. The research was guided by a post-modern, narrative pastoral approach. To deconstruct discourses that restrict young people within social institutions, social construction discourse, feminist post-structuralism, narrative theology and feminist theology were used. Narrative practices were used to look at depression, guilt, trouble and anger. Re-authoring conversations were used to construct preferred stories about young people's identities and to explore alternative stories and the not-yet-said on drugs. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M. Th. (Practical Theology (Pastoral Therapy)) Post-modem epistemology Narrative pastoral approach Feminist post-structuralism Social construction discourse Post-modem theology Power discourse Childhood discourse Gender discourse Externalising conversations Ethical responsibility Accountability 305.20968 Psychotherapy -- South Africa Interpersonal relations -- South Africa Pastoral psychology -- South Africa Narrative therapy -- South Africa Discourse analysis -- South Africa Feminist psychology -- South Africa Conversation analysis -- South Africa Social interaction -- South Africa Conflict of generations -- South Africa
460	Boiardo lettore di Dante. Comunicazione letteraria e intertestualità a Ferrara nella loro dimensione storica Cazzato, Matteo 29 May 2024 (has links) La tesi si propone di indagare l’intertestualità dantesca nell’opera volgare di Matteo Maria Boiardo. Il fenomeno è già stato oggetto di studi – indirizzati soprattutto al poema cavalleresco, e in misura minore (specie negli ultimi anni) al canzoniere lirico – che si sono mossi però nell’alveo dell’impostazione strutturalista, con una considerazione della memoria poetica da un punto di vista formalista e tipologico. Questa corrente ha consentito sviluppi importanti negli studi filologici, ma porta a vedere il fatto letterario staccato dal suo contesto di riferimento. Se questo esito in Italia è stato arginato da una forte base storicista, va detto che gli studi sulle riprese poetiche hanno però vissuto una situazione particolare. Da una parte, infatti, lo strutturalismo fra anni ’60 e ’70 ha imposto anche in Italia, attraverso una serie di importanti lavori, il suo modo di trattare la questione, senza poi che il successivo approdo semiotico incidesse in maniera significativa. Dall’altra, la reazione di chi voleva agganciare il fenomeno al dato storico ha riportato il problema all’impostazione erudita della critica delle fonti, privilegiando la raccolta dati da mettere in relazione con le informazioni sulla storia della tradizione e della circolazione. L’obbiettivo di questa tesi è fare un passo avanti, nella convinzione che per lo studio di questi fenomeni di riuso sia la circolazione manoscritta che i dati testuali e formali vadano letti in una piena prospettiva semiotica: guardare ai fenomeni di tradizione e trasmissione testuale nell’ottica dei processi ricettivi, e considerare le scelte di memoria poetica come atti comunicativi, con un valore pragmatico. La ricerca ha l’intento di giungere ad una maggior comprensione del rapporto del dotto poeta umanistico con il modello dantesco, un’interpretazione più chiara delle strategie di riuso, determinate dal particolare modo di leggere la Commedia nel contesto specifico, e perciò attraverso un preciso filtro fra quelli disponibili al tempo. Accanto all’insieme di informazioni filologiche sulle attestazioni manoscritte nelle biblioteche del tempo, l’indagine qui condotta consente – anche da un punto di vista che potremmo definire attributivo – di indicare in Benvenuto da Imola l’esegeta di riferimento per Boiardo e il suo pubblico, proprio perché l’osservazione ravvicinata dei testi e dei loro legami fa emergere questa tradizione interpretativa come la più attiva nell’elaborazione boiardesca rivolta ai lettori. Il lavoro non ha preso le mosse da un afflato teorico, teso a riconcettualizzare l’intertestualità, ma da un intento di chiarificazione sui testi e alcuni loro aspetti che non sembravano però trovare una spiegazione soddisfacente all’interno del quadro metodologico diffuso. Il lavoro, allora, ha assunto poco alla volta anche una vena metodologica sorta dall’osservazione dei fenomeni in modo nuovo. E così, accanto all’indagine storico-letteraria, e in stretta relazione con essa, è stato possibile avanzare alcune proposte ermeneutiche sui meccanismi intertestuali in base alle dinamiche della comunicazione letteraria. E nelle pagine che seguono il percorso si articola attorno a nuclei diversi ma interconnessi: da una parte la riflessione generale a carattere semiotico sui fenomeni di memoria poetica, che vengono concettualizzati grazie agli apporti di discipline come la pragmatica; segue una ricognizione storica sulle modalità di lettura e ricezione del modello dantesco – e non solo – in base alla circolazione dei testi e dei loro apparati esegetici; si arriva poi al nucleo del lavoro con l’affondo diretto su opere e paratesti esegetici con le loro relazioni, che si instaurano all’interno del laboratorio d’autore e poi da lì arrivano al pubblico.

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