Early modern representations of witchcraft have been the subject of considerable recent scholarship; however, three significant aspects of the corpus have not received sufficient attention and are treated independently here for the first time. This dissertation will examine how witchcraft imagery invited discourse concerning the reality of magic and witchcraft and suggested connections to contemporary issues through the themes of the witch’s violent autonomy, bestial passions, and unnatural interactions with the demonic and the dead. These three themes address specific features of the multifaceted identity of the witch and participate in a larger discussion that questioned the nature of humanity. Analysis of each issue reveals a complex, ambiguous, and often radically open treatment of the subject that necessitates a revision of how witchcraft imagery from this period is understood. Each understudied aspect of witchcraft imagery is explored through a series of case studies that have not appeared together until now. Previously unexamined artworks with inventive content are introduced and canonical pictures are examined from new perspectives. These images were created in the principal artistic centers, the Italian city-states, the German provinces, and the Low Countries, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the controversy over witchcraft was at its peak. Although they are few in number, these highly innovative images are the most effective and illuminating means by which to access these themes. These works of art provide valuable insights into important issues that troubled early modern society. Chapter 1 reveals how witchcraft imagery produced in the Low Countries is concerned with the witch’s violent rejection of the social bonds and practices upon which the community depends for survival. Chapter 2 examines how the figure of the witch was used to explore concerns about the delineation and transgression of the human-animal boundary. Chapter 3 exposes an interest in the physical possibility of witchcraft; artists questioned the ability of witches and demons to manipulate the material world. Issues include the witches’ capacity to reanimate dead bodies and create monstrous creatures. Together these images demonstrate active and meaningful engagement with the theories, beliefs, and practices associated with witchcraft.

Early modern representations of witchcraft have been the subject of considerable recent scholarship; however, three significant aspects of the corpus have not received sufficient attention and are treated independently here for the first time. This dissertation will examine how witchcraft imagery invited discourse concerning the reality of magic and witchcraft and suggested connections to contemporary issues through the themes of the witch’s violent autonomy, bestial passions, and unnatural interactions with the demonic and the dead. These three themes address specific features of the multifaceted identity of the witch and participate in a larger discussion that questioned the nature of humanity. Analysis of each issue reveals a complex, ambiguous, and often radically open treatment of the subject that necessitates a revision of how witchcraft imagery from this period is understood. Each understudied aspect of witchcraft imagery is explored through a series of case studies that have not appeared together until now. Previously unexamined artworks with inventive content are introduced and canonical pictures are examined from new perspectives. These images were created in the principal artistic centers, the Italian city-states, the German provinces, and the Low Countries, during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries when the controversy over witchcraft was at its peak. Although they are few in number, these highly innovative images are the most effective and illuminating means by which to access these themes. These works of art provide valuable insights into important issues that troubled early modern society. Chapter 1 reveals how witchcraft imagery produced in the Low Countries is concerned with the witch’s violent rejection of the social bonds and practices upon which the community depends for survival. Chapter 2 examines how the figure of the witch was used to explore concerns about the delineation and transgression of the human-animal boundary. Chapter 3 exposes an interest in the physical possibility of witchcraft; artists questioned the ability of witches and demons to manipulate the material world. Issues include the witches’ capacity to reanimate dead bodies and create monstrous creatures. Together these images demonstrate active and meaningful engagement with the theories, beliefs, and practices associated with witchcraft.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-03T12:19:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseAirtonSilva.pdf: 1571440 bytes, checksum: ef63ee99d9cca7ce9300c7f3d2a989b1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-02-24 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The book of Habakkuk portrays a conflict between the faith of the prophet and his historical reality. While his theology describes YHWH, his God, as one who sees oppression, hears the cry of the oppressed and freedom from oppression, the reality of their day was oppressive and cry for divine help, but YHWH was not hearing the cry, was seeing oppression, but it is not saving the oppressed. The prophet can not understand what is happening. Finally, YHWH tells him, but to announce sending the Neo-Babylonian Empire to punish the oppressors who, at first, are people among the people of the prophet himself, ie, the Judahite ruling elite of the days of king Jehoiachin between 608 and 598 BC The conflict increases the prophet, then, with this measure, YHWH will change only the oppression of hands. The prophet insists their cry for an intervention of YHWH that solves the issue of both internal and external oppression. Then the answer comes. YHWH has appointed a day when they will settle accounts with every kind of wicked, either internal, or external. YHWH will make their ungodliness to turn upon their own heads. This response ends the conflict of the prophet. Finally, the God who sees oppression, who hears the cry of the oppressed and acts to free him, is again active on behalf of his people. The book reveals that the theology that drives the complaints addressed to the prophet YHWH because of the conflict between their faith and their historical reality, is the theology of Exodus. The Exodus is the foundational experience of the Israelite faith. Thus, from the beginning, Israel knew YHWH as the one who hears the cry of the oppressed see their oppression and acts to release him from his oppressors. When oppression is reigning and YHWH is not acting, and worse, when the people cry out for help and not hear YHWH, settles the conflict between faith and historical reality as experienced by the prophet Habakkuk. The book ends with a psalm that celebrates the powerful act of YHWH who delivers his people and fight against the wicked. In order to know just what your liberating God is active and not abandoned. So it should not give up. Should rather continue fighting against all sorts of oppression supporting his unconditional faith in YHWH and submitting to him even when he can not understand his ways. / O livro de Habakkuk retrata um conflito entre a fé do profeta e sua realidade histórica. Enquanto sua teologia descreve YHWH, seu Deus, como alguém que vê a opressão, ouve o clamor do oprimido e o liberta da opressão, a realidade de seus dias era de opressão e clamor por socorro divino, mas YHWH não estava ouvindo o clamor, estava vendo a opressão, mas não está salvando o oprimido. O profeta não consegue entender o que está acontecendo. Finalmente, YHWH lhe responde, mas para anunciar o envio do império neobabilônico para punir os opressores que, a princípio, são pessoas dentre o próprio povo do profeta, ou seja, a elite governante judaíta dos dias do rei Joaquim entre 608 e 598 a.C. O conflito do profeta aumenta, pois, com esta medida, YHWH apenas mudará a opressão de mãos. O profeta insiste em seu clamor por uma intervenção de YHWH que resolva a questão da opressão tanto interna quanto externa. Então a resposta vem. YHWH determinou um dia quando vai ajustar contas com todo tipo de ímpio, seja interno, seja externo. YHWH vai fazer com que suas impiedades se voltem sobre suas próprias cabeças. Esta resposta põe fim ao conflito do profeta. Finalmente, o Deus que vê a opressão, que ouve o clamor do oprimido e age para liberta-lo, está novamente ativo em favor do seu povo. O livro revela que a teologia que move as queixas do profeta endereçadas a YHWH por causa do conflito entre sua fé e sua realidade histórica, é a teologia do Êxodo. O Êxodo é a experiência fundante da fé israelita. Assim, desde o princípio, Israel conheceu YHWH como aquele que ouve o clamor do oprimido, vê sua opressão e age para liberta-lo de seus opressores. Quando a opressão está reinando e YHWH não está agindo e, pior, quando o povo clama por ajuda e YHWH não ouve, se instala o conflito entre a fé e a realidade histórica conforme experimentada pelo profeta Habakkuk. O livro termina com um salmo que celebra o agir poderoso de YHWH que livra o seu povo e luta contra o ímpio. No fim o justo sabe que o seu Deus libertador está ativo e não o abandonou. Por isso, não deve desistir. Deve sim, continuar lutando contra toda sorte de opressão apoiando sua fé incondicional em YHWH e submetendo-se a ele mesmo quando não consegue entender seu modo de agir.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-02-24T18:20:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RoseliaCO.pdf: 983581 bytes, checksum: ef2f8147e4e96309fcc1540df1994ca6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-01-21 / Coordena??o de Aperfei?oamento de Pessoal de N?vel Superior / Au cours de cette recherche, nous traitons la reinterpr?tation de cette campagne de P? no Ch?o Tamb?m se Aprende a Ler , tout en utilisant un moyen d?fini a travers les parlers de femmes qui avaient travaill? dans le projet d alphab?tisation d?velopp? par la Mairie de la Ville de Natal au d?but des ann?es 1960. Le parler de cinq femmes/ ?ducatrices, participantes actives de ce projet, se constitue en tant qu unit? principale de r?f?rence de ce travail. ? partir de leurs t?moignages nous avons cherch? ? contextualiser et enrichir un peu plus la p?riode concernante ? l av?nement de la Campagne. Il s agit de t?moignages qui ont des rapports avec l ?ducation, la culture et la conscientisation politique, v?hicule ? la compr?hension du contexte historique dans lequel s ins?rait le groupe engag? dans la Campagne de P? no ch?o tamb?m se aprende a ler .Nous avons d?velopp? notre travail ? travers la m?thodologie compr?hensible du discours (Kaufmann, 1996), tout en m?langeant le mat?riel recherch? et la th?orie. Les consid?rations finales font ?tat de nos impressions ? propos de ce projet ? partir des t?moignages de ces cinq femmes/?ducatrices. Le gouvernement de Djalma Maranh?o se caracterize pu democratie et populaire et ce travail ?ducatif consid?rer subversives a d?cennie 1960 / Ao longo desta pesquisa, tratamos da reinterpreta??o da Campanha de P? no Ch?o Tamb?m se Aprende a Ler. Para o alcance desse objetivo, utilizamos fragmentos de discursos pronunciados por cinco mulheres/educadoras, que atuaram no projeto de alfabetiza??o, desenvolvido pela Prefeitura de Natal no in?cio dos anos 1960. A unidade de refer?ncia principal desta pesquisa se constitui das falas desses cinco sujeitos participantes do referido projeto. Partindo de seus relatos, buscamos compreender a rede de rela??es que circunda a equipe da Prefeitura, e principalmente que configura e desvela os sentidos do projeto tal como ? percebido na atualidade por essas protagonistas. Procuramos perceber de que forma essas mulheres visualizavam sua pr?tica educativa e os motivos que as levaram a participar de um projeto considerado, na ?poca, como popular e democr?tico. Desenvolvemos este trabalho a partir da metodologia compreensiva do discurso (KAUFMANN,1996), entrela?ando a fala das mulheres entrevistadas com estas teorias. As considera??es finais revelam o quanto o preconceito, o medo e a viol?ncia rondaram a d?cada de 1960, fazendo-se presente no cotidiano local, particularmente atrav?s do olhar dessas cinco mulheres/educadoras. E como a gest?o do Prefeito Djalma Maranh?o era caracterizada como aberta, popular e subversiva e foi considerada como de grande amea?a ? ordem pol?tica e social do Estado.Seus olhares nos apontam ainda caminhos para que possamos ampliar o debate acerca da educa??o popular na d?cada de 1960

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:25:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseELL.pdf: 415290 bytes, checksum: cf961e92e2473531e65d0daf28db5e50 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-22 / The main goal of this work is analyze the way which the Natal City Prefecture was constructed as a place of subversion by those we call defenders of the order, in the period right after the outbreak of military coup in 1964. To reach it, the main resource of search was the Relat?rio Subvers?o no Rio Grande do Norte , document produced from the investigations realized in Natal City Prefecture as a result of the Commission of Inquiry s work, established by the governor Alu?zio Alves to determine the subversion in Rio Grande do Norte s society. Based on the anti-comunist speech. That document introduces other image of the Prefecture, which activities developed by de second Djalma Maranh?o administration (1961-1964), specially those developed in the educational area, as the campaign De P? no Ch?o Tamb?m se Aprende a Ler , were considered subversive , communist , dangerous , threatening , names that served as backing to embed Natal City Prefecture in the general view about subversion existing in Rio Grande do Norte, according to the repression speech in this initial period of military regime. Key-words: 1964 Military Coup Natal City Prefecture / O presente trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a maneira pela qual a Prefeitura Municipal de Natal foi constru?da como espa?o da subvers?o, por aqueles que denominamos de defensores da ordem, no per?odo imediatamente posterior ? deflagra??o do golpe militar de 1964. Para tal utilizamos como principal fonte o Relat?rio Subvers?o no Rio Grande do Norte , documento produzido a partir das investiga??es realizadas na Prefeitura Municipal de Natal como resultado do trabalho da comiss?o de inqu?rito institu?da pelo governador Alu?zio Alves para apurar a subvers?o na sociedade norte-rio-grandense. Embasado no discurso anti-comunista, o referido documento apresenta outra imagem da Prefeitura, na qual as atividades desenvolvidas na segunda administra??o do prefeito Djalma Maranh?o (1961-1964), sobretudo aquelas desenvolvidas na ?rea da educa??o, como a Campanha De P? no Ch?o Tamb?m se Aprende a Ler , foram designadas como subversivas , comunistas , perigosas , atentat?rias ? ordem , designa??es que serviram de respaldo colocar a Prefeitura Municipal no quadro geral da subvers?o existente no Rio Grande do Norte, de acordo com o discurso da repress?o, nesse per?odo inicial de implanta??o do regime militar

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-23T14:34:17Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao de Mestrado - Lorenza L Jareski.pdf: 507090 bytes, checksum: 517f370a88f32ae9e9c7371d0ed3aa3d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005-12-09 / A intenção desta dissertação é estudar o romance O Ateneu, de Raul Pompéia, produzido em 1888, na efervescência da promulgação da Lei Áurea e às vésperas da Proclamação da República. O romance assume uma posição de destaque na literatura brasileira, o que se reflete na singularidade da crítica a ele dedicada. A partir da percepção do Ateneu como um mundo opressivo e da realidade interior complexa e fragmentada de seus personagens, propõe-se aqui uma leitura pelo prisma da literatura distópica. O rigoroso cumprimento das leis e regras vigentes no internato exige, de alguns personagens, para que possam sobreviver, um posicionamento dissidente, manifesto em diferentes práticas de subversão, sempre circunscritas a limites estreitos no espaço e no tempo. Emergem o sexo, o amor, a fé, a arte e as relações familiares como forças opositoras à realidade autoritária da escola. O trabalho investiga, por fim, o modo como a narrativa de Pompéia constrói caracteres cujo comportamento foge aos padrões aceitos pelo Brasil patriarcal oitocentista, em sutis indicações de ruptura com a ordem social estabelecida. / The purpose of this dissertation is to study the O Ateneu by Raul Pompéia, written in 1888, during the promulgation of the Slavery Abolition (Lei Áurea) and just before the Proclamation of the Republic. The novel assumes a prominent position in the Brazilian Literature what reflects on the singularity of the criticism devoted to it. After the realization of Ateneu (a boarding school) as an oppressive world and the broken and complex reality of its characters, the author of this dissertation proposes another reading of the novel, under a dystopian literature view. The evaluation broadens under the deeds of some citizens of Ateneu which suggests a dissident status. The harsh fulfillment the laws and order in force at the boarding school demands a dissident behavior, for the survival of some characters, revealed in different ways of subversion, always limited by narrow boundaries in space and time. Sex, love, faith, art and family relations emerge in opposition to the school s reality. At last, this dissertation investigates the way Pompéia s narrative builds characters whose behavior flee from the acceptable Brazilian standards of the 1800 s patriarchal society, indicating rupture of established social order.

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The characteristics of the Russian military operations during the Russo-Georgian War of 2008 and again in the Crimean Crisis 2014, were “rude awakenings” to a shift in the strategic behaviour of Russia, not refraining from military aggression as means to political aims. In the aftermath of these “strategic shocks”, the scholarly debate on how to interpret and understand these limited wars, has several ongoing discussions, among which is whether this modern Russian style of warfare, as demonstrated in Moldova, Georgia, Ukraine and elsewhere, really is a novel concept or plainly “old wine in a new bottle”. This thesis is part taking in that debate through the theoretical framework of three Soviet era warfare methods from the psychological dimension: Deception – Maskirovka, Information Warfare – Reflexive Control, and Subversion – Active Measures. Within the framework, an analytical tool for qualitative text analysis is designed and then applied for the case studies of the Russo-Georgian War, as it compares to the Crimean Crisis, collecting indicators for the apparent presence of traditional methods in these cases. The study concludes that the Soviet era warfare concepts of Maskirovka, Reflexive Control and Active Measures, are relevant as explanators for a facet of the modern day Russian warfare style, in alignment with the general argument on the Russian warfare doctrine as evolutionary, rather than revolutionary, vis-a-vis the strategic practices of the Soviet era.

Analyzing Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights and linking trends of the Byronic hero that have merged into a variety of genres reveal that the hero is a mode of subversive gender expression, which has evolved within the Gothic through feminine desire. Delving into Bram Stoker’s Dracula will provide unique insight into the audience’s desires/expressions of gender. Finding the transition point from the monster vampire of Dracula to Stephanie Meyer’s desirous, sparkling boy-next-door in Twilight will track the trajectory of gender and sexual norms through time. From the foundational adaptation of the Byronic hero in Wuthering Heights to the repressed vampiric desire of Dracula, to queer desire/domestication within Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire, ending with sparkling vampires of Twilight, we can invite the Byronic hero, which already supports rejection of societal expectations, into a genderless space, becoming a champion of desire absent from the constraints of gender and sexuality conformity.

Mémoire en recherche-création. / La figure de la sorcière et sa parole envoûtante sont au cœur de ce mémoire de recherche-création. Le roman Filles d’Hécate explore les effets d’une parole sorcière au sein d’une communauté carcérale. Dans un pénitencier pour femmes, la narratrice et terroriste « ratée », Sarah, est témoin de la révolte de ses consœurs, menées par une mère infanticide que toutes appellent ‘Ma. Le récit à la première personne, entrecoupé de rituels à la troisième personne du pluriel, gravite autour de cette femme autrefois docile qui s’est soudainement réclamée sorcière, entraînant toute sa communauté dans une confrontation avec l’ordre établi. Dans un univers hautement surveillé et réglementé, quel est le poids de cette parole de contre-pouvoir, se propageant par les rumeurs et les superstitions ? Quel est le potentiel libérateur de ces discours de la marge pour des femmes autrement privées d’agentivité ? L’essai Contamination et performativité de la parole sorcière dans Les Enfants du sabbat d’Anne Hébert propose, quant à lui, de penser les effets de la parole sorcière dans les structures de pouvoir qui régissent la vie au sein du couvent des Dames du Précieux-Sang. Comment la narratrice, Julie, arrive-t-elle à contaminer à la fois l’ordre établi, s’appropriant jusqu’aux pouvoirs de la mère supérieure et de l’abbé Flageole, mais aussi les discours des autorités religieuses ? Il apparaît que la parole performative mise en scène par Hébert opère un renversement des rôles nécessaire à la prise de pouvoir de Julie, conjurant par la même occasion les violences lui étant adressées. La voix transcendante de la jeune religieuse, qui traverse les lieux et les époques et qui est capable de se travestir, vient ouvrir un espace de doute et de profanité au cœur de l’apparente pureté de l’institution religieuse. La parole de Julie de la Trinité acquiert une puissance quasi divine permettant à la sorcière de revisiter son passé et de surpasser sa mère, sorcière désormais déchue. / The witch and her bewitching speech are at the center of this M.A. thesis combining research and creative writing. The novel Filles d’Hécate explores the effects of the witch speech on a carceral community. In a women’s penitentiary, the narrator and “failed” terrorist, Sarah, witnesses the revolt of her sisters, lead by an infanticidal mother that everyone calls ‘Ma. The story in the first person, punctuated with rituals in the third person, revolves around this once docile woman who suddenly has claimed to be a witch, bringing her whole community into a confrontation with the established order. In a highly supervised and regulated universe, what is the weight of this counter-power speech, mainly propagated by rumours and superstitions ? What is the liberating potential of these discourses of the margin for women otherwise deprived of agency ? The essay Contamination et performativité de la parole sorcière dans Les Enfants du sabbat d’Anne Hébert proposes to think about the effects of the witch speech in the power structures that govern life within the “Dames du Précieux-Sang” convent. How does the narrator, Julie, manages to contaminate both the established order, subverting through appropriation the power of the Superior Mother and Abbot Flageole, but also the very discourses of the religious authorities ? It appears that the performative speech written by Hébert operates a reversal of roles necessary for Julie’s empowerment, at the same time countering the violence directed at her. Her transcendent voice, which crosses places and eras and can disguise itself, opens a space of doubt and profanity within the apparent purity of the religious institution. The speech of Julie of the Trinity acquires a quasi-divine power, allowing the witch to revisit her past and surpass her mother, now a fallen witch.