Figures who turn their heads frontally and gaze outwards from Archaic Greek artworks look back at the viewer and destabilize the typical relationship between viewing subject and viewed object. These frontal characters were especially effective for viewers who encountered them during the Archaic period, when the profile perspective was conventional and vision was understood to be a tactile sense. Frontal-facing figures have often been interpreted as carrying protective power or having the ability to threaten the viewer with their attention. While some frontal figures are intimidating, frontality and the represented gazes it engenders do not provoke a single, universal reaction. Instead, these images’ interactions with ancient viewers were shaped by the type of frontal figure represented, the figure’s representational context, and the real context in which the figure was originally encountered. This dissertation takes a contextual approach to the study of Archaic frontal figures to arrive at a more nuanced understanding of their functions and effects. The frontal figures that are represented on vases made between 700 and 480 BCE are comprehensively examined. Frontal-facing characters that decorated temples in the same period are also considered. By inspecting each individual type of frontal figure in turn, we can better comprehend the differing responses the figures elicit, which include humor and horror in addition to terror. This project also examines how frontality was employed by innovative vase painters to create images that directly engage viewers and shape their viewing experiences. While a few figures were conventionally frontal in the Archaic period, the majority were represented frontally only by the most experimental artisans who were eager to surprise their viewers and distinguish their work from that of their colleagues. This investigation of Archaic frontality in multiple media demonstrates the power of the perspective in its original context and the inventiveness of the craftsmen who used it.

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<p>The ancient themes of Sabbath and Jubilee are woven throughout the biblical narrative and form the basis of the Israel's identity under Yahweh. Four threads in particular - the release of slaves, the forgiveness of debts, the fallowing of land, and the redistribution of capital - create the ethical backbone of God's people. These themes were amplified by the prophets and assumed by Jesus Christ himself as the content and thrust of his kingdom proclamation. Following Jesus, the early church implemented these Sabbath and Jubilee practices in their communities. Thus, the challenge today is for Christians to recapture these ancient laws as a guide to contemporary discipleship. As well, churches must be willing to envision their ministry and mission in light of this long overlooked Sabbath-Jubilee vision.</p> / Master of Arts (MA)

Media theorists have identified five models explaining media content: reflection, media routines, personal characteristics, extrinsic forces and manipulation. This study looks at diversity and controversy in newspaper comic strips to test the models that 1) media content is determined by personal characteristics of the decision maker; and 2) media content is determined by forces extrinsic to the decision maker. It was found that in the majority of cases the personal characteristics of the newspaper editor were more important in determining which diverse and controversial comic strips he/she will publish. However, it was found that no single model completely explains how editors make decisions concerning controversial and diverse material, but instead a variety of decision making models, including reflection, media routines, personal characteristics, and extrinsic forces, influence editor’s decision making. / Master of Science

Le CCRT est une mesure opérationnelle qui permet de mieux comprendre les schémas relationnels interpersonnels, les comportements, les émotions et les pensées. Il a été démontré que ces schémas relationnels sont liés aux interactions sociales et sont une caractéristique centrale des troubles de personnalité (Horowitz, 1991). Les objectifs de cette recherche sont: 1) d'évaluer la fidélité inter-juges du CCRT lorsqu'il est appliqué à des récits de patients atteints du trouble de personnalité état-limite (ÉL) et 2) de vérifier si les schémas relationnels conflictuels des patients ÉL, obtenus à l'aide du CCRT, diffèrent de ceux de patients qui ne souffrent pas de trouble de personnalité. Quarante patients ont participé à cette étude. La plupart avait un trouble sur I' Axe-1 du DSM-111-R (A.P.A., 1987). La moitié des sujets avait un trouble de personnalité ÉL, tandis que l'autre moitié n'avait aucun trouble de personnalité. Les résultats démontrent que le CCRT peut être appliqué de façon fiable aux récits de patients ayant le trouble de personnalité état-limite. Aucune différence significative n'a été observée entre les désirs (W) et les réponses des autres (RO) des deux groupes, cependant les deux groupes ont démontré des réponses du sujet (RS) différentes. Cette étude fait partie d'un projet de recherche auquel participent une centaine de patients et qui corrèle différentes mesures, dont le CCRT (Luborsky, 1984), )'Échelle de structure de Structure de Personnalité (ESP) (Diguer, 1994), et le Object representation inventory (Blatt et al., 1991). / The CCRT is an operational measure that gives us a better understanding of the relationships between object relations, schemas, behaviors, emotions and cognitions. It has also been demonstrated that these interpersonal relationship schemas are related to social interactions, and personality disorders (Horowitz, 1991). The goals of this study are to examine 1) whether the CCRT can be reliably applied to transcripts of Borderline Personality Disorder patients and 2) whether the CCRT from this population differ from those of non personality disorder patients. Fourty patients were included in this study. All presented with either a DSM-III-R Adjustment, mild Mood or Anxiety disorder. Half of the patients also had a Borderline personality disorder (BPD), the other half had no Axis-II diagnosis. The results show that the CCRT can indeed be applied to BPD patients’ narratives. No significant differences were found on the Wish and Response of Other components although difference has been found in the Response of Self component.This study is part of a larger project including about 100 patients and correlating several measures such as the CCRT (Luborsky, 1984), the Personality Structure Scale (PSS) (Diguer, 1994), and the Object representation inventory (Blatt et al., 1991).

Breast-baring occurs in fifth century Attic tragedy in a variety of situations, but almost always within a mournful context. Many connotations of the naked breast—vulnerability, womanhood, motherhood, and voluntary humiliation—can be evoked. Breast-baring can be a precursor of the death of the woman who exposes herself or of the death of the person to whom she makes the gesture. The most commonly represented context is the supplication of a son by a mother, a topos which finds its origin in Hecuba’s supplication of Hector (Il. 22.79-89). As a consistent failure, breast-baring during supplication reinforces the idea, commonly held in the society of the time, that female power is inferior to male power. The motivations for the gesture will be examined both within the respective literary contexts and within the society of the period. / Classics and World Languages / MA (Classical Studies)

This study focuses on the investigation and deconstruction of the phenomena of the South African dystopian society, as reflected in the novels of Lauren Beukes and films by Neill Blomkamp. The characteristics and signifiers of a uniquely South African dystopian society are established and investigated through a posthuman lens. The theoretical framework of this study is principally concerned with the critical posthuman writings of Rosi Braidotti, Donna Haraway and, to a lesser extent, Cary Wolfe. Feminism and post-colonialism, and their influences on posthuman theory, are applied as the secondary theoretical framework, in this study. The study is practice led, with the study of the literature serving as mutually informative to the execution of a body of work centred on the dystopian theme. The paintings are intended to be metonyms for the wide range of manifestations of social decline evident in contemporary South African narratives. / Arts and Music / M.A. (Visual Arts)

Le présent travail enrichit la thématologie à un double niveau, à la fois par une réflexion méthodologique sur les différents modes de manifestation du thème, et par une meilleure connaissance d'un "mythe" littéraire précis, celui de sainte Marie-Madeleine, dont la vitalité ne laisse aucun doute, tant dans la fréquence de l'utilisation du personnage depuis deux mille ans, que dans l'originalité des interprétations, malgré d'inévitables redites et banalités. <p>Sur la base d'une analyse minutieuse des différentes composantes du thème magdaléen dans la littérature franco-belge d'expression française après 1814, et des incarnations féminines qui s'en dégagent, cette thèse définit les contours du visage de la Madeleine de ces deux derniers siècles, et démontre la raison fondamentale de la permanence de la figure évangélique à travers les siècles :sa rencontre immédiate, et constante, avec le motif de la Femme dans la civilisation judéo-chrétienne. / Doctorat en philosophie et lettres, Orientation langue et littérature / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of how women experience midlife. Social constructionism, which fits within the postmodern tradition, was the epistemological framework informing this study. Participants were asked to provide their life stories in text form. Texts were interpreted using the hermeneutic method of analysis. The researcher attempted to understand the midlife experience from the perspective of each participant whose meaning, attitudes and ideas have developed within a social context, keeping in mind that the researcher's own social context, ideas and values affected the interpretation of the texts. The research results add a new perspective to the `grand narrative' of midlife as a `crisis'. The new `voice' speaks of the possibility of positive development - of overcoming adversity; taking control; re-assessing life; breaking old patterns; discovering peace; putting down roots; confronting reality; gaining independence and finding new meaning. / Psychology / MA (Clinical Psychology)