The present project draws a comparison between the literature and thought of Hasidic Rabbi Nachman of Braslav (1772–1810) and Argentine writer and public intellectual Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986). It is organized around two components of their writing—a discursive self-positioning at “the edge” of tradition and a “cabbalistic” stylization of their narratives. The dissertation contextualizes these components within late eighteenth century Enlightenment ideology and emancipation policies, and mid-twentieth century political ideologies of Nazism and Fascism, respectively. The dissertation is bookended by a close comparative reading of their stories. It finds that each in his moment is greatly implicated in questions of resituating Jews and Judaism within broader society, and argues that the effort to aesthetically represent the changing social location of Jews is linked to their understanding of their respective literary projects more broadly. Finally, the study illuminates their shared conceptualization of modern Judaism as a literary model. The dissertation’s broader intervention in the filed of early modern and modern literature relates to the dynamic of rupture and continuity that is so central to categorizations of modern writing. It demonstrates that the fault lines of the rupture from tradition, vis-à-vis which modern literature has been constructed, was already present—poetically and discursively—in the “tradition” from which it purportedly departs. By combining the study of diverse geographies, histories, languages, cultures and genres, the present study articulates a comparative frame that challenges conventional categorizations of modern writing.

The German Coast Project explores the early nineteenth century history of the Louisiana’s German Coast, spanning its formative years, the 1811 Slave Revolt, and the aftermath of the revolt, through the perspective of the Andry family. The website is powered through Omeka software, which creates a historical exhibition of compiled research. In addition, ArcGIS contributed to the website’s construction, as it allowed for the inclusion of interactive programs and maps within the website. Designed for high school students and genealogists, The German Coast Project creates new scholarship pertaining to the German Coast and the 1811 Slave Revolt, through the often-overlooked perspective of the Andry family. The primary theme of the project is to portray how Manuel Andry and his family were able to prosper financially after the 1811 Slave Revolt, even though they suffered a heavy emotional loss.

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To date, the Latin American essay remains little studied, certainly compared to other literary genres such as the novel, poetry and theater. This thesis examines prevailing theorists' conceptions of the essay and its historical development in Latin America. Employing the notions of cultural identity and difference, which have long been central to Latin American critical thought, this study distances the development of the essay in Latin America from Spanish colonial writings of the sixteenth century. In its place, this study proposes an innovative classification scheme that incorporates cultural codes as its main criteria in order to provide a more equitable treatment of essays from areas that have traditionally been marginalized in standard chronologically based classification schemes. Some of the paradigms used in this study to defend the integrity and specificity of the Latin American essay and culture are Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's affirmation of the values of the continent's indigenous pre-columbian heritage, Domingo Faustino Sarmiento's discursive reinvention of South America, and Jose Marti's notion of hibridez—a cultural and racial complex mixture rooted in the region's history—as an affirmation of a continental Latin American cultural identity. This thesis demonstrates that since Latin American essays diverge thematically from colonialist discourse, studies of the origins of the Latin American essay do not have to perpetuate the colonialist legacy.

Cette thèse vise à étudier la mesure et la représentation de l'Égypte pharaonique dans la littérature française du XIXe siècle (récit de voyage, roman et nouvelle). II s'agit de voir comment l'Égypte pharaonique, à la fois berceau de la civilisation occidentale et fantasme exotique par excellence, a marqué la littérature française au siècle de Bonaparte et de Champollion. En effet, bien que l'Égypte soit une destination pour les voyageurs en quête d'exotisme depuis l'Antiquité, c'est surtout à la suite de l'expédition d'Égypte de Bonaparte (1798-1801) qu'elle a donné lieu à une manifestation artistique et culturelle sans précédent en France, ce qui a produit un phénomène appelé égyptomanie. Grâce à Jean-François Champollion, c'est aussi le siècle qui a vu naître l'étude scientifique de cette civilisation, appelée égyptologie. Cette thèse montre, d'une part, que la littérature représente l'imaginaire produit par l'Égypte pharaonique avec une richesse égale aux disciplines qui ont été privilégiées jusqu'à présent par les études sur l'égyptomanie; d'autre part, qu'il y a une nécessité d'ouvrir un dialogue entre la littérature et le savoir égyptologique. La première partie de la thèse, intitulée « La mesure de l'Égypte pharaonique », met en place les instruments de mesure de cet imaginaire. Un premier parcours dans les liens qui peuvent se tisser entre littérature et égyptomanie, puis entre littérature et égyptologie, sert de cadre général à deux des principales orientations théoriques de la thèse: les rapports entre littérature et image d'une part, ceux entre littérature et savoir d'autre part. Par la suite, un parcours du champ de l'orientalisme, qui repose sur une relation entre savoir et pouvoir, révèle l'importance accordée à l'objet pharaonique, que la maîtrise du regard et celle de l'espace permettent de circonscrire. Le récit de voyage s'avère alors le genre par excellence où se jouent ces rapports, grâce aux deux métaphores essentielles de la bibliothèque et du musée, lesquelles servent de ligne directrice tout au long de la thèse. Enfin, cette portion se termine sur un état présent des études portant sur les rapports entre l'image et l'écrit en littérature, en insistant particulièrement sur le concept novateur de l'iconotexte, essentiel dans cette thèse. Cette première partie montre donc l'importance accordée à l'objet pharaonique, à la fois du point de vue esthétique, politique et scientifique, dans la littérature française du XIXe siècle. La seconde partie, intitulée « La représentation de l'Égypte pharaonique », insiste davantage sur l'étude d'un corpus de textes représentatifs de la problématique. Après un parcours historique, qui montre l'évolution de l'imaginaire de l'Égypte pharaonique de l'Antiquité jusqu'au XIXe siècle, c'est avec le récit de voyage que nous ouvrons la réflexion. Trois textes servent principalement d'exemple: Voyage dans la Basse et la Haute Égypte de Dominique Vivant Denon (1802); Le Nil (Égypte et Nubie) de Maxime Du Camp (1854); enfin La Mort de Philae de Pierre Loti (1909). Ce parcours met au jour le difficile problème de la médiation dans la représentation d'un réel étranger, a fortiori celui de l'Égypte: du dessin à la fantasmagorie, en passant par la photographie, la littérature du XIXe siècle cherche à dire l'objet par le biais d'un moyen d'expression qui a partie liée au visuel. Cet aspect est encore plus probant lorsqu'on regarde l'oeuvre de Théophile Gautier: ses deux nouvelles, « Une nuit de Cléopâtre » et « Le Pied de momie », de même que son Roman de la momie, montrent le lien indissociable que tisse l'auteur entre l'objet et le texte littéraire, révélant du même coup la place centrale de l'iconotexte dans la formation de l'imaginaire de l'Égypte. Le jeu iconotextuel que nous présentons en forme de clausule à cette thèse constitue une démonstration de ce rapport et montre, par l'exemple d'une édition de poche, que l'imaginaire de l'Égypte pharaonique, tel que représenté dans la littérature, est inséparable du rapport ténu entre l'image et l'écrit. Cette thèse montre, en somme, que l'oeuvre égyptienne de Théophile Gautier constitue l'exemple emblématique de l'égyptomanie littéraire. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Littérature française du XIXe siècle, Égyptomanie, Égyptologie, Orientalisme, Iconotexte, Récit de voyage, Théophile Gautier, Vivant Denon, Maxime du Camp, Pierre Loti.

xvii, 667, [18] leaves : ill ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1992

The "Reminiscences" of Thomas Stubbs are one of several such compositions which have survived from the 1820 Settlers. The manuscript offers one of the fullest and most lively accounts of frontier life, and the experiences of the Settlers as seen through the eyes of Thomas Stubbs. The object of this thesis has been to reconstruct the life of Thomas Stubbs which has proved an arduous yet absorbing task and to comment upon and evaluate some of the views Stubbs expressed when he wrote the "Reminiscences" between 1874 and 1875, as well as to test, where possible, the validity of the opinions and sentiments formed during a half-century's acquaintance with the Eastern frontier of the Cape of Good Hope.

"Liszt's music, unlike that of Mozart, projects the man. With rare immediacy, it gives away the character of the composer. ... " (Brendel 1986, 3) The purpose of this study is to examine Liszt's song genre from an historical and stylistic standpoint as a reflection of Liszt's ongoing personality and style development. this end the following will be presented: - an overview of Liszt's life circumstances which reflect his personality development - a chronological classification ofLiszt's song genre - the songs viewed historically as a reflection of the man - characteristics in the revisions of the songs which reveal Liszt's ongoing developing style - a study of the development ofLiszt's harmonic and tonal language as agents of colour and textual imagery. Liszt's song oeuvre will be studied in relation to the man himself in order to revtal his motives, his values, the experiences that moved him, and the ways in which he reproduced them in music. / Department of Musicology / M.Mus.

Este trabalho busca estudar a questão da história do tempo presente em suas relações com o conceito de história na História da Independência de Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen e na Memória histórica e documentada da revolução da província do Maranhão de Domingos José Gonçalves de Magalhães, além de outros textos cujo tema é a questão indígena. A partir dele busco compreender as relações estabelecidas entre a noção de história e a questão do tempo presente em algumas de suas manifestações, como, por exemplo, as figuras da testemunha e do juiz, a noção de dever, de verdade, de imparcialidade. / The aim here is to study the problem of a history of the present within XIX century Brazilian historiography. Therefore, its pages confront the concept of history and the notion of a present time history in the works of Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen (História da Independência), Domingos José Gonçalves Magalhães (Memória histórica e documentada da revolução da provincial do Maranhão), along with other texts concerning the indigenous problem. Thus it shall enhance understating of established relationships between concepts of history and the question of present time in some of its manifestations, such as: portraits of the witness and the judge, the notion of duty, truth and impartiality.