This dissertation explores the numerous literary representations of the femme de lettres during the first half of the nineteenth century in order to illustrate the complexities of women’s entrance into the male-dominated domain of literature and also to suggest the impact these fictional characters might have had on the reception of actual women writers as well as their omission from the century’s literary canon. The works that will be included in this analysis include: Mme de Staël’s Corinne, ou l’Italie, Stendhal’s Le Rouge et le noir, Honoré de Balzac’s Béatrix, La Muse du département and Illusions perdues, Delphine de Girardin’s La Canne de M. de Balzac, Napoline and La joie fait peur and George Sand’s Histoire de ma vie, Lettres d’un voyageur and Un Hiver à Majorque. In compiling such diverse works of literature, it becomes clear that both male and female authors from the early nineteenth century were unable to envision a publicly embraced female genius. Although almost all of the fictional femmes de lettres in this study faced a destiny of professional silence, the reasons given for their failures are split between the male and female authors. For the male authors, the woman as a successful intellectual, artist or author was ultimately impossible because of her inability to combine her female body and psyche with the “masculine” pursuit of knowledge. Conversely, the female authors wrote characters whose inability to fully embrace a public literary or artistic career stemmed from society’s unwillingness to tolerate her exceptionality rather than from an inherent disconnect between genius and the female sex. / text

Este é um estudo da representação do imigrante alemão no romance sul-rio-grandense. Analisa cinco romances que tratam do tema: A divina pastora, de Caldre e Fião (1847), Frida Meyer, de Vivaldo Coaracy (1924), Um rio imita o Reno, de Clodomir Vianna Moog (1939), O tempo e o vento (sete volumes/trilogia), de Erico Verissimo (1949-1962), e A ferro e fogo (dois volumes), de Josué Guimarães (1972 - 1975). A análise das obras foi orientada pelas categorias Família, Trabalho, Religião, Espaço e deslocamento e Contatos. Para cada uma das categorias é feito um levantamento minucioso das informações correspondentes encontradas nas narrativas. Por meio desse processo investigativo são explicitadas as visões sobre a imigração alemã construídas por escritores diferentes em épocas diferentes, formulando-se compreensões sobre assimilação e preservação da identidade étnica e participação dos imigrantes na formação do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. / This is a study of the portrayal of German immigrants in romance written in Rio Grande do Sul. An analysis of five literary works addressing the theme is provided. The works are A divina pastora, by Caldre e Fião (1847), Frida Meyer, by Vivaldo Coaracy (1924), Um rio imita o Reno, by Clodomir Vianna Moog (1939), O tempo e o vento (seven volumes/trilogy), by Erico Verissimo (1949-1962), and A ferro e fogo (two volumes), by Josué Guimarães (1972-1975). The analysis was directed by the following categories: Family, Work, Religion, Space and dislocations and Contacts. A thorough assessment of the corresponding information found in the narratives was made for each category. The views on German immigration as constructed by different writers at different times are made explicit through such investigative process, which has raised understanding about the assimilation and preservation of ethnical identity and the participation of immigrants in the formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Esta dissertação busca responder a algumas das inquietações e desafios que se instalam com a experiência de se realizar a inclusão digital num telecentro comunitário. Situada no campo da educação não formal, tal experiência se caracteriza pela ausência de parâmetros que norteiem as ações dos atores sociais que dela tomam parte. A pesquisa parte de uma intervenção que propõe o exercício do diálogo com os monitores (jovens responsáveis pelo atendimento à comunidade no telecentro Chico Mendes, em Porto Alegre), através de encontros presenciais e da utilização de um ambiente telemático interativo. A investigação busca caracterizar os modos de ação coletiva, as evidências de autoria e produção de sentidos, considerando os enunciados destes sujeitos na experiência relacional cotidiana de um projeto de inclusão digital. Os pressupostos teóricos de Mikhail Bakhtin e Alberto Melucci orientam a intervenção. O dialogismo, categoria bakhtiniana que conceitua a experiência relacional entre sujeitos e entre discursos, também esclarece a produção do sentido, que ocorre entre um enunciado e outro. A proposta de análise da complexa sociedade contemporânea construída por Melucci contribui para definir o olhar sobre o lugar em que vivem e se manifestam estes jovens, com suas marcas identitárias e modos específicos de ação coletiva. A análise se estrutura a partir de analisadores (momentos de ruptura, situações de conflito, que exigem escolhas e tomadas de posição) e do exercício de mapear sentidos na leitura dos enunciados dos monitores. Esta pesquisa desenvolveu-se junto ao Laboratório de Estudos em Linguagem, Interação e Cognição (LELIC), do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UFRGS e está inserida na linha de pesquisa O Sujeito da Educação: Conhecimento, Linguagens e Contextos.

Text in Afrikaans / This thesis entitled The contribution of Erich Mayer towards the establishment of an aesthetic consciousness and the promotion of an art identity in South Africa to the end of the 1930s, is a study of the ideas, ideals and contributions of the German-Jewish artist Erich Mayer concerning the establishment of a national art identity in South Africa. Mayer was born in Germany in 1876. Because of ill health he came to South Africa, where he settled in 1898 and developed an affinity with the Afrikaner pioneers in the rural areas. This natural connection with the Afrikaner pioneers was the main motivation behind his participation in the Anglo-Boer War. With his sound European background and training at various art academies in Berlin and Stuttgart, he soon realised that a knowledge of European art history or any awareness of an aesthetic consciousness concerning the fine and applied arts was sadly lacking within the general South African community and more specifically amongst the early Afrikaners. As a student, Mayer developed a keen interest in traditional German arts and crafts, which, according to him, contributed to the specific national Germanic character. This interest prompted him to conduct research and document examples of folk art among the Afrikaners as well as other indigenous communities, in an attempt to establish an aesthetic awareness in South Africans, and more specifically among Afrikaners. Mayer was of the opinion that the development and marketing of these cultural objects and artefacts would contribute towards a unique art identity with a strong South African national character. Apart from his interests in the fine and applied arts, Mayer also researched the vernacular architecture, furniture design and household articles of both Afrikaner pioneers and Africans. He travelled widely in South Africa, researching his interests and presented lectures on these themes which he published in newspapers and magazines in an effort to create an awareness of the rich indigenous folk art. / Hierdie proefskrif is 'n studie oor die bydrae van die Duits-Joodse kunstenaar Erich Mayer tot die vestiging van 'n estetiese bewussyn en die bevordering van 'n kunsidentiteit in Suid-Afrika tot aan die einde van die 1930's. Mayer is in 1876 in Duitsland gebore. Weens gesondheidsredes het hy hom in 1898 in Suid-Afrika gevestig waar hy veral met die Boerepioniers op die platteland geidentifiseer het em hom gou tuis gevoel het in die landelike milieu. Hierdie natuurlike toegeneentheid tot die vroee Afrikaners het aanleiding gegee tot sy later deelname aan die Anglo-Boereoorlog. Met sy grondige Europese agtergrond en opleiding aan verskillende kunsakademies in Berlyn en Stuttgart, het Mayer gou besef dat die Suid-Afrikaanse gemeenskap in die algemeen, maar veral die vroee Afrikaners in die besonder, 'n algehele gebrek geopenbaar het aan enige Euopese kunshistoriese kennis of enige estetiese bewussyn oor die beeldende en toegepaste kunste. Mayer is vroeg reeds blootgestel aan en het besonder belanggestel in die kunshandwerk van die Duitsers wat deel uitgemaak het van eeue-oue Duitse tradisies en wat bygedra het tot die unieke nasionale volksaard van die Duitsers. Met hierdie belangstelling het Mayer stelselmatig begin om die unieke kunshandwerk van die Afrikanerpioniers te versamel. Hy het hier 'n geleentheid gesien om via voorbeelde van plaaslike kunshandwerk 'n estetiese bewussyn by die Suid-Afrikaans gemeenskap en meer spesifiek by die Afrikaner aan te wakker. Mayer was van mening dat die sinvolle ontwikkeling en bemarking van hierdie kulturele voorwerpe en ontwerpe daartoe sou kon bydra om 'n eie kunsidentiteit met sterk nasionale karakter in Suid-Afrika tot stand te bring. Wat die beeldende en toegepaste kunste betref, het Mayer 'n wye belangstellingsveld gehad en het hy ook omvattende navorsing oor die inheemse boukuns, meubelontwerpe en kunshandwerkartikels van die vroee Boerepioniers, asook oor die van die inheemse bevolkingsgroepe, onderneem. Hy het die land deurreis op soek na geskikte voorbeelde van kunshandwerkartikels, gereeld lesings aangebied en artikels gepubliseer, die alledaagse Boerelewe op die platteland visueel gedokumenteer en op die manier 'n besondere ryk nalatenskap daargestel. / History / D. Litt et Phil. (Geskiedenis)

Este é um estudo da representação do imigrante alemão no romance sul-rio-grandense. Analisa cinco romances que tratam do tema: A divina pastora, de Caldre e Fião (1847), Frida Meyer, de Vivaldo Coaracy (1924), Um rio imita o Reno, de Clodomir Vianna Moog (1939), O tempo e o vento (sete volumes/trilogia), de Erico Verissimo (1949-1962), e A ferro e fogo (dois volumes), de Josué Guimarães (1972 - 1975). A análise das obras foi orientada pelas categorias Família, Trabalho, Religião, Espaço e deslocamento e Contatos. Para cada uma das categorias é feito um levantamento minucioso das informações correspondentes encontradas nas narrativas. Por meio desse processo investigativo são explicitadas as visões sobre a imigração alemã construídas por escritores diferentes em épocas diferentes, formulando-se compreensões sobre assimilação e preservação da identidade étnica e participação dos imigrantes na formação do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. / This is a study of the portrayal of German immigrants in romance written in Rio Grande do Sul. An analysis of five literary works addressing the theme is provided. The works are A divina pastora, by Caldre e Fião (1847), Frida Meyer, by Vivaldo Coaracy (1924), Um rio imita o Reno, by Clodomir Vianna Moog (1939), O tempo e o vento (seven volumes/trilogy), by Erico Verissimo (1949-1962), and A ferro e fogo (two volumes), by Josué Guimarães (1972-1975). The analysis was directed by the following categories: Family, Work, Religion, Space and dislocations and Contacts. A thorough assessment of the corresponding information found in the narratives was made for each category. The views on German immigration as constructed by different writers at different times are made explicit through such investigative process, which has raised understanding about the assimilation and preservation of ethnical identity and the participation of immigrants in the formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Esta dissertação busca responder a algumas das inquietações e desafios que se instalam com a experiência de se realizar a inclusão digital num telecentro comunitário. Situada no campo da educação não formal, tal experiência se caracteriza pela ausência de parâmetros que norteiem as ações dos atores sociais que dela tomam parte. A pesquisa parte de uma intervenção que propõe o exercício do diálogo com os monitores (jovens responsáveis pelo atendimento à comunidade no telecentro Chico Mendes, em Porto Alegre), através de encontros presenciais e da utilização de um ambiente telemático interativo. A investigação busca caracterizar os modos de ação coletiva, as evidências de autoria e produção de sentidos, considerando os enunciados destes sujeitos na experiência relacional cotidiana de um projeto de inclusão digital. Os pressupostos teóricos de Mikhail Bakhtin e Alberto Melucci orientam a intervenção. O dialogismo, categoria bakhtiniana que conceitua a experiência relacional entre sujeitos e entre discursos, também esclarece a produção do sentido, que ocorre entre um enunciado e outro. A proposta de análise da complexa sociedade contemporânea construída por Melucci contribui para definir o olhar sobre o lugar em que vivem e se manifestam estes jovens, com suas marcas identitárias e modos específicos de ação coletiva. A análise se estrutura a partir de analisadores (momentos de ruptura, situações de conflito, que exigem escolhas e tomadas de posição) e do exercício de mapear sentidos na leitura dos enunciados dos monitores. Esta pesquisa desenvolveu-se junto ao Laboratório de Estudos em Linguagem, Interação e Cognição (LELIC), do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UFRGS e está inserida na linha de pesquisa O Sujeito da Educação: Conhecimento, Linguagens e Contextos.

Esta dissertação busca responder a algumas das inquietações e desafios que se instalam com a experiência de se realizar a inclusão digital num telecentro comunitário. Situada no campo da educação não formal, tal experiência se caracteriza pela ausência de parâmetros que norteiem as ações dos atores sociais que dela tomam parte. A pesquisa parte de uma intervenção que propõe o exercício do diálogo com os monitores (jovens responsáveis pelo atendimento à comunidade no telecentro Chico Mendes, em Porto Alegre), através de encontros presenciais e da utilização de um ambiente telemático interativo. A investigação busca caracterizar os modos de ação coletiva, as evidências de autoria e produção de sentidos, considerando os enunciados destes sujeitos na experiência relacional cotidiana de um projeto de inclusão digital. Os pressupostos teóricos de Mikhail Bakhtin e Alberto Melucci orientam a intervenção. O dialogismo, categoria bakhtiniana que conceitua a experiência relacional entre sujeitos e entre discursos, também esclarece a produção do sentido, que ocorre entre um enunciado e outro. A proposta de análise da complexa sociedade contemporânea construída por Melucci contribui para definir o olhar sobre o lugar em que vivem e se manifestam estes jovens, com suas marcas identitárias e modos específicos de ação coletiva. A análise se estrutura a partir de analisadores (momentos de ruptura, situações de conflito, que exigem escolhas e tomadas de posição) e do exercício de mapear sentidos na leitura dos enunciados dos monitores. Esta pesquisa desenvolveu-se junto ao Laboratório de Estudos em Linguagem, Interação e Cognição (LELIC), do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Educação da UFRGS e está inserida na linha de pesquisa O Sujeito da Educação: Conhecimento, Linguagens e Contextos.

Este é um estudo da representação do imigrante alemão no romance sul-rio-grandense. Analisa cinco romances que tratam do tema: A divina pastora, de Caldre e Fião (1847), Frida Meyer, de Vivaldo Coaracy (1924), Um rio imita o Reno, de Clodomir Vianna Moog (1939), O tempo e o vento (sete volumes/trilogia), de Erico Verissimo (1949-1962), e A ferro e fogo (dois volumes), de Josué Guimarães (1972 - 1975). A análise das obras foi orientada pelas categorias Família, Trabalho, Religião, Espaço e deslocamento e Contatos. Para cada uma das categorias é feito um levantamento minucioso das informações correspondentes encontradas nas narrativas. Por meio desse processo investigativo são explicitadas as visões sobre a imigração alemã construídas por escritores diferentes em épocas diferentes, formulando-se compreensões sobre assimilação e preservação da identidade étnica e participação dos imigrantes na formação do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. / This is a study of the portrayal of German immigrants in romance written in Rio Grande do Sul. An analysis of five literary works addressing the theme is provided. The works are A divina pastora, by Caldre e Fião (1847), Frida Meyer, by Vivaldo Coaracy (1924), Um rio imita o Reno, by Clodomir Vianna Moog (1939), O tempo e o vento (seven volumes/trilogy), by Erico Verissimo (1949-1962), and A ferro e fogo (two volumes), by Josué Guimarães (1972-1975). The analysis was directed by the following categories: Family, Work, Religion, Space and dislocations and Contacts. A thorough assessment of the corresponding information found in the narratives was made for each category. The views on German immigration as constructed by different writers at different times are made explicit through such investigative process, which has raised understanding about the assimilation and preservation of ethnical identity and the participation of immigrants in the formation of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.

This thesis answers the question of how a vision recorded in Joseph Smith's journal found its home in the Doctrine and Covenants and become recognized as canonized scripture. The April 3, 1836, journal entry became known as Section 110. Section 110 serves as a foundation for the current practices and doctrines of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, involving temple building and temple ordinances. Thus it is important to understand the history of this Section from journal entry to canonization because it is an example of recovering revelation. This thesis also explores contributing factors that could have led to the rediscovery of the 1836 vision. While Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery were in the Kirtland Temple with veils drawn around them at the Melchizedek Priesthood pulpits on April 3, 1836, they both saw Jesus Christ, Moses, Elias, and Elijah. Jesus Christ accepted the newly built temple and Moses, Elias, and Elijah committed keys to Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery. The vision was recorded, but as of yet, there is no evidence that the vision was publicly taught by Joseph Smith nor by Oliver Cowdery. This thesis follows the pattern established by Section 110 and the reclamation of the revelation and looks at how this section paved the way for other revelations and visions to move from handwritten pages to doctrinal levels of canonization, such as Sections 137 and 138. Joseph Smith had the vision recorded in his journal by Warren Cowdery, who served as a scribe to him. Joseph Smith also had the journal entry written in the Manuscript History of the Church. Although Joseph Smith did not publically declare that the 1836 vision had occurred to him and Oliver Cowdery, he still taught about the visitors in the vision and of their importance. After Joseph Smith's death, the leaders of the Church had his history printed in Church owned newspapers. The first time the vision was published in print was on November 6, 1852, in Salt Lake City, Utah, in the Deseret News. Outside influences of the late 1850s through the 1860s put pressure on the Church. Some of these potentially destructive influences were the Utah War, Civil War, transcontinental railroad, Spiritualism movement, and the lack of understanding of the foundational doctrines of the Church by the rising generation that had been a part of the Church from its beginnings with Joseph Smith as its Prophet. This thesis explores these potentially destructive forces on the Church and its doctrine, and looks at how the leadership of the Church responded to them and how their response influenced the canonization of the 1836 vision. Under the direction of Brigham Young, Orson Pratt oversaw the publication of the new 1876 edition of the Doctrine and Covenants. This new edition contained twenty-six new sections, including Section 110. After the death of Brigham Young in 1877, John Taylor sat at the head of the Church as president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. While Orson Pratt was in England, preparing to print a new edition of the Book of Mormon on electrotype plates, he asked John Taylor about printing the Doctrine and Covenants with the electrotype plates as well. John Taylor agreed on condition that Orson Pratt add cross references and explanatory notes, as he had done with the Book of Mormon. Using the 1876 edition, Orson Pratt made the requested additions and the new edition of the Doctrine and Covenants was printed in 1880 and canonized on October 10, 1880, in a General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, where all present voted unanimously to accept the 1880 edition as canonized scripture.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / In 1854 the United States Congress passed the Kansas-Nebraska bill which left the question of slavery in the territory up to a vote of popular sovereignty. Upon the passage of the bill, New England’s most elite class of citizens, led by Eli Thayer, mobilized their networks of philanthropy in New England to ensure the Kansas-Nebraska territory did not embrace slavery. The effort by the New England elite to make the territories free was intertwined in a larger web of philanthropic motivations aimed to steer the future of America on a path that would replicate New England society throughout the country. The process and goal of their philanthropy in the Kansas-Nebraska Territory was not dissimilar from their philanthropy in New England. Moral classification of those in material poverty mixed with a dose of paternalism and free labor capitalism was the antidote to the disease of moral degradation and poverty. When Missourians resisted the encroachment of New Englanders on the frontier, the New England elites shifted their philanthropy from moral reform to the funding and facilitation of violence under the guise of philanthropy and disaster relief. For six years, until the outbreak of the American Civil War, New England philanthropists facilitated and helped fund the conflict known as Bleeding Kansas.