Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / The relationship of Elizabeth Bowen's critical theory to her practice has not yet received detailed treatment. Her essay "Notes on Writing a Novel" (1945), a comprehensive and revealing source of practical formulations on method, reveals her basic traditionalism and her striking individual qualities as well. It serves, furthermore, to bring her novels into relief and it suggests tentative conclusions about her place in contemporary literature. Examined here in detail are the eight main divisions of the essay: Plot, Characters, Scene, Dialogue, Visual Angle, Moral Angle, Advance, and Relevance of special importance in considering each of the eight novels are the following: under Plot, "the non-poetic statement of a poetic truth," "mystification as emphasis," "action of language," and "what-is-to-be-said"; under Characters, "materialization," "unpredictability and inevitability," and "diminution of alternatives"; under Scene, "the mood of the 'Now,'" "categoricalness," "staticness," and "dramatic use"; and under Dialogue, "faked realistic qualities" and "functional use." [TRUNCATED]

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The thesis focuses on the significance of the cinematic medium for Elizabeth Bowen's novels, from the level of prose and formal representations to broader aspects of narrative and character. The chapters on To the North (1932) and The House in Paris (1935) examine complementary issues of motion and stillness and the consequent impact on subjective experiences of time, space, knowledge, and identity. The final chapter expands the issue of genre revision in The Heat of the Day (1949) to the greater problem of precedent and the reconstruction of identity through storytelling; the novel not only uses formal cinematic techniques by evoking the tone of film noir, but also reconfigures narrative and character tropes of the genre. Thus the advent of cinema not only opened up formal possibilities in the language of fiction but also expanded the types of worlds and effects an author could depict.

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Este trabalho busca desvelar e sistematizar claramente os princípios straussianos de filosofia política clássica e, especificamente, os princípios straussiano-platônicos do melhor regime. Isto é, este trabalho busca desvelar o que Leo Strauss acredita ser o começo da filosofia política clássica, o que Leo Strauss acredita ser a “metodologia” clássica à filosofia política e, especificamente, as conclusões de Platão sobre o melhor regime. Os primeiros são princípios straussianos, porque advêm da interpretação de Leo Strauss sobre vários filósofos clássicos; os últimos são straussiano-platônicos, pois advêm de uma interpretação straussiana de Platão. Por fim, a análise de Leo Strauss sobre a crise da modernidade e sobre a historiografia da filosofia são apresentadas a fim de que possamos entender por que e como trilhar o caminho straussiano aos clássicos. / This work intends to state and arrange clearly the Straussian principles of classical political philosophy and, especially, the Straussian-Platonic principles of the best regime. That is, this work intends to state what Leo Strauss thought to be the beginnings of classical political philosophy, what Leo Strauss thought to be a classical “methodology” for political philosophy and, finally, Plato's conclusions about the best regime. The first two are Straussian principles because they ensued from Leo Strauss' interpretation of various classical political philosophers and the last ones are Straussian-Platonic because they ensued from a Straussian interpretation of Plato. That being said, Leo Strauss' analysis of the crisis of modernity and Leo Strauss' historiography of philosophy are presented as requirements for a better understanding of what consists the Straussian way back to the classics.

Submitted by Automa??o e Estat?stica (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2017-04-03T21:33:41Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RobertoSolinoDeSouza_DISSERT.pdf: 463652 bytes, checksum: 4bfb3031965a398a25930a0fc1ccf9f5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2017-04-10T19:24:31Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 RobertoSolinoDeSouza_DISSERT.pdf: 463652 bytes, checksum: 4bfb3031965a398a25930a0fc1ccf9f5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-10T19:24:31Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RobertoSolinoDeSouza_DISSERT.pdf: 463652 bytes, checksum: 4bfb3031965a398a25930a0fc1ccf9f5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-12 / Este trabalho examina a possibilidade de que S?crates esteja atacando um homem de palha no Teeteto, 152a, quando explica o dito de Prot?goras de que ?o homem ? a medida de todas as coisas? como sendo express?o de um relativismo vulgar que iguala o conhecimento ? mera percep??o. Parte da sugest?o de Leo Strauss de que os grandes escritores do passado fizeram uso de uma t?cnica peculiar, que ele denomina metaforicamente de ?escrita entre linhas?, visando defender suas ideias heterodoxas da persegui??o pol?tica, enquanto expressam abertamente ideias conformadas ?s opini?es amplamente aceitas na sociedade. Busca demonstrar que a sugest?o de Strauss ? v?lida e que na maior parte da hist?ria da filosofia a escrita entre linhas foi aceita amplamente e s? recentemente esquecida. Busca clarificar a sugest?o de Strauss e extrair regras m?nimas que possam orientar uma leitura do trecho citado do Teeteto. Considera ao final que uma leitura entre linhas do citado trecho pode indicar que a hip?tese examinada est? correta e sugere a chamada ?digress?o? (172c?177c) como ponto de partida para uma interpreta??o straussiana do di?logo como um todo. / This work examines the possibility that Socrates is attacking a straw man in the Theaetetus, 152a, when he explains Protagoras's dictum that ?man is the measure of all things? as embracing a vulgar form of relativism which takes knowledge as being merely perception. It begins with Leo Strauss?s suggestion that the great writers of the past made use of a peculiar technique, that he names metaphorically as ?writing between the lines,? aiming to protect their heterodox views from political persecution while expressing openly other views that conform to generally accepted opinion. It seeks to demonstrate that Strauss?s suggestion is a valid one and that writing between the lines was recognized throughout most Philosophy?s history and only recently forgotten. It also seeks to clarify Strauss?s suggestion and identify a minimal set of rules to guide the reading of that Theaetetus?s passage. In the end, it considers that reading between the lines of the said passage can point to the conclusion that the examined hypothesis is correct and suggests the so called ?Digression? (172c? 177c) as a starting point from where to begin a Straussian interpretation of the dialog as a whole.

Este trabalho busca desvelar e sistematizar claramente os princípios straussianos de filosofia política clássica e, especificamente, os princípios straussiano-platônicos do melhor regime. Isto é, este trabalho busca desvelar o que Leo Strauss acredita ser o começo da filosofia política clássica, o que Leo Strauss acredita ser a “metodologia” clássica à filosofia política e, especificamente, as conclusões de Platão sobre o melhor regime. Os primeiros são princípios straussianos, porque advêm da interpretação de Leo Strauss sobre vários filósofos clássicos; os últimos são straussiano-platônicos, pois advêm de uma interpretação straussiana de Platão. Por fim, a análise de Leo Strauss sobre a crise da modernidade e sobre a historiografia da filosofia são apresentadas a fim de que possamos entender por que e como trilhar o caminho straussiano aos clássicos. / This work intends to state and arrange clearly the Straussian principles of classical political philosophy and, especially, the Straussian-Platonic principles of the best regime. That is, this work intends to state what Leo Strauss thought to be the beginnings of classical political philosophy, what Leo Strauss thought to be a classical “methodology” for political philosophy and, finally, Plato's conclusions about the best regime. The first two are Straussian principles because they ensued from Leo Strauss' interpretation of various classical political philosophers and the last ones are Straussian-Platonic because they ensued from a Straussian interpretation of Plato. That being said, Leo Strauss' analysis of the crisis of modernity and Leo Strauss' historiography of philosophy are presented as requirements for a better understanding of what consists the Straussian way back to the classics.

Este trabalho busca desvelar e sistematizar claramente os princípios straussianos de filosofia política clássica e, especificamente, os princípios straussiano-platônicos do melhor regime. Isto é, este trabalho busca desvelar o que Leo Strauss acredita ser o começo da filosofia política clássica, o que Leo Strauss acredita ser a “metodologia” clássica à filosofia política e, especificamente, as conclusões de Platão sobre o melhor regime. Os primeiros são princípios straussianos, porque advêm da interpretação de Leo Strauss sobre vários filósofos clássicos; os últimos são straussiano-platônicos, pois advêm de uma interpretação straussiana de Platão. Por fim, a análise de Leo Strauss sobre a crise da modernidade e sobre a historiografia da filosofia são apresentadas a fim de que possamos entender por que e como trilhar o caminho straussiano aos clássicos. / This work intends to state and arrange clearly the Straussian principles of classical political philosophy and, especially, the Straussian-Platonic principles of the best regime. That is, this work intends to state what Leo Strauss thought to be the beginnings of classical political philosophy, what Leo Strauss thought to be a classical “methodology” for political philosophy and, finally, Plato's conclusions about the best regime. The first two are Straussian principles because they ensued from Leo Strauss' interpretation of various classical political philosophers and the last ones are Straussian-Platonic because they ensued from a Straussian interpretation of Plato. That being said, Leo Strauss' analysis of the crisis of modernity and Leo Strauss' historiography of philosophy are presented as requirements for a better understanding of what consists the Straussian way back to the classics.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T19:31:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Simone Aparecida de Oliveira.pdf: 18320348 bytes, checksum: f1e003752ff356dc2f31d8ee806a540e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-10-24 / This dissertation intends to contribute to the historic analysis of the proposal for the visual arts revival in São Paulo during the period comprehending the Brazilian modernism, through the discussion and analysis of Flávio de Carvalho modern artistic proposal. Through the examination of the pictorial, architectonical and specially the realization of the Experiment n. 2 by Flávio de Carvalho, main focus of this research, it was possible to establish the essential intersection and the diversion points between the proposal for artistic renewal imagined by the paulista modernists of that period of time, specially characterized by the representation of the Brazilian mannerism and the proposal of artistic revival idealized by Flávio de Carvalho, who searched for the rupture of this pursuit in his artistic production attentive to the comprehension of the city as the irradiation center of the vanguard movements and the modernity contradictions. The analysis of the Experiment n. 2 by Flávio de Carvalho in this dissertation intends to investigate its depiction as the vertex of an artistic revival in São Paulo which marked the insertion of the urban space in the artistic creation process and brought some concepts of the Dadaist and surrealist vanguard to the paulistano atmosphere during the decade of 1930 / Esta dissertação pretende ser uma contribuição para a análise historiográfica da proposta de renovação das artes visuais em São Paulo no período que compreende o modernismo brasileiro, a partir da discussão e análise da proposta artística moderna de Flávio de Carvalho. A partir da análise da produção pictórica, arquitetônica e principalmente da realização da Experiência nº 2 , por Flávio de Carvalho, foco de interesse deste estudo, foi possível estabelecer os principais pontos de intersecção e distanciamento entre a proposta de renovação artística pensada pelos modernistas paulistas da época, pautada, sobretudo, pela busca de uma representação da brasilidade e a proposta de renovação artística pensada por Flávio de Carvalho que buscou o rompimento desta busca em sua produção artística a partir de um olhar voltado para a compreensão da cidade como foco de irradiação dos movimentos de vanguarda e das contradições da modernidade. A leitura da Experiência nº 2 de Flávio de Carvalho neste estudo tem como objetivo investigar sua representação como o vértice de uma renovação artística em São Paulo que assinala a inserção do espaço urbano no processo de criação artística e que trouxe algumas conceituações das vanguardas dadaístas e surrealistas para o ambiente paulistano na década de 1930

The modern soundscape buzzes with noise. In the 1930s, telephones, radios, and gramophones filled domestic spaces with technological noise, while crowds shouting in the streets created political clamour. During the war in the 1940s, bombs and sirens broke through buildings and burst through consciousness. This dissertation examines the response of three British modernist writers to the cultural shifts brought about by technology and politics, which altered everyday experience and social relations. Elizabeth Bowen, Evelyn Waugh, and George Orwell represent noise in their fiction and nonfiction as a trope of power. Noise, as a palpable emblem of discontent and the acoustic unconsciousness of the period, infiltrates sentences and rearranges syntax, as in the invention of Newspeak in Nineteen Eight-Four. Noise cannot leave listeners in a neutral position. The "culture racket" of the 1930s and 1940s required urgent new ways of listening and listening with ethical intent. / Chapter One provides a reading of Elizabeth Bowen's audible terrains in her novels of the 1930s, where silences and sudden noises intrude on human lives. In Bowen's novels, technological noise has both comedic and tragic consequences. Chapter Two examines noise as a political signifier in The Heat of the Day, Bowen's novel of the blitz. Chapter Three takes up the significance of the culture racket to Evelyn Waugh's novels and travel writing of the 1930s; noise assumes a disruptive, if highly comedic, value in his works, an ambiguity that expresses what it means to be modern. Chapter Four examines Waugh's penchant for satirizing the phoneyness of contemporary culture---its political vacillations---especially in Put Out More Flags, set during the Second World War. Chapter Five considers Orwell's engagement with the emerging social and political formations amongst working, racial, and warring classes in the 1930s. Documenting noise in his reportage, Orwell sounds alarms to alert readers to the mounting social and political crises in his realist novels of the decade. Chapter Six argues that Orwell's final two novels of the 1940s, Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, represent the politics of noise in as much as they announce the noise of politics in totalitarian futures. Noise demarcates the insidiousness of propaganda as it screeches from telescreens, the keynote in Big Brother's ideological symphony of domination. Noise, throughout Orwell's writing, signifies the struggle for power. In its widest ramifications, noise provides an interpretive paradigm through which to read Bowen's, Waugh's, and Orwell's fiction and non-fiction, as well as modernist texts generally.