From Introduction: Ankoku Butoh is a performing art devised in Japan in the wake of the Second World War by the dancer and choreographer Tatsumi Hijikata (born Akita, 1928; died Tokyo, 1986). A highly aesthetic and subversive performing art, Butoh often evokes "images of decay, of fear and desperation, images of eroticism, ecstasy and stillness." Typically performed with a white layer of paint covering the entire body of the dancer, Butoh is visually characterized by continual transformations between postures, distorted physical and facial expressions, and an emphasis on condensed and visually slow movements. Some of the general characteristics of Butoh performance include "a particular openness to working with the subtle energy in the body; the malleability of time; the power of the grotesque."

Contemporary music for clarinet is today often part of a clarinettists repertoire and contemporary compositions are normally included in compulsory repertoire of world competitions. For every player is necessary to know about contemporary music and have an informations about modern techniques which offer clarinet sound. This thesis deals with contemporary efects in theoretical and practical point of view. In the same time explores influence of contemporary music over the young clarinet players and describes their succes in create these techniques. This work also follow up three solo pieces for clarinet: Jörg Widmann - Fantasie, Slavomír Hořínka - Ruáh, Tiberiu Oláh - Sonata. There is a theoretical and practical preview about these compositions and also their influence on audience. One chapter is devoted to personality of clarinettist Karel Dohnal, pathfinder for contemporary clarinet music.

Works of Leoš Janáček were always very close to me. I grew up listening to them , when I was a child I listened to his operas many times in the Janáček Theatre, where my father worked for years. I was therefore very excited to delve myself into the work of the Glagolitic Mass, and I am also sure that it is very good material to write a thesis. In the main part of this work I´m going to focus on comparing different interpretive approaches, because we can interpret Janáček´sworks in many different ways and it is hard to determine which is the right one. Me as a native of Brno, i inclined to the "Brno" tradition of interpreting master´s works. I´m very curious about all the different interpretations, above all Sir Charles Mackerras, who is credited with promoting the Janáček music in the world.

SEIBERTOVÁ, Zuzana: Zdeňek Lukáš's Vocal Work a Personal Interpretation of the Cycle Prosté písně, op. 112. ( Disertation ) / Zuzana Seibertová. - Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. School of Music; Department of Voice and Opera Direction. - Dissertation Mentor: MgA. Martin Bárta. Prague: HAMU, 2014. The dissertation introduces the reader to the 20th century Czech composer Zdeňek Lukáš, familiarizing the reader with his compositions for voice and providing the author's own interpretation of the song cycle Prosté písně. The first chapters provide information on the composer's life, the development of his compositional style, and, most importantly, the author's compositions themselves, which had a significant impact on the 20th century Czech music scene. The following chapters are dedicated to individual songs of the song cycle Prosté písně, focusing on its interpretation, the relationship between the text and the music, and the union of three components of the cycle - voice, flute, and piano. In her analysis of the individual songs, the author draws on her personal experience interpreting the cycle. Keywords: Zdeněk Lukáš. Vocal repertoire. Choral repertoire. Song cycle. Song.

Partindo da noção de interdisciplinaridade, este trabalho, realizado na área da literatura comparada, centra-se na relação entre o escritor Gabriel García Márquez e o pintor Fernando Botero, com ênfase na interpretação da realidade colombiana presente nas obras desses artistas. Os quadros de Botero – O Capitão, Retrato Oficial da Junta Militar, O Jogador de Cartas, A Casa de Amanda Ramírez, A Rua e Cena Familiar – são analisados em comparação à obra Cem anos de solidão, de Gabriel García Márquez. O foco está nos personagens retratados, sendo esses os militares, as prostitutas e amantes, os empregados, o povo e a família, representantes da sociedade colombiana da qual fazem parte os dois artistas. Para tanto, faz-se incursões teóricas em distintas direções: a interdisciplinaridade na literatura comparada e a pintura como representação. Dessa forma, estabelecem-se elos entre os dois autores e suas respectivas obras. / Beginning with interdisciplinarity notion, this work has been made in the comparative literature’s area, its center is in the relation between Gabriel García Marques writer and Fernando Botero painter, with emphasis in Columbian’s reality interpretation that has been present in theirs works. Botero’s pictures – The Captain, Official Portrait of the Military Joint, Carts Player, Amanda Ramírez’s House, The Street, and Familiar Scene has been studied in the same manner like Cem anos de solidão, work by Gabriel García Márquez. The focus is the people worked like these militaries, prostitutes and lovers, employers, people and family; they are representatives in Columbian society. In this society, two artists, Gabriel García Marques writer and Fernando Botero painter, have been included in it. Then, theoretical incursion has been made in different directions: the interdisciplinarity in comparative literature and the picture like representation. It has settled a link between the authors studied and theirs works.

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The dissertation is based on Hardy's representation of Victorian working-class women's experience, exemplified by the heroine of Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1891), in the radically gendered nineteenth-century society. Physical mobility as metaphor and metonymy in the novel stands for the transgression and subversion of patriarchal influence and is revealed as having a complex significance in relation to gender distinction. Hardy subverts Victorian norms of femininity through Tess's movements from one physical space to another in her struggle for freedom and autonomy. However, Hardy's inability to transcend completely the conventions of his society is apparent in the way Tess is literally destroyed in her quest for autonomy, respect and contentment. A study of the novel reveals Tess as a victim of the wearing and destructive impact of social and economic realities that Hardy does not adequately questioned. Finally, the novel follows the conventional realist pattern where the transgressive heroine is punished in the end. / English Studies / M.A. (English)

Ellen G. White and Gustavo Gutierrez make significant contributions on the issue of christians and involvement in politics. A knowledge of their backgrounds and theological orientations is helpful. White was born in 1827. She is accepted as a prophet in the Seventh-day Adventist church. Central to her theology is the sanctuary doctrine which also influences her views on politics. White holds that christians may participate in the "broad" but not the "narrow" aspect of politics. A Roman Catholic priest, Gutierrez was born in 1928. Many regard him as the pioneer of liberation theology. The starting point for his theology is the situation of poverty in Latin America. This influences his views on politics. He also argues for christians' participation in the "broad" but not the "narrow" aspect of politics. White and Gutierrez have more points of agreement than disagreement. Comparing their views on politics provides useful insights on christians' participation in politics. "I declare that: ELLEN G. WHITE AND GUSTAVO GUTIERREZ ON CHRISTIANS AND INVOLVEMENT IN POLITICS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY is my own work and that all the sources that I have used or quoted have been indicated and acknowledged complete references' / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / M.Th. (Systematic Theology)

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-05-31Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:54:37Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 reis_lb_me_mar.pdf: 1880067 bytes, checksum: 0124cc8483bdd485939bd388312922bb (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O presente trabalho procura investigar as concepções políticas da filosofia da linguagem de Noam Chomsky. Através da construção do conceito de natureza humana, desenvolvido pelo lingüista (modelo sugestivo), há uma importante mediação entre linguagem e política. A metodologia de Chomsky constitui um vigoroso esforço para construir a mediação da ação humana, relacionada com o socialismo e a liberdade. A linguagem, ligada ao conhecimento humano, espelha propriedades essenciais do espírito. A reflexão epistemológica suscitada pela análise da linguagem, apesar de seus contrapontos técnicos, a exemplo da ciência lingüística, alimenta uma abrangência filosófica que se ramifica nos campos da ética, da filosofia política e estética, chegando até mesmo a uma teoria social. Assim, Chomsky propõe um princípio auto-realizador criativo, inerente à espécie / The present work attempts to investigate the political conceptions of Noam Chomsky’s philosophy of language. Through construction of human nature concept developed by the linguist (suggestive model), there is an important mediation between language and politics. Chomsky’s methodology constitutes a vigorous effort to build a mediation of human action related to the socialism and to the freedom. The language linked to human knowledge reflects the essential properties of the spirit. The epistemological reflection raised by the analysis of language, despite its technical counterpoints, such as the linguistic science, feeds a philosophical range with ramifications in the fields of ethics, political philosophy and aesthetics, even coming to a social theory. Thus, Chomsky proposes a principle of creative self-realization as inherent to the species