Thesis (Ph.D)--Boston University. / The primitive Christian hope of the immediate coming of the Kingdom of God was based on the memory of the teachings of Jesus. The fact that that hope remained unfulfilled forced a transformation of the Christian faith which enabled it to survive the failure of the original expectation. The place of Paul in this transformation has been uncertain. His early letters show a strong expectation of the Parousia, but scholarly opinion on the later letters remains contradictory. R.H. Charles has suggested that in Paul's later letters there is a noticeable decline in eschatological thought and, in effect, a transformation of Paul's original hope for the immediate Parousia. This transformation may be clearly shown by arranging Paul's letters into four stages on the basis of the diminishing emphasis of declining eschatology. Albert Schweitzer has held that Paul maintains a consistent eschatological hope throughout his letters. The background of Charles' position was rooted in the work of F.C. Baur and the Tubingen School and culminated with H.J. Holtzmann. This background centered about two questions of Pauline doctrine: 1. Its relationship to primitive Christianity, 2. Its relationship to Hellenistic ideas. The Tubingen School explained the decline of eschatology on the hypothesis that Paul introduced Hellenistic thought. Schweitzer regarded this explanation as unfounded and attempted to demonstrate that there were no clear affinities between the thought of Paul and the Hellenistic world. Paul's thought thus did not develop in any Hellenistic direction but remained consistently Jewish eschatological throughout his literary production. The purpose of this dissertation is to outline and criticize the Pauline eschatological theory of R.H. Charles in the light of Schweitzer's thorough-going eschatology with particular reference to the Parousia. The two positions are first compared on the basis of their relationship to critical norms regarding the Pauline corpus. These norms reject the authenticity of Ephesians and the Pastorals and establish the genuineness of nine letters. These genuine letters are chronologically arranged into three groups, each group being separated by a period of three or four years. The eschatological material in the letters is then isolated and analyzed under three headings: the imminent expectation of the Parousia, the immediate resurrection upon death, and the eschatological chronology. This last heading is subdivided into the problem of the temporary Messianic Kingdom and a dual resurrection. The results of this analysis are applied to an evaluation of the two positions with the following results: 1. There is a consistent imminent hope for the Parousia throughout Paul's letters sustaining Schweitzer's basic position. There is no evidence for a correlation of this hope with the dating of the letters. Charles' failure to acknowledge the eschatological evidence of Philippians is a primary objection to his developmental argument. 2. In the light of the possibility of his own death prior to the Parousia, Paul revises his concept of the time of the resurrection in the Imprisonment Letters, arriving at a new doctrine of immediate resurrection. It is uncertain whether or not Paul wishes to apply this new doctrine only to his own death. 3. Evidence for a Messianic Kingdom is limited to a single passage in I Corinthians which does not adequately support Schweitzer's theory, a theory which is based primarily on non-Pauline materials. 4. Paul believes in a single resurrection for the righteous only. Schweitzer's reconstruction of eschatological chronology, which includes a dual resurrection, is based on non-Pauline materials. Insofar as the eschatological evidence is concerned, Paul seems to stand apart from the process of Hellenization and, despite the possibility of his introduction of the doctrine of immediate resurrection, he remains within the Jewish eschatological framework. [TRUNCATED]

This paper will demonstrate how Bennett’s “circumstantial” history of his age, as it streams by the reader, is controlled, analyzed, and interpreted. The framework of characters and events stand firm, their foundations solid in the systematic working-out, through symbolism and irony, of Bennett’s conviction that there is a “cause and effect” relationship between the physical environment and the character and sociological evolution and the character. Bennett writes that “the spirit of literature… enforces a moral wisdom by tracing everywhere of cause and effect.” The structures of characters and events are raised, reinforced, illuminated, inspected, and photographed through the use of symbolism, irony, and multiple points of view. Organized detail bricks in the framework.

This oral interpretation thesis describes and analyzes Chamber Theatre as a technique for the presentation and critical understanding of narrative prose. Arthur Schnitzler and his work are analyzed, and his short story, "The Blind Geronimo and His Brother," is adapted to Chamber Theatre script form. It was discovered that Schnitzler's work is well suited to and would probably benefit from Chamber Theatre productions.

The problem of this study is (1) to expand the 980 division (designated by the term History: South America, Latin America, Spanish America) of the Dewey Decimal Classification for the history of Latin America as a whole and for national histories of several typical countries, and (2) to translate the expanded tables into Spanish.

Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2008-2009 / Les universitaires de partout dans le monde s'intéressent de plus en plus aux phénomènes religieux contemporains. Même si le concept même de ± religion¿ est sujet à débat, plusieurs travaux académiques se sont arrêtés à la relation entre la religion et la modernité telle que comprise au travers de la théorie de la sécularisation. Le philosophe canadien Charles Taylor a démontré un vif intérêt pour cette question et a étudié en profondeur toutes les différentes facettes du concept académique de la sécularisation. Tout au long de sa carrière, il s'est penché sur ce sujet, processus qui a culminé en 2007 avec la parution de A Secular Age paru chez Harvard University Press. Alors que les études en sciences humaines sur la sécularisation ont eu tendance à adopter, d'une part, la perspective de la fin des religions et, de l'autre, le modèle d'économies religieuses, Taylor, de son côté, a patiemment construit un modèle phénoménologique sophistiqué afin de mieux comprendre le rôle de la religion en Occident et internationalement. Le but de ma thèse est de présenter les éléments majeurs de la philosophie de Charles Taylor pour dévoiler l'importance de sa critique soutenue de l'épistémologie moderne dans sa théorie de la sécularisation. Les lecteurs / lectrices de Taylor sont en train de découvrir ses idées sur le séculier grâce à son nouveau livre, mais ce proj et se base sur la relecture de son oeuvre élaborée au fil des 50 dernières années, afin de situer sa théorie de la sécularisation dans le contexte de sa pensée philosophique jusqu'à la parution de A Secular Age.

Entre transmission et médiation, les processus contemporains de mise en patrimoine et/ou de mise en médiation s'avèrent très complexes. Ce mémoire propose un questionnement ethnologique sur le statut du médiateur du patrimoine compte tenu de l'impact des médias actuels. La biographie d'Izidor Şerban, violoneux tsigane du village de Stâna (Roumanie), qui joue un rôle central dans le film Gadjo Dilo (1997) de Tony Gatlif, constitue le fondement empirique de ce mémoire. Cette biographie nous permet d'analyser de près l'évolution et les changements qu'un médiateur du patrimoine connaît suite à des interactions avec les moyens communicationnels modernes, - la radio, la télévision, le cinéma, le Web - et ce, pendant les dernières 50 années. Des logiques nouvelles de transmission actuelle du patrimoine sont affranchies, de même que certains concepts opératoires - plus adaptés aux réalités contemporaines du phénomène patrimonial - sont mis en discussion.

La presente Tesis doctoral se divide en tres bloques bien diferenciados: en el primero se trazan las líneas maestras de la realidad social, económica y política imperante en la provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. En el segundo, se aborda el desarrollo de las instituciones políticas (municipales, insulares, provinciales y nacionales) a lo largo del periodo tomando como hilo conductor la supervivencia del clientelismo y el caciquismo sobre el que se asienta el sistema. En el tercero, se estudian todas las manifestaciones de oposición surgidas contra un régimen que margina y oprime a gran parte de la población, tanto en el campo como en la ciudad, aglutinando a todas las orientaciones políticas catalogadas bajo el, tan amplio como confuso, concepto de "izquierdas". Dentro de él tiene una relevancia especial el análisis y caracterización de la resistencia y represión surgida tras la sublevación militar del 18 de julio de 1936. / Title of Thesis: THE PROVINCE OF SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE BETWEEN TWO DICTATORSHIPS (1923-1945). HUNGER AND ORDER. The doctoral thesis is divided into three blocks. In the first are traced the main points of the social, economic and political conditions in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the first half of the twentieth century. In the second section, is raised the development of political institutions (municipal, insular, provincial and national) during the examined period, taking as a common theme the survival of patronage system and chieftainship. In the third section, I study the opposition emerged against a regime that marginalizes the great majority of the population, both in the country and in the city, uniting all the political directions laid under the concept of the left-wing. The analysis of the repression emerged after the military uprising of July the 18th, 1936, has special relevance. The traditionally dominant class in the province (large landowners and merchants, enriched with the export of bananas) through its network of clientele, dominated all political structures in the province, since the dictatorship of Primo de Rivera. They kept political control during the Second Republic, holding back social reforms in areas where power was lost, and got involved in the coup of July the 18th, 1936, being restored back into the institutions that govern public life.

David Baker (b. 1931) is an educator, composer, and jazz legend. He has composed at least fifteen works that include the clarinet. Baker’s Clarinet Sonata (1989) has become a standard of clarinet repertoire and a popular recital inclusion. His chamber work Heritage: A Tribute to Great Clarinetists (1996) interweaves solo transcriptions of five jazz clarinetists. The compositional style of Baker’s clarinet works frequently links jazz and classical idioms. The two works discussed in this document are excellent examples for classically trained musicians who would like to increase their ability and experience in interpreting jazz styles. The purpose of this document is: (1) to provide background, style, and performance considerations for Baker’s Clarinet Sonata and Heritage: A Tribute for Great Clarinetists, for Clarinet, Violin, Piano and Double Bass; (2) based on these style elements, to provide suggestions for interpreting jazz-style works for classically trained clarinetists; and (3) to archive Baker’s published and unpublished clarinet compositions. Appendices include transcripts of interviews with David Baker and other experts in this field (James Campbell, Rosana Eckert, Mike Steinel and Steven Harlos).

Tableau d’honneur de la Faculté des études supérieures et postdoctorales, 2012-2013. / La présente étude porte sur la manière dont est abordée la réalité québécoise et nord-américaine dans les traductions française et québécoise du roman The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz, de l'auteur montréalais anglophone Mordecai Richler, en réponse aux critiques parfois virulentes que sont faites au Québec des traductions françaises des oeuvres de Richler. Pour ce faire, nous faisons une analyse comparative et descriptive du traitement des références culturelles relevées dans le corpus, après avoir établi une typologie des références culturelles et une typologie des procédés de traduction. Cette analyse, fondée notamment sur la théorie du polysystème, le fonctionnalisme et la stylistique comparée, nous permet de dégager les grandes tendances des deux traductions et, par le fait même, d'approfondir et de nuancer la réflexion sur la traduction en français des oeuvres anglo-québécoises, ainsi que sur la culture et l'identité québécoises, en remettant en perspective la réalité culturelle présentée dans le roman. This study examines the treatment of Québec and North-American cultural realities in the translations made in France and in Québec of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz by English-speaking Montreal writer Mordecai Richler. Its starting point is the often harsh criticism expressed by French-speaking Québécois regarding the French translations of Richler's novels. The research is done by way of a comparative, descriptive analysis of the treatment of cultural-specific items (CSI) identified in the corpus, according to pre-established typologies for CSI and translation strategies. Based on theories like polysystem theory, functionalism, and comparative stylistics, this analysis identifies general patterns in both translations and thus contributes to the debate concerning French translations of English-language Québec novels, as well as Québec culture and identity, by shedding a new light on the cultural reality depicted in the novel.

一冊，約十萬字，前言、結論外，正文共分四章。 一、前言 二、水災的原因 （一）社會因素：水利問題、社會生活習性、水土保持的忽視 （二）自然因素：水利方面、氣象方面 （三）搶險失敗：人力物力的動員、搶險的因難、搶險人員失職 三、水災的衝擊 （一）物質的衝擊：物質的損失、物質與糧食問題 （二）人員的衝擊：人員的傷亡、災民問題 （三）社會的衝擊：騷動的形成、騷動的防患與制止 四、救災工作 （一）救災工作的展開：組織與動員、國民政府水災救濟委員會 （二）救災工作的內容：災民救濟與收容、工賑、農賑 （三）特點與檢討：救災公債、美麥借款、防疫、救災行政得失 五、水災的影響 （一）政治外交方面：危機意識、中共意圖 （二）社會經濟方,面：社會秩序、農村問題、財政收入 （三）水利建設等方面：水利工作的重視、救災經驗 六、結論