In introducing the four novels under discussion as a “History of Confession”, this study explores the resistance to the dominant discourse of ‘history’ offered by the sustained confessions of individuals. In examining Coetzee’s oeuvre it is possible to delineate the outline of a dialogue between cynicism and grace, and the effects of these on the process of confession in each of the works Chapter One, dealing with Age of Iron, draws on Levinas’ theory of ‘the Other’ in order to elucidate the role played by the interlocutor or confessor in the process of confession.The recognition of the passage of the self through the Other is integral to the attainment of a state of grace, without which confession cannot be brought to an end The countermanding claims of the writer's will-to-write and duty to society are illuminated as a source of cynicism which overwhelms the intervention of grace. The Master of Petersburg, discussed in Chapter Two, is a confession of the guilt and despair faced by the writer who sacrifices his soul to answer the urge to write. Chapter Three, which examines Coetzee’s excursion into autobiography, represents a continuation of the confessional trend. The distance between the narrator and protagonist of Boyhood illustrates the convolutions of self-deception in the process of confession. The chapter which deals with Disgrace identifies a new trend in Coetzee’s writing:the concern with animals. Levinas’ theory, which identifies the encounter with the Other as necessary to precipitate an intervention of grace, is again useful in explaining how Coetzee has postulated the unassimilable otherness of animals as primary to human ethical development. This chapter also concludes that Disgrace represents a high point in the recovery of both grace and agency in Coetzee’s oeuvre.The concluding chapter suggests that the accumulation of meanings to the term ‘grace’enables its definition as a semi-religious abstraction. Coetzee suggests that belief in its existence has the power to affect interactions on the physical plane, especially those between the self and the Other.

Tesis para optar al grado de Magíster en Literatura / Con la llegada de los años sesenta, la rebeldía entró con vehemencia en todos los ámbitos de la vida del hombre contemporáneo. Habiendo dejado atrás las restricciones que supuso la reconstrucción social, política y material a la que se tuvieron que someter los países involucrados en la Segunda Guerra, la efervescencia, el optimismo y la confianza en el futuro, marcaron la pauta en el inicio de esta década. Fueron años de cambios profundos en la moda, la estética y la conducta, que estuvieron liderados por jóvenes y mujeres, en el marco de la cultura de masas, irrumpiendo de forma inusitada en la vida pública. En este contexto aparece Adolfo Couve. Se instala con una literatura insólita para la época. En él encontramos una escritura que da cuenta de un estallido fragmentario, que no tiene cabida en un escenario utópico. Aparece con una literatura que pareciera ser sorda a esa inquietud, por lo que se mueve en otra dirección: nos entrega el tiempo cotidiano que no guarda ninguna relación con el nuevo horizonte revolucionario que se abre en los sesenta: su refinamiento resulta casi impertinente.

Tesis para optar al grado de Magister en Axiología y Filosofía Política / El siguiente trabajo versará sobre la crítica a la concepción tradicional de historia, entendida por Nietzsche, como parte de una enfermedad, una enfermedad producida por el exceso de estudios históricos en una época que favorece a la ciencia (haciendo de la historia historicismo) desmereciendo de lado a la vida. Así también, nos ocuparemos de mostrar la recepción y productividad que ha tendido el planteamiento, respecto de la historia, de nuestro pensador, tanto en Foucault, como en Benjamin. Considerando que ambos, de diferentes formas, continuaron tratando dicho problema, recepcionándolo, como hemos dicho, a partir de un elemento en común, a saber, la desconfianza.

Demuestra la influencia de la cultura judía en la obra filosófica de Walter Benjamin tomando como referencia el concepto de aura desde un enfoque hermenéutico. Presenta una visión general sobre la cultura judía y el Talmud con la finalidad de elucidar los conceptos que Benjamin extrae de dicha tradición para elaborar su obra. Analiza concepto de “aura” tal como aparece en algunos textos del filósofo: Dirección única (1928); «Pequeña historia de la fotografía» (1930); «La obra de arte en la época de su reproductibilidad técnica» (1936); y en «Sobre algunos temas en Baudelaire» (1939). Establece la vinculación entre el Talmud, los principales conceptos del judaísmo y las categorías más importantes de la cultura judía en el concepto de aura. La investigación busca mitigar la carencia respecto a los estudios benjaminianos en la academia peruana, someter a discusión los principales presupuestos de su obra y poner de manifiesto las dificultades, riesgos y responsabilidades que esto entraña. / Tesis

Mexico, a land of contrast and mystery, was the birthplace of the two composers included in this study. These two composers were chosen for several reasons: the two men represent the enigma of the country that influenced their development and each of them molded Mexico's popular musical heritage into a classical format. Miguel Bernal Jiménez was considered in 1941 as the most brilliant composer of Catholic Mexico; Silvestre Revueltas received the title of Mexico's greatest composer, yet today the composers are almost unknown in the United States. Arizona, and Tucson in particular, are situated so near to Mexico that it is important to become aware of that country's varied musical heritage in the classical idiom, as well as its other cultural and historical aspects. As a resident in Mexico for three years with a previously acquired interest in Latin American music, the writer became increasingly involved in study of the music. Her residence laid a foundation for research into these two composers. When the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de México, one of Mexico's major symphony orchestras based in Toluca near Mexico City, made a nationwide tour of the United States in June 1975, Revueltas' orchestral composition Sensemayá received several performances. The Tucson Symphony also performed Sensemayá in 1979 with Dr. George Trautwein conducting. The writer found this work to be fascinating and she wondered if Revueltas had written works for cello; with research she found that he did not write for cello solo, but that he composed for string quartet. The writer first encountered the Cuarteto Virreinal by Miguel Bernal Jiménez when she performed the work from manuscript with a professional string quartet sponsored by Patrimonio Cultural in Toluca, Mexico. The work is a pleasant combination of classical and Mexican qualities; the writer decided that someday she would like to perform it for audiences in the United States.

Informe de Seminario para optar al grado de Licenciado en Lengua y Literatura Hispánica / En este estudio se trabajan los textos El Matadero de Esteban Echeverría y Niño Proletario de Osvaldo Lamborghini, como eslabones de una tradición barbárica en la literatura argentina. Para ello se ahonda en qué consiste esa tradición, que en la Argentina tiene sus inicios con el texto de Echeverría en el siglo XIX y se rastrea hasta el siglo XX gracias a Lamborghini, y cómo se presenta en ella la dicotomía civilización y barbarie. Se comparara la representación de esta oposición en los dos textos, dando cuenta de las diferencias y similitudes presentes entre los dos autores.

The rapid settlement of North America in the seventeenth century was motivated by the dream of success— a dream which the numerous possibilities of that virgin land inspired. The new land of America suggested the possible achievement of a heaven upon earth: the realization of the Utopian myth of timeless perfection. Throughout the subsequent growth of the Republic, this American dream, because of its tremendous strength and of its powerful influence as myth, completely captivated the imagination of the Americans. Consequently, a unique pattern of thought evolved in America; one that has given form and significance to the political, cultural, social, and religious life of the nation; one, in fact, that has moulded the entire history of the United States of America. In this thesis, The American Nightmare, I have attempted to illustrate the effect of the American dream on American literature, particularly on the work of F. Scott Fitzgerald and of James Baldwin. To do this successfully, however, I found it necessary to define the American dream: to trace its origins and subsequent development. Moreover, I have suggested that the American dream, once a vital force because it was relevant to the facts of life in America (or apparently so), has, in the twentieth century, become a nightmare, dedicated to illusion and hypocrisy. Indeed, the literature of the chosen writers reflects not only their preoccupation with the American dream and its influence, but also their desire to reveal and to analyse the apparent failure of this dream and the disillusionment, the despiritualisation, and the inhumanity which the quest for success has engendered in America. The society depicted in the novels I have selected for discussion is a bewildered one--an "incoherent" one. The authors themselves, despite their insight into the problems of American life, are indeed victims of the Medusa-like American dream. The thesis is divided into four sections. Section One, "The American Dream," discussing the settlement of America in the seventeenth century, examines the origins of the dream. Moreover, it traces the development and increasing secularization of the dream in the eighteenth century, witnesses the westward expansion of American settlement and its effect upon the nineteenth century vision of America's future, and, finally, reveals the failure of the dream and the subsequent fear, disillusion and bewilderment in twentieth century America. In short, this section shows how the American dream, once a vital force in American life, has now become a "nightmare"—a mirage which frequently lures many to self-destruction. Sections Two and Three treat specific works of Fitzgerald (This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby) and of Baldwin (Giovanni's Room and Another Country) respectively in the light of the American dream. The thesis concludes with a brief survey of the lives of the two writers, and an evaluation of the effect of the American dream upon their careers. / Arts, Faculty of / English, Department of / Graduate

Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a twentieth-century Jewish-German intellectual, has recently achieved iconic status; however, during his lifetime, many scholars considered him to be a failure. This substantial shift in scholarly attitude invites questions concerning how intellectual figures are understood and constructed within academia. Cultural studies has renewed and enlarged the sphere of interest in Benjamin's work while, at the same time, canonizing and thus freezing it. This dissertation addresses the non-canonical side of the production of Walter Benjamin and, in so doing, shows what traditional scholarship has overlooked — the effect of the so-called "private" sphere on so-called "public" intellectuals. The dominant model for traditional scholarly studies remains both abstract and linear: it consists of tracing the influence of one (usually male) scholar upon another. This dissertation disrupts the tacit assumptions behind such an approach to knowledge by showing how intellectuals are produced both by and at the intersections o f the public and the private. The general scholarly acceptance of this false dichotomy, commonly referred to as the public/private split, has resulted in viewing scholars as though they exist in an abstract realm of ideas rather than in a concrete realm of lived reality. I draw on and add to the insights of feminist and cultural studies scholars who have attempted to show how people's interested contradictory locations, defined, as they are, by class, religion, ethnicity, gender, and so on, intersect with and affect their publicly constructed identities. To this end, my study provides a concrete example of how one particular intellectual, Walter Benjamin, has been (and continues to be) produced within specific historical, social, and cultural contexts. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

Orientador: Jeanne Marie Gagnebin / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T02:05:09Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LopezGallucci_NatachaMuriel_M.pdf: 8238986 bytes, checksum: 19cc229a9ac35ae1c299faa43ae45ff8 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2003 / Resumo: A presente pesquisa parte do interesse de Walter Benjamin (1892-1940) em redor do problema da origem e da essência espiritual da linguagem no período de sua juventude. Em 1916, Benjamin escreve o ensaio 'Sobre a linguagem em geral e sobre a linguagem humana', fonte principal deste estudo. Mostraremos que, uma referência de crucial importância para a compreensão desse controvertido ensaio, é a figura do escritor préromântico Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788). A menção benjaminiana de Hamann opera, neste sentido, como ponto de apoio provocador e imprescindível para nossa análise. Em seus próprios contextos históricos, Benjamin e Hamann, fazem uma forte crítica aos conceitos de conhecimento e de experiência sustentados pela Aufkliirung e condensados por Kant. Na crítica dirigida por Benjamin e Hamann ao primado do fenômeno processual kantiano, tomam relevância as 'Idéias das Teologia' e a 'experiência mágica da Revelação', formando parte de um percurso extremamente provocador para a Füosofia Contemporânea. A abordagem benjaminiana da linguagem, em confluência explícita e implícita com Hamann, possibilita o desenvolvimento do presente estudo filosófico de ambos autores. Porém, para uma melhor compreensão do ensaio benjaminiano Sobre a linguagem, levaremos especialmente em conta dois textos bamannianos citados por Benjamin: 'Estética in nuce. Rapsódia em prosa cabalística' (1762) e 'O cavalheiro rosacruz, última opinião sobre a origem divina e humana da linguagem' (1772) / Mestrado / Filosofia / Mestre em Filosofia

Orientador: Michael MacDonald Hall / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-07-17T08:49:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Garcia_LilianaBuenodosReis_D.pdf: 10355694 bytes, checksum: 6c13cd474e6cd0e9ca6fe56226210533 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1992 / Resumo: O objetivo deste estudo está fundamentado na organização do trabalho nas oficinas da Companhia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro, localizada na cidade de Rio Claro, Estado de São Paulo, nas décadas de 1930-1940. Visa o resgate da implantação pela ferrovia, já a partir de 1928, com a Reforma Administrativa, dos métodos de racionalização fundados nos princípios tayloristas de organização do trabalho. Esta reconstituição foi obtida através dos depoimentos dados pelos ferroviários e o que vai emergir é a forma como se encontra organizado o trabalho e a vida operária dentro de uma indústria metalúrgica inserida no contexto da ferrovia. A história que emerge é a história da vida e do trabalho dos ferroviários, ao se submeterem às normas rígidas de controle e opressão. Estas surgem em defesa da margem de eficiência e de organização espelhada pela ferrovia no período analisado. O resultado é a aceitação das normas disciplinares e o desenvolvimento de um sentimento arraigado pela ferrovia: o orgulho de pertencer à mesma e de ser ferroviário. A ideologia do trabalho, incutida pela Companhia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro nos ferroviários, foi tão intensa que chegou a moldar-lhes a visão de mundo, resultando em indivíduos que pouco fizeram para reverter essa situação. Entretanto, através de seu silêncio, eles manifestaram seus ressentimentos contra a opressão das normas, mostrando sua resistência em seus atos e em suas falas. O seu universo foi, porém, o mundo do trabalho e do engrandecimento da ferrovia. Nessa reconstituição vieram à tona vários elementos: o café, a ferrovia e o papel de ambos para o desenvolvimento da cidade de Rio Claro como centro urbano e ferroviário, chegando inclusive a ser conhecida como a "cidade ferroviária". Estes elementos são de suma importância, pois deram o suporte necessário para que as oficinas da Companhia Paulista alcançassem, nas décadas de 30 e 40, uma importância significativa, desenvolvendo e implantando a racionalidade capitalista via princípios tayloristas de administração cientifica. / Abstract: The objective of this work is based on a study of the work organization in the Companhia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro located in the city of Rio Claro, state of São Paulo, in the decade of 1930-1940. It's aim is the recovery of the implantation by the railroad, with the Administration Reform after 1928, of the racionalization methods founded on the taylorist principles of work organization. This reconstitution was obtained through statements given by railroad workers. What is going to emerge is the form in which work is presently organized in the life of workers within a metalworker's industry inserted in the railroad context. The story that emerges is the history of the life and work of the railroad workman as submitted to rigid norms of control and oppression. These norms arise in defense of the margin of efficiency and of organization mirrored by the railroad in the period analysed. The result was a complete acceptance of the disciplinary norms and the development of an ingrained feeling for the railroad, as well as a feeling of pride belonging to it and of being a railroad worker. The ideology of work impressed upon the workers by the Companhia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro was so intense that it molded the world vision of its workers. As a result, they became depoliticized individuaIs who did nothing to turn around this situation. However, through their silence, they manifest their resentment against the oppression of the rules, showing ways of resistance in their acts and statements. The world of the worker is the world of work and of making the railroad company powerful and famous. In this historical reconstruction, several elements come to the surface: coffee, railroad and the role of both in the development of the city of Rio Claro as an urban and railroad center. It even become known as the "railroad city". These elements are of great importance because they gave the necessary support for the Companhia Paulista de Estrada de Ferro to reach a significant importance in the 1930s and 1940s, developing and implanting the capitalist rationale by Taylorist principles of scientific administration. / Doutorado / Doutor em História