Submitted by Filipe dos Santos (fsantos@pucsp.br) on 2017-04-11T12:02:36Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Ivone Pereira de Miranda Fedeli.pdf: 1324466 bytes, checksum: 45e714ba32460499860327216bcc7886 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-11T12:02:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Maria Ivone Pereira de Miranda Fedeli.pdf: 1324466 bytes, checksum: 45e714ba32460499860327216bcc7886 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / Fundação São Paulo - FUNDASP / This research aims to show how, throughout his long intellectual journey, starting from an initial question about the compatibility of the theological terminology on the Divine Verb based upon the Prologue to the Gospel of Saint John and consolidated by Saint Augustine’s De Trinitate, by one side, and the concepts of the human verb formulated by Aristotle in De Anima, Peri Hermeneias and other texts on human language, by the other, Saint Thomas Aquinas manages to harmonize both authors, in a way which does not forsake Aristotle’s theory, but which further details and clarifies it, in a process of reflection in which data from faith are guidelines and, in a sense, the ultimate goal of the processes of reason and philosophy / Este trabalho procura mostrar como, ao longo de seu percurso intelectual, São Tomás de Aquino vai, a partir de uma dúvida inicial sobre a possibilidade de compatibilidade da terminologia teológica sobre o Verbo Divino, baseada no Prólogo do Evangelho de São João e consolidada por Santo Agostinho no De Trinitate, com os conceitos sobre o verbo humano formulados por Aristóteles no De Anima, no Peri Hermeneias e demais textos sobre a linguagem humana, chegar a harmonizar a ambos, sem abandonar a teoria de Aristóteles, mas detalhando-a e precisando-a, num processo de reflexão em que os dados da fé servem de guia e, por assim de dizer, de meta final, aos processos da razão e da filosofia

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T19:20:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Reginaldo de Abreu Araujo da Silva.pdf: 644525 bytes, checksum: a4802e5ca96bcf1480a48ca9e41259c6 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-06-17 / The Song of Songs is a book of the Bible whose subject is human love. The book has been, during two millenniums, interpreted as allegory, by Jewish and Christians. The Jewish interpreted the beloved man as a figure of God and the beloved woman as a figure of Israel. Christians interpreted man like Christ and woman like the Church, the human soul or the Virgin Mary. It was at the end of 19th century that appeared the literal interpretations which developed with much force in the 20th century. Literal interpretations describe the beloved man and the beloved woman like two human beings who become acquainted to affection, love and sexual relationship and the book is accepted as a canonical text in the Holy Bible. One of the possibilities of literal interpretation of Song of Songs is the psychological interpretation, starting with symbols and psychic process that are lived by the beloved man and the beloved woman. The Jungian psychology offers some elements to interpret the love relationship as coniunctio and to do an analysis of the archetypes from human psyche, for example: anima, animus, persona, shadow. The love relationship bases the intimate relation and makes possible the grades of psychic process that, according to Jungian psychology, is a process of individuation. This process leads the Self, which is more important archetype of psyche and so, the human being may be happy and be self realized. In the Song of Songs we may perceive the individuation process and the beloved man and the beloved woman being self realized in the love affair and in the Hebrew conception love is like a flame of Yahweh, the God of Israel, and like a strong love which is strong as death. The process initializes but does not end, because it is the property of human psyche in a continuous research of individuation and of self realization / O Cântico dos Cânticos é um livro da Bíblia que trata do amor humano e que foi por, dois mil anos, interpretado alegoricamente, tanto por judeus como por cristãos. Os judeus viam no amado a figura de Deus e na amada a figura de Israel; para os cristãos o amado era figura de Cristo e a amada a figura da Igreja, ou da alma humana ou da Virgem Maria. Foi no final do século XIX que surgiram as interpretações literais e desenvolveram-se com grande vigor no século XX. As interpretações literais vêem no amado e na amada dois seres humanos que se relacionam afetiva, amorosa e sexualmente, dentro de um texto canonizado como Sagrada Escritura. Uma das possibilidades de interpretação literal do texto do Cântico dos Cânticos é psicológica, partindo dos símbolos e dos processos psíquicos que são vivenciados pelo amado e pela amada. A psicologia junguiana oferece alguns referenciais com que se pode interpretar essa relação amorosa como coniunctio e fazer uma análise dos arquétipos da psique humana, tais como anima, animus, persona, sombra. A relação de amor fundamenta o encontro íntimo e possibilita as etapas do processo psíquico que, na psicologia junguiana, é o processo de individuação, cuja meta é chegar ao Si-Mesmo, arquétipo central da psique, e o ser humano sentir-se auto-realizado. No Cântico dos Cânticos vislumbramos o processo de individuação e auto-realização do amado e da amada, dentro de uma atmosfera de amor e de uma conceituação hebraica do amor como faísca de Iahweh, o Deus de Israel, e como um amor forte como a morte. Um processo que se realiza, mas que não finaliza, pois é próprio da psique humana a busca contínua da individuação e da auto-realização

L’argomento di questa tesi concerne un’interpretazione in chiave pedagogico-educativa del personalismo filosofico di William Ernest Hocking, uno dei più grandi filosofi statunitensi del 1900, ma praticamente sconosciuto in Italia. La tesi ha un intento fortemente teoretico: dimostrare che gli errori in campo educativo dipendono, alle loro radici, da disordini nel pensare metafisico. Infatti, secondo Hocking l’educazione, intesa come continuo processo di umanizzazione, può essere pienamente giustificata solo dentro un orizzonte metafisico in cui possiamo riconosce sia la reale presenza di Dio dentro la Natura sia l’effettiva possibilità per la persona umana di divenire immortale. L’idea di Dio e l’idea di immortalità dell’anima” – idee annunciate universalmente dalla religione – sorgono dentro l’umana esperienza e funzionano come “chiavi ermeneutiche” per comprendere il cammino di crescita e di umanizzazione della persona. / The topic of this thesis concerns an interpretation of philosophical personalism of William Ernest Hocking, one of the most important American philosopher of 1900, in the light of pedagogical interpretation. The thesis has a highly theoretical aim: to demonstrate that educational mistakes derive, at them roots, from disorders in metaphysical thought. Indeed, according to Hocking education, as an incessant process of humanizing, can be fully justified only within a metaphysical horizon in which we can recognize both the real presence of God into Nature and the concrete possibility for human self to become immortal. Then, the idea of God and the idea of “soul’s immortality” – ideas that are universally indicated by religion – rise into human experience and work as “hermeneutical keys” to understand the process of human growth as a progress in personal humanizing.

Cette thèse porte sur l'étude du problème de tournées de véhicules compartimentés (Multi-Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem ou MC-VRP) dans le contexte de l'industrie de la nutrition animale. Les travaux de recherche et d'application sont concentrés sur la distribution dans le domaine agroalimentaire.En dépit d'une large application industrielle, les problèmes de MC-VRP ont été peu étudiés dans la littérature scientifique. Trois variantes du MC-VRP sont traitées dans cette thèse. D'une part, nous proposons les algorithmes "Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure" (GRASP) et "Iterated Local Search procedure" (ILS) pour résoudre le MC-VRP avec un compartiment de taille fixe dédié à chaque produit. Une extension de ce problème à des compartiments de tailles variables (Flexible Compartments Vehicle Routing Problem ou FC-VRP) est également résolue. D'autre part, nous proposons un GRASP et un Multi Start ILS pour la résolution du MC-VRP avec décisions d'affectation de chaque compartiment à un client et un produit.En dernier lieu, des travaux d'application industrielle sont présentés. Des tests d'évaluation de performances ont été réalisés dans un contexte de distribution d'aliments au bétail chez la société Nestal. Des outils d'aide à la décision ont été développés et mis en place dans cette société / This research concerns solving the Multi-Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem (MC-VRP) in the context of animal nutrition industry. Research and application work focuses on distribution in food industry.Despite its vast application in industry, little attention has been paid to the MC-VRP. We address three classes of MC-VRP in this research. Firstly, we propose two metaheuristics, "Greedy Randomized Adaptive Search Procedure" (GRASP) and "Iterated Local Search procedure" (ILS), in order to solve a MC-VRP with a fixed-sized compartment dedicated to each product. Also, an extension of this problem to variable-sized compartments which we call Flexible Compartments Vehicle Routing Problem (FC-VRP) is studied. Further, we propose a GRASP and a Multi Start ILS to solve a MC-VRP problem with assignment decisions of each compartment to one client and one product. Finally, some application work is presented. Experiments intended to measure performance in the context of food distribution to cattle were conducted for Nestal company. Decision support tools had been developed and implemented for this company

Orientadores: Paulo Pinto Joazeiro, Stephen Hyslop / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T23:19:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Rosa_RenataGiardini_D.pdf: 6665917 bytes, checksum: bfaa430fcdeef027dd2744caa78df851 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: A remodelação que a sínfise púbica (SP) sofre durante a prenhez, parto e pós-parto é um dos eventos importantes para o parto normal, e ocorre no trato reprodutor feminino como útero, cérvice uterina e sínfise púbica em alguns mamíferos. Durante a prenhez de alguns roedores ocorre um acentuado processo de remodelação da sínfise púbica (SP). No camundongo, esta articulação fibrocartilaginosa é gradativamente modificada, formando o ligamento interpúbico (LI) da etapa final da prenhez. Logo após o parto, este ligamento é rapidamente remodelado e o espaço entre os ossos púbicos se fecha, por volta do quinto dia pós-parto. Contudo, alterações no metabolismo celular durante o relaxamento da sínfise púbica do camundongo durante a prenhez, parto e pós-parto não foram extensivamente estudadas. Neste trabalho, foram utilizadas sínfises de camundongos virgens (V) e de animais prenhes como também no pós-parto. Os experimentos evidenciaram que as enzimas Metaloproteinases (MMPs) -2, -9, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases (TIMPs) -1, -2 assim como as catepsinas B e K foram detectadas em todos os dias estudados. Por meio do Western Blotting foi observado que a MMP-8 teve sua maior expressão protéica no (12º Dia de prenhez) D12, onde as modificações da sínfise em ligamento se iniciam. Através da zimografia foi possível observar que as MMPs -2 e -9 tiveram suas atividades mais evidentes no início das modificações decorrentes da prenhez no D12, D15. Estas MMPs ainda se mantiveram em níveis mais altos de expressão/atividade até o final da prenhez quando comparados com o animal virgem. As catepsinas tiveram sua expressão mais alta no final da prenhez, porém a catepsina B não foi detectada em sua forma ativa sugerindo participação no processo de remodelação da sínfise, porém não tão significativa do que as MMPs. O teste de solubilidade evidenciou um aumento no conteúdo de água não significativo durante a prenhez com um ápice significativo durante o parto D19 quando comparado com o animal não prenhe. O conteúdo de colágeno não se alterou e nem a solubilidade do colágeno demonstrou modificações significativas durante a prenhez, excetuando-se o 24HPP (horas pós-parto) em relação a solubilidade de colágeno. O Western blotting demonstrou que tanto a concentração do colágeno I, da molécula C-propeptídeo e do Decorin não se alteraram significativamente durante a prenhez, parto e pós-parto. O FACE (Fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis) evidenciou aumento qualitativo de moléculas AH (Ácido Hialurônico) de maiores pesos moleculares no ligamento interpúbico no final da prenhez. Este ensaio permitiu observar que não há quebra de moléculas de AH durante a prenhez e pós-parto, como é observado na cérvice uterina. Quantitative real-time PCR (QRT-PCR) evidenciou alta expressão relativa do Hyaluronic acid synthases (Has) 1 e 2 diferente das hialuronidases que tiveram sua expressão relativamente baixa. Estes dados são condizentes com aqueles que mostraram que o AH de alto peso molecular encontrado na sínfise púbica do camundongo não sofreu digestão enzimática. Dentre os proteoglicanos, o Versican foi altamente expresso juntamente com Adamts 1 e 2 que estão envolvidas em sua ativação. De modo geral, a remodelação é facilitada por mudanças nas regulações traducionais, pós-traducionais de efetores multifuncionais que participam ativamente da remodelação da MEC (Matriz Extracelular) in vivo. A identificação de etapas finamente reguladas na maturação de componentes celulares e da matriz poderá proporcionar avanços no entendimento de processos que ocorrem na preparação para a parturição normal, como também prevenir disfunções da sínfise púbica durante a parturição / Abstract: The remodeling that the pubic symphysis (PS) goes through pregnancy, parturition and post-partum is an important event for normal birth, and occurs in the female reproductive tract such as uterus, cervix and pubic symphysis in some mammals. During pregnancy of some rodents an acentuated remodeling process occurs in the PS. In mice, this fibrocartilaginous joint is gradually modify, forming the interpubic ligament (IpL) by the end of pregnancy. Right after birth, this ligament is rapidly restored and the gap between the pubic bones closes, around the fifth day postpartum. However, changes in cellular metabolism during relaxation of the pubic symphysis of mice during pregnancy, birth and postpartum has not been extensively studied. In this work, we used symphysis of virgin mice and interpubic ligaments of pregnant animals as well as postpartum. The experiments showed that the enzymes Metalloproteinases (MMPs) -2, -9, Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinases (TIMPs) -1, -2 as well as cathepsins B and K were detected at all studied days. By Western blotting it was observed that MMP-8 was most expressed on 12º Day of pregnancy (D12), where the pubic symphysis changes into changes ligament begin. The zymography observed that MMPs -2 and -9 activities were more evident in early pregnancy D12, D15. These MMPs remained at higher levels of expression/activity until the end of pregnancy when compared to virgin animal. Cathepsins had its highest expression in late pregnancy, but cathepsin B was not detected in its active form suggesting involvement in the remodeling of the symphysis, but not as significant as MMPs. The solubility test showed an increase in water content that was not significant during pregnancy with a significant peak during birth D19 compared to the non-pregnant animal. The collagen content did not change and neither the solubility of collagen showed significant changes during pregnancy excepting the 24HPP (hours postpartum) in respect to the solubility of collagen. Western blotting analysis showed that both type I collagen, the molecule Cpropeptide and decorin did not change significantly during pregnancy, birth and postpartum. FACE (fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis) showed a qualitative increase of HA molecule (Hyaluronic Acid) from higher molecular weights in the interpubic tissue at the end of pregnancy. This essay has observed that there is no breaking down of HA during pregnancy and postpartum, as observed in the uterine cervix. Quantitative real-time PCR (QRT-PCR) revealed high relative expression of Hyaluronic acid synthases (Has) 1 and 2 different from hyaluronidase that had relatively low expression. These data are consistent with those that showed high molecular weight of HA found in the pubic symphysis of mice suffered no brakes. Among the Proteoglycans, Versican was highly expressed along with ADAMTS 1 and 2 that are involved in its activation. In general, the remodeling is facilitated by changes in translational, post-translational regulations of multifunctional effectors that participate actively in the remodeling of ECM (extracellular matrix) in vivo. The identification of finely regulated steps in the maturation of cellular components and matrix could provide breakthroughs in the understanding of processes that occur in preparation for normal birth, but also prevent dysfunctions with the PS during parturition / Doutorado / Biologia Celular / Doutor em Biologia Celular e Estrutural

A melhoria na maciez da carne bovina através de suplementação de vitamina D3 na dieta tem sido desafiada por relatos de ineficácia do tratamento pré-abate e ainda possíveis impactos negativos no desempenho animal. A vitamina D3 pode ser sintetizada no animal por ação de radiação ultravioleta (UV) da luz solar, atingindo produção máxima em condições de baixa latitude. Este trabalho teve o objetivo de verificar a possível interação da suplementação de vitamina D3 na dieta com a exposição à luz solar dos animais na modificação de variáveis de desempenho e implicações na qualidade de carne e carcaça de bovinos Bos indicus. Foram confinados 41 machos castrados Nelore (µ=411±38 kg) por 45 dias, sendo divididos em 6 tratamentos: T1) Sem suplementação de vitamina D3 (SV) ou sombrite (SS); T2) SV e com sombrite (CS - filtração de 50% de UV); T3) Com 2x106 UI de vitamina D3 (CV2) por 2 dias consecutivos pré-abate + SS; T4) CV2 + CS; T5) CV por 8 dias consecutivos pré-abate (CV8) + SS; e T6) CV8 + CS. Mensurações postmortem foram realizadas no músculo Longissimus dorsi. O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados com arranjo fatorial 3 (dosagens de vitamina D3) x 2 (condições de exposição à UV). Para as variáveis de desempenho animal nenhum efeito (P>0,05) foi encontrado. Menor espessura de gordura (P=0,09) e peso de carcaça quente (P=0,08) e resfriada (P=0,10) foram verificadas para T6 comparado com T5 (1,8±0,6mm; 240,5±3,0 e 236,6±3,0kg vs 3,4±0,6mm, 251,2±3,2 e 246,1±3,2kg, respectivamente). Concentrações de cálcio ionizado plasmático no início e final da suplementação com vitamina não diferiram (P>0,05) entre os tratamentos. A dosagem CV8 aumentou a fragmentação (P=0,09) em animais SS comparado aos CS (22,3±1,5 vs 18,3±1,5; respectivamente). Entretanto, os animais SS apresentaram menores concentrações de cálcio muscular total (P<0,05) quando comparados aos CS. Nenhum efeito foi verificado em força de cisalhamento, sendo as diferenças observadas (P<0,05) somente para os dias de maturação 1, 7 e 21 (10,4±0,5; 8,8±0,5 e 6,8±0,5 kgf, respectivamente). Os animais CS apresentaram carcaças com menores temperaturas (15,07±0,29ºC; P=0,05) e maiores perdas totais (28,9±0,5%; P=0,06). A dosagem CV8 foi eficiente para aumentar os valores de L* (P=0,065), a* (P=0,02) e b* (P<0,001) comparado à CV2 (32,3±0,5; 17,0±0,4 e 4,5±0,2 vs 30,5±0,5; 15,8±0,4 e 3,5±0,2; respectivamente). Para estes valores, a dosagem CV2 não diferiu (P>0,05) da dosagem SV (31,6±0,5; 15,5±0,4 e 3,3±0,2). Animais SS (34,5±0,5) apresentaram maiores valores (P<0,05) de L* às 24 horas postmortem do que CS (32,6±0,5). Suplementação de vitamina D3 na dieta e exposição solar não afetam desempenho animal e maciez da carne. Vitamina D3 isoladamente pode alterar o padrão de cor da carne. A exposição à luz solar pode também melhorar a luminosidade da carne e interagir com a suplementação de vitamina D3 na definição de fragmentação miofibrilar. / The beef tenderness improvement through the vitamin D3 supplementation in the diet has been challenged by inefficient results after pre-slaughter treatment and additionally possible negative impacts on the animal performance. The vitamin D3 can be synthesized in the animal through the action of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sunlight, reaching maximal production at low latitudes. This work aimed to verify the possible interaction between vitamin D3 supplementation in the diet and sunlight exposure on the animal performance and their implications on the carcass and beef quality in Bos indicus. Forty-one Nellore castrated bulls (µ=411±38 kg) were feedlot for 45 days, after being assigned to 6 treatments: T1) No vitamin D3 supplementation (NV) or shade (NS); T2) NV with shade (WS 50% UV filtration); T3) With 2x106 UI of vitamin D3 for 2 days consecutive pre-slaughter (WV2) + NS; T4) WV2 + WS; T5) With 2x106 UI of vitamin D3 for 8 days consecutive pre-slaughter (WV8)+ NS; and T6) WV8 + WS. The postmortem measures were taken in the Longissimus dorsi muscle. The experimental design used was completely randomized blocks with 3 (vitamin D3 levels) x 2 (sunlight exposure conditions) factorial arrangements. There were no effect (P>0.05) on the performance variables. Lower fat thickness (P=0.09), hot (P=0.08) and cold (P=0.10) carcass weight were found for T6 compared to T5 (1.8±0.6mm; 240.5±3.0 and 236.6±3.0kg vs 3.4±0.6mm, 251.2±3.2 and 246.1±3.2kg, respectively). Plasma ionized calcium concentrations did not differ (P>0.05) between the treatments either before or after vitamin D3 supplementation. The WV8 level increased the fragmentation (P=0.09) in NS animals with regard to the WS (22.3±1.5 vs 18.3±1.5, respectively). However, the NS animals presented the lower total muscle calcium concentration (P<0.05) with relation to the WS. There were no effect on the shear force, being only observed differences (P<0.05) at aging times of 1, 7 and 21 days (10.4±0.5; 8.8±0.5 and 6.8±0.5 kgf, respectively). The WS animals showed the lower carcass temperatures (15.07±0.29ºC; P=0.05) and the higher total losses (28.9±0.5%; P=0.06). The WV8 level was efficient to increase L* (P=0.065), a* (P=0.02) and b* (P<0.001) compared to WV2 (32.3±0.5; 17.0±0.4 and 4.5±0.2 vs 30.5±0.5; 15.8±0.4 and 3.5±0.2; respectively). For these values, the WV2 level did not differ (P>0.05) in relation to NV (31.6±0.5; 15.5±0.4 and 3.3±0.2). NS (34.5±0.5) animals presented the higher (P<0.05) L* values at 24 hours postmortem than WS (32.6±0.5). Vitamin D3 supplementation in the diet and sunlight exposure did not affect animal performance and beef tenderness. The vitamin D3 can alter beef lightness. The sunlight exposure can also improve the beef lightness and interact with the vitamin D3 supplementation to define the myofibrillar fragmentation.

This dissertation analyses the protagonists in The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness, and Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin, and looks at the extent to which they confront the Jungian archetype of the anima. I demonstrate that individuation and wisdom are not achieved in these characters until they confront the anima archetype within their individual psyches. I analyse the experiences and behaviour of each protagonist in order to identify anima confrontation (or lack thereof), and I seek to prove that such confrontation precipitates maturity and wisdom, which are goals of the hero's journey. The essential qualities of the anima archetype are wisdom, beauty and love. These qualities require acceptance of vulnerability. I argue that the protagonist is far from anima integration when he displays hatred and fear of vulnerability, and conclude that each protagonist is integrated with the anima when wisdom, beauty and love are evident in his character. / English Studies / M.A. (English)

Ce travail de recherche vise à présenter une collection de récits traditionnels persans, soit tirés et traduits des ressources indiennes, soit écrits et composés directement en persan dans le sous-continent. Notre attention s'est portée sur les récits en prose qui détiennent plusieurs emprunts de la tradition et la culture indienne, et ceux qui sont enrichis par des éléments narratifs et imaginaires fabuleux. Ces spécificités apparaissent dans de divers aspects : la structure du récit-cadre, les thèmes principaux et les personnages des contes. Les récits indo-persans sélectionnés sont présentés en détail par des informations sur leurs auteurs / traducteurs, la date et le lieu de composition, leurs thématiques, leurs sources originales, les manuscrits disponibles et d'autres références. La recherche actuelle est également un effort pour la pratique et le développement de la perception symbolique dans les récits classiques. Touti-Nâme, choisi comme le corpus de notre étude, nous fournit des scènes sur la vie sociale, les relations intimes et conjugales dans les contextes individuels et sociaux. J’ai examiné les thèmes dominants de la ruse des femmes, du conflit entre le désir et la loi, du rêve et du rire à travers des approches mythiques et symboliques. Le rôle prépondérant des personnages féminins et des perroquets sont étudiés profondément dans les contes. J'ai aussi essayé d'analyser les aspects psychiques des personnages par le biais de l'approche psychanalytique jungienne. Des exemples concrets de l'autorité et des jeux de pouvoir entre les sexes sont donnés dans Touti-Nâme comme spécificité des sociétés traditionnelles patriarcales. / The present research aims to introduce a collection of Persian traditional narratives, either translated from Indian sources, or written and composed directly into Persian language in the sub-continent. Our focus has been on prose narratives which hold multiple specificities borrowed from Indian tradition and culture, and are enriched by fabulous and imaginary narrative elements. Such specificities appear in diverse aspects : the frame structure of the stories, the leading themes and the typical Indian characters. These stories are presented in detail by providing information about their authors / translators, date and place of composition, themes, original sources, available manuscripts and other references.The current research is also an endeavor to practice and develop symbolic perception in classical stories. Touti-Nâme, chosen as our target text, demonstrates social life, conjugal relationships and power-struggle in both individual and social contexts. The dominant themes of women’s guiles and tricks, love and law conflict, dream and laughter have been examined through mythical and symbolic approaches. Women characters and birds such as parrots have gone through profound studies due to their predominant roles within the tales. I have also tried to study psychological aspects of story characters and their role in the events by means of the Jungian psychoanalytical approach. Concrete examples of gender authority and power-games in traditional patriarchal societies have been given in Touti-Nâme.

This dissertation analyses the protagonists in The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness, and Tehanu by Ursula K. Le Guin, and looks at the extent to which they confront the Jungian archetype of the anima. I demonstrate that individuation and wisdom are not achieved in these characters until they confront the anima archetype within their individual psyches. I analyse the experiences and behaviour of each protagonist in order to identify anima confrontation (or lack thereof), and I seek to prove that such confrontation precipitates maturity and wisdom, which are goals of the hero's journey. The essential qualities of the anima archetype are wisdom, beauty and love. These qualities require acceptance of vulnerability. I argue that the protagonist is far from anima integration when he displays hatred and fear of vulnerability, and conclude that each protagonist is integrated with the anima when wisdom, beauty and love are evident in his character. / English Studies / M.A. (English)

This research project investigates images from the contemporary Australian mid-life psyche, exploring the contribution to individual transformation made through the creation of, and reflective engagement with, personal imagery. Asking the question: 'What do contemporary Australian mid-life males consider to be a rich and sustaining inner life?' This project documents the visual images, descriptions, and reflections of a group of five participants, discussing the individuals' experiences of aesthetic self-inquiry with reference to divergent theories of psychology, art therapy and philosophy of aesthetics.