Thesis (M.C.S.)--Regent College, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [80]-87).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Full text release at OhioLINK's ETD Center delayed at author's request

Diss.--Berlin--Freie Universität, 1996. / Bibliogr. p. [153]-167. Index.

The absurd is a widespread term to describe literature today and in this essay I am interested in what parts of a literary text that can be defined as absurd. With help from the French-Algerian writer Albert Camus definition of the absurd in The Myth of Sisyphus (1942) and the absurd parts in his novel The Stranger (1942) I will examine the absurd in two of the Swedish writer Jonas Karlsson’s short stories. It is a phenomenological study of the short stories "Fakturan" and "Högläsning 2" that can be found in Spelreglerna (2011). The phenomenological reading consists people’s experiences and what is happening in their consciousness before, during and after experiencing it. Camus description of the absurd is the foundation for my analysis of Karlsson. Karlsson’s short stories have interesting similarities with Camus description of the absurd, which is fascinating because of their different backgrounds. My aim with the essay is to analyze the absurd in Karlsson’s short stories, both through parallels to Camus and without.

The aim of this thesis is to introduce a renowned French author Albert Camus and subsequently develop my own conclusion on one of his major works - The Stranger (1942). In the first part I introduce the personality of Albert Camus's in the context of philosophical history, literature and drama. I aim to explain the background of his life in the first part of the 20th century, particularly the influence of his origin in Algiers, at that time politically and culturally dominated by the French, in contrast with later residence in France itself. These influences promoted the principle of individuality in the work of Albert Camus and clearly directed him to his own interpretation of literary expression and existentialism. Further I outline the basic principles of this philosophy and I present his most important literary and dramatic works. More specifically I deal with the analysis of the novel The Stranger itself. The topic of next chapter is the presentation of Camus's selected work on the Czech as well as international stages and their specifications. In brief mention I present film adaptations as well. The second part goes in to analysing my own conclusions of The Stranger with a particular attention to the set design. This is closely related to the practical work of the thesis - designs of chosen scenes and scale models are included in the photographic documentation. I aim to explain how I use the actual text of the novel whilst adjusting its structure in relation to the stage design. Then I analyze in detail the various dramatic situations and scenes in terms of set design solutions. In short I present technical and lighting solutions of this production. Conclusion of this thesis refers to the contribution of Camus's work and its influence on the art scene of the 20th century.

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Abstract A MAN “MIGHTY IN THE SCRIPTURES”: THE HERMENEUTIC OF JOHN A. BROADUS AND ITS IMPACT ON HIS PREACHING Howard Jared Bumpers, PhD The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 2018 Chair: Dr. Hershael W. York This dissertation examines the hermeneutical presuppositions and principles of John A. Broadus and their impact on his theory and practice of preaching. Chapter 1 establishes the importance of studying preaching from a historical perspective and states the thesis of the dissertation. Chapter 2 provides a brief biographical sketch of the Southern Baptist pastor and professor John Albert Broadus. Chapter 3 focuses on the hermeneutical presuppositions that undergirded Broadus’s hermeneutic, particularly his view of Scripture. Chapter 4 identifies the principles that constituted Broadus’s hermeneutic and guided his exegesis. Chapter 5 analyzes Broadus’s exegetical works in order to demonstrate he consistently employed the hermeneutical principles that he advocated. Chapter 6 briefly summarizes Broadus’s homiletical theory and then analyzes the sermons of Broadus to show the impact that his hermeneutic had on his preaching. The final chapter summarizes the key points of the dissertation and considers the value of Broadus’s approach to hermeneutics and homiletics for contemporary preaching.

FundaÃÃo de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Cearà / O trabalho consiste em fazer a reflexÃo Ãtico-polÃtica nas obras do escritor franco-argelino Albert Camus (1913-1960) a partir de seus textos jornalÃsticos, dramatÃrgicos e ensaios filosÃficos. Em primeiro lugar, hà a reflexÃo sobre Ãtica, engajamento e a responsabilidade do escritor e a recusa do silÃncio como forma de rompimento com a resignaÃÃo e a passividade, evocando a responsabilidade Ãtica dos intelectuais no enfrentamento das questÃes decisivas, utilizando os Discursos da SuÃcia (1957). Em seguida, o trabalho trata dos temas da recusa do assassinato legitimado como crÃtica aos totalitarismos diante do diagnÃstico de seu tempo, com a crÃtica tambÃm ao progresso cientÃfico-bÃlico, que colocou a CiÃncia a serviÃo da morte como nunca antes na HistÃria, como forma de enfrentamento do medo que se encarnou no sÃculo XX, utilizando os Editoriais jornalÃsticos do jornal Combat (Combate) intitulados Nem VÃtimas, Nem Verdugos (1948). Hà em seguida a reflexÃo Ãtico-polÃtica do engajamento a partir da peÃa de teatro Os Justos (1949), escrita no perÃodo do pÃs-guerra, abordando a questÃo do assassinato do ponto de vista do engajamento terrorista revolucionÃrio, utilizando tambÃm as reflexÃes presentes no ensaio O Homem Revoltado (1951).

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Ingeniera Civil Matemático / La presente memoria tiene como objetivo el estudio del problema de reconstrucción de redes en sistemas distribuidos que utilizan mensajes pequeños. Esto resulta de gran interés en la actualidad debido a la existencia de redes de gran tamaño, tales como la World Wide Web y las redes sociales, que no necesariamente se encuentran almacenadas en su totalidad en un solo lugar. Debido a esto surge el interés de estudiar aspectos particulares de la topología de las redes de este tipo, coloquialmente denominadas Small World Networks. En primer lugar se elabora un protocolo donde todos los nodos o procesadores, utili- zando su información local, colaboran para reconstruir el grafo completo intercambiando información en rounds. Este protocolo es capaz de reconstruir cualquier grafo en 2 rounds. En particular, funcionará utilizando una cantidad pequeña de información local para cla- ses de grafos que exhiben una topología especial, que se denominará Popularidad Local (se dice que un grafo es k-Localmente-Popular si para todo nodo en la red, éste tiene a lo más k vecinos con grado mayor o igual a él). Posteriormente, se expone el modelo desarrollado por Barabási y Albert, quienes mo- tivados por simular de mejor forma la topología de redes que surgen en la actualidad, proponen un modelo que evoluciona en etapas discretas. Partiendo con un grafo pequeño, en cada etapa se agrega un nuevo nodo que se conecta con m nodos existentes en el grafo utilizando la regla Preferential Attachment, en la cual la probabilidad de conectarse con un nodo depende de su grado. Luego se introduce la noción de Popularidad-Local-Débil para grafos aleatorios. Se analiza la topología de los árboles del tipo Small World utilizando el modelo de Bara-bási y Albert con parámetro m = 1 y se demuestra que esta clase de grafos es 9-Débil- 4 Localmente-Popular. Por lo tanto, estos grafos se pueden reconstruir en 2 rounds utilizando información local de tamaño logarítmico. Finalmente se estudia experimentalmente la topología de los grafos generales de Ba- rabási y Albert y se conjetura que estos grafos son k-Débil-Localmente-Populares donde k sólo depende de m y no depende del tamaño del grafo. Ésto podría constituir un gran avance dado que permitiría reconstruir eficientemente las grandes redes de la actualidad.