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<p>Min undersökning visar att det i den ursprungliga judiska traditionen finns en närhet till den kosmiska strukturen. Den har därmed också bevarat en närhet till naturen och till de mänskliga instinkterna. Dessa är i sig varken primitiva eller onda, inte heller tillhör de en förfluten tid och kultur; de utgör istället en bro till helighet, även i vår tid. En ny tidsålder tvingar fram en ny syn på människans instinkter, som då de i likhet med emotionerna medvetandegjorts och bearbetats i en kontemplativ process, erbjuder en livsnödvändig källa till hälsa, energi och helighet.</p><p>I min analys av den schamaniska ritualen i Metzora har jag lämnat den gängse tolkningen, och jag har dessutom relaterat ritualens symboler till ett kabbalistiskt synsätt. Jag har därmed lyft fram begreppet balans, som är grundläggande i alla ursprungliga religioner. Jag har också relaterat begreppen ”balans” och ”obalans” till de bibliska begreppen ”renhet” och ”orenhet”, som enligt min analys av Metzora betecknar mental balans respektive mental obalans. Jungs många kommentarer om coniunctio oppositorum har hjälpt mig att sprida ljus över denna process.</p><p>Med hjälp av amplifikation har jag strävat efter att fördjupa förståelsen av den schamaniska ritualen i Metzora och dess funktion. Genom att relatera de tre symbolerna i ritualen till en kabbalistisk text har jag visat att ezov – isop - inte är den mest troliga symbolen för ödmjukhet, vilket är den vanligaste tolkningen. I min tolkning symboliseras istället ödmjukhet av sheni toláat - den rödfärgade ylleremsan. Tillsammans utgör de tre föremålen i ritualen – etz erez, ezov och sheni toláat - en symbol för balans. Till skillnad från den traditionella tolkningen har jag också försökt ge en psykologisk förklaring till den uppenbarligen psykosomatiska och stressrelaterade hudåkomma som i de flesta översättningar felaktigt kallas för ”spetälska”. Jag har därmed delvis frångått den traditionella synen på denna sjukdom som ett straff för baktal och skvaller.</p>

Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

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Min undersökning visar att det i den ursprungliga judiska traditionen finns en närhet till den kosmiska strukturen. Den har därmed också bevarat en närhet till naturen och till de mänskliga instinkterna. Dessa är i sig varken primitiva eller onda, inte heller tillhör de en förfluten tid och kultur; de utgör istället en bro till helighet, även i vår tid. En ny tidsålder tvingar fram en ny syn på människans instinkter, som då de i likhet med emotionerna medvetandegjorts och bearbetats i en kontemplativ process, erbjuder en livsnödvändig källa till hälsa, energi och helighet. I min analys av den schamaniska ritualen i Metzora har jag lämnat den gängse tolkningen, och jag har dessutom relaterat ritualens symboler till ett kabbalistiskt synsätt. Jag har därmed lyft fram begreppet balans, som är grundläggande i alla ursprungliga religioner. Jag har också relaterat begreppen ”balans” och ”obalans” till de bibliska begreppen ”renhet” och ”orenhet”, som enligt min analys av Metzora betecknar mental balans respektive mental obalans. Jungs många kommentarer om coniunctio oppositorum har hjälpt mig att sprida ljus över denna process. Med hjälp av amplifikation har jag strävat efter att fördjupa förståelsen av den schamaniska ritualen i Metzora och dess funktion. Genom att relatera de tre symbolerna i ritualen till en kabbalistisk text har jag visat att ezov – isop - inte är den mest troliga symbolen för ödmjukhet, vilket är den vanligaste tolkningen. I min tolkning symboliseras istället ödmjukhet av sheni toláat - den rödfärgade ylleremsan. Tillsammans utgör de tre föremålen i ritualen – etz erez, ezov och sheni toláat - en symbol för balans. Till skillnad från den traditionella tolkningen har jag också försökt ge en psykologisk förklaring till den uppenbarligen psykosomatiska och stressrelaterade hudåkomma som i de flesta översättningar felaktigt kallas för ”spetälska”. Jag har därmed delvis frångått den traditionella synen på denna sjukdom som ett straff för baktal och skvaller.

This study explores the possibilities of rewriting the text of a complex novel as a film script. Film is an important contemporary artform but the actuality of the thematic content of contemporary Afrikaans novels is not well represented in current films. In this study an adaptation of the novel, The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden (2000) ,t o a script is made in an attempt to provide the Afrikaans scriptwriter with a workable method. The theme which features prominently in the adaptation is the experience of identity in the post-colonial and/or post-apartheid era in South Africa. Theoretical reflection on the problem of adaptation is essential before the chosen novel can be turned into a script, since the scriptwriter has to make certain adjustments during the process of adaptation. The adaptation of a novel to a script implies the translation of a written, descriptive text into a visual text. When a complex novel such as The long silence of Mario Salviati is rewritten as a script, a detailed analysis of the novel must be undertaken in order to identify the relevant ideological content, the important themes and underlying meanings which should be retained in the film script. In order to find appropriate visual images for the thematic content of the novel, contributions of semiotics to film studies are studied and implemented in the process of visualisation. The chosen theme for the script of The long silence of Mario Salviati is "Identity, hybridity and liminality in the Tallejare community". This theme features prominently in many narratives about post-colonial and post-apartheid issues; therefore theoretical reflections on the concepts of liminality and hibridity are included in the study. There are two main sections in the dissertation. In the first section aspects of scriptwriting are analysed and discussed in order to develop a workable method for scriptwriters. The study entertains the hope that more contemporary Afrikaans novels will be adapted for the big screen or television by the film industry. This is necessary to ensure that the experience of South African identity is represented adequately in the Afrikaans film industry. The second section of the dissertation contains the film script, which is an adaptation of the novel The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden. The script forms an integral part of the study as well as of the dissertation. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

This study explores the possibilities of rewriting the text of a complex novel as a film script. Film is an important contemporary artform but the actuality of the thematic content of contemporary Afrikaans novels is not well represented in current films. In this study an adaptation of the novel, The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden (2000) ,t o a script is made in an attempt to provide the Afrikaans scriptwriter with a workable method. The theme which features prominently in the adaptation is the experience of identity in the post-colonial and/or post-apartheid era in South Africa. Theoretical reflection on the problem of adaptation is essential before the chosen novel can be turned into a script, since the scriptwriter has to make certain adjustments during the process of adaptation. The adaptation of a novel to a script implies the translation of a written, descriptive text into a visual text. When a complex novel such as The long silence of Mario Salviati is rewritten as a script, a detailed analysis of the novel must be undertaken in order to identify the relevant ideological content, the important themes and underlying meanings which should be retained in the film script. In order to find appropriate visual images for the thematic content of the novel, contributions of semiotics to film studies are studied and implemented in the process of visualisation. The chosen theme for the script of The long silence of Mario Salviati is "Identity, hybridity and liminality in the Tallejare community". This theme features prominently in many narratives about post-colonial and post-apartheid issues; therefore theoretical reflections on the concepts of liminality and hibridity are included in the study. There are two main sections in the dissertation. In the first section aspects of scriptwriting are analysed and discussed in order to develop a workable method for scriptwriters. The study entertains the hope that more contemporary Afrikaans novels will be adapted for the big screen or television by the film industry. This is necessary to ensure that the experience of South African identity is represented adequately in the Afrikaans film industry. The second section of the dissertation contains the film script, which is an adaptation of the novel The long silence of Mario Salviati by Etienne van Heerden. The script forms an integral part of the study as well as of the dissertation. / Thesis (M.A. (Afrikaans and Dutch))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2007.

Representations of the Gypsies and their lifestyle were widespread in British culture in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. This thesis analyzes the varying literary and artistic responses to the Gypsy figure in the period circa 1780-1870. Addressing not only well-known works by William Wordsworth, Jane Austen, Walter Scott, John Clare, Robert Browning, Matthew Arnold and George Eliot, but also lesser-known or neglected works by Gilbert White, Hannah More, George Crabbe and Samuel Rogers, unpublished archival material from Princess Victoria's journals, and a range of articles from the periodical press, this thesis examines how the figure of the Gypsy was used to explore differing conceptions of the landscape, identity and freedom, as well as the authoritative discourses of law, religion and science. The influence of William Cowper's Gypsy episode in Book One of The Task is shown to be profound, and its effect on ensuing literary representations of the Gypsy is an example of my interpretation of Wim Willem's term ‘paper Gypsies': the idea that literary Gypsies are often textual (re)constructions of other writers' work, creating a shared literary, cultural and artistic heritage. A focus on the picturesque and the Gypsies' role within that genre is a strong theme throughout this thesis. The ambiguity of picturesque Gypsy representations challenges the authority of the leisured viewer, provoking complex responses that either seek to contain the Gypsy's disruptive potential or demonstrate the figure's refusal to be controlled. An examination of texts alongside contemporary paintings and sketches of Gypsies by Princess Victoria, George Morland, Thomas Gainsborough, J. M. W. Turner, John Constable and John Everett Millais, elucidates the significance of the Gypsies as ambiguous ciphers in both literature and art.

Max Reger was a prolific composer on the threshold of modernism. The style of his extensive musical output was polarizing among his contemporaries. A criticism of Reger's music is its complex and dense musical structure. Despite writing tonal music, Reger often pushes the boundaries of tonality so far that all sense of formal organization is seemingly imperceptible. In this dissertation, I offer what I observed to be a new way of discerning Reger's motivic relationships and formal structures within and between movements. There are three primary tools and methods I incorporated to make these observations: Schoenberg's developing variation; melodic contour analysis as discussed by Elizabeth West-Marvin and Diana Deutsch; and Janet Schmalfeldt's motivic cyclicism stemming from internal themes. In this dissertation I examine five different musical works by Reger: D minor Piano Quartet, Clarinet Quintet, Piano Concerto, String Quartet, op. 121 and E minor Piano Trio, op. 102. My analysis shows how Reger relies on melodic contours of his motives to connect musical moments across entire movements and entire works with multiple movements. These motives are developed and often mark structurally significant moments providing the organization often perceived as missing in Reger's music.