Thesis (Ph. D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures)--University of California, Berkeley, May 1996. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 299-325).

The first edition of a series holds value. It is a bookmark that holds a place in time that the artist can look back to and see the progress that led up to that point, as well as the continued progress that's been made after. Designing and creating a set of characters, bringing the main character through 3D modeling, and printing it has multiple uses in the industry. The techniques learned through this process have been used in toy design, stop-motion animation, museums, and medical applications. 3D printing is advancing and providing an opportunity to create high-definition models that can be reproduced quickly while maintaining their initial integrity. This paper will go through the model's design concept and how to execute it. It is also a culmination of all the traditional skills acquired from a fine art background combined with all the new skills learned in the digital media field. This project aims to create a cohesive set of 2D character concepts centered around the story By Command of the Prince Daniel (Nikolaevich, 1915). The main antagonist, Baba Yaga, was then brought through the 3D modeling process so she could be resin printed and turned into a collectible figurine. Descriptive character traits from her stories were reimagined while providing a unique approach to the design that still preserves the story's essence.

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Adaptations of works have the potential to bring their subject matter to a new audience. This thesis explores the adaptation of Russian fairy tales into novels by authors Orson Scott Card and Joy Preble by looking at how they present Russian fairy tales, folkloric figures, and fairy tale structure to an American audience.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T19:58:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Majori Fonseca Claro.pdf: 4862486 bytes, checksum: 7dee93fd53acd11b130f2885d4d7586e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The main goal of this research is to accomplish a comparative analysis between the character Baba-lagá, who appears in fairytales of the Slav folklore, and Cuca, a folkloric character from Luso-Brazilian culture, also present in lullabies, literary fragments, religious festivals and in Monteiro Lobato s book, O Sací. Leaving the premises of the Russian formalist Vladimir Propp, we analyze morphologically the creation of the characters in his narrative, as well as tracing their ritualistic origins. Based on the psychological concepts of Carl Gustav Jung, and his followers, we are looking for a symbolic understanding of these two sorceresses. The hypothesis proposed of similarity is that they are rooted on the same archetypal and hystorical ground, in the way that both are representatives of maternal images in its terrible form, and that has its origins in rituals of the sacred and profane. For the differences found we discussed the hypothesis of an inexhaustible manifestation of the archetype as an image and of cultural diversity. Throughout the research we can confirm these hypotheses by analyzing Monteiro Lobato s book and by reflecting on the characteristic features of the literary genres in which these sorceresses fall, concluding that if fairytales and lullabies were to resonate with their narrators voices, through shared experiences from around the world, in the field of modern literary art this reflection would pass into the metalinguistic and the text would gain, from the form, the capacity to consciously contribute to the reformulation of the world it mirrors / O objetivo desta pesquisa é realizar uma análise comparativa entre a personagem Baba- Iagá, presente nos contos de magia do folclore eslavo, e a Cuca, figura do folclore lusobrasileiro, presente também nas cantigas de ninar, fragmentos literários, procissões religiosas e no livro O Saci, de Monteiro Lobato. Partindo das premissas do formalista russo Vladimir Propp, analisamos morfologicamente a atuação das personagens nas narrativas, bem como empreendemos um rastreamento de suas origens ritualísticas. Baseados nos conceitos psicológicos de Carl Gustav Jung e seus seguidores, buscamos a compreensão simbólica dessas duas feiticeiras. A hipótese proposta para as similaridades é que elas se enraízam num mesmo solo arquetípico e histórico, na medida em que ambas são representantes de imagos maternas em sua face terrível , e que têm suas origens nos rituais sagrados e profanos. Para as diferenças encontradas, lançamos a hipótese da inesgotabilidade da manifestação do arquétipo como imagem e da diversidade cultural. No decorrer da pesquisa, pudemos comprovar essas hipóteses e, por meio da análise do livro de Monteiro Lobato, refletir sobre os traços característicos dos gêneros literários nos quais essas feiticeiras se inserem, concluindo que, se nos contos de magia e das cantigas de ninar ressoam vozes narradoras que compartilham experiências sobre o mundo, na arte literária moderna esta reflexão passa a ser também metalinguística e o texto literário ganha, desta forma, a capacidade de contribuir conscientemente para a reformulação do mundo que espelha

Cauldron Calling is a compilation of poems ranging in poetic forms from the sonnet to free verse to lyric prose that incorporates a number of processes including: hypnopompic texting, hypnagogic automatic writing, and direct observation. The purpose of this myriad of poetic forms is to peer through the psychic shells we create and examine the workings of the mind so as to give form to the nebulousness found within while most closely recreating physical experiences of pain. In the collection, domestic spaces, particularly kitchens, serve as filters and lenses through which to process anxiety and pain. Conversely, domestic spaces are viewed as areas of both liberation and confinement and the voices of the various speakers throughout the manuscript struggle with this duality/plurality and whether there is a choice to participate in the intergenerational recycling and handing down of these beliefs and behaviors or not. Through sound sense, enjambment, deep image, and the elevation of the mundane, these poems are meant to give insight into the feminine experience as it relates to ritualistic acts of release as opposed to product-driven enterprises for mass consumption.