Raymundus Joannes Maria De Kremer, best-known under the pseudonym of Jean Ray, was one of the most important Belgian authors of the first half of the twentieth century. His contribution to literature is immense, both in its volume and in its diversity, stretching well over sixty years of uninterrupted writing. While he wrote mostly short stories of the fantastic genre and adventure novels, he also published detective stories under the pseudonym of John Flanders. A major part of his work was published in newspapers and magazines. Jean Ray was bilingual, which allowed him to write both in French and Flemish, dividing his attention equally between the two. The majority of his writings was published either anonymously or under various pseudonyms. The aim of our thesis is to provide a monograph overview of the said author. The first part situates his work in the context of Belgian literature written in French and the fantastique genre in general. The second part is devoted to his life, with special focus on his literary career. The third part contains analyses of selected parts of his extensive oeuvre. Briefly, we look at the Harry Dickson detective stories. However, the core of our analysis are his fantastic writings, i.e. selected collections of his fantastic short stories and the only fantastic novel...

The first part of this thesis aims at defining the conditions triggering muddy floods in the Belgian loess belt. On average, each municipality is confronted with 3.6 muddy floods each year. Annual costs associated with their off-site impacts are estimated at € 16-172 millions for the entire Belgian loess belt. A topographic threshold is derived to predict the source areas of muddy floods. Furthermore, the storms required to produce a flood are, on average, smaller in May and June (25 mm) than between July and September (46 mm). This difference is explained by the variability of soil surface characteristics that determine the runoff potential of cultivated soils (soil cover by crops and residues, soil surface crusting and roughness). Steady state infiltration rates of cropland and grassed areas were characterised in the field using a 0.5 m2-portable rainfall simulator. Overall, grassed areas have a lower infiltration rate (16-23 mm h-1) than croplands (25-52 mm h-1). Muddy floods are mostly observed between May-September because of the coincidence of critical soil surface conditions for runoff generation with the most erosive storms. After an adaptation of its decision rules to the local conditions, the STREAM expert-based model provides satisfactory runoff/erosion predictions at the catchment scale. The second part of the thesis aims at evaluating the effectiveness of measures to control muddy floods. A modelling case-study showed that peak discharge was reduced by more than 40% by installing a grassed waterway and a dam at the outlet of a 300 ha-catchment. Monitoring the same catchment (2002-2007) demonstrated that the grassed waterway as well as three dams prevented any muddy flood in the downstream village despite the occurrence of several extreme storms (with a maximum return period of 150 years). Peak discharge was reduced by 69%. Specific sediment yield dropped from 3.5 t ha-1 yr-1 to a mean of 0.5 t ha-1 yr-1 after the installation of the control measures, thereby reducing drastically sediment transfer to the alluvial plain. Finally, a methodology is provided to implement grassed waterways and earthen dams in other dry valleys in the Belgian loess belt and comparable environments.

The manuscripts and published editions of the sacred choral works by Belgian composer Joseph Jongen sacred choral music were collected and listed, detailing the discernable pertinent characteristics of each work. Jongen is predominantly known for his organ works, but his choral works constituent a worthy contribution to the vocal music repertoire, especially his Mass, Op. 130. Jongen's music reflects the Impressionistic style while stemming from the school of César Franck. Choral directors and other musicians interested in Jongen's sacred choral works can use this work when exploring new repertoire. A short overview of Jongen's life is included based upon the information given in John Scott Whiteley's comprehensive book, Joseph Jongen and His Organ Music. The conductor's analysis provides a complete description of the Mass, Op. 130 with rehearsal and performance considerations. Phrase analysis graphs enhance the written analysis, and a discography of Jongen's sacred choral music completes this work.

Luvre de Suzanne Lilar est diverse. Elle se compose de plusieurs genres, notamment le théâtre, le roman, lessai et le récit autobiographique connus du public, mais aussi la nouvelle et la poésie non connues. Face à cette diversité des modes dénonciation, seul le thème de lamour, qui en est le support et larmature, permet de restaurer lunité et la cohérence sémantique de toute luvre. Il est, dune part, le principe concret dorganisation formant son invisible architecture et donnant la clé de son organisation, et dautre part, le moyen non pas déquilibrer les deux sexes, mais de les satisfaire lun et lautre dans un mouvement triomphant. En ce sens, cette thèse rend compte : 1° de lunité des textes lilariens autour de ce thème pivot et 2° dune écriture qui, tout en répondant à une série des stratégies, a partie, comme les textes le montrent, avec la société et lépoque de lécrivaine. Une société et une époque dont les préoccupations sont les conflits sexuels à résoudre, lémancipation de la femme à conquérir, la signifiance que le sexe et lamour tiennent lun de lautre à renforcer car le premier étant craint par les uns et banalisé par les autres, le second en fait sans aucun doute les frais , et surtout lamour à resacraliser. Bref, une société en crise de valeurs qui sont le respect de lautre, le sens de sacrifice, la modestie, lhumilité, lhonnêteté, la sincérité, lhumanité. Des valeurs que les textes mettent en avant et que létude révèle. Doù le point de vue relationnel, ou éclectique quelle adopte, cest-à-dire la complémentarité entre deux approches méthodologiques, la thématique et la sociocritique. À cette société, où lamour ne permet pas à lhomme de se réconcilier avec la vie, lécrivaine propose la morale de ladhésion et du respect. Bien entendu, dabord létude souvre par un état des lieux de la critique de luvre et par une interrogation sur le contexte socio-historique qui a vu naître les différents écrits. Ainsi, autant la critique savère sporadique et limitée seulement à quelques textes une insuffisance que cette étude tente de combler , autant le contexte socio-historique et les enjeux idéologiques et institutionnels sont des inducteurs de la nouvelle érotique que lécrivaine propose, et de son engagement comme létude le montre. Ensuite, vient létude thématique proprement dite. Celle-ci débute avec la particularité que le personnage de Don Juan acquiert dans Le Burlador considéré comme le plus novateur de la série des « Don Juan en Belgique ». Dans ce premier texte de Lilar, ce Don Juan démystifié et devenu transgresseur dune autre façon que celle que la tradition lui reconnaît réinstaure une relation sincère et honnête avec la femme, guidé par le souci de la participation dans le couple. De la sorte, un homme et une femme exceptionnels donnent un nouveau souffle à lamour. Un amour resacralisé, et donc une nouvelle érotique née de ce texte. Cest également delle dont il sera question, à des degrés différents, dans dautres textes de fiction, et surtout dans ceux de réflexion. Ce faisant, toute luvre est un long processus de sacralisation de lamour, où chaque texte est une étape et un questionnement sur la manière dont lamour acquiert ou tente dacquérir ce sens sacré, et où lhomme et la femme apportent chacun et chacune sa part essentielle. Dans tous ces textes, le souci majeur de Lilar, que létude révèle est, contrairement à Simone de Beauvoir, celui de montrer les différences dans légalité et non légalité dans la différence. Le tout avec un optimisme étonnant et une grande confiance en lhomme. Doù la question que létude pose et à laquelle elle répond par laffirmative : « Suzanne Lilar est-elle une moraliste ? ». Certes, lécrivaine nest pas Vauvenargues, ni La Bruyère, mais son écriture lui confère bien ce statut au travers de la matière quelle traite, cest-à-dire lamour (cette relation humaine fondée sur des valeurs déthique quelle met en exergue), de son attitude intellectuelle dans la façon de répondre aux grandes questions et aux préoccupations de son époque - parce quelle appelle à lhumilité, à la modestie, à la sincérité et au respect du lecteur -, et de la forme que son uvre adopte (dans tous ses textes de fiction, les réflexions sur lamour abondent, réflexions qui reviennent dans ses essais). En définitive, cette uvre diverse et unique est donc un appel à la tolérance, au respect de lautre, à lamour de la vie ; un appel à lespoir. En labordant dans sa totalité, la thèse permet : 1° de revisiter lensemble de la littérature critique, 2° de traiter à la fois de textes connus et non connus de lécrivaine, 3° de révéler les stratégies décriture de celle-ci et 4° doffrir désormais aux lecteurs une occasion de redécouvrir, sous dautres aspects, luvre et son auteure. Ce faisant, elle constitue un important outil de recherches ultérieures sur Suzanne Lilar.

The primary contribution of the thesis is to extend our knowledge about the channels through which these different agents -the schools, the parents and the individual himself- influence human capital investment, in particular investment in higher education. In addition to this primary contribution, I apply and develop econometric methods adapted to the special features of educational data with respect to other research areas./ La principale contribution des travaux présentés dans cette thèse est d'approfondir notre connaissance sur la manière dont différents agents - l'école, les parents et l'individu lui même- influencent l'investissement en capital humain, en particulier au niveau de l'enseignement supérieur. Le deuxième apport de la thèse est l'application et le développement de méthodes adaptées aux particularités des données en éducation par rapport à d'autres domaines de recherche.

In the eighteenth century, the art of violin performance in France was promoted. Until in the nineteenth century, France became the center of art in the Europe, including painting, literary, architecture, and they were developed vigorously. The Paris Conservatory had a key position in music and expanded outward, and the music of Belgium was influenced very much, therefore they are named ¡§Franco-Belgian Violin School.¡¨ And the music is abundant in beautiful melodies and brilliant skills. Henry Vieuxtemps was an important and representative violinist at that period. By the way, his works presented romantic emotion. First chapter in this study presents the development of violin school. The second chapter introduces Vieuxtemps¡¦ position of ¡§Franco-Belgian Violin School,¡¨ the background of his works. The third and fourth chapter, do a research of the form, the interpretation and the performance style of Violin Concerto No.2 in F# minor, op.19. Then a conclusion in the final chapter. Key words¡GFranco-Belgian Violin School¡BVieuxtemps¡BRomantic music¡Bviolin concerto¡Bperformance practice.

Texte remanié de: Licence--Histoire. / BAEF = Belgian American educational foundation. Bibliogr. p. 123-135.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Catholic University of America, 1932. / Vita. "Bibliography of works consulted": p. 223-230.

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