Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [112]-144).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [112]-144).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, Crestwood, N.Y., 2003. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [112]-144).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Brown University, 2005. / Vita. Thesis advisor: Svetlana Evdokimova. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 259-267). Also available online.

The context of my dissertation is an art concept of a period short story. It includes a theoretical, as well as a practical, part. The theoretical part concerns two movies and a TV series from world cinematography, as well as an example of a Czech movie; it evaluates and appraises the artistic aspect of each chosen example. The practical part includes my own art proposal for a short story Osudna vejce. I comment on my proposal, using images and providing examples of precedents. I describe the plot and show the sequence of scenes based on the text of the story.

I denna uppsats presenteras hur en möjlig queer läsning av Michail Bulgakovs roman Mästaren och Margarita kan se ut. Jag presenterar här en möjlig queer läsning av Jesjua och Pontius Pilatus, samt mästaren och Margaritas förhållanden utifrån en undersökning av två teman som förekommer i boken, samt av bokens narrativ. De två teman som undersöks är förbud, däribland förbjuden kunskap och censur, samt spegling, förekomsten av paralleller mellan karaktärer och bokens två handlingar, och då också hur dessa handlingar samverkar. Detta görs med hjälp av en innehållsanalys i form av en queer, mer specifikt lesbisk läsning. Uppsatsens teoretiska ramverk är hämtat från queerteori kopplad till litteratur, bland annat Sedgwicks Epistemology of the Closet och Kevin Moss undersökning av Sedgwicks teorier i förhållande till sovjetisk litteratur. De frågor som besvaras i denna uppsats är hur Mästaren och Margarita och de två ovan nämnda förhållandena kan läsas som queera, samt huruvida bokens politiska allegori kan läsas som en allegori över det queera, det vill säga om behandlingen av politisk avvikelse och dissidenter kan liknas vid behandlingen av homosexualitet. Uppsatsen påvisar även hur mästaren och Margaritas förhållande genom en queer läsning kan ses som allegori över ett lesbiskt förhållande. Uppsatsens syfte är att aktualisera Mästaren och Margarita och öppna boken för en ny publik. Detta särskilt genom att aktualisera den politiska allegorin och påvisa bokens homosexuella undertoner.

This thesis examines how the devil is depcicted and characterized in Nikolai Gogol's Dead Souls, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, and Revelation 12-13. By exploring their respective historical situations, I connect how all three depictions are linked to satire; however, I reflect upon the differences between the literary and religious, most notably the grotesque physical portrayals and allusory nature of Revelation. The three texts are given their own sections, each divided into three parts: historical situation, textual analysis, and literary commentary. From this analysis, it is shown that the devil carries with them a history of sins within great societies and within individual humans. It is through understanding the literary devil that the power of these sins can be understood, and by studying the literature, there is hope that we can recognize and be ready for when the devil returns to society.

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This thesis is a critical examination of the question of the fourfold, or quaternities, in the thought of C.G. Jung, as well as an in-depth comparison with the four-fold structures of Jacques Lacan and Sergius Bulgakov. I define quaternities as visual or structural formations conceived in four parts, and I center this study on Jung because I see him as the first thinker to seriously examine the place of quaternity in psychology and modern thought. Part of the work of this thesis will be to give a clear view of Jung's quaternal theories, distinguishing the novelty and authenticity of his work from what has been made of it by subsequent New Age and Jungian thinkers. Jacques Lacan, who uses the term "quadrilateral" to describe his formations, will be contrasted with Jung on several counts. First of all, whereas the Jungian quaternity aims to perfectly integrate its various elements, especially when viewed from the perspective of the fourth element of the quaternity, the Lacanian fourth works in the opposite direction, putting into question any reading of the structure which demands resolution and integration. Lacan's quadrilaterals also avoid the complementarity which is always an important aspect of Jungian quaternity, instead opting for a supplementary logic. Sergius Bulgakov avoids, at least in his later work, referring to quaternities, but, in his reading of Sophia (Wisdom), she clearly functions as something of a fourth within the Christian Trinity. Bulgakov's primary contribution is to provide an answer to Jung's complaint that the Christian Trinity has suppressed its fourth and become unbalanced. The fourth that Bulgakov articulates in the form of Sophia is very different from what Jung had argued for. That is, instead of changing the Trinity into a Quaternity Bulgakov maintains that Sophia underlines the "tri-unity" of the Trinity, and functions not a fourth amidst its members, but as a necessary element in order to both bring out the distinctiveness of each person of the Trinity as well as communicate their common identity. / Religion

This study examined the concept of "wisdom" from the perspective of "sophiology"--a current in late nineteenth and early twentieth century Russian religious philosophy--particularly as it was used in the writings of Vladimir Solovyov, Pavel Florensky, and Sergius Bulgakov. The purpose of the study was to examine how the sophiological perspective as developed in these authors could inform an understanding of "wisdom" in the field of adult learning. The nature of "wisdom" has been one of the major themes in both Eastern and Western traditions of philosophical and theological thought for thousands of years. In the mid-nineteenth century, however, the epistemological tendency to approach the world exclusively from the standpoint of observation and experiment reduced "wisdom" to nothing more than technical knowledge verified by experience. The concept/construct of wisdom, however, has been experiencing resurgence in the social sciences, including the field of adult learning. My research did not, however, find an instance in which the sophiological perspective had informed the field's understanding of wisdom. For this reason, the perspective of sophiology and its potential contribution to adult learning offered a unique research opportunity. In this study, I sought to add another dimension to the already multi-faceted nature of wisdom in the field of adult learning. I also hoped to enhance the value of sophiological thought by demonstrating its application to a field with which it had not been previously associated. I sought to accomplish these objectives using the method of hermeneutics, an interpretive mode of inquiry with both reproductive and productive aspects. The reproductive aspect established the historical and philosophical context of the three thinkers and discussed how their sophiological texts aided an understanding of their thought as a whole, and vice versa. The productive aspect explored applications of sophiological thought to the field of adult learning. Since I was the "research instrument" for the study, I also introduced the reader to aspects of my own background and experience that prepared me for this interpretive inquiry. / Ph. D.