Most studies done on the subject of this mini-dissertation have only focused on the differences in chronological detail and text – searching for the facts behind the different accounts. Much attention has thus been paid to the historicity of the various texts and the way in which the different accounts affect each others credibility. But is this the only research to be done? The contention of this mini-dissertation is that to only look at the different texts surrounding Sennacherib’s third campaign through the eyes of a modern historian is to lose the unique and significant message that the various texts wanted to convey. An event only forms part of the construction of a meaningful whole by the author; thus it can be found in various stories at different places and with varying significance attached to it, without meaning that the account of which it forms a part is neither important nor historical. It only means that the authors of the various ancient accounts wanted to achieve different outcomes with their retelling of the original story. For this reason it is important to be able to enter the world represented in, and the mind of the writer of, the ancient texts – allowing the ideology and intentions of the author to be brought to the fore and the text to speak with its own voice, not that of the modern historian. To achieve this requires knowledge of the different symbols, concepts and the meanings attached to them by the ancient societies – shifting the attention to the texts themselves by looking at the way in which the events were narrated as well as what events were narrated; thus revealing the ultimate meaning and purpose of the various texts. The intention of this mini-dissertation is to study the various texts from the underdeveloped angle discussed above, namely ideology and social values. In doing so it is proposed that a new significance will be revealed for the various texts. Research done on the subject of this mini-dissertation has mostly focused on whether there was a single campaign in 701 BC; or two campaigns, one in 701 and one later; or whether chronological difficulties should be explained as arising from the perspective of an author who wrote much later than the actual events occurred. Most studies have only focused on the differences in chronological detail and text – searching for the facts behind the different accounts. Much attention has thus been paid to the historicity of the various texts and the way in which the different accounts affect each others credibility. But is this the only research to be done? The contention of this mini-dissertation is that to only look at the different texts surrounding Sennacherib’s third campaign through the eyes of a modern historian is to lose the unique and significant message that the various texts wanted to convey. An event only forms part of the construction of a meaningful whole by the author; thus it can be found in various stories at different places and with varying significance attached to it, without meaning that the account of which it forms a part is neither important nor historical. It only means that the authors of the various ancient accounts wanted to achieve different outcomes with their retelling of the original story. For this reason it is important to be able to enter the world represented in, and the mind of the writer of, the ancient texts – allowing the ideology and intentions of the author to be brought to the fore and the text to speak with its own voice, not that of the modern historian. To achieve this requires knowledge of the different symbols, concepts and the meanings attached to them by the ancient societies – shifting the attention to the texts themselves by looking at the way in which the events were narrated as well as what events were narrated; thus revealing the ultimate meaning and purpose of the various texts. The intention of this mini-dissertation is to study the various texts from the underdeveloped angle discussed above, namely ideology and social values. The question as to why the various narratives were written as they were will be the focus of this work, pushing aside the modern paradigm and analytical methods which so often focus on the idiosyncrasies instead of the commonalities. In doing so it is proposed that a new significance will be revealed for the various texts. / Dissertation (MA (Ancient Languages and Cultures))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Ancient Languages / unrestricted

Orientador: Eni de Lourdes Puccinelli Orlandi / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T22:33:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Almeida_Elianade_D.pdf: 13124374 bytes, checksum: 7a64a4272a272003bed60faa2c04857c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: Esta tese trabalha fundamentalmente a relação constitutiva entre língua e literatura significada na escritura do folhetim a partir do duplo viés: de um lado, busca-se compreender os modos pelos quais a língua brasileira se dá enquanto materialidade simbólica à produção literária do folhetim e, de outro, como essa literatura produz conhecimento sobre a língua, nesse seu momento de instituição e estabilização na segunda metade do século XIX no Brasil. O processo de gramatização da língua portuguesa no Brasil, sob a égide da discursividade nacionalista do Romantismo, fomenta a tensão de sentidos entre o discurso da escrita e o discurso da oralidade, dando-lhe visibilidade no percurso mesmo de escrituração do folhetim. Tomando das publicações de jornais mato-grossenses, constituímos a escritura literária do folhetim ¿ segunda metade do século XIX ¿ o corpus de nossas análises. A contradição de sentidos se instala à medida que a escrita, estruturante do sujeito ocidental, confronta em seus próprios limites com práticas linguajeiras de oralidade, dando diferentes configurações à língua e à escritura literárias brasileiras. O conjunto das publicações do folhetim nesse período narra o processo discursivo de formulação e estabilização de uma nossa língua brasileira, cujo desfecho narrativo estabelece-se com a publicação da crônica. A crônica passa a funcionar enquanto discurso estético da língua materializando-se constitutivamente na literatura pelos procedimentos discursivos da escritura literária e na língua, pelo jogo discursivo de sua plasticidade constitutiva, definindo-se enquanto materialidade simbólica capaz de poesia. Por isso, Folhetim: uma crônica da língua / Abstract: This thesis basically works the constituent relation between language and literature meaning the writing of bulletin from the double bias: on one hand, it seeks to understand the ways the Brazilian language occurs as symbolic materiality to the literary production of bulletin and, on the other hand, as this literature produces knowledge about the language, in this moment of institution and stabilization in the second half of century XIX in Brazil. The process of the Portuguese language grammatization in Brazil, under the nationalistic Romanticism discourseability, foments the tension of meanings between the writing speech and the orality speech, giving visibility even in the route of bulletin writing. Taking by Mato-grossenses newspaper publications, we constitute the bulletin literary writing - second half of century XIX - the corpus of our analyses. The contradiction of meanings installs as long as the structurally writing from the western citizen , confronts in its own limits with practical orality, giving different configurations to the Brazilian language and literary writing. The set of publications of bulletin in this period narrates the discoursive process of formularization and stabilization of our Brazilian language, whose narrative outcome is established with the publication of the chronicle. The chronicle starts to function as the esthetic speech of the language materializing itself constituently in literature for the discoursive procedures of the literary writing and in the language, for the discoursive game of its constituent plasticity, defining itself as capable symbolic materiality of poetry. Therefore, bulletin: a chronicle of the language / Doutorado / Analise do Discurso / Doutor em Linguística

Esta pesquisa consiste no estudo das relações culturais entre o Brasil e a França a partir da análise das crônicas literárias de José Brito Broca, publicadas exclusivamente em jornais e revistas do Brasil. O tema é abordado considerando a presença de escritores e intelectuais brasileiros na França e de escritores e intelectuais franceses no Brasil. Além de demonstrar a preocupação recorrente do crítico com as marcas francesas em nosso meio literário, este estudo fortalece a discussão das relações entre os dois países em diferentes momentos da história. / This research consists in surveying the cultural relationship between Brazil and France based on the analysis of José Brito Brocas literary chronicles which have been published exclusively in Brazilian newspapers and magazines. The research is carried out taking into account the presence of Brazilian writers and intelectuals living in France as well as French writers and intelectuals located in Brazil. It demonstrates the critics recurrent concern for the French signs in our literary enviroment. Furthermore, it strengthens the discussion of the relationship between the two countries in different moments of History.

Este trabalho tem como tema principal o estudo da presença de Voltaire nas crônicas machadianas através do intertexto como aporte teórico. Na obra jornalística de Machado de Assis verificou-se que era grande a recorrência a Voltaire, merecendo, portanto, um estudo mais aprofundado. Foram feitas análises críticas de 23 crônicas, nas quais se verificou que, em algumas delas, os elementos intertextuais - a citação, a referência ou alusão, acomodam-se ao novo texto, em benefício da ironia que o cronista procurava imprimir à situação. Em outras, no entanto, atuam completando, alterando ou ainda modificando inteiramente o novo texto, em processo que, se por um lado demonstra a extensão das leituras do cronista, por outro, redireciona o leitor, descortinando-lhe um novo horizonte intelectual e cultural ao tomar conhecimento da obra citada ou referenciada, ou, para aquele leitor com ela familiarizado, reescrevendo-a. / The main topic of this paper is the study of Voltaires influence in Machado de Assis chronicles by means of intertextuality as the theoretical framework. This influence can also be seen in Machados journalistic work, and we believe that deserved to be dealt with in more detail. Twenty three chronicles were analyzed and it was noticed that in some of them, intertextual elements like quotations, references or allusions molded the new text favoring the irony the writer meant to imply. In others, however, these elements alter or even entirely modify the new text in a process that shows, on the one hand, the extension of Machados reading, and on the other, the way he leads the reader to a new intellectual and cultural horizon the very moment he gets in touch with the works mentioned or referred to. For the reader who was already familiar with Voltaires work, there was the possibility of a new understanding of it.

This study analyzes Lloyd Alexander's The Prydain Chronicles through a Jungian lens. Previous scholarship on Alexander's works has briefly considered archetypal criticism, but not extensively. Bruno Bettelheim's thoughts are used intermittently throughout the thesis. This study concentrates on Taran's individuation process, the discovery of true selfhood, and his consequent development of a whole psyche.

The phenomenon of inner-biblical interpretation and inter-textual replication of scriptural material within the Old Testament is receiving significant attention in current scholarship. Two narratives which are repeated three times in the Hebrew Bible provide a particularly fruitful case study for this type of research: the Hezekiah narrative (2 Kgs 18-20; Isa 36-39; 2 Chr 29-32) and the account of the fall of Judah (2 Kgs 24-25; Jer 52; 2 Chr 36). This study extends the contributions of redaction-critical, literary-critical, and text-critical studies examining the narratives of 2 Kings 18-20//Isaiah 36-39 and 2 Kings 24:18-25:30//Jeremiah 52 and emphasizes their subsequent reception in Chronicles. In addition, this investigation advances the discussion of the Chronicler's reliance upon and method of incorporating material from the Latter Prophets. It is the conclusion of this thesis that the Chronicler was familiar with the versions of the Hezekiah narrative and the account of the fall of Judah in both 2 Kings and the Latter Prophets. His method of handling these alternative accounts reflects both direct quotation (particularly in the case of 2 Kings) and indirect allusion to themes and idioms (with regard to the Latter Prophets). The result is a re-telling of Judah's history which is infused with hope for restoration as articulated by the Latter Prophets. By portraying an idealized account of Israel's past history which corresponds to prophetic descriptions of the nation's restoration, Chronicles illustrates the accessible, utopic potential held out to every generation of faithful Israel.

Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2014. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The book of Chronicles is a form of consensus-building literature. The Chronicler’s portrayal of Benjamin in relation to Judah reflects an inclusive vision of “all Israel” that walks a fine line: simultaneously valuing Benjamin as an equal partner with Judah (as his “right hand”), yet still protecting the primacy of David as YHWH’s chosen ruler, the Levites as the priestly tribe, and Jerusalem as the proper cultic center. Chronicles’ portrait of Benjamin differs from that of the Deuteronomistic History, which portrays Benjamin’s relation to Judah as varied and complex. The Chronicler attempts to smooth over these difficulties by highlighting the historically close relationship between the two tribes. In this regard his goals and strategy differ from that of the Deuteronomist, who presents both the high and low points of Judah-Benjamin relations. The Chronicler’s reconstrual of the Judah-Benjamin relationship reflects the socio-political situation of late Persian Yehud, in which the relatively poor Jerusalem cult struggled to gain material support from landed nobility in the region. Material evidence indicates that the historically Benjaminite regions prospered during the Neo-Babylonian and early Persian periods. The Jerusalem cult competed with historically Benjaminite and Josephite cultic locations for the support of wealthier Benjaminite landowners. The Chronicler rewrote Israel’s narrative partly in order to garner Benjaminite support for the Jerusalem cult. This study attempts to synthesize both literary and historical observations: demonstrating a literary phenomenon—the divergent portraits of Benjamin in the Deuteronomistic History and Chronicles—and situating that phenomenon within the historical context of Persian Yehud. The study contributes to the understanding of Yehud during this period, elaborates an important motif in these two sections of the Hebrew Bible, and furthers the investigation of the so-called “Benjaminite substratum” in the Hebrew Bible. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die boek Kronieke is ‘n vorm van konsensus-vormende literatuur. Kronieke se voorstelling van Benjamin in verhouding tot Juda weerspieël ‘n inklusiewe visie van “die hele Israel” wat ‘n fyn lyn bewandel: Benjamin word tegelyk as ‘n gelyke vennoot van Juda (as sy “regterhand”) gewaardeer, terwyl die prioriteit van Dawid as JHWH se uitverkore heerser, van die Leviete as priesterlike stam, en van Jerusalem as eintlike kultiese sentrum beskerm word. Kronieke se beeld van Benjamin verskil van dié van die Deuteronomistiese Geskiedenis, wat Benjamin se verhouding tot Juda as geskakeerd en kompleks uitbeeld. Die Kronis probeer hierdie oneffenhede gelykstryk deur die histories eng verhouding tussen die twee stamme te beklemtoon. Hierin verskil sy doel en strategie van dié van die Deuteronomis, wat beide die hoogtepunte en laagtepunte van die Juda-Benjamin verhouding aanbied. Die Kronis se her-uitbeelding van die Juda-Benjamin verhouding weerspieël die sosiopolitieke situasie van die laat Persiese Jehud, waarin die relatiewe karige Jerusalem kultus gesukkel het om materiële steun te kry van die landbesitters in die streek. Materiële bewyse dui daarop dat die streke wat histories met Benjamin geassosieer is, ekonomies opgebloei het gedurende die Neo- Babiloniese en vroeë Persiese periodes. Die Jerusalem kultus het meegeding met die kultiese plekke wat histories met Benjamin en Josef geassosieer is om die steun van die ryker Benjaminitiese landbesitters te verkry. Die Kronis het Israel se verhaal herskryf, onder andere om Benjaminitiese steun vir die Jerusalem kultus te kry. Hierdie studie probeer om beide literêre en historiese waarnemings te integreer: die literêre fenomeen word verduidelik—naamlik die uiteenlopende uitbeeldings van Benjamin in die Deuteronomistiese Geskiedenis en Kronieke—terwyl die fenomeen in die historiese konteks van Persiese periode Jehud geplaas word. Die studie dra by tot ‘n beter verstaan van Jehud gedurende hierdie periode, brei uit oor ‘n belangrike motief in hierdie twee dele van die Hebreeuse Bybel, en dra by tot navorsing oor die sogenaamde “Benjamin substratum” in die Hebreeuse Bybel.

Thesis (MDiv (Old and New Testament))--University of Stellenbosch, 2006. / One of the challenging questions for the religious people is whether theocracy is still relevant in a pluralistic society like the South African society. In this assignment I argue that theocracy is relevant for all times. It can just change form as the context changes to adapt to new circumstances. To test this assertion, this study concentrates on the study of Old Testament views regarding theocracy in different contexts. This is done by comparing the narratives of kings Saul, David, Solomon and Rehoboam as told by the Deuteronomist and the Chronicler. The focus is on how contextual influences are reflected in their telling of the stories of these kings and thereby also purport a certain form of theocracy befitting their particular contexts. The study then concludes that theocracy is relevant for all times but the change in context should be taken into consideration.

This dissertation treats the theory and practice of C. S. Lewis's theological imagination, focussing upon the imaginative use he made of his professional expertise in medieval and renaissance literature. Its approach is principally expository rather than an evaluative. Chapter One outlines the centrality of the imagination to a proper understanding of Lewis's works. Chapter Two examines Lewis's own theory of imagination and surveys how he practised it as a literary critic. We compare and contrast Lewis's theory and practice of imagination with that of his friend, the theologian, Austin Faffer. Chapter Three looks in more detail at Lewis's imaginative practice, in particular his fascination with the images supplied by the seven planets of the Ptolemaic cosmos, which he termed 'spiritual symbols of permanent value'. We analyse what he meant by 'sprit' and 'symbol'. Chapter Four introduces the main argument of the dissertation namely that these seven spiritual symbols structure the works for which Lewis is best known, the seven 'Chronicles of Narnia'. We claim to have uncovered the governing imaginative blueprint of the septet. We address Lewis's capacity for and interest in secrecy and consider why this planetary theme has remained hitherto undetected. In Chapters Five to Eleven we take the seven planets in turn and trace the use Lewis made of them through out his writings. We analyse the planetary symbolism undergirding each Chronicle and conclude each chapter with an exegesis of the Christological message of each book so understood. Chapter Twelve examines factors which motivated Lewis to focus his imaginative energies upon Ptolemaic cosmology and suggests one particular occasioning factor behind the composition of the Chronicles. In addition, we consider theological and pedagogical reasons why he kept silent about the planetary theme. We conclude by indicating certain consequences that our argument has for future readings of these seven works.

So far the academical reception of Czech chronicle by Václav Hájek of Libočany was criticized for not being considerate of the early modern period literary context. It can be concluded from this paper's analysis of previous critiques and interpretations of Hájek's chronicle and from the excerption of key aspects of the theory of fictional worlds, that there is a lack of knowledge about the early modern period discoursive praxis, which defined the fictionality of text(s), as well as about formal and methodical aspects of this kind of work. Only through a thorough inspections of these two aspects it is possible to understand Czech chronicle and similar works as both historiographical sources and components of literary progress. This paper is comprised of selection of theoretical tools meant to identify the distinctions between fictional and non-fictional narratives, of overview of Hájek's chronicle's reception in compendia and editorial comments, and finally of a synthesis of theoretical conclusions and practical classifications of Hájek's chronicle, meaning this paper evaluates their expressive value regarding the current (non-)fictional state of Czech chronicle.