Lam Wai-yee. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 108-114). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Abstract --- p.i / 論中文摘要 --- p.iii / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Prologue： Childhood and Adolescence as Plurality of Cultural Constructs --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter one： --- """Childhood hath Saved me!"": Idealization of Children" --- p.19 / Chapter Chapter two： --- Growing Up in Shakespeare: Nostalgia for Origin --- p.44 / Chapter Chapter Three： --- """I am not that I play"": Androgyny and Cross-dressing as an Initiation Process" --- p.72 / Epilogue： Reaching Young Adulthood: Courtship and Marriage as a Rite of Maturation --- p.103 / Works Cited --- p.108

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T14:16:12Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luciana Scognamiglio de Oliveira.pdf: 732646 bytes, checksum: 082def3145edc939ac14b0956b7fae1d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-19 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This study focuses on the analysis of the book The Viscount s well (1937) by José Bento Monteiro Lobato (1882-1948). In order to do so, the point of departure is a discussion of the historical, scientific and philosophical elements that knitted together the context within which this work was written. In this way it was possible to understand that Lobato s true idolatry of the United States, his emphasis on the need to invest in science and particularly, in the extraction of oil as well as his defense of a new model of schools were related to his unconditional patriotism and the dream of Brazil as economically strong as to ensure the wellbeing of all its inhabitants. However, a thorough review of the secondary literature devoted to studies on Lobato s works for children showed a significant lack of approaches holding historical context as an element of paramount importance. In this way, it is concluded that this omission leads to serious distortions in the understanding of the writings of Monteiro Lobato and significantly hinders the accurate assessment of his production. Conversely, by interfacing Science and Literature, it is possible to revise the judgment of many scholars who attached to Monteiro Lobato unfitting labels / O objeto de estudo desta tese concentra-se na análise da obra O poço do Visconde (1937), de José Bento Monteiro Lobato. Referida análise tem como ponto de partida a contextualização do período, por meio da identificação de elementos históricos, científicos e filosóficos que permearam a produção desta obra. A idolatria de Lobato pelos EUA, a necessidade do investimento em ciência, principalmente na extração do petróleo, bem como sua postura em defender um novo modelo de escola, são relacionados ao seu patriotismo incondicional, na defesa econômica de um Brasil que favorecesse a todos. Um exaustivo levantamento bibliográfico acerca das variadas publicações que apresentam como estudo a literatura infantil de Monteiro Lobato, demonstrou uma significativa ausência de abordagem que considere o contexto de produção como componente fundamental para sua apreciação. Esta falta de compromisso desvirtua a compreensão da obra e reduz de maneira considerável o correto julgamento da produção. Com a possibilidade de interface entre Ciência e Literatura, propõe-se uma revisão da postura adotada por vários estudiosos que atribuem a Monteiro Lobato rótulos inadequados

Syftet med examensarbetet är främst att undersöka hur genus framställs i barnlitteratur samt fokusera på bibliotekariens roll i samband med utlåning av barnböcker till förskolan och vårdnadshavare. Som förskollärare ser vi boken som ett pedagogiskt redskap och som ett stöd i ett genusarbete. Vi har erfarenheter av att boken har ett stort användningsområde och de flesta böcker lånas via biblioteket. Därför ser vi att bibliotekarien har en viktig roll för förskolan i deras bokutbud. LpFö98 tar upp genusarbetet som en del av verksamheten, vi anser att det är vår skyldighet att ha kunskap om genus och dess betydelse för kommande generationer. Vi har valt att analysera barnböcker utifrån ett genusperspektiv för att få en inblick i hur könsrollerna framställs. I studien finns en fördjupad del där bibliotekarierna beskriver sin roll för förskolan och deras syn på genus.   Slutsatsen i arbetet är att de stereotypa könsrollerna framhävs till viss del i våra valda barnböcker. Studien tydliggör bibliotekariernas nära samarbete och betydelse för förskolan och vårdnadshavare. Slutligen framkommer bokens betydelse som ett pedagogiskt redskap för barnens identitetsutveckling.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2001. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 247-257).

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This thesis examines the image of the absent mother, and its implications, in a limited selection of plays by Pedro Calderon de la Barca. The characters studied are Segismundo and Rosaura from La vida es sueno , Semiramis from La hija del aire and Focas, Eraclio y Leonido from En la vida todo es verdad y todo mentira. The study was done from a psychoanalytic perspective, using as reference the theories of Erik Erikson, Jacques Lacan and John Bowlby. Erikson's ideas are based on Freud but with some changes, since he represents the ego's functions as well as a greater elaboration of classic psychoanalytical concepts. His main argument is that the ego's nature is determined not only by inner forces but by social and cultural influences. His theory encompasses a series of psychological development stages that occur throughout an individual's life cycle. Jacques Lacan obtained international fame through his personal interpretation of---and rupture with---Freud. The main emphasis of his work is in the importance of language as the mirror of the unconscious mind. John Bowlby is considered one of the most important psychiatrists of the twentieth century. His attachment theory is one of the principle theoretical developments in psychoanalysis in the latter part of this century. The purpose of this investigation was to give an explanation of the selected characters and their psychological development based on the proposed theories. The consequences of maternal deprivation and isolation manifest themselves in the development of the personality of the characters, mainly impeding the normal formation of the ego and super ego.

Mitt syfte med denna studie är att undersöka och beskriva hur genus kan konstrueras i barnlitteratur. Studien avhandlar hur genus framställs och konstrueras i två stycken skönlitterära böcker som är skrivna för barn i åldersgruppen 6-9 år. Som metod har jag använt en diskursanalys vilket är en kvalitativ textanalys. Mina resultat visar en ganska stereotyp framställning av genus även om det görs små avsteg från normerna. Jag ser en risk i att barnen kan påverkas av dessa stereotypa framställningar och att de tvingas in i genusordningen utan att få möjlighet att utveckla identiteter med breda genuspositioner. Karaktärerna i min studie visade upp både feminina och maskulina drag vilket jag tror är ett problem som återfinns i alla genusstereotyper och inte enbart i litterära sammanhang Jag upplevde det problematiskt att strikt tolka karaktärerna mot ett motsatsschema. Det jag ändå kom fram till i mina slutsatser är att jag håller med den tidigare forskningen om att värderingar återfinns i barnlitteraturen, samt att den kan både utmana och förstärka normer som finns i samhället.

Like many other cataclysmic events September 11, a day now popularly believed to have 'changed the world', has become a topic taken up by children's writers. This thesis, titled The Whole World Shook: Ethnic, National and Heroic Identities in Children's Fiction About 9/11, examines how cultural identities are constructed within fictional texts for young people written about the attacks on the Twin Towers. It identifies three significant identity categories encoded in 9/11 books for children: ethnic identities, national identities, and heroic identities. The thesis argues that the identities formed within the selected children's texts are in flux, privileging performances of identities that are contingent on post-9/11 politics. This study is located within the field of children's literature criticism, which supports the understanding that children's books, like all texts, play a role in the production of identities. Children's literature is highly significant both in its pedagogical intent (to instruct and induct children into cultural practices and beliefs) and in its obscurity (in making the complex simple enough for children, and from sometimes intentionally shying away from difficult things). This literary criticism informed the study that the texts, if they were to be written at all, would be complex, varied and most likely as ambiguous and contradictory as the responses to the attacks on New York themselves. The theoretical framework for this thesis draws on a range of critical theories including literary theory, cultural studies, studies of performativity and postmodernism. This critical framework informs the approach by providing ways for: (i) understanding how political and ideological work is performed in children's literature; (ii) interrogating the constructed nature of cultural identities; (iii) developing a nuanced methodology for carrying out a close textual analysis. The textual analysis examines a representative sample of children's texts about 9/11, including picture books, young adult fiction, and a selection of DC Comics. Each chapter focuses on a different though related identity category. Chapter Four examines the performance of ethnic identities and race politics within a sample of picture books and young adult fiction; Chapter Five analyses the construction of collective, national identities in another set of texts; and Chapter Six does analytic work on a third set of texts, demonstrating the strategic performance of particular kinds of heroic identities. I argue that performances of cultural identities constructed in these texts draw on familiar versions of identities as well as contribute to new ones. These textual constructions can be seen as offering some certainties in increasingly uncertain times. The study finds, in its sample of books a co-mingling of xenophobia and tolerance; a binaried competition between good and evil and global harmony and national insularity; and a lauding of both the commonplace hero and the super-human. Being a recent corpus of texts about 9/11, these texts provide information on the kinds of 'selves' that appear to be privileged in the West since 2001. The thesis concludes that the shifting identities evident in texts that are being produced for children about 9/11 offer implicit and explicit accounts of what constitute good citizenship, loyalty to nation and community, and desirable attributes in a Western post-9/11 context. This thesis makes an original contribution to the field of children's literature by providing a focussed and sustained analysis of how texts for children about 9/11 contribute to formations of identity in these complex times of cultural unease and global unrest.

Thesis (MPhil)--University of Stellenbosch, 2007. / Bibliography. Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.A. (Hons)) -- University of Western Sydney, 2002. / "Doctor of Philosophy (Literature), 2002, University of Western Sydney" Bibliography: leaves 339 - 370.