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J.D. Gordon's thesis (PH. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1940. / "[The] translation ... is ascribed to Anthony Babyngton."--p. xxxi. "Partial bibliography": p. lxiv-lxv.

Diss.--Frankfurt am Main. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 5-8.

Esta pesquisa utiliza a análise do discurso para investigar os valores ideológicos que fundamentam o discurso presente em Kojiki tomo I, a obra mais antiga do Japão. Além de sua antiguidade, sua importância consiste por seu repositório dos primeiros mitos, mitologia japonesa, história e poema-canção (歌謡:Kayō). Nesta pesquisa os mitos são símbolos da nova estrutura que se estabelece neste período, regulando suas práticas sociais. Eles possuem duas funções na narrativa: uma temporal, relacionada ao evento passado e atemporal, cuja importância está sempre presente em sua comunidade. Sua segunda função é criar suas lideranças políticas e um sentimento de pertencimento a uma cultura. Como tal, considera-se três questões: qual o papel da cosmogonia e dos mitos dentro do tomo I? Como se constitui a organização narrativa desses mitos e qual a formação do herói? E, de acordo com essa organização, qual a função que se quis destacar no tomo I? Para responder a essas questões, essa pesquisa analisa, sistematicamente, a construção do discurso nas narrativas utilizando teorias da linguagem e a Nova retórica, desenvolvida por Perelman e Tyteca (2014). Além disso, as relaciona ao contexto político do Japão nos períodos Yayoi (弥生時代: 400 a.C.-250 d.C.) até Nara (奈良時代: 710 - 794 d.C.). Este estudo conclui que a narrativa mítica estabelece o paradigma que rege as relações sociais do país. Isso ocorre porque o mito incorpora os significantes existentes na ordem simbólica japonesa. O primeiro tomo da obra atua como uma alegoria para narrar a origem da família imperial mais antiga do mundo, que hoje está no 125° imperador, Akihito (1989 - presente). Desprovido de suas particularidades do espaço e do tempo, a narrativa ainda preserva sua natureza mítica como um relato teleológico dessa sociedade. / This research uses speech analysis to investigate the ideological values in the discourse present in Kojiki - tome I, the oldest writing in Japan. Besides its antiquity, its importance relies on its repository of the first myths, the japanese mythology, history and poem-chant (歌謡:Kayō). In this research the myths are symbols of the new structure that has been set in this period, which orders the social practices. They have two functions in the narrative: the first is temporal, related to past events and atemporal, which importance is still present in its community. The second one is to create political leaderships and the feeling of belonging to a culture. As such, it is considered three questions: what are the roles of the cosmogony and the myths in tome I? How are the myths arranged in the narrative organization and how is the hero formed? And, according to this organization, what is the highlighted function in tome I? To address these questions this research analyses, systematically, the speech constructions in the narratives using theories of language and the New rhetoric, developed by Perelman and Tyteca (2014). Furthermore, they are connected to the political context in Japan during the Yayoi period (弥生時代: 400 A.D.-250 B.C.) up to the Nara period ((奈良時代: 710 - 794 B.C). This study concludes that the mythical narrative establishes the paradigm that conduct the social relations in the country. This happens because the myth incorporates the existent signifiers into the japanese order. The writings first tome works as an allegory to tell the origin of the oldest imperial family, which is in its 125th emperor, Akihito (1989 - present). Regardless of its time and space particularities, the narrative still maintains its mythical nature as a teleological report of this society.

Esta pesquisa utiliza a análise do discurso para investigar os valores ideológicos que fundamentam o discurso presente em Kojiki tomo I, a obra mais antiga do Japão. Além de sua antiguidade, sua importância consiste por seu repositório dos primeiros mitos, mitologia japonesa, história e poema-canção (歌謡:Kayō). Nesta pesquisa os mitos são símbolos da nova estrutura que se estabelece neste período, regulando suas práticas sociais. Eles possuem duas funções na narrativa: uma temporal, relacionada ao evento passado e atemporal, cuja importância está sempre presente em sua comunidade. Sua segunda função é criar suas lideranças políticas e um sentimento de pertencimento a uma cultura. Como tal, considera-se três questões: qual o papel da cosmogonia e dos mitos dentro do tomo I? Como se constitui a organização narrativa desses mitos e qual a formação do herói? E, de acordo com essa organização, qual a função que se quis destacar no tomo I? Para responder a essas questões, essa pesquisa analisa, sistematicamente, a construção do discurso nas narrativas utilizando teorias da linguagem e a Nova retórica, desenvolvida por Perelman e Tyteca (2014). Além disso, as relaciona ao contexto político do Japão nos períodos Yayoi (弥生時代: 400 a.C.-250 d.C.) até Nara (奈良時代: 710 - 794 d.C.). Este estudo conclui que a narrativa mítica estabelece o paradigma que rege as relações sociais do país. Isso ocorre porque o mito incorpora os significantes existentes na ordem simbólica japonesa. O primeiro tomo da obra atua como uma alegoria para narrar a origem da família imperial mais antiga do mundo, que hoje está no 125° imperador, Akihito (1989 - presente). Desprovido de suas particularidades do espaço e do tempo, a narrativa ainda preserva sua natureza mítica como um relato teleológico dessa sociedade. / This research uses speech analysis to investigate the ideological values in the discourse present in Kojiki - tome I, the oldest writing in Japan. Besides its antiquity, its importance relies on its repository of the first myths, the japanese mythology, history and poem-chant (歌謡:Kayō). In this research the myths are symbols of the new structure that has been set in this period, which orders the social practices. They have two functions in the narrative: the first is temporal, related to past events and atemporal, which importance is still present in its community. The second one is to create political leaderships and the feeling of belonging to a culture. As such, it is considered three questions: what are the roles of the cosmogony and the myths in tome I? How are the myths arranged in the narrative organization and how is the hero formed? And, according to this organization, what is the highlighted function in tome I? To address these questions this research analyses, systematically, the speech constructions in the narratives using theories of language and the New rhetoric, developed by Perelman and Tyteca (2014). Furthermore, they are connected to the political context in Japan during the Yayoi period (弥生時代: 400 A.D.-250 B.C.) up to the Nara period ((奈良時代: 710 - 794 B.C). This study concludes that the mythical narrative establishes the paradigm that conduct the social relations in the country. This happens because the myth incorporates the existent signifiers into the japanese order. The writings first tome works as an allegory to tell the origin of the oldest imperial family, which is in its 125th emperor, Akihito (1989 - present). Regardless of its time and space particularities, the narrative still maintains its mythical nature as a teleological report of this society.

This thesis deals with the selected topics and themes in the work of John William Waterhouse and its aim is to define the influence of classical tradition in his work, which has not been independently scrutinised. The second and the third chapter discuss the history of research of the work of J. W. Waterhouse, the specific problems associated with research, the aim of the thesis and artist's curriculum vitae. The core of the thesis is in the fourth chapter and consists of selected topics and themes from the work of J. W. Waterhouse: scenes from everyday life, dolce far niente, historical painting, water myths and ancient love myths. Their selection is based on the fashion preferences of displaying the antique motives in the 19th and early 20th century. In particular subchapters of fourth chapter the artist's paintings are compared with the works of his contemporaries and successors in Victorian England and partly in continental Europe. Comparison shows the differences in processing of subject matter, in used techniques, in linkups to the trends in art and in other elements. The end of each subchapter contains the summary of the results obtained from the comparison with the emphasis on the J. W. Waterhouse's contribution to the topic. The final chapters summarize the overall picture of the work of...

This thesis offers an interpretation of the myth of Theseus and the Minotaur that accounts for its popularity in fifth century Athens. The myth of the Minotaur had particular political resonance in Classical Athens because of the Minotaur’s hybrid character and eastern connotations. In the wake of the Persian wars, Theseus came to embody Athenian democratic and anti-Barbarian ideals. His canonical opponent, the Minotaur, represented the enemy of the Athenian citizen: an eastern hybrid such as the Persian/Carian/Lycian groups of Anatolia and the east. By aligning the Minotaur with his Near Eastern origins, the story of Theseus sailing to confront the Minotaur can be viewed as the story of Greeks, specifically Athenians, facing what was for them, very real threats from the east. By integrating iconographical and mythological evidence for the myths of Theseus and placing the Minotaur myth within the wider historical and political context of fifth century Athens, this thesis shows that the hybrid Minotaur was a stand in for the Persians. / Graduate

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This dissertation of limited scope, part of a Course-work Master’s in Ancient Languages and Cultures, consists of five chapters which deal with issues relating to the perception and literary treatment of non-human animals in African and Classical traditional stories involving animal characters. The focus of the research was placed upon arguing that: human characteristics were attributed to animal creatures in the myths/traditional stories from both cultures; both cultures made attempts to explain how certain animals became domesticated and how others remained wild; mythical thinking is not a preserve of one culture, it is rather part of human nature; mythical monsters are present in both cultures and that they have always to be destroyed by man, though not easily; myths served several functions for both cultures, ranging from educational entertainment to socializing purposes, to making attempts to explain ancient man’s environment and its happenings. The study was undertaken in the hope of enabling certain recommendations to be formulated, on the basis of the findings, to effect a better and more informed strategy for teaching Classical Mythology and Classics, in general, in the Mawian/African context. / Classics & World Languages / M. A. (Specialisation in Ancient languages and culture)