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Kevin Volans piano etudes: a genealogical analysisWatt, Michael 07 November 2014 (has links)
A dissertation submitted for the degree of Master of Music
in the Wits School of Arts, Faculty of Humanities,
University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg, 2014 / Kevin Volans’s music has generated much international recognition and attention. As a result,
his influence is increasingly evident in the work of younger composers. As yet, little research
has delved deeply into Volans’s music at the technical level. His piano etudes consist largely
of transcriptions, paraphrases and variations of a wide range of his previous work. So, as a
microcosm of his oeuvre, they provide the ideal opportunity to understand his unique
compositional voice. A twofold, overarching question informs this study. What historical
conditions produced Kevin Volans’s etudes and how are they constructed?
In response to this question, this dissertation presents a written analysis of Kevin Volans’s
piano etudes using the notions formulated by Michel Foucault (1926-1984) in his genealogies.
The genealogical theoretical framework accommodates a multiplicity of analytical approaches
while providing the tools to synthesise a plurality of findings. The author has used Foucault’s
genealogical model to underpin the analysis of both the historical context surrounding the
etudes and the scores themselves. The goal is to gain a thorough understanding of the musical
material of the etudes in terms of the ideological landscape which produced them.
Part one of the dissertation lays out the broader epistemic conditions which produced the
etudes. The initial two chapters trace nodes of influence in parallel spheres: the ideological
and musical landscape of Volans’s life and issues surrounding the genre of the piano etude are
juxtaposed to set the scene for the textural analysis. The third chapter of part one traces the
transcription sources and outlines the most distinguishing characteristics of the etudes.
Together, these spheres yield the epistemic conditions within which the textural analysis can
take place. The three chapters in part two focus on the scores of the etudes. They each deal
with the organisation of the material by applying slightly different existing and modified
analytical parameters. Chapter 5 analyses the stratified, almost sedimentary forms evident in
the etudes. By mapping out levels of non-hierarchically layered groupings of material in the
etudes, strong reference points within the structure of each are identified. Chapter 6 takes a
semiotic viewpoint, reading the musical images through the lens of metonymy, metaphor and
allegory. The final chapter seeks to understand the organic and mechanical composition
techniques used in the etudes. The conclusion reunites the scattered findings of the preceding
chapters by tracing the genealogical web of power relations between them. This web of power
relationships represents both the internal and external dynamics at play within Volans’s
etudes.
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A tiger in the court: the nature and implications of Wole Soyinka's interactions at the Royal Court Theatre: 1956-1966Motsa, Ntombizodwa Thembelihle Gertrude 20 January 2012 (has links)
Ph.D., Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, 2000.
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Tradition et modernite dans l'histoire du Roi de Boheme et de ses sept chateaux de Charles NodierBoisacq, Marie Jeanne 16 August 2016 (has links)
A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg,
for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
Johannesburg, 1992 / Our thesis consists of a critical study of Tradition et modernite dans l'histoire du Roi de Boheme et de ses sept chateaux, by Charles Nodier.
The work, published by Delangle in 1830, defies all previous
novelistic traditions and appears to take the form of a
provocation, by the writer, of critics and public alike. [Abbreviated abstract. Open document to view full version]
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Image and poetry in selected early works of William Blake: producing a third textDouglas, Carla 23 April 2013 (has links)
Thesis (M.A. (Masters by dissertation))--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Humanities, 2012. / This study is concerned with the relationship between images and poetry in the early illuminated
books of William Blake. It seeks to explore the generative production of meaning which arises from
the interaction of these different aesthetic modalities. Such meanings are investigated through the
notion of a “Third Text”, which has been adapted from the thought of Stephen Behrendt
(“‘Something in my Eye’: Irritants in Blake’s Illuminated Texts”). The Third Text arises from the
interaction of images and texts, but is identical to neither alone, nor is it constituted by the sum of
the contributing parts. The interactions of image and text are further elucidated through the
application of selected poststructuralist theories, drawn from the writing of Jacques Derrida and
Roland Barthes. Notions of the Text, différance, the supplement and spectrality are central to the
argument. An interaction is established between Blake’s illuminated books and the chosen
poststructuralist constructs in order to recognise the singularity of the verbal and visual material
considered.
An interrelated component of this study is a reflection on the ways in which Blake breaks the
conceptual frames of image and text in his illuminated books, thus challenging a range of established
models. Particular attention is paid to the early illuminated books, Songs of Innocence and of
Experience and America a Prophecy. Key concerns of this study include the ways in which Songs
challenges the boundaries between innocence and experience and the exploration of prophetic
vision in America. The dissertation concludes by emphasising the importance of preserving an
infinite relation of image to text, both in Blake studies and more broadly in the analysis of image-text
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Benjamin Britten's use of the passacagliaDe Villiers, Bernadette 03 March 2014 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of the Witwatersrand, Faculty of Arts (Music), 1985.
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The literary, personal, and scio-political background of William Plomer's Turbott WolfeAdler, Michelle 26 August 2014 (has links)
This dissertation examines William Plomer's first novel,
Turbott Wolfe (1925), within its socio-political and
literary context, and also explores the crucial relationship
between the author's life and his work. Turbott Wolfe
at one level represents Plomer's complex responses to and
interpretation of the South African milieu during the
early 1920s. During this decade, the foundations of modem
Apartheid were being consolidated, and African Nationalism
emerged as a powerful challenge to the South African
state. Turbott Wolfe is informed by these political
developments, and the milieu and events portrayed in the
novel vividly express the author's feelings about and attitudes
towards the society he finds himself in.
Since its publication, ZiZ&stsJBal&a has suffered considerable
critical neglect The superficiality of much of
the existing criticism about the novel must be challenged,
since Turbott Wolfe is not only of tremendous intrinsic
literary merit, but also provides valuable insights into
the socio-political environment and historical moment in
which Plotter wrote. Thus one of the novel's main concerns
is the all informing "colour question", which dominated
political debate in the 1920s.
Plomer's appr< -• "colour question" is
unorthodox,« rajor question confronting the reader is
how this unusual novel cane to be written. An examination
of earlier fiction reveals that Turbott Wolfe is both influenced
b; and a reaction against existing literary
traditions, while the major themes show in what way and to
what extent the novel is engaged with contemporary sociopolitical
issues. The key to this crucial question,
however, lies in a detailed exploration of the author's
personal history.
Turbott Wolfe emerges as an important work within the
development of South African literature, a novel which encapsulates
some of the complexity and diversity of contemporary
South Africa, as perceived by its youthful author.
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Resistance to death as a counter-hegemonic structure of feeling in Angels in America :ideal prophecy, documentary denial, and social acceptanceWang, Mu Yi, Travis January 2018 (has links)
University of Macau / Faculty of Arts and Humanities. / Department of English
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On William Walwyn’s Demurre to the Bill for Preventing the Growth and Spreading of HeresieUnknown Date (has links)
During the English Revolution of the seventeenth century, writers like William
Walwyn produced documents contesting the restriction of their liberties. This thesis is a
critical edition of Walwyn’s Demurre to the Bill for Preventing the Growth and
Spreading of Heresie, unedited since its original publication in 1646. In this text Walwyn
advocates for man’s right to question religious orthodoxy in his search for Truth and
urges Parliament not to pass a proposed Bill for the harsh punishment of religious
sectarians.
Prior to a transcription of the text is an introduction to Walwyn and an attempt to
situate the reader in the context of his time. Following that is a style and rhetorical
analysis, which concludes that despite his rejection of rhetorical practices, Walwyn’s own
use of them is effective. Perhaps this skill is one of the reasons that Parliament passed a
milder, non-punitive version of the Bill Walwyn argued against. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2018. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection
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Infinity on the anvil : a critical study of Blake's poetryGardner, Stanley January 1956 (has links)
No description available.
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Between the transcendental and the mundane: an undismissible tension in Husserl's transcendental phenomenology. / 超越與塵世之間: 論胡塞爾超越論現象學中無法消解的張力 / CUHK electronic theses & dissertations collection / Chao yue yu chen shi zhi jian: lun Husaier chao yue lun xian xiang xue zhong wu fa xiao jie de zhang liJanuary 2013 (has links)
Zhu, Xinqu. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese.
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