A dissertation submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Engiish. / This dissertation grapples With the activity of critical production. It answers not to an interpretation which would constitute the writer within the institutionalised category of effect and object of knowledge, but rather to an explosion, a proliferation of critical paths at the limit of the doxa: a veritable labyrinth. The terms of my title open up a methodological field within which I enact the play of associations, contiguities, relations among four texts: The Name of the Rose, lost. in the Funhouse, The Naked Lunch and 'The library of Babel'. The terms themselves disseminate across the text argument in citations, references, echoes. The labyrinth is used throughout as a trope which deconstructs its own performance within the text. Legends are myths, inscriptions on maps, legenda or "things for reading" (through an etymological supplement), "lesser libraries." Barthes cites the biblical words of the man possessed by demons: "My name is Legion for we are many" and demonstrates how the demonlacal plural brings with it fundamental changes in reading strategies. The notion of the demoniacal plural is used to problernatlse the debates around subjectivity. The belief in unitary, rational selfhood is debunked and the subject is Seen to be plural, irreducible, heterogenous. Subjectivity is further problernatlsed by demonstrating the slippage among the labyrinthine multiplicity of discursive positions occupied by readers: the monoloqlcal models of meaning developed from each reading position constantly shift. The discursive position recuperated and sanctioned by the Law or the institution is impossible to maintain as Subjects are seduced by language into confrontation with other positions through their continuous renarnings of each other. Subjectivity and discursive positioning form .their own labyrinthine intentionality. The argument then moves towards an exploration of the current calculation of the subject for the writer. (Distinctions between author and critic begin to collapse here since meaning is shown to be governed by neither). The reading\writing subject strolls in a vast labyrinth of text - a postmodern flaneur who frustrates the work of exegesis by enacting the play of the signifier. The line traced by this hypothetical traveller does not engender a definitive theoretical or discursive map of the domain but rather a contingent and highly provisional, backward turning path. The demoniacal plural is also used to problematise notions of an original and innovative critical voice which "speaks" the dissertation. The logic regulating the argument is the already-written, The dissertation plavs with each text (both critical texts and fictions) looking for a practice which reproduces them but in another place. My imagined (ideal?) reader wmtreat the argument as that Which. lt was not simply meant to be,will. follow.the argument and be seduced by it: an echoing. structure with dead ends, wrong turns, false entrances fictitious exits; misleading threads and deceptive lines, / AC 2018

"In writing the organized report of the findings an effort will be made, first, to present a historical sketch of the Review with background information explaining some of its whys and wherefores; secondly to introduce its editors, their work and accomplishment; and thirdly, to call the attention of the reader to the scope, magnitude, and performance of the Southern Review itself. In the course of examination of the journal some exercises in patience were performed; i. e., a listing of all contributors, the number of the contributions that each made and the volumes in which these contributions appeared; and a chart showing the contents of each volume; i. e., the number of the different types of essays included, and the number of poems, short stories, and book reviews published. These, as of possible interest to someone other than this writer, will appear in Appendix I and Table I, respectively"--Introduction. / Typescript. / "August, 1952." / "Submitted to the Graduate Council of Florida State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts." / Advisor: Robert G. Clapp, Professor Directing Paper. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 47-49).

Cette étude examine comment différents textes du XVIIIe siècle traitent du roman. L’hypothèse est la suivante : le genre choisi pour parler du roman participe de manière intrinsèque à la critique ou à l’apologie véhiculée dans l’œuvre. Le corpus est composé de quatre textes plus ou moins (re)connus par les historiens de la littérature narrative : De l’Usage des romans (1734) de Lenglet-Dufresnoy, le Voyage merveilleux du Prince Fan-Férédin dans la Romancie (1735) du père Bougeant, De Libris qui vulgò dicuntur Romanenses (1736) du père Porée et les Entretiens sur les romans (1755) du père Jacquin. À l’aide d’une méthode hybride d’analyse générique et d’analyse rhétorique du discours, cette étude s’intéresse aux genres employés par les auteurs du corpus (le traité, le roman, le discours académique et l’entretien) de même qu’à trois thématiques argumentatives reliées au roman (le poison, l’amour et la femme). / This study examines how different texts dealing with the 18th century novel. The hypothesis is that the literary genre chosen to speak of the novel plays an intrinsic role in the criticism or the apology conveyed in the work. The corpus is composed of four texts more or less known by historians of narrative literature: De l’Usage des romans (1734) by Lenglet-Dufresnoy, Le Voyage merveilleux du Prince Fan-Férédin dans la Romancie (1735) by father Bougeant, De Libris qui vulgò dicuntur Romanenses (1736) by father Porée and Entretiens sur les romans (1755) by father Jacquin. Using a hybrid method of generic analysis and rhetorical analysis of discourse, this study focuses on the genres used by the authors of the corpus (the treaty, the novel, the academic discourse and the dialog) as well as three argumentative themes related to the novel (poison, love and woman).

黎必信. / "2012年3月". / "2012 nian 3 yue". / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 355-368). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Li Bixin.

杜甫詩是中國古典文學的經典，其經典地位奠定於有宋一代。本文以宋代詩話為考察對象，分析文學批評和杜詩經典化的關係，主要內容如下： / 首先，本文將討論文壇領袖對杜詩的讚賞，如何演化為整個文壇的普遍觀念。文中指出蘇軾和黃庭堅是杜詩的發明者，二人對杜詩的評價，得到宋詩話的熱烈回應，意義不斷得到擴展和深化，由個人詮釋演化為宋人的集體認知，從而確立了杜詩的典範性。蘇軾「一飯未嘗忘君」的評語，經由詩話的討論和闡釋，最終令杜詩得「詩中六經」的評價。黃庭堅「無一字無來處」的評語，也促使詩話研究杜詩出處和用事手法蔚為風氣，不僅確立了杜甫好用事的特徵，也使杜詩成為宋詩風格的模範。 / 其次，本文探討宋代政治和文化背景對宋人接受杜甫的影響。在「李杜優劣」此一議題上，杜詩得到凌駕李白的地位，批評家看重詩歌內容的社會意義多於藝術性，反映唐宋人期待視野的轉移。宋人對杜甫「詩史」的讚譽，也與宋型文化和南宋戰禍連年有密切關係。宋詩話特別重視杜甫和安史之亂有關的詩作，因為安史之亂與宋代歷史背景有不少相似之處，宋人藉著詮釋杜詩的義理，投射了對胡人的痛恨、戰亂中的自傷之情和淑世理想。宋人憑藉認同杜甫，達至自我認同；通過詮釋杜詩，而完成自我呈現。杜甫在安史之亂中的遭遇，使他成了盛唐詩人中最能引發宋人共鳴者，也為宋人的詮釋提供了前提。宋詩話慣以比興和用事手法解釋杜詩，也使杜詩的詮釋空間擴大，更能貼合宋人的情感寄託。 / 此外，本文就宋詩話的本質和批評形式，如何在一定程度上掌握文學經典化的權力進行探討。詩話是新興於宋的詩歌批評形式，「摘句批評」和「論詩辨體」是其慣用的表達方式。在詩話的批評形式下，宋詩話出現了以杜詩為中心的價值取向：評估杜詩的價值，展示杜詩的多元性，樹立杜詩的正統意義，確立杜詩較他人優勝的觀念，凸顯學杜之必要。詩話的批評形式確立了杜詩經典化的重要價值，又憑藉詩話的詩法指導功能，規範了時人的價值判斷和創作。 / 最後，本文考察杜甫在宋代唐宋詩之爭的詩統建構中所處的位置。「宋詩」詩統藉著「一祖三宗」的論述，加強和杜甫的連繫，鞏固自身的正統地位。「唐詩」詩統同樣以杜甫為正統，其論述反而著重否定「宋詩」和杜甫的關係。唐、宋詩同樣以杜甫為正統，使杜詩超然於後世受唐宋詩之爭，對杜詩經典價值的延續有深刻意義。 / Since its inception in the Song Dynasty, Du Fu 杜甫 ’s poetry has been firmly regarded as a canon in the field of classical Chinese Literature. The process of which, however, has not been clearly examined. Based on Song Dynasty’s Remarks on Poetry 詩話, this thesis is devoted to analyzing the relationship between literary criticism and canonization of Du’s poems. / First, this thesis discusses how literary leaders’ commendation on Du’s poetry has become the general view of the Song literati. It particularly highlighted the evaluations of Du’s poems from Su Shi 蘇軾 and Huang Ting-jian 黃庭堅. Their comments were widely quoted and re-interpreted by subsequent authors of Remarks on Poetry, which confirmed and reinforced the importance of Su and Huan’s thoughts. The transition from Su and Huang’s personal interpretation to becoming a widely-held view amongst the literati, affirmed the canonical status of Du’s poetry. Through discussion and interpretation by Remarks on Poetry, Su’s comments on Du Fu as “a ever-loyal official 一飯未嘗忘君 contributed to the commendation on the Du’s poems as “Six works of the Confucian Canon in poetry 詩中六經. Huang commented Du’s poetry as “not a single word [in them] does not have its sources 無一字無來處. This promoted a more in-depth study into the origins of Du’s habitual use of allusions. This not only reaffirmed the intense use of allusions as one of the characteristics of Du’s works but also as the model of Song-styled poetry. / Second, this thesis investigates the impact of Song politics and cultures on the Song people’s reception of Du’s poetry. When comparing Li Bai to Du Fu, Du’s works were have consistently received a higher ranking as commentators often value social meanings more than artistic value. This demonstrates a shift in value system from Tang to that of Song dynasty. The Song people’s acclamation of Du as Shishi 詩史 was related to Song culture and the prolonged war in the Southern Song. Remarks on Poetry paid special attention to Du’s works related to An Lu-shan rebellion as this rebellion shared similarities with Song history. In Remarks on Poetry’s interpretation of Du’s poems, it reflected the Song people’s grievance towards foreign tribes and warfare. By agreeing with Du Fu, the Song people can develop its self-identity; through interpreting Du’s poetry, they can self-actualize. Du Fu’s encounter during the An Lu-shan rebellion made him well-received by the Song literati, and gave them the premise for interpretation of Du’s poems. Remarks on Poetry adopted an analogical way of expression, bixiang 比興, and allusion to study Du’s works and this provided more perspectives for interpretation and space for emotional sustenance. / Third, this thesis investigates the nature and format of Remarks on Poetry, and why it remains authoritative in literary canonization, despite its apparent arbitrary nature. Remarks on Poetry was a new form of poetry criticism in Song Dynasty. “Commentaries on isolated sentences drawn out from poems, zheju piping 摘句批評, and “Discussion on poetic form distinction, lunshi bianti 論詩辨體, are its usual presentation. Under this new style of critique, Remarks on Poetry developed a kind of value judgment with Du’s poetry as its basis: evaluating the value of Du’s poetry, demonstrating the diversity of his works, establishing an orthodox meaning for his poems, reinforcing the concept of higher ranking of his poems, and highlighting the importance of studying Du’s works. Such a style reinforced the canonical value of Du’s poetry. Coupled by the Remarks on Poetry’s nature as an authoritative reference text it defined the value system of those times and dictated the way in which literary works are to be made. / Fourth, this thesis puts Du Fu squarely in the conflict between Tang-styled and Song-styled poetry. Based on the theory “one ancestor and three predecessor, yizu sanzong 一祖三宗 , the Song-styled poetry strengthened its connection with Du Fu and reinforced its orthodoxy. The Tang-styled poetry also set Du Fu as its role-model but its discourse emphasized disconnecting Du’ works with the Song-styled poetry. Despite the conflict between the Tang-styled and Song-styled poetry, Du’s works were still highly recognized as an orthodox example by both groups and this contributed immensely to the continued canonical status of Du’s poetry. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / Detailed summary in vernacular field only. / 朱寳盈. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2012. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 230-241) / Electronic reproduction. 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Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts in Chinese and English. / Zhu Baoying. / Chapter 第一章 --- 導論 --- p.1 / Chapter 第一節 --- 杜甫詩的經典化 --- p.1 / Chapter 一、 --- 唐或宋？杜詩經典地位的確立 --- p.2 / Chapter 二、 --- 杜詩經典化的幾個思考重點 --- p.5 / Chapter 第二節 --- 前人研究成果與本文討論重點 --- p.8 / Chapter 一、 --- 前人研究成果 --- p.8 / Chapter （一） --- 整理杜詩在宋代流傳概況和資料 --- p.9 / Chapter （二） --- 指出杜甫「儒家思想」很大程度出於宋人建構 --- p.10 / Chapter （三） --- 從唐宋文化的差別辨析唐宋人論杜 --- p.11 / Chapter （四） --- 以接受美學觀念分析宋代杜詩學 --- p.12 / Chapter （五） --- 分析杜甫對宋詩風格的典範作用 --- p.13 / Chapter 二、 --- 本文討論重點 --- p.14 / Chapter （一） --- 以「經典化」為研究視野分析宋代杜詩學 --- p.14 / Chapter （二） --- 重視「眾人」的意見 --- p.15 / Chapter （三） --- 關注「詩話」的作用 --- p.16 / Chapter （四） --- 探析「詩史」與宋型文化關係 --- p.17 / Chapter （五） --- 論析唐宋詩之爭對杜詩地位的影響 --- p.18 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究目的及方向 --- p.19 / Chapter 第二章 --- 從個人詮釋到集體認知： 宋代詩話對蘇、黃評杜的回應與杜詩經典化 --- p.22 / Chapter 第一節 --- 引言 --- p.22 / Chapter 第二節 --- 宋初詩話「論杜」 --- p.23 / Chapter 一、 --- 北宋初年詩壇非尊杜 --- p.23 / Chapter 二、 --- 對杜詩藝術的評價 --- p.28 / Chapter 三、 --- 小結 --- p.30 / Chapter 第三節 --- 杜詩價值的發明 --- p.30 / Chapter 一、 --- 宋人眼中的杜詩發明者 --- p.30 / Chapter 二、 --- 宋詩話回應蘇、黃評杜的三種模式 --- p.34 / Chapter 第四節 --- 蘇、黃論杜與杜詩的經典化 --- p.42 / Chapter 一、 --- 從「一飯未嘗忘君」到「詩中六經」 --- p.43 / Chapter 二、 --- 從「無一字無來處」到「江西詩派」 --- p.50 / Chapter 第五節 --- 結語 --- p.56 / Chapter 第三章 --- 時代的制約：論宋人的期待視野與歷史感懷 --- p.58 / Chapter 第一節 --- 引言 --- p.58 / Chapter 第二節 --- 雙重標準的李杜優劣論期待視野的轉移 --- p.59 / Chapter 一、 --- 宋人對李杜優劣論的回應與再發展 --- p.60 / Chapter （一） --- 回應元稹、韓愈之論：李杜並尊 --- p.60 / Chapter （二） --- 李杜優劣論的再發展：獨尊老杜 --- p.65 / Chapter 二、 --- 宋人品次李杜的兩個標準 --- p.68 / Chapter 三、 --- 小結：期待視野的轉移 --- p.78 / Chapter 第三節 --- 自我認同與呈現--安史之亂與宋人的「詩史杜甫」 --- p.79 / Chapter 一、 --- 宋詩話與杜甫「安史詩」 --- p.79 / Chapter 二、 --- 安史之亂與宋人的歷史感懷 --- p.90 / Chapter 三、 --- 杜甫「安史詩」詮釋的先決條件與詮釋空間的擴大 --- p.109 / Chapter （一） --- 詮釋的先決條件 --- p.110 / Chapter （二） --- 詮釋空間的擴大 --- p.116 / Chapter 第四節 --- 結語：宋人的「詩史」杜甫 --- p.124 / Chapter 第四章 --- 典範意義的產生：詩話的詩法指導作用與杜詩價值的確立 --- p.127 / Chapter 第一節 --- 引言 --- p.127 / Chapter 第二節 --- 綜述：在詩話批評形式下的評杜現象 --- p.128 / Chapter 一、 --- 廣泛的討論和援引為證 --- p.128 / Chapter 二、 --- 同時摘取杜甫與他人詩句 --- p.133 / Chapter （一） --- 說明杜詩的出處 --- p.133 / Chapter （二） --- 強調後世詩人於杜詩的學習 --- p.135 / Chapter （三） --- 同類並舉 --- p.137 / Chapter 三、 --- 論詩辨體與杜詩 --- p.143 / Chapter 四、 --- 小結：宋人開創的評杜現象 --- p.149 / Chapter 第三節 --- 現象背後的意義 --- p.152 / Chapter 一、 --- 以摘句褒貶直接賦予價值 --- p.152 / Chapter 二、 --- 展現杜詩審美價值的多元性 --- p.156 / Chapter 三、 --- 杜詩的正統意義塑造 --- p.161 / Chapter 四、 --- 確立杜詩較他人優勝的觀念 --- p.166 / Chapter 五、 --- 凸顯學杜的必要 --- p.170 / Chapter 六、 --- 小結：以杜詩為中心的價值取向 --- p.177 / Chapter 第四節 --- 詩話的功用與典範意義的確立 --- p.178 / Chapter 第五節 --- 結語 --- p.186 / Chapter 第五章 --- 唐宋詩之爭與杜甫：論詩統建構與杜詩經典價值的延續 --- p.189 / Chapter 第一節 --- 引言 --- p.189 / Chapter 第二節 --- 「唐詩」、「宋詩」的詩統建構與杜甫 --- p.190 / Chapter 一、 --- 「唐詩」與「宋詩」 --- p.190 / Chapter 二、 --- 「宋詩」的詩統建構與杜甫 --- p.194 / Chapter 三、 --- 「唐詩」的詩統建構與杜甫 --- p.203 / Chapter 四、 --- 小結：以杜甫為「正統」的詩統建構 --- p.213 / Chapter 第三節 --- 經典價值的延續：超然於唐宋詩之爭中的正統地位 --- p.215 / Chapter 第四節 --- 結語 --- p.221 / Chapter 第六章 --- 結論 --- p.224 / Chapter 第一節 --- 總結 --- p.224 / Chapter 第二節 --- 餘論 --- p.229 / 主要參考書目 --- p.230

Cette étude examine comment différents textes du XVIIIe siècle traitent du roman. L’hypothèse est la suivante : le genre choisi pour parler du roman participe de manière intrinsèque à la critique ou à l’apologie véhiculée dans l’œuvre. Le corpus est composé de quatre textes plus ou moins (re)connus par les historiens de la littérature narrative : De l’Usage des romans (1734) de Lenglet-Dufresnoy, le Voyage merveilleux du Prince Fan-Férédin dans la Romancie (1735) du père Bougeant, De Libris qui vulgò dicuntur Romanenses (1736) du père Porée et les Entretiens sur les romans (1755) du père Jacquin. À l’aide d’une méthode hybride d’analyse générique et d’analyse rhétorique du discours, cette étude s’intéresse aux genres employés par les auteurs du corpus (le traité, le roman, le discours académique et l’entretien) de même qu’à trois thématiques argumentatives reliées au roman (le poison, l’amour et la femme). / This study examines how different texts dealing with the 18th century novel. The hypothesis is that the literary genre chosen to speak of the novel plays an intrinsic role in the criticism or the apology conveyed in the work. The corpus is composed of four texts more or less known by historians of narrative literature: De l’Usage des romans (1734) by Lenglet-Dufresnoy, Le Voyage merveilleux du Prince Fan-Férédin dans la Romancie (1735) by father Bougeant, De Libris qui vulgò dicuntur Romanenses (1736) by father Porée and Entretiens sur les romans (1755) by father Jacquin. Using a hybrid method of generic analysis and rhetorical analysis of discourse, this study focuses on the genres used by the authors of the corpus (the treaty, the novel, the academic discourse and the dialog) as well as three argumentative themes related to the novel (poison, love and woman).

This thesis sets out to investigate the development of the recent historical novel in Mexico by examining a corpus of five novels. Elena Garro’s 'Los recuerdos del porvenir' (1963) represents the final point of the novel of the Revolution and it is the link with the recent historical novel. Carlos Fuentes’ 'Terra Nostra' (1975) and Fernando del Paso’s 'Noticias del Imperio' (1978) belong to the group containing the postmodern historical novel. 'Terra Nostra' summarizes all the concerns of postmodernism and can be considered as a paradigm of this current of thought. 'Noticias del Imperio' seeks a reconciliation between history and literature in an attempt to get closer to the historical truth. Paco Ignacio Taibo II’s 'La lejanía del Tesoro' (1992) is a representative novel in the way it melds history with the mystery novel, developing the genre of the historical thriller. Lastly, Rosa Beltrán’s 'La corte de los ilusos' (1995), and in particular its treatment of history is pertinent to this thesis due to the fact that women have been traditionally silenced by official history. This novel gives them a voice. From its beginnings, the historical novel confronted the problem of being questioned for its lack of accuracy when dealing with the past. This skepticism sparked a long lasting debate that initially degraded the historical novel as secondary genre that could never contribute to historical knowledge. However, as a result of recent theories that seek to defend the poetic nature of history, a theory developed initially by Hayden White, the recent historical novel has sought to debunk historiography’s claim to be the only possible way to recount the past. This thesis advances the theory that the recent historical novel in Mexico is the result of a search for a genuine identity, as well as a quest to develop an alternative, yet truthful, interpretation of a past whose true nature has been distorted by decades of historical officialdom. This process is seen in a context of increasing democratisation and globalisation.