Thesis (Ph. D.)--Rutgers University, 2007. / "Graduate Program in Literatures in English." Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-215).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Carrie E. Sandahl, Florida State University, College of Visual Arts, Theatre and Dance, School of Theatre. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Jan. 24, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains x, 371 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Comparative Literature Department, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of English, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-89).

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Syndey. / Title taken from title screen (viewed October 5, 2007). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Miami University, Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 44-45).

Le don est un objet privilégié de l’anthropologie et de la sociologie économiques depuis l’Essai sur le don de M. Mauss. Au 1° chapitre, les principales notions de cet écrit (don, dette, obligation, échange) sont étudiées en lien avec l’engagement socialiste et mutualiste de Mauss et sa vision du bolchevisme. Le 2° chap. traite du don dans les œuvres de C. Lévi-Strauss, Claude Lefort, Derrida et dans l’ethnologie de la Kabylie (René Maunier, Bourdieu). Le 3° chap. définit le don en lien avec l’obligation, et le différencie d’autres transferts de biens : impôt, amende, réparation, redistribution, commerce, marché, par la discussion d’œuvres de Hobbes, Wittgenstein, David Lewis, J. R. Searle, Robert Lowie, K. Polanyi, M. Godelier, Alain Testart. Potlatch et Kula sont étudiés pour voir les liens entre techniques, milieux écologiques, production, droit coutumier, hiérarchie politique et circulation des biens. Le 4° chap. traite des dons et tributs dans l’histoire médiévale (discussion des œuvres de M. Bloch, G. Duby, Max Weber, N. Elias) : largesse, don aux pauvres, aumône. On étudie le rôle du don dans la genèse de la fiscalité, de l’État et de l’Église. On aboutit à une classification générale des transferts de biens. Le concept de métatransfert est défini, sa fécondité heuristique montrée. Le 5° chap. enquête sur la nécessité et l’universalité du don, compare les transferts de biens entre humains aux transferts de ressources dans les sociétés animales (altruismes réciproque et de parentèle, sélection de groupe, sélection sexuelle du dévouement, travaux de Wynne-Edwards, J. Maynard Smith, William Hamilton, F. De Waal), et examine la possibilité de naturaliser le don. / The gift has been a major topic in anthropology and sociology of economics since Mauss’ The Gift. In the 1st chapter, the main notions of this writing (gift, debt, obligation, exchange) are studied in relation to Mauss’ commitment to socialism and mutualism, and to his vision of Bolchevism. The 2nd chapter looks at the gift in the works of C. Lévi-Strauss, Claude Lefort, Derrida, and in Kabylia’s ethnology (René Maunier, Bourdieu). The 3rd chapter defines the gift with respect to obligation, and differentiates it from other kinds of transfers of goods, such as taxes, fines, compensation, redistribution, and commerce, by looking at the works of Hobbes, Wittgenstein, David Lewis, J. R. Searle, Robert Lowie, K. Polanyi, M. Godelier, Alain Testart. The Potlatch and the Kula are examined in order to link technics, production, custom, political hierarchy and the circulation of goods. The 4th chapter treats the gift throughout the Middle Ages (by discussing the works of M. Bloch, G. Duby, Max Weber, N. Elias) : generosity, charity and alms. The role of the gift in the genesis of the tax system, the state and the church are studied. This gives way to a general classification of the transfers of goods. The concept of ‘metatransfer’ is defined, and its heuristic power is exposed. The final chapter investigates the necessity and universality of the gift, compares transfers of goods between humans to transfers of resources in the animal societies (reciprocal altruism, kinship altruism, group selection, sexual selection of caring, works of Wynne-Edwards, J. Maynard Smith, William Hamilton, F. De Waal), and examines the possibility of naturalizing the gift.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:29:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-05-20Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:38:08Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 bezerra_pv_me_assis.pdf: 380773 bytes, checksum: f49a83c05a0a976487bb13b5c873e66d (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / O mito de Don Juan surgiu em 1630 na peça O Burlador de Sevilha e o Convidado de Pedra, escrita por Tirso de Molina. Desde então o personagem ganhou espaço no imaginário coletivo através de inúmeras releituras que o levou a ser reconhecido como um mito moderno. O objetivo desse trabalho é analisar o mito de Don Juan tal como ele se expressa em obras literárias e cinematográficas, identificando as expressões da subjetividade e suas transformações ao longo desses 400 anos. Para analisar tais representações, importantes para a construção e desenvolvimento desse mito, utilizamos como referência metodológica a análise de conteúdo. As primeiras representações de Don Juan pintavam-lhe como anti-herói. Uma observação detalhada do contexto de seu aparecimento revelou que o mito surgiu como um dispositivo da Contra-Reforma para combater o individualismo e a crise de valores que se irrompeu com a falência dos ideais Renascentistas. Assim, verificamos que a discussão inicial em torno do mito, fundado nas burlas de Don Juan, gira em torno da crise entre indivíduo e sociedade, entre os valores morais da sociedade e a conduta dos seus sujeitos. As subsequentes atualizações do mito deslocam esse conflito do terreno da religião para as instituições sociais emergentes. Em 1821, Lord Byron começa a escrever um Don Juan em conflito com os ideais das revoluções burguesas. Já em 1973, curtindo o legado da revolução feminista, Don Juan vem à tona como uma mulher sedutora e insaciável, interpretada por Brigitte Bardot. Em 1995, o personagem é novamente evocado para relembrar, ao mundo globalizado, o papel da fantasia. Já em 2005 o plot é revisto e ampliado por José Saramago, que lhe imprime, além da falência do inferno como instância punitiva, as características do sujeito atual. Sem a pretensão de esgotar o assunto, este trabalho revela as transformações do sujeito e sua relação com alguns aspectos da sociedade / Don Juan´s myth first appeared in the 1630´s play named El Burlador de Sevilla y Convidado de Piedra, written by Tirso de Molina. Since then the character became popular through many remakes that lead it to be recognized as a modern myth. The objective of the present work is to analyze the myth of Don Juan as it appears on literature and cinematographic works, identifying the expressions of the subjectivity and its transformations throughout these 400 years. To analyze such representations we recurred to Bardin´s Analysis of Content. The first artworks about Don Juan made him as a villain. A closer look to the social context of its appearance reveals that the myth was built up as a method of repression against the individualism in attempt to cease the crisis of the Christian´s moral codes that burst with the ruin of the Renaissance’s values. Therefore, we brought up that the initial subjects on the myth, pictured by the character´s tricks, comes to be the crises between the individual itself and the society. However, the subsequent updates of the myth displaced the religious conflict to the emergent social institutions. In 1821, Lord Byron starts to write his Don Juan in disagreeing the Bourgeois Revolution values’. In 1973, tanning the legacy of the feminist revolution, Don Juan is brought up as seductive woman, played by Brigitte Bardot. In 1995, the character is once more evoked to remind the globalizing world of the importance of loving and fantasy. In 2005 the plot is remade by Jose Saramago, who prints to it the failure of Hell as a punishing institution. Without the pretension to deplete the subject, this work discloses to the transformations of the individual and its relation with some social issues

L’utilisation des techniques marketing a profondément changé les liens entre donateurs et associations. Cette thèse se propose d’expliquer les comportements de résistance par l’influence de l’intrusion perçue des sollicitations des associations lors des campagnes de collecte de fonds. Une revue de la littérature et deux études empiriques ont été conduites. La première étude est de nature qualitative. L’intrusion perçue des sollicitations de don d’argent est explorée grâce à une analyse thématique de 18 entretiens semi-directifs. Trois formes de sollicitation perçues comme intrusives sont mises en évidence : les sollicitations par téléphone, à domicile et dans la rue. Une deuxième étude, quantitative, a été conduite auprès de 1137 individus. Les résultats montrent une influence positive de l’intrusion perçue de ces sollicitations sur le comportement de résistance. L’étude démontre aussi que la sollicitation par téléphone est perçue comme la plus intrusive. Aussi, trois profils se distinguent : les compréhensifs, les indépendants, les résistants. Seul le premier groupe semble ne pas percevoir l’intrusion lors des sollicitations téléphoniques. Cette recherche apporte des contributions à la littérature sur la résistance du consommateur (marketing marchand) et le comportement de don (marketing social). Sur le plan managérial, cette étude lève le doute sur le lien entre intrusion perçue et résistance aux sollicitations, et aide ainsi les associations à s’orienter vers des pratiques diminuant l’intrusion perçue. / The use of marketing techniques has had a strong impact on the relationship between donors and associations. This thesis aims to explain the resistance behavior resulting from the perceived intrusion of associations' solicitations during fundraising campaigns. A review of the literature and two empirical studies have been conducted. The qualitative study explores the perceived intrusion of donation solicitations through a thematic analysis of 18 semi-directive interviews. Three forms of perceived intrusive solicitation are highlighted: solicitations by telephone, at home and in the street. A second quantitative study has been conducted with a sample of 1137 individuals. The results show a clear positive influence of the perceived intrusive solicitation on the resistance behavior. The study also reveals that solicitation by telephone is perceived as the most intrusive. Furthermore, three profiles emerge: the comprehensive, the independent and the resistant individual. Only the first group does not seem to perceive telephone solicitation as intrusive. This research brings added contribution to the literature on consumer resistance (consumer research) and donor behavior (social marketing). This study also confirms the link between perceived intrusion and resistance to solicitations, and thus helps associations to rethink their communication efforts.

"Longer works of fiction," a character in William Gaddis's JR complains of the current literary scene, are now "dismissed as classics and remain . . . largely unread due to the effort involved in reading and turning any more than two hundred pages" (527). This study argues that despite most literary critics constructing American postmodernism as a movement that privileges short works, in contrast to the encyclopedic masterworks of modernism, there are in fact a large number of artistically sophisticated contemporary novels of encyclopedic scope that demonstrate often ignored lines of continuity from works like James Joyce's Ulysses. In arguing this, I attempt not just to draw attention to a neglected strain in contemporary American fiction, but also to provide a more accurate context in which those few recent encyclopedic novels that have assumed centrality, like Gravity's Rainbow, might be evaluated. In doing so, this thesis also seeks to demonstrate the pivotal position of William Gaddis who, despite publishing four impressive novels that engage with the legacy of modernism and pre-empt elements of postmodernism, has been excluded from most studies dealing with the transition between the two movements. Through detailed readings of four encyclopedic novels - Gaddis's The Recognitions, Don DeLillo's Underworld, Richard Powers's The Gold Bug Variations, and David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest - I show Gaddis's continuation of encyclopedic modernism, the importance of his example to later writers, and the continuing vitality of the encyclopedic novel beyond the defined limits of modernism. However, as these novels try to encompass the full circle of knowledge, in order to do justice to their diverse learning I have adopted a different approach in each chapter. Very broadly, they attempt to encircle art, psychology, science, and literature, which, taken together, attempt to synthesise a defence of the contemporary encyclopedic novel. While minimalist writers from Raymond Carver to Ann Beattie have affirmed that less is more, this thesis argues that, in some cases, more really is more.