This work is an investigation of the influence of academic philosophy on non-academics in the Early Modern period (the 16th and 17th centuries). The first chapter will use Craig’s Similarity Thesis to examine Early Modern philosophy in general, Philosophy of Science and Theology and how they interacted to elevate human reason to the level of divine certainty. The second chapter will draw on Dear’s description of the changing status of mathematics in academia in the Early Modern period. This second chapter will draw the importance and divine relevance of rationality as developed in the first chapter into the discussion to further explore the relationships between science, metaphysics, mathematics and the divine. The third and final chapter will examine one particular instance of the influence of these ideas on popular thought, specifically in Girard Thibault’s early 17th century treatise instructing the reader in swordsmanship, who uses the view of mathematics and the rational mind that is discussed in the preceding chapters to inform his theories of martial arts practice and pedagogy. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2009.

The topic of this thesis is the romantic "promenade" as a literary theme in the works of two 19th century authors: Gerard de Nerval and George Sand. / We have used Rousseau's Reveries du promeneur solitaire as foundation text in our research. Our corpus is comprised of two works by Gerard de Nerval: Sylvie and Promenades et Souvenirs, as well as George Sand's Lettres d'un voyageur; included also are some exerpts of her Correspondance. / We discovered that the experience of Nerval's "promenade" equates to a quest for the past, for freedom and for Nature. He also seeks to escape mental sickness, the burden threatening his inspiration. / In George Sand's works, the "promenade" becomes an activity allowing one to overcome familial and sentimental chagrin, a means of regaining a taste for life. / In the conclusion we compared the characteristics of the theme as illustrated by both authors, and brought to light their respective peculiarities.

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Jag vill i den här uppsatsen lyfta fram olika berättartekniska aspekter i romanen, och visa hur dessa samverkar med varandra samt ger extra dimensioner till idéinnehållet. För att uppnå det vill jag använda mig av flera ingångar – såväl narratologiska som retoriska – för att på det viset framhäva flera olika effekter.

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Le but de notre travail de recherche a été de montrer de manière méthodique, selon une démarche narratologique, que l'effet d’unité présenté par le récit nervalien résidait dans la fixité de sa structure syntaxique. A cet égard, le choix du Voyage en Orient pour support à une telle démonstration pouvait sembler paradoxal: inscrit dans le genre peu codifié de la relation viatique orientale, il est soumis à tous les décentrements. Or, il est possible d'identifier derrière le foisonnement de surface une unité logique fondamentale, preuve que plus Nerval se masque, plus il se révèle. Aussi avons-nous envisagé de décliner cette dimension synergique associant l'unité à la disparité selon trois modalités complémentaires. En premier lieu: une dialectique syntaxique qui articule la fixité d’une phrase narrative unique à des variables d'ajustement en assurant le renouvellement. En second lieu : une dialectique actantielle mettant en regard l'unité d'un psychodrame identitaire et une série de modulations autofictionnelles. En troisième lieu: la dynamique d'un arc herméneutique où la donnée psychique pathologique trouve, d'une part, une amorce de compréhension dans la configuration narrative puis, d'autre part, une forme de dépassement sublimatoire dans un art poétique singulier: la rhapsodie littéraire. Ambiguïté au demeurant d’une narrativité indéniablement incomplète: comment qualifier de récit un texte fragmentaire récusant toute idée de clôture? Comment s'étonner, du reste, d'une telle incomplétude quand l'utopie orientale relativiste d'une « guérison des cœurs » cache mal, selon l'éclairage psychanalytique, une tentative visant à contourner le tabou universel de l’inceste? / The aim of our research has been to demonstrate methodically, following a narratological approach, that the effect of unity achieved in Nerval’s narrative work lies in the fixity of its syntactic structure. In this context, the choice of ‘Voyage en Orient’ to support such an argument might seem paradoxical: enshrined as it is in the largely uncodified genre of the Orient travel, it is subject to all manner of shifts. Yet, it is possible to identify a logical unity behind the surface proliferation, proof that the more Nerval conceals himself, the more he reveals himself. Consequently our consideration has been focused on developing this synergic dimension associating unity with disparity according to three complementary modalities. In the first instance: a syntactic dialectic which articulates the fixity of a single narrative phrase to variables of adjustment while ensuring renewal. Secondly: an actantial dialectic linking the unity of a psychodrama of identity to a series of autofictional modulations. Thirdly: the dynamic of a hermeneutical arc in which the fact of a pathological psyche finds, on the one hand, the beginnings of an understanding in the narrative configuration and, on the other hand, a form of sublimatory quest in a singular poetic art, namely literary rhapsody. Ambiguity moreover of an incomplete narrativity: how can one speak of narrative with a fragmentary text rejecting all idea of closure? Indeed is there any wonder that one should be dealing with such incompleteness when the relativist Oriental utopia of the ‘healing of hearts’ finds it hard, in a psychoanalytical light, to hide an illusory attempt to circumvent the universal taboo of incest?

Sur la base des travaux de Gérard Genette, en particulier Figures III, uneanalyse narratologique du roman L’Élégance du hérisson (2006) de l’auteur MurielBarbery a été effectuée afin de comprendre les liens qu’il y a entre les spécificités dumode narratif et leurs effets sur l’espace du récit, soit « le bocal à poissons », unemétaphore importante du roman. Ultimement nous répondons à la question suivante :En quoi la narration dans le roman L’Élégance du hérisson permet-elle de bien rendrela métaphore du « bocal à poissons »? / Based on Gérard Genette’s work, particularly Figures III, anarratological analysis of Muriel Barbery’s L’Élégance du hérisson (2006) is conductedin order to understand the links between the specificities of the narrative mode andtheir effects on the space of the story, the "fish bowl". Ultimately, we answer thisquestion: In which way the narrative in the novel L’Élégance du hérisson allows toproperly render the metaphor of the "fish bowl".