Thesis (docteur ès lettres)--Faculté de lettres et sciences humaines de l'Université de Neuchâtel. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-321).

Thesis (docteur ès lettres)--Faculté de lettres et sciences humaines de l'Université de Neuchâtel. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-321).

Thesis (doctoral)--Paris IV. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 37-84 (2nd group)) and index.

A escritora e jornalista Clarice Lispector escreveu durante nove anos, entre as décadas de 1950 e 19560, colunas femininas para três jornais cariocas. Suas colunas eram intituladas: “Entre mulheres”, “Feira de utilidades” e “Correio feminino”. Cada coluna era assinada por um pseudônimo, Tereza Quadros, Helen Palmer e a ghost writer lka Soares, respectivamente. Seus textos abordavam assuntos relacionados ao universo feminino, em que se podem observar a cultura e o comportamento social em que a mulher desse período estava inserida. Esta tese propõe-se a ler esses textos pelo viés da ironia, buscando comprovar que é possível lê-los como contradiscurso ao sistema patriarcal conservador e opressor presente na sociedade de então. / Submitted by Ana Guimarães Pereira (agpereir@ucs.br) on 2016-10-17T15:13:32Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Adriana Antunes de Almeida.pdf: 5583134 bytes, checksum: a607f230137e220cd5ea6b995833c044 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-10-17T15:13:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tese Adriana Antunes de Almeida.pdf: 5583134 bytes, checksum: a607f230137e220cd5ea6b995833c044 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-17 / La escritora y periodista Clarice Lispector iscrivió por nueve años, entre las décadas de 1950 y 1960, colunas femeninas hasta três periódicos cariocas. Sus páginas eran llamadas: “Entre mulheres”, “Feira de utilidades” y “Correio feminino”. Cada página era firmada por un seudónimo, “Tereza Quadros”, “Helen Palmer” y la ghost writer “lka Soares”, respectivamente. Sus textos tratavan de asuntos relacionados al universo femenino, donde era posible mirar la cultura y el comportamiento social donde la mujer de eso tiempo estava viviendo. Esa tese se propone a leer esos textos por la vía de la ironía, buscando comprobar que és posible leer como contradiscurso al sistema patriarcal, conservador y opressor presente en la sociedad de entonces.

A escritora e jornalista Clarice Lispector escreveu durante nove anos, entre as décadas de 1950 e 19560, colunas femininas para três jornais cariocas. Suas colunas eram intituladas: “Entre mulheres”, “Feira de utilidades” e “Correio feminino”. Cada coluna era assinada por um pseudônimo, Tereza Quadros, Helen Palmer e a ghost writer lka Soares, respectivamente. Seus textos abordavam assuntos relacionados ao universo feminino, em que se podem observar a cultura e o comportamento social em que a mulher desse período estava inserida. Esta tese propõe-se a ler esses textos pelo viés da ironia, buscando comprovar que é possível lê-los como contradiscurso ao sistema patriarcal conservador e opressor presente na sociedade de então. / La escritora y periodista Clarice Lispector iscrivió por nueve años, entre las décadas de 1950 y 1960, colunas femeninas hasta três periódicos cariocas. Sus páginas eran llamadas: “Entre mulheres”, “Feira de utilidades” y “Correio feminino”. Cada página era firmada por un seudónimo, “Tereza Quadros”, “Helen Palmer” y la ghost writer “lka Soares”, respectivamente. Sus textos tratavan de asuntos relacionados al universo femenino, donde era posible mirar la cultura y el comportamiento social donde la mujer de eso tiempo estava viviendo. Esa tese se propone a leer esos textos por la vía de la ironía, buscando comprobar que és posible leer como contradiscurso al sistema patriarcal, conservador y opressor presente en la sociedad de entonces.

Bibliography: leaves 221-234 / This research explores the humour and laughter in Howard Barker's Theatre of Catastrophe in the light of Mikhail Bakhtin's theory of the carnivalesque against the backdrop of the postSecond-World-War British (post-WWII) society and cultural tendencies and problems thereof. In this research, which explores the different stages of Barker's work – namely plays written in the seventies, the eighties and early nineties – I argue that comedy and laughter are pivotal to Howard Barker's theory for theatre which ultimately shaped his Theatre of Catastrophe as a tragic theatre. Howard Barker forged the appearance of a unique theatrical practice, the Theatre of Catastrophe, not only through the revival of pain, death and tragedy but also through the juxtaposition of the carnivalesque and death/tragedy. This research therefore, studies transformation in Barker's art of theatre in a period of twenty years and demonstrates how the playwright deviates from tenets he set for his tragic theatre without necessarily betraying its tragic spirit. It is worth highlighting the observation that, the marriage of catastrophe and the carnivalesque remains the most significant achievement of Barker's art of theatre. Chapter Two of the research explores Bakhtin's theory of the carnival through the elaboration of crucial concepts such as the grotesque imagery, laughter and the marketplace. Bakhtin's thoughts on laughter root in Henri Bergson's theory of laughter. Definitely the realm of laughter somewhere in between art and life, both Bergson and Bakhtin also emphasise on the negative aspect of laughter. The engagement of individuals in the marketplace creates the concrete presence which is crucial to the carnivalesque. Taking into account the tenets of the Bakhtinian carnivalesque, this second chapter also concisely studies the challenges posed to the carnival theory by philosophers such as Umberto Eco and Terry Eagleton. The chapter finally investigates the revival of the concept of the carnival in the post-war British drama by studying David Edgar's advocacy of Augusto Boal's thoughts on the theatre and the necessity of the carnival. Chapters Three and Four offer close analyses of the plays written by Barker in the seventies, eighties and early nineties with the primary aim to show the turns and shifts that he takes in the development of his career as an oppositional playwright in search of a remedy to the cultural malaise of his day. The plays selected for these chapters are the ones which the playwright has categorised as his best plays, namely, Claw (1975), Stripwell (1975), The Love of a Good Man (1978), The Power of the Dog (1984), The Castle (1985), The Europeans (1987), (Uncle) Vanya (1992). Chapter Five sums up the findings on the research and concludes that Barker's comic sense goes beyond the comic sense ascribed to many tragic playwrights. The comedy which permeates his theatre of catastrophe shares affinities with the carnival leading to a carnivalisation of catastrophe in Barker's tragic theatre despite the claims by the Barker and his downplaying of the comedy which exists in his oeuvre. / English Studies / D. Litt. et Phil. (English Studies)

This study involves an investigation into the use of satire and humour as strategies of communication. The poetry of four Tsonga poets selected for study includes these strategies which are investigated for the purpose of determining the extent to which they function as strategies of communication. The study consists of four chapters which can be summarized as follows: CHAPTER 1 contains the introduction, aim, scope and method of approach of the entire study. Theories and definitions of satire and humour are also presented here. In CHAPTER 2 the poems selected for study are analysed in terms of invective, subtle and light-hearted satire. CHAPTER 3 focuses attention on the style of presentation of comic and derisive humour. CHAPTER 4 highlights and elucidates the most significant findings of the study. The most competent poet of the four at using satire and humour is identified and his excellence declared and justified / African Languages / M.A. (African languages)

This study involves an investigation into the use of satire and humour as strategies of communication. The poetry of four Tsonga poets selected for study includes these strategies which are investigated for the purpose of determining the extent to which they function as strategies of communication. The study consists of four chapters which can be summarized as follows: CHAPTER 1 contains the introduction, aim, scope and method of approach of the entire study. Theories and definitions of satire and humour are also presented here. In CHAPTER 2 the poems selected for study are analysed in terms of invective, subtle and light-hearted satire. CHAPTER 3 focuses attention on the style of presentation of comic and derisive humour. CHAPTER 4 highlights and elucidates the most significant findings of the study. The most competent poet of the four at using satire and humour is identified and his excellence declared and justified / African Languages / M.A. (African languages)

Thesis (doctoral) - Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-347).

Text in English / This study focuses on the strategies and devices used to create humour in children’s literature. No language is a replica of another language and it is generally accepted that a translator has to be creative in order to make the Source Text (ST) meaning available to the Target Text (TT) reader. The research conducted in this study aims to fill a gap regarding the application of humour in the rather under-researched field of children’s literature. A descriptive framework was used to conduct this qualitative study in order to be able to describe the linguistic strategies and devices used to translate the English source text by Roald Dahl, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator into the Afrikaans Target Text, Charlie en die Groot Glashyser by Kobus Geldenhuys. Literary devices to create humour, employed by both the writer and the translator, were identified and analysed. Interviews and reading sessions with ST learners (English) as well as TT learners (Afrikaans) were conducted in order to observe their non-verbal reactions as well as document their verbal comments to complement the data obtained from the textual analysis. The textual analysis showed that the literary device most frequently applied in the ST was the simile and the main trend regarding the transference of humorous devices to the TT was to retain the device with formal equivalence. The most popular translation strategy was direct translation with the most important shifts identified on morphological and lexical level and shifts in expressive and evoked meaning were relatively low. With regard to the reading sessions, the most positive results from both groups of learners regarding humorous devices in the ST and TT were obtained for the device of inappropriate behaviour. / Linguistics and Modern Languages / M.A. (Linguistics)