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Master of Music / Department of Music / Craig B. Parker / Igor Stravinsky and Aldous Huxley maintained a sincere and abiding friendship for nearly two decades while both men were living in Los Angeles, California. Huxley’s command of music literature and understanding of musical concepts promoted a vital exchange of ideas between the two men. By the time of their meeting in Hollywood, each man appreciated the importance of the other in his field of expertise, despite Huxley’s negative criticisms of Stravinsky’s music in the 1920s. This mutual respect led to collaborations between Stravinsky, Huxley, and the American conductor Robert Craft on a series of concert-lectures and recordings. Stravinsky esteemed his friend so highly that he was compelled to dedicate a composition that he had been writing at the time of Huxley’s death to the writer’s memory. This paper includes a chapter of biographical information on Aldous Huxley, a chapter detailing the friendship of Stravinsky and Huxley in chronological order, a chapter about Huxley’s criticisms of Stravinsky’s music, a chapter about Huxley’s concert collaborations with Stravinsky and Craft, and a chapter detailing the compositional history and techniques of Stravinsky’s Variations for Orchestra (in Memory of Aldous Huxley). The first appendix lists additional meetings between Stravinsky and Huxley, as detailed in the writings of Igor Stravinsky, Vera Stravinsky, and Robert Craft. The second appendix is a chronological list of all Huxley writings mentioning Stravinsky.

Made available in DSpace on 2017-07-21T14:53:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Lennon Moraes Joanino.pdf: 566623 bytes, checksum: 473614abf350043d25ca7d6ee232b09c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-14 / This dissertation aims to examine how the control mechanisms and thus power are organized in the utopian narrative Brave New World, written by Aldous Huxley, as well as highlight the importance of such issues for the narrative’s understanding. For this, the discussion will avail concepts and reflections proposed by philosopher Michel Foucault, specifically, but not exclusively, in Microphysics of Power (2013), in which the theoretic ponders about the micro-power relations, the body, discipline and the individual as the result of power relations. Thereby, the study will problematize the multiplicities of control and power constitutive of the interrelations between the social and the individual, showing the potential positive and negative aspects of power settings in the narrative. With this, it expected that the issues that will be listed here can contribute to the expansion of reflections about Aldous Huxley's work, and also, it can further the discussions concerning to the control and power's issues in other literary works. / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar de que modo os mecanismos de controle e, portanto, de poder estão agenciados na narrativa utópica Admirável Mundo Novo, de Aldous Huxley, bem como evidenciar a importância de tais questões para a compreensão da obra. Para tanto, a discussão valer-se-á de conceitos e reflexões propostas pelo filósofo Michel Foucault, mais precisamente, mas não de maneira exclusiva, na obra Microfísica do Poder (2013), na qual o teórico pondera sobre as relações de micropoder, o corpo, a disciplina e o indivíduo como resultante das relações de poder. Desse modo, o estudo problematizará as multiplicidades do controle e poder constitutivos das inter-relações entre o social e o individual, evidenciando os aspectos potencialmente positivos e negativos das configurações de poder na narrativa.Assim, espera-se que as questões que serão aqui elencadas possam contribuir para a ampliação das reflexões relativas à obra de Aldous Huxley, e também, aprofundar discussões concernentes às questões de controle e poder em outras obras literárias.

The early twentieth century saw the beginning of modern environmentalism. Intellectuals dreamed up solutions to the world’s problems and hoped for a better future being made possible by advances in science and technology. However, Aldous Huxley produced Brave New World which, as this essay argues, mocks the enthusiasm of his intellectual peers. The dystopian novel depicts a future in which technology dehumanizes the population, and uses a great deal of animal imagery to make this point. This essay analyses the use of animal imagery from an ecocritical perspective arguing that the “pathetic fallacy” is reversed. By examining the use of biotechnology and central planning in the novel, and applying the ecocritical perspective that humanity and nature are part of a whole, this essay argues that society resembles a farm for human animals, which is partly expressed by Huxley’s use of the image of a bee colony. The argument is presented that Huxley satirizes his environmentally concerned peers by depicting a totalitarian state which, though unconcerned with environmental issues, echoes the eco-fascist methods proposed by the author’s friends and family.

Os lagostins de água doce sulamericanos (Família Parastacidae) são representados por três gêneros: Parastacus Huxley, 1879, Samastacus Riek, 1971 and Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991. Esse grupo é distribuído no Sul do Brasil (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina), Uruguai, Argentina e Chile. Os objetivos dessa tese foram revisar a taxonomia do gênero Parastacus e investigar a sua monofilia e relações filogenéticas entre suas espécies e entre os outros gêneros sulamericanos. Para esse propósito, várias coleções e museus ao redor do mundo foram analisados (Brasil, Argentina, Uruguai, Chile, Estados Unidos, Alemanha, Holanda, Inglaterra e França) em adição a coletas realizadas entre Março de 2013 a Setembro de 2016. Os espécimes foram analisados em estereomicroscópio e os desenhos foram preparados com auxílio de camara lucida. Para as análises genéticas, uma abordagem multigênica foi utilizada com dois marcadores mitocondriais (Cox1 e 16S) e um nuclear (28S). A análise filogenética foi realizada por Inferência Bayesiana e a distância genética p também foi calculada. Adicionalmente, o risco de extinção foi assessado para algumas espécies de acordo com o sub-critério B1 da IUCN que leva em consideração a estimativa da Área de Extenção de Ocorrência. Oito espécies foram redescritas: Parastacus brasiliensis (von Martens, 1869), P. defossus Faxon, 1898, P. laevigatus Buckup & Rossi, 1980, P. pilimanus (Von Martens, 1869), P. pugnax (Poepigg, 1835), P. promatensis Fontoura & Conter, 2008 e P. varicosus Faxon, 1898. Um novo gênero foi proposto para alocar a espécie P. nicoleti (Philippi, 1882) que também foi redescrita. Treze novas espécies foram descritas. Assim como, chaves de identificação, descrições, diagnoses, sinonímias e mapas de distribuição foram providos. As árvores filogenéticas resultantes corroboraram com a monofilia de Parastacus e do clado sulamericano, além de dar suporte para o estabelecimento de um novo gênero e novas espécies. Com essa tese, o aumento da riqueza específica para Parastacus é de mais de 150% e as novas informações sobre habitat e distribuição trarão suporte para futuros estudos de conservação e manejo. / South American freshwater crayfish (Family Parastacidae) are represented by three genera: Parastacus Huxley, 1879, Samastacus Riek, 1971 and Virilastacus Hobbs, 1991. This group is distributed in Southern Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina), Uruguay, Argentina and Chile. The goals of this thesis is to review the taxonomy of the genus Parastacus and to investigate the monophyly and phylogenetic relationships within Parastacus and among South American crayfish genera. For this purpose, several collections and museums around the world were analyzed (Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, United States of America, Germany, Netherlands, England, and France) in addition to collectings carried out from March 2013 to September 2016. Specimens were analyzed under a stereomicroscope and drawings were prepared with the aid of a camara lucida. For genetic analysis, a multigenic approach was used with two mitochondrial (Cox1 and 16S) and one nuclear (28S) markers. Phylogenetic analysis were performed with Bayesian Inference and genetic p-distances were also calculated. In addition, the extinction risk was assessed according to the sub-criterion B1 of IUCN that estimates the Extent of Occurrence (EOO) for some species. Eight species are redescribed: Parastacus brasiliensis (von Martens, 1869), P. defossus Faxon, 1898, P. laevigatus Buckup & Rossi, 1980, P. pilimanus (Von Martens, 1869), P. pugnax (Poepigg, 1835), P. promatensis Fontoura & Conter, 2008 and P. varicosus Faxon, 1898. A new genus is proposed to encompass the species P. nicoleti (Philippi, 1882) and this species is also redescribed. In addition, 13 new species are described. Identification keys, descriptions, diagnoses, synonymies and distribution maps of the genera and species are provided. Phylogenetic trees corroborated the monophyly of Parastacus and the South American crayfish clade, and give support for the establishment of a new genus and new species. With this thesis, the increase in specific richness for Parastacus is more than 150% and new information about habitat and distribution will bring support for future conservation and management studies.

This essay is an analysis of the religious aspects of Crome Yellow. The main focus is to discover what Aldous Huxley’s views on religion were at the time he wrote Crome Yellow and to explore how Huxley’s contemporary surroundings influenced his views on religion. Huxley was born into a family and a society where there was a conflict between science and religion and this conflict together with the crises of his early life, came to affect him greatly. This essay conducts an analysis of Crome Yellow by utilizing Peter Berger’s theory of social construction, which includes information about Huxley’s contemporary surroundings. Huxley seems to have been ambiguous towards religion. He was concerned about the future of society and opposed to organized religion. He was longing for answers and meaning, and he had begun to form a spiritual belief where colour and light are central. These spiritual aspects can be seen as the beginning of Huxley’s spiritual enlightenment.

This essay analyzes and tries to untangle the meaning and intention of dystopian literature, by analyzing two novels (Neal Shusterman‟s “Unwind” and Aldous Huxley‟s “Brave New World”). From this analysis, whether or not the futures portrayed in dystopian literature relate to our own future is riddled out, furthermore the importance of the authors‟ intention is debated and a conclusion is reached. As the dystopian future unravels, ethnicity, gender, class and sexual orientation, to mention a few factors, find their own place in the new world; this essay tries to establish their roles in the new society. When discussing the characters in the novels, Bourdieu‟s theories on fields, habitus and social capital are used to figure out what they are competing for and in what ways they struggle for the reward. Furthermore, the development of dystopian imagining is discussed and its function as a reflection of contemporary society and the state of science. Delineating the roles of social classes in dystopias is an important task in figuring out whether social power still reduces minorities depending on class or gender. Our antiquated morals and ethics aren‟t suitable anymore and need to be reformed; this is discussed based on dystopian literature and the image of the future. Furthermore, this essay gets into detail with the reduction of man and by what means we are enslaved and made to believe in the faux utopias. In the end, the conclusion reached is that dystopian literature delivers a hefty and important point that needs to be heeded and used as a rare look into the future.

This thesis analyzes H. G. Wells’s The Island of Doctor Moreau and Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness within the context of nineteenth-century evolutionary theory. I explore how Charles Darwin and Thomas Huxley used evolution by natural selection to develop differing explanations of the origins of ethics and how this impacted the place each scientist gave morality in civilization. By exploring how Huxley and Darwin understood morality to derive from the phenomena of sympathy and restrain, I illustrate how Wells’s and Conrad’s novellas interrogate these discourses of altruism.

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